GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - MAY 16: Hearts' Lawrence Shankland (C) and teammates appeal to Referee Don Robertson during a William Hill Premiership match between Celtic and Heart of Midlothian at Celtic Park, on May 16, 2026, in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Ross Parker/SNS Group via Getty Images)
Last night, the SFA released the audio of the end of the game at Celtic Park.
It is pretty conclusive.
Many are still trying to poke holes in it, but it’s a pointless exercise.
The stenographers in the SMSM built their case against Celtic around the “missing minute” that Hearts never got to play.
Then they added in the fact that Hearts players were assaulted and that they had to leave Celtic Park for their own safety.
In less than a week, the following has been revealed:
Hearts had already pre-planned to leave Celtic Park early if they lost the game.
Additionally, it was Hearts who wanted the game finished after Celtic’s 3rd goal was scored.
This is made blatantly clear in the audio between Don Robertson and Kevin Clancy released by the SFA yesterday evening.
Finally, the evidence that Hearts players were assaulted is still not forthcoming, despite claims from Tony Bloom that “one or two” of his players were assaulted.
There is no camera footage of any Hearts players being assaulted.

For the record, there is footage of Lawrence Shankland putting hands on a Celtic fan, and Frankie Kent attempted smash a Celtic supporters phone.
Shankland and Kent, it would appear, are Tony Bloom’s “one or two”.
The use of “one or two” in itself shows that Bloom himself is not even convinced that their players were assaulted at Celtic Park.
They either were or they weren’t, and it was either one, or it was two.
This is the last crumb of hope both the SMSM and Hearts hold on to now, considering that everything else they wailed about has been now been thoroughly taken apart.
The entire narrative throughout the week from the media and Hearts has been built on lies.
Or at the very least, dramatisation of an already predetermined outcome.
They had already decided they were leaving Celtic Park immediately if they lost the game.
Instead of actually admitting that, they weaponised it in the unhinged statement they released on Saturday evening.
Stating they fled for their safety from the “threatening and menacing” environment at Celtic Park.
This particular line in that statement is a blatant lie:
The pitch invasion caused a chaotic end and nobody seemed to know whether or not the match had been brought to a finish.
The most important person on the pitch from a Hearts perspective clearly knew exactly when the match had been brought to a finish.
This segment of the audio from the SFA is pretty damning:
Hearts are happy to finish. Don, Hearts are happy to finish. Derek McInnes has told me they’re happy to finish off so they can get their players off. They want their players off the pitch.
Derek McInnes knew exactly when the game had finished.
Since he requested it should be brought to a finish.
You’d wonder why he failed to inform whoever put that statement together of this critical piece of information?

It also ties very much in with their plan to vacate Celtic Park early in the event that they lost the game.
This was also weaponised in their statement.
The verbal abuse elsewhere that was also mentioned in the statement?
Celtic fans signing “Champions Again” to the departing Hearts players.
All of the drama documented in Hearts statement was created by Derek McInnes simply because he could not stand to see Celtic celebrate in the way they did.
Derek McInnes absolutely detests Celtic.
There’s a particular video out there to prove that much.
The photographs of his body language at Celtic Park prove that much.
Certain individuals in the media like Keith Jackson, Tom English, and the Village Idiot are being made to look like the twats they are.
They’ve all run with a story that has proven to be manifestly untrue.
It has been taken apart piece by piece.
It all boils down to one thing.
Derek McInnes was fuming he lost the title to Celtic.
He acted like a petulant child in the aftermath.
The media ran with the bullshit wafting out of Tynecastle.
Now they’re drowning in it.
Celtic are the story.
Celtic will continue to be the story tomorrow, regardless of what Neil Lennon says.
Even at our weakest, we have proven the rest of Scottish football still cannot touch us.
And that drives everyone demented.
Demented to the point they lie, obfuscate, and ruminate.
They ruminate on us because we are their most negative thought.
Ruminate some more then.
See you tomorrow assholes.
Mine’s a double.
Key Takeaways
- The SFA released audio clarifying that Hearts pre-planned to leave Celtic Park early if they lost the game.
- Claims of Hearts players being assaulted lack evidence, and their own players show erratic behaviour in the footage.
- The media narrative against Celtic has fallen apart, revealing exaggerations and lies from Hearts.
- Derek McInnes’s reaction to losing highlights his disdain for Celtic, complicating their official statements.
- Celtic’s dominance continues to provoke frustration and resentment within Scottish football.
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Anybody but celtic , that’s the sum and substance of hearts and the scottish media and the establishment, and as it all falls apart nothing will happen ,they should all face consequences for their sectarian shit stirring
I would assume Hearts with the blessings of McInnes and Bloom would have bought and brought a huge cargo of expensive champagne to Celtic Park last weekend in the high hopes of winning the league and thus celebrating in super style ? Maybe Hearts wangled a deal with one of those uber expensive Edinburgh Vintners as a ‘ sale or return ‘ type of accord when first bought ? I can’t see the players in any mood to crack open the champers on the hastily arranged journey from Glasgow to Edinburgh after losing the league to Celtic ..in their strips ! Can you ?
Smelly bastards, not getting a shower after a game if football. SMELLY SMELLY BASTARDS!
Hearts are worse than the huns. They couldn’t wait to inject poisonous atmosphere at swinecastle by reducing our away allocations to gain a sporting advantage, just like the huns. They’ve deliberately lied and cheated every step of the way with their fouling, falling about, time wasting and more. I enjoyed many a victory as a Celtic fan but three in particular against them stand out, 86 league win, 88 Scottish Cup semi, and last week. Absolutely delightful, I’m off to build a bonfire.
Apparently they left early because there was a big punch-up in the tunnel.
Arrived back at Tynecastle more than worse for wear. Had a big booze up in the Gorgie suite and were lead in a sectarian sing along by McInnes and Shankland. “We hate Roman Catholics”… aye very good.
This from an audio clip where someone got tickets from shankland. Events…. leaked out.
Lovely bunch. Their pain is delicious.