SPFL Posts 5

17 May 2026 21:41:48
I don't think that there is a more HATED TEAM THAN CELTIC after yesterday, their fans think that they didn't do a thing wrong and it was acceptable to join their team on the pitch to celebrate another trophy win.

17 May 2026 22:46:18
They hadn't won the trophy though, Scrambled.

Their fans interrupted a game in progress.

Then those fans assaulted members of the opposition team.

The players fled the field of play, fearing for their safety.

As a result, the game could not be completed in accordance with the rules of the game.

Martin O'Neil has already confirmed the 4th official told him the game time remaining to be played.

O'Neil expected to return his players to the park once order was restored.

Order was not restored due to fan invasion. There are already very clear rules governing these types of incidents.

Hoping Hearts FC take this all the way to CAS.

17 May 2026 22:49:32
Long shot, I know, but can you imagine what would have happened if we had won over there & scuppered their league chances. Oh boy!

18 May 2026 07:27:27
The game not restarting is a rule breaker.

18 May 2026 07:49:38
The SFA/SPFL ducks are all quacking the same story. Robertson informed the delegate he blew for time. When? They were already on the park. Hearts never left the field. They were escorted by stewards and police for their safety. Total covering of their archives to finish the job they started with Slattery.

18 May 2026 07:54:40
"Archie's instead of archives" didn't want to be rude. 🙄😉

18 May 2026 14:06:56
Hearts not happy with SPFL and SFA response and are escalating it to UEFA and FIFA. Celtic have gained 24 points over the season on last minute goals. Can you imagine at 2 each at Motherwell the Motherwell fans invaded the pitch and the game was stopped, or at any grounds where they have scored a last min goal?

18 May 2026 14:54:50
Aye, but it's ex chairman George Foulkes. It's not officially Hearts.

18 May 2026 16:47:36
If Hearts FC are planning an appeal, Foulkes should stay out of the way imo.

17 May 2026 16:16:03
With some people saying that Hearts should be given the 3 points and 3-0 scoreline due to the pitch invasion by them. Had this ever actually happened.? I don't know any time it has?

17 May 2026 16:44:33
Prague derby a few weeks ago it happened.

17 May 2026 16:59:53
Correct, Going for.

I hope Hearts lawyer up and take it all the way to The Court of Arbitration for Sport. They'll need to as they won't get justice in Scotland.

17 May 2026 21:17:31
Prague derby, it was over rules 3 days after the game, and 3-0 awarded to losing team. I believe score was 3-2 at the time, with 3 mins remaining.

17 May 2026 22:51:36
Correct Stevie.

The remaining time had to have been played. Who knows what could have happened.

Look at the Rochdale v York match. York only had to avoid defeat to win promotion. 95 mins in, Rochdale scored.

Their fans flooded the pitch thinking their team had done it. It took the referee 6 minutes to restore order.

When play resumed, York went up the park and scored the equalizer that won them promotion.

17 May 2026 23:25:00
Lads 1 minute is theoretically possible to score 2 goals so by laws of the game if the match had to be abandoned due to winning teams fans invading pitch and making it unsafe to restart the match it has to be forfeited and a 3-0 score awarded to the other side.

I'll post the exact out take from rule book on sightings page and Ed will post it on banter for all to see.

It's not paranoia ots facts that they're getting away with murder and it's been over course of this season, and many before hand too.

The handball at Motherwell game was the big one and they got it wrong.

Red card on Johnstone where the var weren't given the one clip that shows it's a red.

There was another decision on Old Firm went their way I can't remember what one.

Then this riot yesterday where the game had a minute to play and they invade pitch threaten and assault players and the police tell ref to take the players off.

The whistle wasn't blown oneil said as much, and the other rumour that 2 police escorted the ref out to pitch to blow it if true proves that.

That match absolutely if rules are followed should be awarded to Hearts tomorrow or Tuesday.

Surely all officials knew this to be the rules and basically have bottled making the ruling due to the pitch invasion.

Even if McCinnes says no to restarting it the ref still needs to take the field with Celtic team and then blow to abandon. That's the rules there's no grey area it's black n white.

18 May 2026 10:39:07
Correct, Stevie.

Many such examples.

Man United - Champions League final - 2 goals in 90 seconds.

Even Scotland v Denmark recently, 90th and 92nd minute goals that took us to a World Cup.

18 May 2026 22:13:26
Stevie, if 2 police officers escorted the ref out to pitch to blow the whistle then the game was played to its conclusion, I'm afraid. That is one of the ways for him to show 'visually' that it was. In fact, I've done a bit of reading on this, and one way I found was this, surprisingly.



Entering the Final Report: Under IFAB Law 5, the referee remains the sole timekeeper. Declaring the match finished in the official post-game referee's report legally codifies the result.

18 May 2026 23:56:24
But Angus, if the referee is lying, that's a collaborated cover up. If he has lied, then he can't have the final say.

As I've said above, release the audio of his
microphone and that will be the answer.

19 May 2026 08:48:35
Stevie, it was you who said the ref in your post had been led onto the field. But he doesn't actually have to blow his whistle. He just needs to put in his report that the match had ended.

