The SFA will 100% attempt to blame Celtic for instigating yesterday’s violent scenes at Ibrox, despite all the evidence to the contrary

In one of my articles last Friday, I said that Ibrox would be like a tinderbox waiting to ignite for Celtic’s visit in the Scottish Cup quarter final.

I said that if things didn’t go the way of the Ibrox side, it could get ugly.

The fact that yesterday’s game could not be decided in regulation time or extra time, did not come as a surprise.

But when it went to penalties, all of the ingredients were there for things to get ugly if it didn’t go the way of the home side.

When Tomas Cvancara scored the winning penalty, the touch paper was lit to ignite the tinderbox that was Ibrox.

After that, things got pretty grim.

The SFA have stated they will launch an investigation into what happened.

The question here is, who is really to blame for this?

There is no doubt that the SFA will attempt to say Celtic fans instigated the riot with their over exuberant celebrations in the aftermath of the final penalty.

They will say that it was the Celtic fans who first invaded the pitch in celebration as both players and fans celebrated the victory.

What happened thereafter is irrelevant.

Celtic will be blamed for starting it all.

Despite the fact that when the Ibrox side thought they had gained the lead through Emmanuel Fernadez’s double hand balled goal, their fans began to invade the pitch to celebrate.

This indicates that had they won the game, the likelihood is that they would have celebrated in the exact same way the Celtic fans did.

The reality is that in situations like this, nobody wins.

Now, I also know that certain sections of our own fans didn’t cover themselves in glory either.

The photographs appearing on Social media of the vandalism done to the Broomloan end doesn’t exactly paint a very good picture of our supporters.

Whether the damage to the seats happened before or after flares were launched at our fans doesn’t matter.

The SFA will use images like these to provide context to their argument that it was the Celtic fans who caused things to get ugly.

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They will not do us any favours.

The fact that lit flares rained down on our support, and yet again, a Celtic coach was attacked by an Ibrox supporter won’t make any difference.

It will be Statement O’Clock from the Ibrox board at some point today.

They will issue a strongly worded statement condemning the actions of Celtic fans and commending theirs for defending the honour of Ibrox.

The Americans, whether they’ll admit it or not, finally got to see the true face of what they spent all of their precious millions on yesterday.

They will begin to understand that Ibrox is a black hole that swallows money.

And it will always be hungry for more, and more.

The realisation will have dawned on them this morning that after all of their massive investment this season, there is a distinct possibility they will now end up trophyless this season.

And therein lies the real problem.

That is the real cause of the scenes we saw yesterday.

The Ibrox fans lost it because the worst Celtic side in generations came to their home patch and weathered a 120+ minute onslaught from their toothless side.

We then had the audacity to go on and win the tie from the resultant penalty shootout.

That was the cause of the rage that we all witnessed from the Ibrox fans thereafter.

Yet today, the Record is running with the story of the vandalism in the Broomloan end.

This is what is going to be front and centre.

This is the stick the SFA will use to beat us.

I already wrote about the Celtic fan who was charged with a breach of the peace for mocking the deaths of Ibrox supporters.

Yet we just can’t seem to learn from this one.

The graffiti sprayed in the Broomloan End is once again celebrating this event.

Why do we keep going back to this?

How can our fans not understand that it is totally unacceptable?

And that normal, decent, fun loving Celtic fans do not condone this in any way?

We can go to Ibrox and leave this stuff out of it.

We can celebrate a victory like yesterday’s without the need to involve this subject in it.

And yes, I get that once again, the sectarian, racist, bigoted bile poured from the Ibrox stands yesterday.

The famine song even rang out, as well as the Billy Boys.

I get that their offensive songbook drives some of our fans to want to mete out the same kind of justice.

But the Ibrox disaster should never be the ammunition for it.

I’m delighted we won yesterday.

I’m even happier we won it in the fashion we did.

When I first saw the Ibrox fans reacting the way they did, it gave me great pleasure to see what sore losers they were.

Then I saw the pictures of the Broomloan End and my heart sank.

I knew that the case for defending the actions of the Onion Bears and other idiots would be justified by that one image showing the graffiti about the Ibrox disaster.

The sad reality is that they will most likely walk away Scot free.

The Ibrox side will face no sanctions from the SFA.

Well, at least I’d be shocked if they did.

Whereas our fan loving board will be sent the bill for the damage to Broomloan end, thus endearing us even more to them.

The Ibrox side will cry the victim, and the reality is that our gutless board will probably agree with them, and condemn our own fans.

There is a lot more to unfold from all of this.

But I’d be pretty sure much of it will revolve around what I’ve said in this article.

It will be a battle of statements from both clubs.

And it certainly won’t come as a shock if the SFA punish us and not them.

No shock at all.

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