Celtic were at the centre of a red card storm in the weekend win over Dundee United.
Celtic hammered the Tannadice club 4-0 as Martin O’Neill masterminded what was a routine and easy win over the Taysiders.
However, the controversy surrounding Julian Araujo and a ‘red card’ incident hit the headlines after the Celtic defender’s tackle on Will Ferry.
It appears that the yellow card issued by match referee Nick Walsh and VAR has annoyed Kris Boyd, to the point where the Sky Sports pundit admitted he went to the trouble of ‘researching’ Celtic’s last Parkhead red card.
And what he discovered encouraged a professional pundit to publicly float a Celtic referee conspiracy theory.
Kris Boyd floats Celtic referee conspiracy theory after Julian Araujo row
The Sky Sports man was so annoyed, Boyd looked into Celtic’s red card history over the last four years to come up with this belter.
Boyd told Go Ballistic, “It doesn’t happen, does it? You don’t get red cards at Celtic Park for the home team in the Scottish Premiership.
2022, David Turnbull, December the 24th, 2022. The last time Celtic had a player sent off at home. Wow. Incredible, eh?
“I actually did my research yesterday because I had to go back that far to try and find it. Incredible, eh? And by the way, that game was done as well.
“It was 4-1. They were up 4-1 against St Johnstone that day as well. 94-95 minutes. David Turnbull was sent off.
What Dundee United boss Jim Goodwin said about Celtic Park red card row
Dundee United boss Jim Goodwin had his say on the Celtic row, and while he thought the Araujo challenge was ‘out of control’, he was ‘satisfied’ with the yellow card outcome.
He said: “I thought the Celtic defender was a little out of control if I am honest.
“Will Ferry took a real sore one. VAR seemed to skim over it pretty quickly, I don’t think there was a call for the referee or anything.
“If they are satisfied with that, then it’s fine. But for us. Will was certainly caught high on the ankle.
Boyd once again plays to the gallery and he knows exactly what he is doing here as a high-profile Sky Sports pundit.
Imagine if this nonsense was spouted by the Sky Sports pundits in England?