SPFL Posts 5

17 May 2026 16:16:03
With some people saying that Hearts should be given the 3 points and 3-0 scoreline due to the pitch invasion by them. Had this ever actually happened.? I don't know any time it has?

17 May 2026 16:44:33
Prague derby a few weeks ago it happened.

17 May 2026 16:59:53
Correct, Going for.

I hope Hearts lawyer up and take it all the way to The Court of Arbitration for Sport. They'll need to as they won't get justice in Scotland.

17 May 2026 21:17:31
Prague derby, it was over rules 3 days after the game, and 3-0 awarded to losing team. I believe score was 3-2 at the time, with 3 mins remaining.

17 May 2026 22:51:36
Correct Stevie.

The remaining time had to have been played. Who knows what could have happened.

Look at the Rochdale v York match. York only had to avoid defeat to win promotion. 95 mins in, Rochdale scored.

Their fans flooded the pitch thinking their team had done it. It took the referee 6 minutes to restore order.

When play resumed, York went up the park and scored the equalizer that won them promotion.

17 May 2026 23:25:00
Lads 1 minute is theoretically possible to score 2 goals so by laws of the game if the match had to be abandoned due to winning teams fans invading pitch and making it unsafe to restart the match it has to be forfeited and a 3-0 score awarded to the other side.

I'll post the exact out take from rule book on sightings page and Ed will post it on banter for all to see.

It's not paranoia ots facts that they're getting away with murder and it's been over course of this season, and many before hand too.

The handball at Motherwell game was the big one and they got it wrong.

Red card on Johnstone where the var weren't given the one clip that shows it's a red.

There was another decision on Old Firm went their way I can't remember what one.

Then this riot yesterday where the game had a minute to play and they invade pitch threaten and assault players and the police tell ref to take the players off.

The whistle wasn't blown oneil said as much, and the other rumour that 2 police escorted the ref out to pitch to blow it if true proves that.

That match absolutely if rules are followed should be awarded to Hearts tomorrow or Tuesday.

Surely all officials knew this to be the rules and basically have bottled making the ruling due to the pitch invasion.

Even if McCinnes says no to restarting it the ref still needs to take the field with Celtic team and then blow to abandon. That's the rules there's no grey area it's black n white.

18 May 2026 10:39:07
Correct, Stevie.

Many such examples.

Man United - Champions League final - 2 goals in 90 seconds.

Even Scotland v Denmark recently, 90th and 92nd minute goals that took us to a World Cup.

18 May 2026 22:13:26
Stevie, if 2 police officers escorted the ref out to pitch to blow the whistle then the game was played to its conclusion, I'm afraid. That is one of the ways for him to show 'visually' that it was. In fact, I've done a bit of reading on this, and one way I found was this, surprisingly.



Entering the Final Report: Under IFAB Law 5, the referee remains the sole timekeeper. Declaring the match finished in the official post-game referee's report legally codifies the result.

18 May 2026 23:56:24
But Angus, if the referee is lying, that's a collaborated cover up. If he has lied, then he can't have the final say.

As I've said above, release the audio of his
microphone and that will be the answer.

19 May 2026 08:48:35
Stevie, it was you who said the ref in your post had been led onto the field. But he doesn't actually have to blow his whistle. He just needs to put in his report that the match had ended.

Are we so desperate for them not to win that we are grasping at this and the straws of Hearts taking legal action against the SFA? Is everyone now involved in this conspiracy against us? What benefit is there to a referee to lie in these circumstances? Yes, it benefits Celtic, but the ref gets no benefit that I can see.



I just prefer to accept we weren't good enough and have great sympathy for Hearts, as, over the season, despite doing magnificently well, neither were they.

19 May 2026 14:33:17
Angus, the laws and rules of the game matter, mate.

And yes we are so desperate for them not to win the league that we are grasping at this. Yes, mate that's exact lot correct. 💯 We are,

Celtic fans ruined the game, whether its minute 60 or 95. They shouldn't be allowed to get away with invading the pitch, causing all that happened and then getting away with ending the game a minute early just cause it suits them?

