Celtic assistant boss John Kennedy may have afforded himself a little smirk in Denmark as news reached him that Rangers counterpart Michael Beale had helped to cost his side a fine.
Neil Lennon’s right hand man was verbally abused at the tail end of our derby defeat to the Gers in December – as Beale let himself down badly inside the hostile Celtic Park atmosphere.
The Rangers coach had already been red carded when he went back for more – saying something to a calm Kennedy who refused to react while under severe provocation.
Earlier today, the Ibrox side received a £15,000 fine (£5,000 suspended) for a number of poor incidents in both the Parkhead game, and a win at Hibs a week earlier. (Sky Sports)
Kennedy showed class Beale could only dream of
Celtic could have found themselves in a similar boat had Kennedy reacted.
The former centre-back showed real restraint – something that is a little symbolic of how Celtic acted on that day, and have ever since.
We took our medicine from a bruising defeat that day. We knew that nothing had been won and, if we put the right things into place in Dubai, we’d come back stronger.
As a result, Kennedy is having the last laugh. The team he is part of are now ten points clear at the top of the league and in a great position to add to the one trophy we’ve already banked.
Beale, meanwhile, has little to show for that day’s work. Other than a celebration that now looks daft and a fine that Rangers will have to cough up.
Karma’s a mean thing, eh?
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