ANDY HALLIDAY has used Open Goal to plead his innocence and called people ‘mentalists’ who wanted him sent off for his reckless lunge on Celtic captain Callum McGregor.
During the game at Tynecastle, Halliday was nowhere near the ball when he lunged and stuck the boot into McGregor’s ankle.
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Bobby Madden was right in front of the incident and refused to give any sort of booking for the tackle. Replays show the referee was in a great position and it’s unfathomable the player walked away without any sort of caution – a yellow was the least he deserved.
Halliday admits he should have got a yellow but believes nothing more.
“I’ve heard the rumours flying about. It sums up some of the mentalists these days.
“That’s not a red card.
“It’s a yellow card 100 per cent but it’s not a red card.
Halliday became a cult figure for Celtic fans when he played for the other side of Glasgow. Not everyone can say they had 60,000 supporters chanting their name as the home side wins the title 5-1.
Andy is still salty from those times and his appearances on Open Goal are enough for us to keep clear.
Celtic fell to a disappointing defeat on the first match day of the SPFL. The bhoys did legitimately go 2-1 in front but the goal was wrongly chopped off – another poor decision on the night from officials.