There are laws and rules to this game and they were not adhered to.



The match should be forfeited.

17 May 2026 15:42:26
Young Curtis on the score sheet AGAIN for Killie. 👏

17 May 2026 16:05:44
Looking forward to him coming back next season, Gazza.

17 May 2026 17:40:27
Playing in a midfield 3 today, played lw, rw, rb and cm for Kilmarnock.

17 May 2026 15:41:08
Nottingham Forest fans singing are you Celtic in disguise after Man United get a goal after mbuemo has a blatant handball in the build up to cunha's goal, everyone sees it, not just fans up in Scotland.

17 May 2026 18:27:52
It makes a change from what is usually sung in Scotland. Same old Celtic, always cheating.

17 May 2026 15:54:27
Would love every team team refusing to play at their midden next season citing player safety, and only agreeing to play at a neutral venue with a 50/50 split for fans. Either that or closed doors.

Will be interesting to see if there are any fines and points deduction coming their way, though can't see it myself. Should be told to return the trophy and give it to Hearts if the match was abandoned, but that's never going to happen either.

17 May 2026 17:05:13
According to Martin O'Neill, the 4th official told him there was still a minute to be played and he thought the teams were to be brought back out.

The final whistle was not blown prior to fan invasion.

Hearts players were assaulted and could not continue due to safety concerns.

The referee could not restore order.

The match is therefore abandoned.



It matters not that the ref claimed to have returned to the pitch himself later, after Hearts had left to blow the whistle.

That's a lame attempt at ass-covering.

The conduct of Celtic's fans led to abandonment. The rules are clear. Celtic forfeit the game and Hearts are awarded a 3-0 win.

I hope Tony Bloom and Co. fight this all the way to CAS.

17 May 2026 17:58:10
200%MVG. 👍

17 May 2026 18:24:11
Mgv, yea Hearts must take this all the way. imo.

17 May 2026 14:30:12
The SPFL sweeping has begun.

17 May 2026 15:11:28
Another cover up. 🤫

17 May 2026 15:37:04
The Trongate Tramps strike again!

17 May 2026 17:54:14
Seemingly, a game can only be ended if it has restarted, whether the ball has gone out of play or any other circumstances. To restart a game, there has to be at least 7 players on the pitch from each team, or the game is void.
The game can stop if it is deemed to have played the full 90 minutes, which the referee clearly didn't think, as he played injury time.

The Celtic manager has said he was told there was another minute to play, and this can't be placed on the Hearts manager, as his only concern was his players and he was never going to send them back onto the field of play.

I shouldn't post on a Sunday as it's my day of drinking and I don't make sense sometimes.

I can't help but blame everyone involved in Scottish football for this, as everyone was happy to put the boot into our team on the way down without thinking of the consequences.

Who can forget the missing email or the garbage about football is nothing without fans, but we had to play in front of an empty Ibrox.

Rangers in the past have tried to gather all the teams together, but they have always been swayed by that mob, Lawell in particular.

Now they all realise what Rangers have been saying. Don't blame the referees, as they are given no support from the SFA, as Scottish football is now all about one team and one team only. We can't even accuse them of cheating, as the SFA allows them to play within certain rules knowing that every statement will suit one team.

I now understand why people say Scottish football is corrupt, and I hate that fact. Hearts didn't lose the league yesterday; they lost it on Wednesday night, and are now getting a taste of what our great club have had to deal with since everyone was happy to boot the team we love down. We as a club will come back again, but others only get 1 chance and they have blown it for themselves.

