Angry Nicola Sturgeon insists she needs assurances before giving the green light to sanction Celtic’s clash with Rangers later this month.
The First Minister reaffirmed her disappointment after Rangers fans filled the streets in the wake of their first Premiership title in a decade.
Sturgeon confirmed Record Sport's exclusive story that Scottish football chiefs have been hauled in for showdown talks after supporters of the champions breached lockdown rules and headed to Ibrox and George Square.
Greens leader Partick Harvie asked: "Why are we even contemplating letting this business carry on in the weeks ahead when we know it's likely to generate a repeat of the scenes we saw at the weekend?"
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And Sturgeon gave the clearest indication yet that the showpiece fixture could be in danger and upcoming talks will play a key role in her final decision over whether or not Celtic and Rangers can face off.
Speaking to Parliament, she said: "In terms of future fixtures, I said in my opening remarks, there's a variety of discussions happening over course of this week, including one between myself and the chief constable later today.
"We will report back on those in due course, certainly before the scheduled Old Firm match on the March 21.
"The reason why we've tried to keep elite sport and football generally going, is not for the benefit of the elite sports people but for the fans.
"Everyone is being deprived of so much right now that the ability to watch a football match and cheer on your team on the television should be something that people should have the ability to do.
"But a minority can't be allowed to act irresponsibly.
"I hope we don't have to spoil that for the majority but we will have to assure ourselves that there will be no repeat of the scenes that we saw at the weekend.
"That, frankly, is still very much work in progress."
Record Sport told on Monday night how Hampden top brass Ian Maxwell and Neil Doncaster held an urgent video conference call with Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing Mairi Gougeon.
Sunday night’s scenes in Glasgow when thousands of Rangers fans took to the streets to celebrate the title were top of the agenda after pictures of the events prompted a stinging rebuke from deputy First Minister John Swinney and a warning Holyrood will have to be satisfied no further breaches will occur.
Swinney didn’t threaten to pull the plug on what is left of the season but stressed that he could “rule nothing out” as he slammed the Ibrox club for failing to demand supporters dispersed from Ibrox and the city’s George Square.
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