Predictable penalty to Rangers makes Scottish football a joke as Hotline conspiracy theorists reach for final straw

The Premiership was back with a couple of bangs over the weekend.

But while Rangers were given a penalty for the whack John Souttar took to the face against Hibs, there was no spot-kick award at the Tony Mac as Mikey Devlin’s trip on Kyogo went unpunished. Mark Connolly, Bishopbriggs, said: “It’s just astonishing how one team seems to benefit from VAR more than others. Kyogo is clearly tripped in the box but Don Robertson doesn’t even get sent to the screen, while Rangers get yet another penalty because John Souttar ran into the Hibs’ players arm.”

Helen McLean, Inverness, said: “A Rangers penalty for nothing yesterday was so predictable that our game is now a laughing stock. It has been the same officials time and time again for the last two seasons and nothing has been done despite numerous complaints from fans of all other clubs.” John Melrose, Edinburgh, added: “Saturday’s latest Rangers VAR farce is the final straw.

"There are stats online that prove beyond doubt that referees and VAR officials are benefiting Rangers in every single variation of every rule being applied to our game despite being the second best club. This is going to blow up soon.”

BBC pundit Michael Stewart was up in arms about the penalty decision at Ibrox but the Rangers support can’t see what the fuss is about. Chris Lowe, Yoker, said: “Scottish football is being conditioned by certain people to analyse every decision Rangers get in their favour.

“We have the same amount of penalties as Celtic but only ours get forensically analysed and we’ve conceded more. An elbow to the face against any Rangers player, nothing to see here it’s a coming together

“A kick in the face from a Celtic player should be allowed and Brendan Rodgers can criticise