SCOTTISH CUP SEMI FINAL
Venue: HAMPDEN PARK
CELTIC 2 INVERNESS CT 3
after extra time
Scorers: Van Dijk, Guidetti; Tansey, Ofere, Raven
Celtic are knocked out of the Scottish Cup by a very good Inverness side and by the help of an incompetent SFA referee, McLean who joins a long list of SFA referees dating way back to Valentine in 1984 finals v Rangers & Aberdeen & Syme 1986 League Cup Final to name two others who have for some reason failed to fairly apply the rules of the game. However the decision not to award a penalty on the stroke of half time ranks this as one the poorest refereeing performance in the history of Scottish Football.
Fans pay a lot of money to go to football matches. They are entitled to see the rules applied fairly in the spirit of Fair Play.
Fans pay a lot of money to go to football matches. They are entitled to see the rules applied fairly in the spirit of Fair Play.
Personal note: This was the first tie between the sides at Hampden & only my second Scottish Cup tie v Inverness (the other 2000 1-3);