Old Firm: Second half at Ibrox delayed after glass bottle thrown into Joe Hart’s goalmouth | Football News

The second half of the Old Firm clash between Rangers and Celtic at Ibrox was delayed by five minutes after a glass bottle was thrown onto the pitch.

Action was about to get back underway when Joe Hart alerted referee Willie Collum about the object thrown on the pitch near the Copland Stand, with shards of glass seen sprayed across his penalty area.

After seeing the broken bottle on the ground and alerting the referee, Hart rushed over to inform Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou, before discussing the incident with Rangers midfielder Aaron Ramsey.

A group of stewards joined referee Collum in the Celtic penalty area to help clear the area of grass, while Rangers striker Kemar Roofe also helped by checking the ground alongside Celtic’s Hart.

Reacting to the incident, former Celtic striker Andy Walker said on Sky Sports: “That is absolutely outrageous, to see broken bottles on the field of play which can affect the referee, the players, anyone that it’s aimed at. It’s outrageous.

“It’s one thing to demonstrate, as we saw a couple of weeks ago, to protest using tennis balls, toilet paper – and we’d even get issues with that. But broken bottles? It beggars belief.

“You’re trying to sell this game everywhere, our showpiece occasion? [These are] shameful scenes, shameful that anyone would choose to throw anything onto the pitch, never mind a broken bottle.”

Rangers icon Ally McCoist added: “That [embarrassing] is exactly what it is. You keep thinking nothing will ever surprise you anymore but dear me. Honestly? Absolute gross stupidity.”

Around 10 minutes later, objects were thrown at Celtic attacker Jota when he was about to take a corner.

Sky Sports News have contacted Police Scotland and Rangers for comment.