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Stewart Wilson

Why Rangers' hearing over Ibrox Scottish Cup chaos has been delayed

Rangers hearing over the Ibrox chaos has been delayed (Image: Steve Welsh)

Rangers’ hearing into last year's Scottish Cup quarter-final chaos against Celtic has been postponed.

The SFA has delayed the hearing until Monday, August 24.

However, Celtic will still face the SFA tomorrow to answer charges related to the same incident.

Both clubs are under scrutiny following the disorderly post-match scenes at Ibrox after the Scottish Cup tie in March.

The match ended in chaos, with supporters clashing on the pitch and fireworks being thrown after the away side's penalty victory.

An independent 37-page review, led by Mark Blackbourne, highlighted the involvement of both clubs and the police in the day's events.

While the ultras groups from both sides were primarily blamed for the violence, the report also pointed out significant pre-match planning failures in the high-stakes game.

As a result, both Rangers and Celtic were charged with breaches of SFA disciplinary rule 37, which addresses unacceptable conduct at matches.

The rule states that clubs must ensure good order and security, have policies to prevent unacceptable conduct, and effectively deal with instances of such conduct during matches.


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They must also ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that their players, officials, supporters and any person exercising a function for or in connection with the club do not engage in unacceptable conduct at any ground on the occasion of a match, and that they identify any of their supporters who engage in unacceptable conduct and take proportionate disciplinary measures in respect of such supporters.

However, Rangers' involvement in tomorrow's Europa League clash with Jagiellonia Bialystok has led to their hearing being pushed back from its original date.

Consequently, the final verdict and potential sanctions for both clubs are likely to be announced only after Rangers' hearing.

Mark Blackbourne's report also criticised the police for their role in the events.

The delay in Rangers' hearing means that fans of both clubs will have to wait a little longer to find out the repercussions of the events at Ibrox.

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