Douglas Ross has issued his response to a banner that was unveiled by fans at Celtic Park while he was officiating as linesman.
The Conservative MSP was running the line at Parkhead on Saturday as the Hoops were 5-1 winners over St Mirren in the Scottish Cup with goals from Reo Hatate, Hyeon-gyu Oh and Matt O'Riley finishing the game in a flurry for Ange Postecoglou's men. Ross who has officiated Scottish top flight games for the past few seasons was one of the linesmen involved in the tie.
During the first half a banner was unveiled from fan group the Green Brigade in their section of the stadium which read: “VAR decision: Douglas Ross is a c***". The banner, which was picked up by the TV cameras of Viaplay Sports, prompted an on-air apology from the broadcaster with the politician now responding to the incident.
