Vaclav Cerny faces unusual SFA punishment as ex ref explains why Celtic fan soaking could escape Rangers ban
The winger is facing the prospect of action from the Hampden chiefs after his madcap celebration sparked Celtic fan anger
Former referee Steve Conroy reckons that the SFA will HAVE to punish Vaclav Cerny for his Celtic celebration.
And he reckons the Hampden chiefs could take the rarely seen step of censuring the Rangers' winger - with a potential ban also on the table.
Hamza Igamane's late winner against the Hoops on Sunday sparked wild scenes in the away dugout at Celtic Park.
Cerny has dominated the post match talking points after TV cameras caught him squirting a bottle of water at the home support during the celebration.
Police and security intervened amid an angry reaction from the Celtic support - and cops alongside the SFA are now probing the flashpoint.
Conroy reckons the governing body have little choice but to act - and that a censure could be issued.
This would see the SFA issue a formal notice of disapproval for breaching rules or regulations - but would not see him miss any games for the Light Blues.
The step hasn't been seen often - and is often rolled out for comments made by players.
Stenhousemuir striker John Gemmell commented on Twitter on Ally McCoist's complaint that Rangers had to play four matches in 11 days - three of them away from home - in 2014 and received the notice.
St Johnstone player Brad McKay landed himself with the sanction after branding then-Hearts player Manuel Delgado Lloria "a typical foreigner" and accused him of cheating in 2015.
Speaking to The Ref's View podcast, Conroy cleared the ref Steven McLean and fourth official of Don Robertson to stop the touchline exchange while pondering the punishment for Cerny.
He said: “You wonder what would be the sanction - something will happen to him, obviously.
"He will get some sort of sanction, but that wasn’t the refereeing teams calls.
"I doubt very much that Don was looking over there, anyway. When the goal is scored the first instinct is that all the team is going to be checking that everything is alright on the pitch.
"Once that is okay, then you can deal with the dugouts. So, it was nothing to do with us (there referees), absolutely nothing.
"But the SFA will have to do something, whatever that is. Do you ban him for a game? Do you censure him? I have no idea. It was pathetic, it was infantile."
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