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SportFrank Connor makes rapid Celtic fixture return after Cup Final penalty storm as Rangers fans react
Alan Muir is also back as VAR after the pair were stood down by Willie Collum following Hampden howler
Assistant referee Frank Connor
Frank Connor will be back on Celticduty this week after being at the centre of a Hampden penalty storm.
Connor was Alan Muir's assistant VARwhen the champions faced Rangersin the Premier Sports Cup Finalon December 15.
And they were reprimanded by Scottish FA refs chief Willie Collum after they failed to recommend a review of John Beaton's decision to award Gers a free-kick on the edge of the Celtic box.
Boss Collum was forced to admit his charges had made a massive error and confirmed that both would sit out fixtures over the weekend.
But Connor will be back in action and running the line for Celtic vs St Johnstone, while he returns to the VAR room on Boxing Day for Kilmarnock vs Aberdeen.
Celtic's Liam Scales (R) pulls down Rangers' Vaclav Cerny at the edge of the penalty box (Image: SNS Group) Muir will also be the eye in the sky this Thursday.
And it's safe to say raging Rangers fans are less than impressed with the appointments.
One replied with: "I see Frank Connor’s ‘punishment’ was as stern as they come…" while another added: "Frank Connor running the line on Boxing Day at Killie vs Sheep - what a stiff punishment that was…"
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