Connor Goldson labelled Rangers' third goalkeeper after two 'handballs' as Hotline demands 'biased' officials binned
‘It’s a conspiracy,’ they all cried – but who for?
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‘It’s a conspiracy,’ they all cried – but who for?
Rangers have taken the shock step of asking Hampden bosses to stand down Willie Collum from all future games involving Phillippe Clement’s side following his part in the Parkhead penalty row.
Rangers have so far been met with silence in their bid to hear the VAR audio of Saturday’s Old Firm flashpoint. But the fallout over the decision not to award a penalty against Alistair Johnston for handball was deafening on the Hotline as the row rumbles on into the new year.
Hotliners lined up to insist that Rangers fans claiming their team don’t concede penalties because of defensive diligence in the box were anything but spot on. In fact, one caller even dismissed the theory as Wilde. Oscar Wilde.
A busy midweek Premiership card saw the Thursday morning Hotline ringing off the hook - and with a surge of positivity. A Celtic win over Hibs and a Rangers victory at Hearts warmed the winter cockles for Old Firm fans although another awful night for Aberdeen did dampen the mood for Dandies.
BBC Scotland broadcaster and journalist Richard Gordon has put the cat amongst the pigeons with a column which hints at a conspiracy theory behind the lack of penalties awarded against Rangers.
After a week of European woe that still hasn't been forgotten, there was a return to domestic action for both Celtic and Rangers.
There's plenty of Old Firm tit for tat in a Hotline with a smattering of tongue in cheek The first caller is a point in case with a suggestion of who Celtic should be looking to recruit in the next transfer window.