There was some pre-match confusion at the Tony Macaroni Arena with Rangers keeper Robby McCrorie complaining to the referee - because the pitch lines were too thick. And while whistler Don Robertson agreed, the message from the man in the middle was clear: get on with it.
The Ibrox side take on Livingston in their Premiership opener as a new-look Gers team look to wrestle the title back from Celtic at the first time of asking. Gio van Bronckhorst picked three of his new signings to start, with John Souttar, Tom Lawrence and Antonio Colak in the XI.
There was a mild surprise between the sticks too as Jon McLaughlin appears to have taken Allan McGregor's status as No.1. And when the stoppers went out to warm up, they noticed something was amiss with the pitch and raised the issue to the officials. It was third choice McCrorie spotted in conversation with the referee, gesturing to the by-line behind the goal and raising the issue that it was too thick.
Ref Robertson got the tape measure out and agreed, but they decided there was nothing they could do with half an hour to go until kick-off and the warmups well underway. And a seemingly miffed McCrorie was told his team would just need to get on with it.
David Martindale meanwhile picked new keeper Shamal George to start, with Ivan Kovonolov on the bench as part of a refreshed goalkeeping setup. Last season's first-choice Max Stryjek is out of favour after pushing for a move away.
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