Referee Kevin Clancy has been handed a VAR role this weekend following Saturday's controversy following Celtic vs Rangers at Parkhead.

The SFA confirmed today that the whistler will be in the video technology booth for Livingston vs St Johnstone on Saturday.

It comes after Scotland's football governing confirmed yesterday that Police Scotland were called in after Clancy received “threatening and abusive” messages in the wake of Saturday’s clash.

Rangers manager Michael Beale claimed Clancy had got two major decisions wrong during his side’s 3-2 defeat, which left Celtic 12 points clear in the cinch Premiership.

The Ibrox club subsequently wrote to the SFA seeking an explanation for one of them, an early goal from Alfredo Morelos which was disallowed.

The SFA revealed on Monday that it had “referred a significant volume of threatening and abusive emails to Police Scotland after personal and professional contact details” of Clancy were published online following the game.

A statement added: “The association’s security and integrity manager has been liaising with Kevin and Police Scotland following a series of unacceptable messages being sent via email and phone over the holiday weekend.

“We offer our full support to Kevin and reiterate our wider support to the referee community.”

SFA chief executive Ian Maxwell added: “The nature of the messages goes way beyond criticism of performance and perceived decision-making – some are potentially criminal in nature and include threats and abuse towards Kevin and his family.

“We have referred the correspondence to the police and condemn this behaviour in the strongest possible terms, as well as the posting of a referee’s personal details online with the sole purpose of causing distress.

“Football is our national game. It improves and saves lives. Without referees, there is no game, and while decisions will always be debated with or without the use of VAR, we cannot allow a situation to develop where a referee’s privacy and safety, and those of his family, are compromised.

“We all have a responsibility to protect our game and those essential to it.”

A Police Scotland statement today added: "We are investigating alleged threatening communications which were reported to us by the SFA today.

"All reports of this nature are treated with the utmost seriousness and will be investigated thoroughly. We will provide support to those affected as our investigation progresses."