Rangers' mascot was "personally warned" about "provoking" Celtic supporters at Ibrox, according to an independent review into last season's Scottish Cup match.
Following events before, during and after the quarter-final match, the Scottish FA announced that they had enlisted the services of Mark Blackbourne to conduct a review into the way the occasion was handled.
We can today publish the Independent Review of the events surrounding the Scottish Gas Men’s Scottish Cup Quarter-Final between Rangers and Celtic at Ibrox on March 8, 2026.
— Scottish FA (@ScottishFA) July 21, 2026
This has culminated in Blackbourne providing a detailed 37-page account of how events transpired, which included an eye-opening insight into how Broxi Bear, the Rangers mascot, conducted himself on March 8 last season.
On page 11 of the detailed review, Blackbourne notes that "The RFC mascot was twice observed and recorded, by the Match Delegate, provoking the away support and personally warned by the Safety Officer."
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Additionally, both Rangers and Celtic have been cited by Scottish football's governing body for committing Disciplinary Rule 37, with their hearings set to take place on the same day, occurring on Thursday, August 16.
SFA Disciplinary Rule 37 - A club playing a match at its own ground, or allowing its ground to be used for a match in which it is not participating, or a club using a third party’s ground for the playing of a match in which it is participating must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, (i) good order and security; (ii) that policies and procedures have been adopted and are implemented to prevent instances of Unacceptable Conduct; and (iii) that any instance of Unacceptable Conduct is effectively dealt with on the occasion of a match.
Each club participating in a match must also ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, that its players, officials, supporters and any person exercising a function for or in connection with the club do not engage in Unacceptable Conduct at any ground on the occasion of a match. Each club must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that it identifies any of its supporters who engage in Unacceptable Conduct at a match take proportionate disciplinary measures in respect of such supporters.
