RANGERS hero Ally McCoist poked fun at Rod Stewart after the Celtic-daft rocker’s rant over “biased referees” in Scotland.
The Gers are just three points off Scottish Premiership leaders Hearts following a 5-1 win over 10-man Kilmarnock at Ibrox on Wednesday night.
James Tavernier opened the scoring from the penalty spot as Killie were reduced to ten men when Djeidi Gassama went down in the box under pressure from Dominic Thompson.
Stewart believes, although it was a penalty, it’s the latest example of Rangers enjoying the rub of the green when it comes to decisions.
And he reckons refs should be made to declare who they support.
Stewart told talkSPORT: “It’s funny last night, I have got to bring this up, so Rangers got a penalty.
“All my mates in Scotland call up and say ‘Rangers got a penalty, same old bias’ – why can’t we do something about it?
“It’s true in the EPL [English Premier League], why can’t we have referees that are not associated with any football teams?
“I know they go through a strict system to find out who they do support, why can’t we do that in Scotland?
“I know Jock Stein has been going on about it since the seventies.
“I saw the penalty – it was a penalty, it was a sending off, but why can’t we have unbiased referees?”
Brazil replied: “Speak to my colleague [Gers fan], and he will say the opposite – he says we get preferential treatment from referees.
“I am like ‘what?’ – ever since I was a kid watching Celtic we used to get stuffed all the time by the officials, but Rangers fans won’t have it.”
Stewart continued: “No, well how can we change that? It doesn’t make Scottish football look very good, in that respect.”
It was at that point co-host Gabby Agbonlahor interrupted saying Ally McCoist was texting him.
And the Rangers hero laughed off the suggestions, claiming Stewart and co were starting to worry because their rivals are just three points off the top.
He said: “Coisty is messaging me. Panicking. They are all panicking, he says.”
Meanwhile, Tavernier was at the centre of controversy in the second half of the Killie clash as boss Neil McCann felt he should have been sent off
It’s after the Rangers skipper collided with Tyreece John-Jules following a through ball over the top of the Gers defence.
Referee David Dickinson saw nothing wrong and VAR did not intervene.
Sportscene pundits have also had their say on the incident.