The Ref's View's bizarre claim about Celtic defender Auston Trusty and Jack Butland storm

The Auston Trusty and Jack Butland controversy is still not going away almost two weeks after Celtic beat Rangers in the Premier Sports Cup.

The Celtic defender has been at the centre of a red card discussion after Trusty has been accused of deliberately booting Butland in the head during the Hoops’ 3-1 win over Rangers.

Of course, the match officials booked Trusty and VAR agreed with the decision and that seems to have sent the whole of Scottish football into a tailspin.

We told this morning how SFA head of referees Willie Collum plans to tell Rangers that his match officials got the Celtic decision correct.

And that not only appears to have annoyed Rangers fans, it’s also made social media account The Ref’s View apply some revisionism as to what actually happened between the Celtic and Rangers player.

The Ref’s View peddles Auston Trusty’s ‘studs’ nonsense in Rangers challenge

It’s bad enough that Celtic fans had to deal with Billy Dodds’ nonsense where he claimed Trusty ‘raked’ his studs down Butland’s face.

The claim was so preposterous, 67 Hail Hail clamped Dodds’ Celtic claim using a widely available picture of the Rangers goalkeeper.

And now, it seems, that after the Collum revelation, The Ref’s View has now stirred up the nonsensical ‘studs’ allegation about the Celtic star.

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Taking to X, The Ref’s View posted, “So after the dust has settled Willie Collum has decided to back up caution for Trusty the challenge on Butland – despite the ball being in both hands & studs/boot contacting head.

“We said at time caution but on review it’s a clear ordering off. The fact VAR never asked for review is awful.”

Let’s be clear, Trusty’s studs were not used and did not contact Butland’s head. Was the American’s challenge clumsy and was the Celtic star lucky not to be red carded? Of course.

But let’s stop this gibberish as it’s not helping one bit.

What Jack Butland said about Celtic’s Trusty challenge

The Rangers goalkeeper also had his say about Trusty’s challenge as he revealed a half-time chat with match referee, Nick Walsh.

Butland said, “I spoke to him about it at half-time, not at the end of the game because the game’s gone at that point.

“I was looking for some clarity at the time. I’m not going to go into individuals or whether we’ve got a different referee this weekend and obviously hoping the standard is top.

“Like I said, I think it’s just a situation where between the referee and all the staff that you’re looking for communication between them, calm communication between them, so that they go through things and come to the right decision.”

Well, it turns out a decision was made. Do people have to like it? No. Should people now start to move on because the rhetoric is starting to look a bit silly now? Absolutely.

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