Celtic disappointed with scottish FA over favourable decision taken, to suit Rangers in Old firm game on sunday.
After the meeting on Wednesday, Rangers declared that the “overriding consensus” had concluded that Alistair Johnston of Celtics should not have been given a handball.
However, the SFA claims that rather than being a blatant fault that needed to be reviewed,
the moment in Rangers’ 2-1 loss was a subjective handball.
Additionally, the club’s petitions were “immediately rejected” by the regulatory body,
according to information provided by a “recent official media partner”.
that Willie Collum, the VAR official at Celtic Park, ought not to be permitted to take part in Rangers games going forward.
Rangers has been approached by BBC Scotland for a comment.
Four days after they initially asked for the release of the recording featuring referee Nick Walsh and Collum discussing the incident,
Rangers met with the governing body.
Rangers claim that referee Walsh and Collum did not discuss Abdallah Sima’s assessment that he was in an offside position prior to the penalty appeal,
despite this information coming to light during the game on Saturday.
The Scottish FA responded by saying: “To review the incident in question, including the use of matchday audio,
chief executive James Bisgrove and director of football operations Creag Robertson attended a private briefing with the head of referee operations, Crawford Allan.”
“The chief executive informed us that the meeting had been handled in an amicable,
collaborative, and informative manner. The club’s statement doesn’t seem to take this into account.”
Regarding Wednesday’s meeting, a Rangers representative had stated that the team was “deeply concerned at the haste” with which the judgment was reached and that “there is no mention of a potential offside” in the VAR audio.
However, the SFA claimed that “offside would not have been mentioned at the time as it was not part of the VAR’s decision-making on the handball” .
“It was highlighted within Clydesdale House that had the VAR considered the incident
to be a handball offence and asked the referee to carry out an on-field review,
the attacking phase of the game would have been played differently,” the statement continued.
The SFA said that they were currently reviewing the method of notifying broadcasters and others to eliminate any uncertainty regarding decisions.
Since Saturday’s derby at Celtic Park, the dispute has dominated Scottish football discussions.
The SFA has urged Rangers to exercise caution due to the tone of some of the discourse.
“We note posts from a recent official media partner of the club’s detailing requests from the private meeting that were immediately rejected,” added the statement.
“We would ask that club representatives show greater responsibility in such matters,
especially in the context of recent incidents in European football that have compromised the safety of match officials and led to widespread condemnation.”
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