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A petition calling for a halt to 'anti-Rangers refereeing' has received more than 5,000 signatures.

The petition started on Saturday evening following Rangers' 3-2 defeat at the hands of Hibs at Ibrox.

And it was the performance of match official John Beaton that attracted widespread attention, particularly after he sent off midfielder Ryan Jack .

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A foul by Vykintas Slivka on Graham Dorrans provoked a reaction from the former Norwich City player and a subsequent melee in the middle of the pitch.

An altercation between Jack and Anthony Stokes followed and resulted in Beaton giving the former a red card.

The petition read: "We at Follow We Will are fed up with anti-Rangers refereeing that is happening way too often.

"So we have gone to the SFA to complain, the thing is we need as many signatures as possible to get them to act.

"We have already warned them that we're prepared to go to more senior bodies if they fail to act. The situation, with Mr John Beaton refereeing, against Hibs on the 12/08/17 was the final straw.

"We want the SFA to completely wipe it out and impose large sanctions on these corrupt referees that do it not just to our club but many others who may also face these type of unfair actions that are further damaging the Scottish game."