Hibs could face disciplinary action after making an inflammatory social media post surrounding a Rangers penalty award.
We suspect whoever was handed the keys to the Edinburgh club’s official X account might be sweating a little this morning after the impulsive decision made headlines.
Responding to referee David Dickinson eventually awarding Rangers a first-half penalty through VAR in the match, the account objectively slid into the unprofessional.
Asking “who had 20 minutes?”, the Tweet is in reference to so-called Rangers penalty bingo where refereeing conspiracists bet on when the Ibrox side will be deliberately awarded a spot kick.
As things stand, the tweet is still up on the official Hibernian X account.
Hibs face SFA action for Rangers penalty tweet
Now, the Easter Road club are facing potential sanctions if the tongue-in-cheek tweet is found to have breached the SFA’s rules.
Clubs cannot openly criticise or infer bias or incompetence on referees via their social media channels and it very much appears this is what Hibs have done here.
Rule 29.1 states: “A club or recognised football body which publishes, distributes, issues, sells or authorises a third party to publish, distribute, issue or sell a match programme or any other publication or audio/visual material, including but not limited to the internet, social networking or micro-blogging sites, shall be held responsible for all matters contained therein.”
Rule 29.2 continues: “A club shall ensure that any such publications or audio/visual material does not contain any criticism of any match official calculated to indicate bias or incompetence on the part of such match official or to impinge upon his character.”
World’s worst conspiracy continues
Remarkably, the world’s worst conspiracy failed yet again a minute later when the Rangers spot-kick – which was missed by James Tavernier but turned in by Scott Wright – was ruled out for encroachment.
The images are ridiculously inconclusive with Philippe Clement joking come the final whistle that Scott Wright’s boots must’ve been too big.
Not only that but referee David Dickinson infuriated Rangers fans in the match by repeatedly giving drop balls or Rangers possessions back to Hibs after blowing up and halting play.
We get it, we really do. The Easter Road admin is trying to be all cool and edgy.
But instead, they appear to have shown either a complete lack of understanding of the rules by which their responsibilities are actually governed or a lack of care for them.
Not only that, but the ridiculously embarrassing point they were trying to make – which is also a conspiracy theory – was completely disproved about 30 seconds later.
The Rangers conspiracy stuff if a tired old joke and the moment someone brings it into the discussion it really is so hard to take them seriously.
Something tells us that – just like in the case of Brendan Rodgers – our Leithian brothers don’t have a leg to stand on here and we suspect they’re going to get deservedly pulled up.
Rangers recorded their fourth straight victory over Hibs this season in the 3-1 win, with Rabbi Matondo being singled out for praise come the final whistle.
