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Sevco Fans Cry Conspiracy As Brown Is Ruled IN For The Semi Final

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Scott Brown WILL be eligible to play against Sevco in the Scottish Cup Semi-Final,  because of the difficulties in scheduling due to this being Easter Weekend, and this has led to a mini-meltdown in SevcoLand, as the natives scream “Conspiracy!”

Of course it is.

Who’s involved in this one? The Easter Bunny?

Justice has been done here, of a sort. Because the decision to show him a straight red card is an outright shocker. It appears the appeal will be held on 27 April; that’s a week on Thursday, so he could still, doubtless, end up banned for Ibrox but we expected that.

Listen, the decision was a disgrace. I have no faith in the SFA over-turning it. One club has been very successful this season when it comes to these things and it ain’t us. This isn’t, by the way, me alleging a conspiracy. I’m stating a fact.

Sevco fans really do need to get a grip.

Aside from discussions about this is a scandal – if they read the rulebook they’d know it’s not – there’s discussion about whether he would even get into their team. They don’t rate him … but they are screaming blue murder because he’ll be allowed to play.

Want to tell me how that works?

Their howling is a product of fear. We know it, and so do they.

This one can’t be laid at anyone’s door; it’s the way the rules work, so they ought to shut it and suck it up.

Sometimes the timing of these things works for you; they should know; they’ve used the appeal system to their own advantage this season, so it’s a bit rich of them to start complaining now. They also appear not to be terribly familiar with the rules and how they work; you can bet your bottom dollar Celtic are.

These people just love a wee greet, it seems to me.

Tonight, there’s a lot of it.

Wait for next week. There’ll be a hell of a lot more.

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James Forrest has been the editor of The CelticBlog for 13 years. Prior to that, he was the editor of several digital magazines on subjects as diverse as Scottish music, true crime, politics and football. He ran the Scottish football site On Fields of Green and, during the independence referendum, the Scottish politics site Comment Isn't Free. He's the author of one novel, one book of short stories and one novella. He lives in Glasgow.

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