article: A 30-year-old Scouser released by Shrewsbury and Tranmere in recent years was the hero of Scottish football at the weekend. Full back David Raven stabbed home the winner to take Inverness Caledonian Thistle to the Scottish Cup final. You can only be pleased for him – he must have thought his career glory had been and gone when he made a few appearances in the Liverpool first team as a youngster (he played in the infamous 1-0 defeat for Rafa Benitez's Reds at Burnley in 2005 – Djimi Traore's silky back-heeled own goal deciding the game). It's a fantastic moment for Raven, good luck to him in the final. But what can we deduce about the state of Scottish football from the two Hampden Park semi-finals last weekend? David Raven peels away after scoring the winner for Inverness against Celtic in the Scottish Cup semi-final . Raven celebrates with team-mate Ryan Christie as Inverness knocked Celtic out at Hampden . Well with Scotland's top club, Celtic, taking the decision to embarrass themselves publicly by writing to the SFA crying about a penalty they weren't awarded against Inverness, you can see there are problems. I interviewed goal hero Raven and he seemed upset by Celtic's actions: 'For a club that size to write to the SFA is a bit much, it's definitely taken the gloss off it a little bit for me. I'm surprised a club like Celtic have done that – it's a bit of an error of judgment for me. I don't know what they're hoping to get out of it,' he told me. Well done Celtic, your extreme arrogance managed to spoil the highlight of an honest pro's career. You should be ashamed of themselves. Celtic think they are so gigantic they have a divine right to get to the final. Apparently only they can make themselves the victims of bad decisions from officials. Celtic are like the brat of a child, over-indulged by parents, and scoffing too many sweets and not sharing any with the other kids because of some superiority complex which isn't backed up by what's actually going on. And the mismanagement of the Scottish game has left it imbalanced and unattractive. Whichever way you look at it, Scottish football, like an unsafe, stinking high rise on the wrong side of Glasgow, needs wiping out and starting again. Firstly, Celtic need bringing down a peg or two. There is nothing to suggest they are bigger than the game of football, yet they act like they are lords and masters of all around them. Celtic didn't get a penalty – so what? Inverness should have had one when sub keeper Lukasz Zaluska bulldozed into the back of an opponent. As bad losers go, Celtic are just about the worst of the lot. Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths complained: 'We were robbed.' The whole of football is laughing in his face! Imagine how Rangers fans felt when the authorities banished their club to the brink of non-league football. Now that's being robbed. None of this reflects well on Scottish football. Josh Meekings (centre) appeared to handle the ball in the box but no penalty was awarded to Celtic . Kris Commons appeals for a penalty after Meeking's apparent hand ball but it was to no avail . Celtic captain Scott Brown appeals to referee Steve McLean - the club have since written to the SFA . Next the game north of the border must do more to attract supporters to matches. For Saturday's game between Hibs and Falkirk there were 30,000 empty seats, while nearly 25,000 were missing for Sunday's tie. Two showpiece games at the country's national stadium should be getting close to sell-out crowds. The two biggest clubs in the country – Celtic and Rangers - regularly have loads of empty seats at home games. Where is the passion for football in Scotland? Has it disappeared completely? Was it the curling craze that did it? Have Rhona Martin and all curlers since the Olympic gold medallist hit her peak become the new heroes rather than iron bruisers like Scott Brown? What about on the pitch: take a look at the three Inverness scorers on Sunday: Raven I've told you about; Greg Tansey I first saw when he was a teenager at Stockport and I was impressed. His career since then has levelled out. He's a good technician, but having been allowed to leave Stevenage last year when they were bottom of League One you'd have to question his all-round ability. And Edward Ofere scored a cracker at Hampden, finding the net for the second successive weekend. But this is a 29-year-old Nigerian striker who has yet to play a competitive international game and has had a Nomadic footballing existence thumbing his way around the minor European leagues so far. It's a great moment for these players and for Inverness, but let's not confuse that with anything remotely resembling high quality football. These are journeymen who have worked hard to earn their big day out. James Dunne was a cup winner in Scotland with St Johnstone last season, this year he's been picking up yellow cards in the bottom half of League Two with Portsmouth. Large swathes of Hampden were empty for both Scottish Cup semi-finals over the weekend . The standard of Scottish football has continued to fall and the game needs to be overhauled . Inverness manager John Hughes, sacked by Hartlepool after relegation to League Two less than two years ago, has moulded these players into a side that sits third in the Scottish Premiership table, and favourites to win the Scottish Cup final. In some ways you have to be impressed, and the Caley fans are loving it right now of course. But the standard is not high, and that's not healthy for Scottish football. With the quality on the pitch lacking, it's no surprise the fans can't be bothered to pay and watch. You sign English League Two players and you'll get League Two crowds. What's needed is a total restructuring: a bigger top division in Scotland for a start. That would ensure the biggest clubs have the best chance of staying there, and it would mean the clubs play each other only twice a season in the league – familiarity has bred boredom with a smaller Scottish Premiership. Beyond the top flight, establish only one division with strict criteria for stadia and salary capping. That way clubs are less likely to suffer financial crisis, but standards are maintained, and the focus is on quality in those top two divisions, rather than the current situation where resources spread far too thinly over four leagues. Somehow a fairer distribution of wealth is needed in Scotland. Pumping all the money into Celtic hasn't led to any success in Europe – in fact Celtic have got worse. So spread the money more evenly, generate competition, and maybe that way Scotland can become strong again. It's not all bad - Falkirk's matchwinner on Saturday Craig Sibbald looks like a decent footballer, yet he can't get in the Scotland Under 21 squad. There are some promising young Scottish players around right now, no doubt about that. But overall Scottish football is in a bad way right now. It's in need of major surgery. Celtic's pathetic letter should fire the SFA into action. Celtic's Emilio Izaguirre cuts a dejected figure at full-time after his side failed to reach the final .
highlights: Celtic lost their Scottish Cup semi-final to Inverness Caledonian Thistle .
  The Glasgow club wrote to the SFA to complain about a penalty decision .
  They were angered by the referee's failure to award a penalty for handball .
  Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths complained they were 'robbed' at Hampden .
  Adrian Durham: Man Utd need Gareth Bale to give them needed dynamism .
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