Celtic skipper Scott Brown free to face Rangers after red card is downgraded
Celtic skipper Scott Brown's Ross County red card has been downgraded to a yellow on appeal which frees him to play against Rangers on Saturday.
The Hoops midfielder was sent off against the Staggies on April 16th for a foul on Liam Boyce during the 2-2 Ladbrokes Premiership draw in Dingwall.
Brown's appeal allowed him to play in the 2-0 William Hill Scottish Cup semi-final win over the Light Blues at Hampden Park on Sunday.
And after a Scottish FA disciplinary tribunal met at Hampden today to consider his claim of wrongful dismissal, the appeal was upheld with the sending off reduced to a caution.
Brown will play in the Old Firm derby at Ibrox but the yellow card takes him over the disciplinary threshold which triggers a two-game suspension which means he will sit out the subsequent matches against St Johnstone and Aberdeen.