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This result only fuels the idea that the SPFL really have more than one rule, one for the ugly sisters, one for SPL and another specially for ICT. How dare we win the Scottish Cup, how dare we have poor crowds that umpteen times are more than Hamilton, St Mirren and even St Johnstone, but still survive. It was a blatant error by Aitken again but after his antics at Ayr I am sorely disillusioned that the SPFL have sided with him. I will always support ICT but never again give these morons any support, these “experts” who supposedly run the SPFL - biased, idiotic, spineless, not worth a penny of the inflated wages they pocket every week. They have no consciences, don’t accept the truth, should resign en bloc.

The whole game is bent as feck. The clowns running it only care about two clubs. Everyone else can GTF as far they are concerned. The standard of refereeing is pish-poor, inconsistent is the only constant.

Incredible to see the number of high profile (ex) players, pundits etc coming out to criticise this decision. The SFA have made themselves to be a total laughing stock with this decision but, as others have said, this has clearly been done to stick two fingers up at Robbo after what he said post match.

Who's all up for getting Greg Aitken masks with "W*nker" written on the forehead for the finals?

Normally our club statements leave me utterly mortified but tonights is outstanding. Utterly magnificent take down of the SFA.

Seek a Crowd fund for an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. How can a body check on a player be defined as a dive? SFA would say you have no right of appeal even if SFA ignored clear evidence. We need to see what the club say on the matter regarding an appeal to a higher court of appeal. Specsavers could suffer reputational damage if their sponsored referees actually see bodychecks as dives. If fact, Specsaver adverts are very funny and they might like to use the incident for their next advert to prevent reputational damage to themselves.

Pity they don’t enforce the competency of their refs.

Aitken has already had a number of yellow cards he has dished out for diving overturned. I can't help but feel that Robbo's comments got the backs up of the panel / referee and they've doubled down on their decision. not that I blame Robbo. Aitken is a shockingly bad referee.

Somewhat ironic that these clowns want to introduce VAR to Scottish football and yet, we now have a decision that VAR would easily have overturned, being upheld by those in charge. Mental.

Do you not think if they did this that those (allegedly) in charge would move the black out period to 8pm on Friday's? I wonder what the TV viewing figures are for Scottish Championship football on a Friday night. The thing that frustrates the minority here is the short notice given to fans about the amended dates and times. I get it that they want to choose the so-called attractive games and that can't happen at the start of the season as nobody knows how the season will pan out, but it's still a pain in the erse.

CHEAT

Even this long lapsed former contributor feels motivated to return briefly to respond, having belatedly watched the video after learning of the decision and reading Scott Gardiner’s excellent statement. A more obvious instance of a push than by the Rangers player is difficult to imagine, and how anyone outwith the Orange Lodge and capable of regarding that as a dive is allowed to referee at any level at all is one of life’s great mysteries. Then you have to start worrying very seriously about the competence of any governing body which can find not just one but three individuals gormless enough to agreewith this enormous howler. The next part of the narrative is more difficult to make stand up because it is easy to deny. However it is abundantly clear that the overwhelming presence of decisions of all kinds made by Scottish football’s governing bodies and favouring the Old Firm place that allegation well beyond doubt. Add in the frequency of complaints about referees and even take a chunk off to allow for managerial paranoia and the competence of Scottish officiating must be added to these charges of institutionalised Old Firm bias and governing body ineptitude. However I have a feeling that even something as outrageous as this will still be ignored by the Scottish football establishment which will carry on regardless as the game it is ruining continues to spiral into the ground.

Tremendous statement from our Chairman and Chief Exec. Night and day when compared with the drivel spouted by our previous regime. Hardly worth commenting on the decision. Par for the course from the SFA but hats off to them for reaching a whole new level of incompetence and corruption.

Maybe we have a cup final strip with Keatings name & number along the bottom. Get it up them.

Who ever drafted that official club statement spoke for us all and did so very eloquently. Very well said indeed.

Hop to it

I might be able to help.

Tell them to stick there final up there arse. Bet theres a lot of clubs and fans would back us. Don't think the sponsors would be to happy either. These muppets have to be brought to task.

Bunch of corrupt ******** can't even describe how bs this is. If it was against the Old Firm, it's be overturned in the blink of an eye... Hope UEFA lodge an investigation on this crap, happens way too often

https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish-fa/football-governance/disciplinary/disciplinary-updates/ The cynic would say that it was the ref refusing to back down after being called out by Robbo after the game.

It was particularly impossible for those of us who had booked flights and an overnight stay expecting the game to be played on a Saturday, before it was re-scheduled for TV

We should not turn up or not play during the final and make their tv spectacle crap no support turn up so they get no monies from us for their stupid cup and this has highlighted colt teams should not be in the cup.