The clock is ticking and the fourth official is fiddling with his board. The scoreboard isn’t budging – but neither are any of the fans.
Ange Postecoglou might have brought his We Never Stop mantra to Parkhead, but the Celtic boss didn’t invent it. The Hoops have a long tradition of playing until the final whistle and often punishing teams who are starting to believe they are on the verge of a result, only to have the rug pulled out from under them in the dying moments. Billy Stark’s Celtic side that won the double in the club’s centenary season made a name for themselves thanks to late, late shows, and the Hoops hero reckon the current crop have a similar handy knack for pouncing when the buses are revved up and ready to go.
And the Scotland youth boss believes SPFL rivals might be in for some more overtime if some of the World Cup guidelines are rolled out in Scotland. Matches in Qatar have regularly rumbled on past 95 minutes – and there’s even been more than a few smashing the 100 minute barrier as officials clamped down on time wasting.
