As the Rangers penalty conspiracy ramps up, a revealing Celtic penalty stat from under 10 years ago threatens to stun the draining hordes into silence.
We spoke yesterday about the ridiculous Rangers penalty coverage from Scottish football’s high-council of academic thought-leaders and its roots in Masonic conspiracy madness.
This time around it stems from the fact that Rangers haven’t had a Premiership penalty awarded against them this season in a stat described as “incredible” from Ibrox-baiting shortbread tin megamind Michael Stewart.
A panel of cerebral powerhouses also took to PLZ Soccer to suggest fan pressure – oh the hypocrisy – is behind the apparent reluctance of referees to award spot kicks against Rangers.
Celtic penalty stat stuns Rangers conspiracists into silence
It is genuinely astounding that these torn face, painfully bitter rival fans can’t just enjoy their title victory without trying to take stabs at Rangers. It is unhealthy verging into manic.
But what these bastions of intelligent analysis have failed to recognise is that back in 2014/15, when Celtic actually won the title, they were awarded 0 spot-kicks against them.
The season before, they were only awarded two against them, meaning they only had two penalty kicks given against them in two seasons.
How do we explain that? Well, the same reasons Rangers haven’t had penalty kicks awarded against them when they play 95% of Scottish football matches in the opposition half. We’re not mental, we understand that.
But when it comes to Celtic where’s the mania? The sensationalism? The utter crackpot nonsense?
It is deluded, muckraking rubbish to suggest there is some kind of conspiracy at the heart of the Rangers penalty statistics and it is utterly shameful to be pressurising referees heading into the weekend’s Old Firm clash.
Because let’s be honest – that’s why they’re doing it – with Celtic fans pathetically ramping up the penalty pressure ahead of their trip to Rangers this weekend.
They can take their title wins, heck they can take their treble, but every single day I thank the good Lord above I was born a bluenose and not one of those embarrassing crackpots.