Are we so desperate for them not to win that we are grasping at this and the straws of Hearts taking legal action against the SFA? Is everyone now involved in this conspiracy against us? What benefit is there to a referee to lie in these circumstances? Yes, it benefits Celtic, but the ref gets no benefit that I can see.



I just prefer to accept we weren't good enough and have great sympathy for Hearts, as, over the season, despite doing magnificently well, neither were they.

19 May 2026 14:33:17
Angus, the laws and rules of the game matter, mate.

And yes we are so desperate for them not to win the league that we are grasping at this. Yes, mate that's exact lot correct. 💯 We are,

Celtic fans ruined the game, whether its minute 60 or 95. They shouldn't be allowed to get away with invading the pitch, causing all that happened and then getting away with ending the game a minute early just cause it suits them?

There are laws and rules to this game and they were not adhered to.



The match should be forfeited.

17 May 2026 15:42:26
Young Curtis on the score sheet AGAIN for Killie. 👏

17 May 2026 16:05:44
Looking forward to him coming back next season, Gazza.

17 May 2026 17:40:27
Playing in a midfield 3 today, played lw, rw, rb and cm for Kilmarnock.

17 May 2026 15:41:08
Nottingham Forest fans singing are you Celtic in disguise after Man United get a goal after mbuemo has a blatant handball in the build up to cunha's goal, everyone sees it, not just fans up in Scotland.

17 May 2026 18:27:52
It makes a change from what is usually sung in Scotland. Same old Celtic, always cheating.

17 May 2026 15:54:27
Would love every team team refusing to play at their midden next season citing player safety, and only agreeing to play at a neutral venue with a 50/50 split for fans. Either that or closed doors.

Will be interesting to see if there are any fines and points deduction coming their way, though can't see it myself. Should be told to return the trophy and give it to Hearts if the match was abandoned, but that's never going to happen either.

17 May 2026 17:05:13
According to Martin O'Neill, the 4th official told him there was still a minute to be played and he thought the teams were to be brought back out.

The final whistle was not blown prior to fan invasion.

Hearts players were assaulted and could not continue due to safety concerns.

The referee could not restore order.

The match is therefore abandoned.



It matters not that the ref claimed to have returned to the pitch himself later, after Hearts had left to blow the whistle.

That's a lame attempt at ass-covering.

The conduct of Celtic's fans led to abandonment. The rules are clear. Celtic forfeit the game and Hearts are awarded a 3-0 win.

I hope Tony Bloom and Co. fight this all the way to CAS.

17 May 2026 17:58:10
200%MVG. 👍

17 May 2026 18:24:11
Mgv, yea Hearts must take this all the way. imo.

17 May 2026 14:30:12
The SPFL sweeping has begun.

17 May 2026 15:11:28
Another cover up. 🤫

17 May 2026 15:37:04
The Trongate Tramps strike again!

17 May 2026 17:54:14
Seemingly, a game can only be ended if it has restarted, whether the ball has gone out of play or any other circumstances. To restart a game, there has to be at least 7 players on the pitch from each team, or the game is void.
The game can stop if it is deemed to have played the full 90 minutes, which the referee clearly didn't think, as he played injury time.

The Celtic manager has said he was told there was another minute to play, and this can't be placed on the Hearts manager, as his only concern was his players and he was never going to send them back onto the field of play.

I shouldn't post on a Sunday as it's my day of drinking and I don't make sense sometimes.

I can't help but blame everyone involved in Scottish football for this, as everyone was happy to put the boot into our team on the way down without thinking of the consequences.

Who can forget the missing email or the garbage about football is nothing without fans, but we had to play in front of an empty Ibrox.

Rangers in the past have tried to gather all the teams together, but they have always been swayed by that mob, Lawell in particular.

Now they all realise what Rangers have been saying. Don't blame the referees, as they are given no support from the SFA, as Scottish football is now all about one team and one team only. We can't even accuse them of cheating, as the SFA allows them to play within certain rules knowing that every statement will suit one team.

I now understand why people say Scottish football is corrupt, and I hate that fact. Hearts didn't lose the league yesterday; they lost it on Wednesday night, and are now getting a taste of what our great club have had to deal with since everyone was happy to boot the team we love down. We as a club will come back again, but others only get 1 chance and they have blown it for themselves.

17 May 2026 10:21:07
Glasgow and Police Scotland taking a battering. Hearts players and staff assaulted. Embarrassing pitch invasion. I wonder how the Scottish mhedia will report this? 🤔

17 May 2026 11:29:22
I wonder when Mr Swinney makes his statement, will it be Celtic fans or football fans.

17 May 2026 12:15:22
Patiently waiting, Flb. Still hearing nothing.

17 May 2026 12:57:22
Have been hearing about the treatment that the Hearts fans that were at the game had to endure: urinated on, spat at. Unfortunately, they couldn't get out of the ground as quickly as the players.
Going to be very interesting next week to see if there is any other info coming out.
No Celtic fans to be allowed into Tynecastle next season?

17 May 2026 12:57:44
Will 100 percent be football fans then he will mention Rangers fans being on the park - he's a blankety blank of a man.

17 May 2026 15:40:20
Perhaps they will blame the union bears. 🤣

17 May 2026 17:36:47
Probably still celebrating a Tainted title.