Kevin Clancy will be the man in charge when Celtic travel to take on Hibernian this weekend.
The 12:30 kick-off at Easter Road will be the first of six Premiership matches at the weekend, with Neil Lennon’s men able to move six points clear at the top with a victory.
And the man in the middle will be Clancy, as the SFA confirmed on their website. He’ll be assisted by Alan Mulvanny and Ralph Gordon while the fourth official will be Nick Walsh.
Celtic have mixed recent memories of Clancy
Clancy has only refereed Celtic once so far this season. He was in charge on ‘Flag Day’ when we dispatched St. Johnstone 7-0. However, it hasn’t all been good news lately under the 35-year-old.
Clancy was in charge for our last domestic defeat – back at Ibrox in the middle of May.
Lennon will be hoping that his appointment is not an omen for what is to come on Saturday afternoon. That Ibrox loss remains Lennon’s only domestic defeat since taking charge in February. The Northern Irishman has only lost one further game too – the 4-3 home defeat to Cluj last month.
But we’ve been on a terrific run of form since then with only Rennes stopping us winning. The team couldn’t be in a better place as they go to Easter Road – a place we have struggled at in recent years.
Hopefully we can make it seven league wins from seven at the start of the season.
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