Referees, like anyone, should not have to suffer threats or intimidation.
But this hasn't just happened in a scottish oasis of calm and tranquility where refs have been supported and lauded.
There has been a form of aggressive lobbying from the top of one football club ever since the Dougie McDonald incident, this set a tone and agenda that their fanbase carried relentlessly without counter or repercussion.
The referee strike and why it happened has been erased from history. That should have been a watershed moment - it wasn't
They continued as they started to see results from the pressure, and successive CEOs / chairman / managers of Celtic maintained the tone and pressure - explicit and implicit. And now here we are.
Rangers have occasionally spoke up when they feel the need, but nothing as concerted and pernicious as Celtic's 15yr campaign.
This statement tells a story much higher than Beaton got threats because of Wednesday night, but most don't want to tell it.
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@ClydeSSB are we seriously going to debate Danny Rohl answering a question he was asked at his presser about Luke McCowans comments? Stop trying to create drama! It wasnβt disrespectful in anyway shape or form.
Identical to Aasgaardβs foul that saw him sent off against Celtic at Hampden. But Scales not only avoids a red card - he avoids giving away the blatant penalty that should have been awarded.
@ThatBoiRico@secondtierpod You genuinely tweet about the old firm as much as you do about Motherwell.
Vast majority of Rangers fans are happy with him because he has us winning games - in the league at least. Hes also dealing with being dealt a poor hand in terms of squad.
We have reached out to (unsuccessfully) to @HibernianFC to correct this inaccuracy regarding shirt sponsorship and trying to correct this mistake. The source on the Wikipedia page was an artical written by @Independent. We feel with the power of social media we can rectify this
@ClydeSSB The even sadder thing is 8 year olds who have been buzzing about going to watch their team, no longer wanting to go because of the turgid pish you serve up on the weekly. Take some responsibility for the toxicity within the stadium because itβs all your doing you arrogant knob!