Celtic and Rangers emerged from two mud wrestles at Hampden to set up an Old Firm League Cup Final. But the weekend action which saw Kilmarnock and Aberdeen KO’d was not without controversy.
The SFA found themselves in the brown stuff over the state of the national stadium’s pitch while the match officials were accused of slipping up over Kilmarnock’s penalty claims against Celtic. First the mud. Alan McGaw, Alloa, said: “Well done Rangers getting to another final. It was a struggle especially the first half but in the end we got there. It’s an absolute disgrace the quagmire of a pitch at our national stadium. The SFA should be ashamed of themselves, there’s no excuse. Well done the teams that had to play on it. SFA - get it sorted for next month.”
Dr Robert Pender emailed: “A total disgrace and embarrassment the condition of the playing surface. It is no wonder Scottish football is a laughing stock down south. Our public park in the village is 100 per cent better.” Gary Stevenson, Newtonhill, said: “How can we expect to attract quality players to Scottish football when we are asking our so called best players to play on a ploughed park? The SFA should hang their heads in shame and for anyone injured during the semi finals the SFA should pay their wages while they are out of the team.”
