THE Celtic manager, Tommy Burns, may find further trouble with the Scottish Football Association for his hinting at the weekend that referees tend to treat his team badly in matches against Rangers.

Burns is already scheduled to appear before the disciplinary committee on January 20th as a result of being ordered to the stand during the Old Firm game at Celtic Park on November 14th.

Asked on radio if he thoughts match officials were biased against Celtic, he said: "Well, one of my players was assaulted at Ibrox on Thursday night, and I thought that was an ordering off, but the player involved was not sent off. The goal Jorge Cadete scored to give us a second equaliser in the same match was chalked off for no apparent reason, we had Tosh McKinlay sent off for a minor offence in the first game at Ibrox in September and, the same day, a clear penalty denied when Paolo di Canio was brought down early on."

The manager would have had little about which to complain after his team's 5-0 victory over Motherwell. Di Canio's penalty, followed by a goal from Pierre van Hooijdonk, two from Cadete and one from Morton Wieghorst, amounted to a remarkable recovery from the disappointment of the 3-1 defeat at Ibrox.

Rangers overcame their illnesses and injuries to beat Hibernian 2-1 in Edinburgh. They certainly appeared to enjoy a break from referee, Rowbotham in his award of the penalty kick which brought the winning goal from Jorg Albertz.

There seemed to be little contact between the diving Hibernian goalkeeper, Jim Leighton, and the galloping Brian Laudrup.