{"id":261079,"date":"2025-11-13T20:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T20:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/261079\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T20:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T20:29:09","slug":"ex-sfa-referee-discusses-if-anthony-ralston-was-a-cheat-trying-to-win-celtic-a-penalty-vs-kilmarnock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/261079\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-SFA referee discusses if Anthony Ralston was a &#8216;cheat&#8217; trying to win Celtic a penalty vs Kilmarnock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Celtic\u2019s win over Kilmarnock was a fairly comfortable one after Kieran Tierney put the Hoops 2-0 up in the second half.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/what-frustrated-stuart-kettlewell-told-his-players-after-celtic-hammered-kilmarnock\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic beat Kilmarnock<\/a> 4-0 after an early Johnny Kenny first half goal was eventually built on in the second half after the two teams went in at the break with the Hoops 1-0 up.<\/p>\n<p>Kieran Tierney, Daizen Maeda and Arne Engels added <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic\u2019s <\/a>other three goals as the Bhoys ran out comfortable winners in the end.<\/p>\n<p>However, there was an opportunity where Celtic could have had another penalty after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/anthony-ralston\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Ralston<\/a> appeared to be fouled in the Kilmarnock penalty box.<\/p>\n<p>VAR didn\u2019t check it and the claim was waved away and former SFA referee Des Roache refused to call the Celtic defender a \u2018cheat\u2019 as accusations of diving were made on social media.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2230428680-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Anthony Ralston of Celtic during the UEFA Champions League Play-offs Round First Leg match between Celtic and Kairat Almaty\" class=\"wp-image-310088\" \/>Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA\/Getty ImagesDes Roache Celtic\u2019s Anthony Ralston did not \u2018cheat\u2019 to win penalty vs Kilmarnock<\/p>\n<p>Ralston appeared to have been fouled as the Celtic right-back put pressure on the Kilmarnock defence but the match officials said no.<\/p>\n<p>And former referee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/des-roache\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Des Roache<\/a>, whilst agreeing with the decision not to award the penalty, says the Celtic defender did not cheat to try and win a penalty.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if Celtic should have been awarded a penalty, Roache said on The Ref\u2019s View, \u201cNo, and again, I\u2019m not going to call him a cheat, but I didn\u2019t think there was a lot of contact in that. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought he could have made a better effort to stay on his feet and potentially continue his promising attack at that moment in time. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t think it was a foul.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Celtic\u2019s next fixture after the international break<\/p>\n<p>The international break is upon us and Celtic fans are already looking forward to the domestic action resuming.<\/p>\n<p>When the break is over, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/fixtures\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic\u2019s first fixture<\/a> is against St Mirren on the 22nd of November.<\/p>\n<p>The game has a weird kick-off time of 8pm as Celtic look to keep the pressure on Hearts at the top of the table.<\/p>\n<p>Whether Martin O\u2019Neill will be in charge is another question, but Celtic fans will be hoping that the team continue their good goalscoring streak with another comfortable win at Parkhead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic\u2019s win over Kilmarnock was a fairly comfortable one after Kieran Tierney put the Hoops 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