Celtic fans skewer Barry Ferguson over Cerny 'watergate' defence as Hotline plunged into Rangers and SFA whataboutery

Barry Ferguson defended Vaclav Cerny’s Parkhead water skooshie - but the incident continues to cause a Hotline stooshie.

Rangers caretaker boss Ferguson insists the Czech was just over-excited when he sprayed Celtic fans after the late Old Firm winner and says he’d have a problem if his players didn’t celebrate. But with the Premiership set to return from the two-week international break, not everyone was convinced as calls over water-gate continue to flood the lines.

Bobby Duncan, Skelmorlie, said: “I watched Barry Ferguson being interviewed and saying ‘I want my players to celebrate scoring goals’. Yes, absolutely. However, to suggest and condone ‘the boy just got overexcited' firing water into the opposition support, is not acceptable and could have caused a major incident.”

However, Dave Cooke emailed: “Caller George Lamberth wants Vaclav Cerny punished for the water squirting and feels that the SFA should punish him for something that could have caused a riot.

"Has he conveniently forgotten the incident at Ibrox where Leigh Griffiths attempted to tie a Celtic scarf to a goalpost and then went on to wipe his nose on a corner flag? This could have caused a riot and the SFA did not punish Griffiths.”

Meanwhile Scott Gowers, Edinburgh, tongue in cheek, said: “The SFA are in no position to charge anybody regarding Watergate after turning the sprinklers on as the Greek players were warming up pre match. The Greek fans could have reacted and caused a riot but thankfully neither incident led to rioting.”

Ferguson will take charge of his sixth game against Dundee on Saturday night after replacing Philippe Clement on an interim basis last month. Former team mates Lee McCulloch and Paul Gascoigne this week joined calls for