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Rangers and Celtic fans react with astonishment to news that Ibrox club get more penalties

As far as news stories go, 2020's been about as unpredictable as it gets.

That trend intensified today as a study confirmed news that will rock society to its core.

Rangers get more penalties than anyone else.

Feel free to sit with that and let it digest for a couple of minutes before you continue reading.

As reported in The Herald, the CIES Football Observatory report covering Premiership matches in 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20 says that the Ibrox club receive a penalty every 411 minutes.

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Their nearest rival is Hamilton Accies with one every 477 minutes, while Celtic trail in seventh with a spot kick every 681 minutes.

Somehow, Scottish football fans have maintained their composure long enough to put their shock into words.

"Huge if true" - @Hector_Chicken

"Did they really need a study? Did it just consist of a Google search?" - @kevseag

"You would think they’d had about four in one game...No wait"- @W4Westbank

"File under 'No s*** Sherlock'" - @fruitbat920

"Pretends to be shocked" - @ryansingleton01

"Literally shocks nobody" - @roomatthetop67

"Aye...every single year without fail" - @shawnferry1

"Breaking news: study revealing bears toileting habits coming soon" - @tambritton

Andrew Dallas was unavailable for comment.

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