Celtic lose second Auston Trusty red card appeal

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·24 de fevereiro de 2026

Celtic lose second Auston Trusty red card appeal

Celtic this evening has had their clearly pointless appeal against the red card issued to Auston Trusty in the match against Hibs at Celtic Park on Sunday afternoon REJECTED as we all knew it would…

Here’s the update from the official Scottish FA website:

Notice of Claim | Auston Trusty, Player, Celtic FC Monday 23 February 2026.

Vídeos OneFootball

Player: Auston Trusty (Celtic FC) Match: Celtic FC v Hibernian FC on Sunday, 22 February 2026

Competition: Scottish Premiership

Offence: A2 – Violent Conduct. Claim: Wrongful Dismissal

Fast Track Tribunal Hearing: Tuesday, 24 February 2026

Outcome: Claim Dismissed. Original sanction of a red card for sending off offence A2 – Violent Conduct is re-imposed with immediate effect. Payment of £650 Appeal Deposit to be made within 30 days.

St Johnstone v Celtic, Scottish Cup semi-final at Hampden Park on Sunday 20 April 2025. Photo by Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)

Trusty will now serve a THREE match ban, with two games for the violent conduct charge and an extra one on top because he has already been sent off in the same competition – the Scottish Premiership – in the match against Hearts at the end of January at Tynecastle.

Martin O’Neill certainly didn’t sound like he had much faith in any appeal being successful and all that this latest misstep from Celtic has done is cost the club a further £650 – that’s £1300 more spent on pointless appeals than the club spent in the January transfer market.

Auston Trusty and Miguel Chaiwa. Celtic v Hibernian, Scottish Premiership, Celtic Park, 22 February 2026. Photo Mark Runnacles IMAGO Shutterstock

So the American International defender will sit out the double header against theRangers at Ibrox in the league and Scottish Cup and also the match against Motherwell at Celtic Park in mid-March which hopefully will be the game when the Green Brigade return to their rightful place at Paradise.

Trusty meanwhile is free to play in the Europa League dead rubber in Stuttgart on Thursday night in a match which Celtic could do without. Hopefully VFB Stuttgart feel the same way and it’s a non event 0-0 draw and we can all move on.

22.02.2026 Celtic v Hibernian, Scottish Premiership. Martin O’Neill. Photo Kenny Ramsay IMAGO

Martin O’Neill, after the 2-1 defeat to Hibs had this to say about Auston Trusty: “I’ve spoken to Auston. At the end of the day you can’t do this if they’re the rules now. It doesn’t matter if someone is holding onto you in an attempt to break away. You can’t thrust in the manner he did to get away.”

22.02.2026 Celtic v Hibernian, Scottish Premiership. Referee Matthew MacDermid conveys his VAR decision on Auston Trusty red card. Photo Kenny Ramsay IMAGO.

Celtic would have been better off forgetting this latest Trusty appeal altogether as it was always doomed to fail and instead should have sent an angry letter to the Scottish FA about the penalty incidents that VAR failed to address at the weekend and also on the reason shown on the screens at Celtic Park saying that the foul was outside the penalty area. No Hibs players were outside the area to commit a foul.

22.02.2026 Celtic v Hibernian, Scottish Premiership. Liam Scales rages at Matthew MacDermid after being fouled at a corner but no penalty given. Kenny Ramsay IMAGO

Martin O’Neill and Shaun Maloney will already have plans in place to replace Trusty in the team on Sunday and playing Kieran Tierney in a central role as Ordinary Bhoy suggested on The Celtic Star last night is far from the worst idea.