What a week it has been for Celtic fans, referees and VAR.
Not long after celebrating the news that Alan Muir had been emptied from VAR duties by the SFA, Celtic have been the subject of another ‘honest mistake‘ from the guys in the video room.
Celtic battered Kiomarnock 5-1 in the Scottish Premiership yesterday afternoon in a day where Brendan Rodgers sent a clear message to his players after dropping no less than four first-team players for what should have been the title-winning game.
With the score at 4-1, VAR chalked off a goal for a tight offside but it looks like all is not what it seems after Celtic fans spot a blatant mistake in the pictures released on Sky Sports where the lines appear to be off.
VAR lines look crooked as an ‘offside’ denies Celtic a bigger winning margin vs Kilmarnock
Not long after the second-half had kicked off, Celtic appeared to stretch their lead to 5-1 against Kilmarnock but it seems VAR had other ideas. And they may well have got it all wrong. Again.
Image 1: Make of this what you wish.
— ⫷ IGCҽʅƚιƈ ⫸ (@CelticIg) April 12, 2025
Image 2: Look at the line compared to the 18 yard line
Image 3: Following the 18 yard line as reference pic.twitter.com/WrvzIgCyMw
And the Image that is causing all the talk on X?
It appears that whoever drew the line had had one too many shandys in the sun and the Celtic fans where none to pleased.
Celtic fans blast ‘corrupt’ VAR vs Kilmarnock
The Celtic fans are unlikely to let this go as they tell the SFA exactly what they got wrong with this call.
There is so much room for error by manually placing the lines. On a similar point they freeze the frame manually also. Check where the ball is. It has already been struck and moving forward meaning in that time n that stopped frame, Idah could easily move 2 inches forward
— Firhill (@Firhill40) April 12, 2025
Another Celtic fan said, “The red line from the Celtic player slopes away from him, whilst the Killie player’s line slopes towards him.
“It’s a fu–ing joke that we accept this.”
@Cmack659 also added, “That’s a piece of nonsense and said it numerous times. He’s not even near the red drawn line and the Killie player behind is playing him onside……made up lines by VAR.”
The player lines were a joke. Is what it is. We won. We expect this shit every week now. The worst one this season was the Maeda goal against Hibs, by a country mile. Meant to be a factual decision made on a camera angle from the fucking 18-yard line.
— Стивен 🇺🇦🏴🇪🇺🇵🇸 (@Loch_Ren_Monsta) April 12, 2025
Why are we still outraged?
Celtic should always call this out and do it from a position of strength. When winning. And as long as the club and the fans continue to do so, the pressure on Willie Collum and the SFA will continue to mount.
