Rangers fans have been up in arms over a few decisions against them this season and in others gone by.
There seems to be a feeling amongst other clubs that both Glasgow clubs get big calls in their favour but it certainly doesn’t feel like it for Gers supporters.
As a result of this belief, Rangers have now been dragged into an argument about a decision made in the Premier League.
It came during a debate around a number of calls that controversially went against Wolves in their defeat to fellow strugglers West Ham on Monday night.
And former Wolves manager and Celtic defender Mick McCarthy made quite the outlandish claim.
Rangers ‘get favourable referee treatment’
McCarthy was responding to a suggestion that the decisions that went against Wolves will even themselves out over the campaign.
He says that notion is “complete nonsense” and used Rangers and Celtic as examples.
He claims it is common knowledge both Glasgow teams get more refereeing decisions than the rest of the teams in the Scottish Premiership, having played across the city for two seasons in the late 1980s.
Speaking to Ally McCoist on talkSPORT, he said: “Both you and I know those decisions even each other out over the course of the season is complete nonsense.
“Put it this way, I’m Celtic and you’re Rangers… we get more decisions than the other teams in the league. Not on purpose, but we all know it happens. It’s incredibly unfair.”
Rangers fans would disagree with McCarthy
Rangers fans will read McCarthy’s comments with interest given some of the decisions that have gone against them over the years.
This season alone, Gers have not been awarded a single penalty all campaign.
And the SFA’s panel have ruled that there were FOUR VAR decisions that gone against Rangers, including a penalty Hibs were awarded at Ibrox for an apparent handball by John Souttar, which left Philippe Clement incensed.
The manager told Sky Sports at the time: “My question is ‘why is that a penalty?’
“You have a player who puts his leg up to go to the ball, so he’s wide. At that moment, he sees the other player make contact, so he makes himself smaller to put his arm in front of him. And then the ball touches him, and his arm goes up.
“In that short distance, I’ve seen this situation in the last couple of weeks, where people have had their arm out of their body, and there was no penalty. It was discussed before the season not to give those easy penalties from short distance in those moments. For me, it’s not a penalty.”
When Sky’s reporter pointed out his elbow was away from his body, Clement replied: “Of course, but he cannot put his elbow against his body when you go with your leg up.
“You cannot put your arm somewhere in your body. He makes himself smaller (to get out the way). As a player, you cannot do more.
“It’s from one meter or one-and-a-half meters that the ball comes at him. So no, it was really clear in the discussions between the managers and the referee department that these decisions were not to be penalties.
“So yeah, I expect a conclusion to be made during the week. But it can happen, it’s human decisions in the moment.”
