Don Robertson handed Celtic game just three days after Brendan Rodgers hearing for 'incompetent' rant

Don Robertson will referee Livingston vs Celtic this weekend - just three days after Brendan Rodgers finds out if he is banned for a furious rant directed at the whistler.

Rodgers will stand in front of an SFA panel on Thursday and if found guilty of breaching regulations on managerial conduct, he will be hit with a two-game touchline ban which will keep him out of the dugout for the trip to Livi and, crucially, the Old Firm derby with Rangers the following week. It comes after a raging tirade from Rodgers aimed at Robertson and his VAR John Beaton following their defeat to Hearts in February.

But just three days after the hearing takes place and Rodgers finds out his fate, Robertson will be in the middle at Almondvale. The SFA announced the appointment on Tuesday afternoon and it's sure to put eyeballs on Robertson, whose decisions to red card Yang and award a penalty for handball by Tomoki Iwata, both after VAR reviews at Tynecastle, sparked Rodgers' fury.

Rodgers' anger was however more aimed at VAR Beaton - who is not on the officiating team for their game this weekend. Instead it's Alan Muir in the VAR room.

Rodgers said after the game in Gorgie: "I try to respect decisions and give the benefit of the doubt. But I think when I see that level of incompetence, which is the only word I can use, then that makes me worry for the game. In such a tight title race that can make the difference. I also think that VAR is not the problem here. That's clear. It's competence.

"The first one is the sending off when there is no force. Show a still image of that and of course and you will see a foot up with the head near it, but it's not the reality of the move.

"Don got it actually right on the field. It was a high boot, so it's a