Celtic coasted into the final of the Scottish Cup after hammering St Johnstone at Hampden.
The current Scottish champions-elect are looking to win the ninth treble in Celtic’s history and blazed into final in May after an incredible first-half that saw Brendan Rodgers’ side blow St Johnstone away.
The Bhoys scored four goals in an incredible 11 first half minutes where Callum McGregor, Daizen Maeda (2) and Adam Idah blasted Celtic into the showpiece Scottish Cup final.
However, something else happened in the first half that could see the SFA hammer St Johnstone and pile more misery onto the relegation-threatened club.
St Johnstone fans’ use of pyro vs Celtic could land club with SFA fine
Around five minutes into the match, clouds of smoke could be seen circling Hampden as Celtic pressed the St Johnstone end of the ground.
It appears that the Perth club fan’s had sneaked illegal pyrotechnics into the national stadium and not long after the game got underway, they lit the pyro to break the Scottish FA’s rulebook.
The fact that Celtic were punished by the SPFL for the same incident in the Premier Sports Cup semi-final and final against Aberdeen this season, fans will be looking for the rulebook to be applied fairly and evenly across the whole of Scottish football.
The SFA rule Celtic were hammered by that should see St Johnstone punished
The SFA and the SPFL made their stance clear this season by taking the step to punish Celtic for the use of pyro this season and they should now apply the rulebook to St Johnstone too.
According to the SFA website, Rule 11 in theie Ground Regulations sections states, “The following articles MUST NOT BE BROUGHT INTO THE GROUND prohibited weapons, knives, fireworks, smoke canisters, air-horns, flares, weapons, dangerous or hazardous items, laser devices, bottles, glass vessels, cans, poles and any article that might be used as a weapon and/or compromise public safety.
“It is an offence punishable by law and Unacceptable Conduct for any person to enter or attempt to enter the Ground whilst in possession of any article which is a firework or any article or substance whose purpose or any part of its purpose is the emission of a flare for purposes of illuminating or signalling or the emission of smoke and/or gas and any person in possession of such articles will be refused entry to the Ground and if having entered, to expulsion from the ground and such other sanction as may be determined by the Club/Event Organiser and reported to the Police.”
Celtic fans will be watching on with interest to see if the rulebook applies to all Scottish clubs’ fans and not just the Parkhead support.
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