18 May 2026
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18 May 2026 10:59:36
But but he blew the whistle. ??
18 May 2026 11:17:28
That's irrelevant, Fork. The match should have been officially abandoned, so whether the referee blew his whistle or not is not the point. Hearts players were under severe threat of being badly hurt by these idiotic Celtic 'supporters'. Hearts should take this all the way, although I dare say the SFA will not do anything to harm their precious Celtic.
18 May 2026 11:46:56
Without a doubt, Doiger, it's there for all to see, bud, but they have begun the cover up. Hearts never left the field. The police and stewards escorted them off. It's nuts they're going to get away with it. ?
18 May 2026 11:58:45
I'd love to see the evidence of the whistle being blown?
The only way to irradiate this sort of behaviour from them is to take points off them.
18 May 2026 12:04:33
Probably a bigger concern, but what would have happened if Hearts had managed to get a last minute goal to win the league. It doesn't bear thinking about what could have happened. If they can assault players after winning, what would they have done if they had lost.
18 May 2026 12:37:05
O'Neill said on Talksport, the referee blew right after the third goal. He certainly never said that at the time.
18 May 2026 13:18:29
Doesn't matter if he said he blew the whistle. 4th official put up 8 minutes, that is the minimum time to be played. The referee can go beyond that but not shorten it. Both managers said they were told there was a minute left, so he cannot blow for full time.
18 May 2026 13:24:30
Heard that Mystar, he totally contradicted himself. After the game, he said he was getting fans off because the game wasn't finished, but now it's he blew and the game was essentially over after their goal.
Either it was abandoned because of trouble, like the whole world saw, or the ref ended the game before time, without a restart, denying Hearts the opportunity to fight back, unlikely or not. Both are totally wrong.
18 May 2026 13:38:31
Dado and points off us that means.
18 May 2026 14:52:49
Correct Irvbear. ?
18 May 2026 15:27:24
This won't be a popular opinion, but for me there was no dubiety of decisions on Saturday. Had Hearts avoided losing the game, they would be champions. When the fans invaded the pitch, the game was done and dusted, no way back. In my opinion. Had that been at Tynecastle and Hearts scored with a minute remaining to win the league, I've no doubt the same thing would have happened. That doesn't excuse it, and Celtic should be hammered for it, but it didn't affect the outcome. What affected the outcome were the decisions in the 2 or 3 games leading up to Saturday's game.
I'm angry at referees and inconsistency. Celtic weren't cheating by diving or feigning injury. If a ref gives a penalty, it's on them. If Celtic score in 90+10 mins, with 6 mins injury time, it's not Martin O'Neil who blows the whistle for full time. We had 5 cup finals, and showed up for one of them, the one at the end where it didn't matter what the result was. We dust ourselves down, and go again next year. Hopefully we'll get the rub of the green, if you'll pardon the pun.
18 May 2026 15:39:00
Alloa, see if the supporters didn't invade the pitch after the third goal, Hearts would have restarted the game.
18 May 2026 15:56:35
Alloa, I agree. This now seems less about the laws of the game and more about the SFA doing what we never managed to do over 38 games.
Btw, might not be popular either but just a brief check online shows that a physical blast of the whistle on the open pitch is not a legal requirement to conclude a fixture; it is when the referee says it is ended, which counts. If a pitch invasion or safety hazard forces the teams to rush into the tunnel, the referee can signal the end of the match by other means:
Tunnel Whistle: The referee can blow the final whistle inside the tunnel or the dressing room area once safety is secured.
Returning to the Pitch Alone: The referee can step back onto the field with stadium security (even if the players remain safely inside) and blow the whistle to officially conclude the match.
Verbal Notification: The referee can directly inform the team managers and match delegates that the game has been called to a permanent end.
So if the referee says the game was finished, I'm afraid the game is finished. So we can whine all we want and call it another conspiracy, but the ref has said the game was finished so it was. Sorry, folks.
18 May 2026 15:59:46
Agree, mystarane, the officials will cover up their error. How on earth can you blow a whistle in the middle of a pitch invasion with a minimum of 1 minute left? I'm just saying the game was done and the end result was, in my opinion, unaffected.
Had the fans gone back to their seats and the game could have restarted, I'm pretty sure Hearts players would rather have just stayed in the changing room.
18 May 2026 16:01:42
Angus, if they never came on, Hearts kick off after the third goal.