Houston wants football to be the focus

The last time the sides met the quality of the match was overshadowed by the refereeing controversy which erupted after Dougie McDonald awarded a penalty kick to the Hoops then changed his mind.

That kickstarted a series of events which led to the resignation of linesman Steven Craven and also Thursday's calls from Celtic for McDonald - who admitted lying to Celtic manager Neil Lennon - to resign.

Houston, whose team lost to a last-minute winner, reckons the furore made people forget what was a thrilling encounter and hopes his team produce a similar performance in Glasgow this weekend.

He said: "Last time we played them it was a fantastic game and it took until the dying minutes for Celtic to get the winner. In the furore that has followed I think that has been lost a bit and nobody has really talked about how well both teams played.

"It was a fantastic game, full of open football. This one is at Parkhead so we're expecting Celtic to have a lot of the ball and attack us. But our players have no fear and we'll be trying to create problems for them."

Source: PA

Source: PA