17 May 2026 10:21:07
Glasgow and Police Scotland taking a battering. Hearts players and staff assaulted. Embarrassing pitch invasion. I wonder how the Scottish mhedia will report this? 🤔

17 May 2026 11:29:22
I wonder when Mr Swinney makes his statement, will it be Celtic fans or football fans.

17 May 2026 12:15:22
Patiently waiting, Flb. Still hearing nothing.

17 May 2026 12:57:22
Have been hearing about the treatment that the Hearts fans that were at the game had to endure: urinated on, spat at. Unfortunately, they couldn't get out of the ground as quickly as the players.
Going to be very interesting next week to see if there is any other info coming out.
No Celtic fans to be allowed into Tynecastle next season?

17 May 2026 12:57:44
Will 100 percent be football fans then he will mention Rangers fans being on the park - he's a blankety blank of a man.

17 May 2026 15:40:20
Perhaps they will blame the union bears. 🤣

17 May 2026 17:36:47
Probably still celebrating a Tainted title.

17 May 2026 10:02:52
Police Statement

Assistant Chief Constable Mark Sutherland said: "While we recognise that the majority of fans respected the appeal from police and partners to act responsibly, several thousand still descended on the Trongate area, some of whom engaged in serious disorder.



"Once again, we have seen unacceptable levels of violence and anti-social behaviour and Police Scotland's officers have been left to deal with the consequences. Being assaulted is not part of the job and regrettably a number of them were injured.



"The levels of criminal behaviour witnessed, in particular the hostility directed towards our officers, is simply unacceptable and cannot be tolerated. Those involved should be in no doubt that they will be identified and arrested.



"This mass assembly of people caused significant disruption to local businesses, residents and members of the public in the City Centre.



"Urgent discussions with Celtic, wider Scottish football authorities and other stakeholders, including Glasgow City Council, is required to achieve a solution that improves public safety, reduces disruption and prevents this from happening again. "



We are engaging with Heart of Midlothian FC to establish if any of their players were assaulted on the pitch at the conclusion of the event. The circumstances of the incident are being reviewed.

17 May 2026 10:11:26
Surely not the greatest fans in the world?

17 May 2026 11:52:59
For the same statements are made every year, and similar was put out when we won and our fans gathered in the city centre. It just happens that we never win it recently, so it isn't our fans who are in spotlight misbehaving in this way. Sad but true and a reflection of society today. It may be age, but I can't remember this type of disturbance being reported when titles were won in the past.

Something needs to be done by the clubs to have plans in place that prevent these gatherings in the city centre.

So, events at the stadiums so that the guaranteed damage and misbehaviour happens there. Perhaps if it hits them in the pocket they might take it more seriously.

Not sure how you stop it otherwise. If you let fans gather and drink any amount of alcohol it will end up like this. So do something before next year when we win the league and prevent our club's reputation being damaged by yobs.

17 May 2026 11:56:34
This is on Celtic football club and Glasgow city council, why do they not pay and council allow them to organize a controlled event in Glasgow green or something although tbh them gathering at trongate is seen as a thing now for these people and it's full of daft wee lassies and wee neds / junkies who have prob never been to Parkhead in their life.

17 May 2026 15:18:24
Not sure it's an age thing, Angus.
Have you seen some of the Tim on Tim action?

17 May 2026 15:58:18
MPH, I meant my age rather than the age of the fans. As in, as I get older, my memory might not be as good. However, I can see why you took it the other way. My bad.

I agree, though, age doesn't matter when it comes to fan behaviours. I always hope that with age comes sense, but that is not a universal improvement. I also don't think the colour of scarf or jersey a fan wears makes them bad or worse either.



My hope is that if we win it next year something has been done by the club to force the issue of organising something to try to prevent it. Otherwise, we have the same thing every year and faux outrage from the SFA, Police Scotland, Glasgow Council and the SNP government. If they are so totally ashamed by it they would have sorted it after 2021. Oh, and any year since then, to be fair.

17 May 2026 17:59:08
Doolally. ⬆️⬆️🙄😇🤣