Celtic fans have reacted strongly to comments from former SFA president George Peat about the 2008 SPL extension.
The league allowed Rangers more time to complete their end-of-season fixtures after they made it to the UEFA Cup Final, where they were soundly beaten by FC Zenit.
The Hoops famously pipped Walter Smith’s side to the league title a week later on an emotional Thursday night at Tannadice.
Ever since, the Govan side have whined about perceived unfair treatment and the feelings around that period have been brought to the fore again this week after an interview Peat gave to BBC Scotland.
I remember when Rangers got to the final in Manchester. I got a phone call from a prominent chairman of a club requesting me not to help Rangers in any way.
And it so happened that I had already had a meeting with Lex Gold at the SPL because what we were willing to do was to extend the season because of the fixture pile-up that Rangers had and I was most disappointed when I got back to the office to receive this call to ask me not to help them in any way.
That really stuck in my throat.
The whole thing is rather pathetic. Dredging a ten-year old ‘scandal’ would be bad enough, but everyone seems to be conveniently forgetting that the authorities did in fact go out of their way to give Rangers as much room as possible to play their games around the final.
These Celtic fans took to Twitter to share their thoughts on Peat and his comments…
George Peat a football dinosaur
1. The Season was extended
2. He refused Celtic requests in previous Seasons
3. A coward not to name the Club
4. Illegally sat in on a Disciplinary meeting on Neil Lennon – Lennon got a 6 game ban
Like the Team he supports a #Fraud@BBCSportsound https://t.co/SMIGjkzSVV— Celtic Collectibles (@CollectCelticFC) September 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/Albagubrath71/status/1041964250539937793
https://twitter.com/frankie_gault/status/1041952441170911232
Agree on all fronts. However, the question that needs to be asked is why now? Why do @BBCSportsound @bbckennymac care? It has no relevance to anything especially with the bigger governance issues we have at the moment ignored.
— The Barrhead Cafu (@duffster1975) September 18, 2018
..I don’t recall any other teams getting “help” in ANY situation…….. think we will ask for help near the end of our 20-in-a-row season 😂😂😂😂😂😂 don’t know what the fuss is all about, anyway …we have all witnessed the oldco/sevco bias ..it’s part of Scottish Football DNA
— 67 Heaven (@67_heaven) September 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/stuartmeechan1/status/1042166728204189700
https://twitter.com/IncubatorMan/status/1041954534535426048
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