Let’s get something absolutely crystal clear with zero bias whatsoever.
Football fans have been running onto the pitch after last-minute winners or huge moments for generations. It happens because of pure excitement and emotion. The key thing is always how people conduct themselves afterwards.
Yesterday Celtic fans spilled onto the pitch to celebrate a penalty shoot-out victory at the home of their fiercest rivals. They celebrated with their own players nothing more, nothing less.
Now we’re hearing Rangers fans claim Celtic supporters behaved appallingly, but let’s be honest here. Rangers fans have been spilling onto pitches for years. We’ve all seen it countless times, and when it happens the opposition supporters don’t run on to attack them. Even yesterday, when Rangers thought they had scored before it was ruled out, some of their fans were already breaking onto the side of the pitch and Celtic fans didn’t retaliate.
What happened yesterday was very clear. Celtic fans went on to celebrate with their team. Rangers fans came on looking for confrontation. There really isn’t any grey area about that.
Every time fans run on in moments of celebration you don’t see supporters of clubs like St Mirren, Kilmarnock or Dundee United charging onto the pitch to start fights. Yet time and time again Celtic fans and even staff have ended up being targeted at Ibrox.
The media need to stop pushing false narratives and call it exactly what it was. Yesterday’s trouble didn’t start because Celtic fans celebrated, it started because Rangers supporters chose to turn it into something else.
Celtic fans were wrong to invade the pitch. That’s fair to acknowledge
But we didn’t charge their fans, didn’t go into their half, didn’t attack their fans/players
Rangers fans came on with the sole intention of attacking Celtic players, staff & fans. Thats the difference
100% a foul
100% a yellow
Not a red in a million years. Ball is going well away from the goal.
Soon as you heard it was Beaton on VAR you knew it was gonna be a red. Joke.
@FootballCliches Additional fascination: the misconception that "it says 'professional footballer' on your passport"
Keeping that up to date would probably be less of an administrative nightmare for a football player than it would the fan in the stands, but still
The Celtic Board speaks of this financial gulf as if the supporters are asking for something unreasonable.
We're not. We don't expect to compete with the big clubs from the Big 5.
Can we at least compete with THESE clubs? None of whom have the financial resources, or aura and history of Celtic.
The 1st time I showed this a response was that this table reflected different levels of Euro competition.
Fair enough.
I recorded the Euro match record of all these clubs at all levels of Euro competition from 16/17 to 24/25.
As you might suspect, all got smacked around at the CL group stage level.
But start going down the levels of competition. Most did as well or better than Celtic, with many winning KO ties. Remember this is only back to 16/17.
This tweet has only the CL & EL. Next tweet has the Conference.
Lisa Nandy just said in parliament “it is unprecedented in modern times that entire away fans are banned because of the actions of a few”
Erm… no it’s not. It actually happens regularly. This is the minister responsible for football btw.
There’s speculation that Astros pitcher Framber Valdez purposely crossed up his catcher Cesar Salazar and hit him with this pitch after Salazar told him to step off before allowing a grand slam
Quite incredible that a young 22yo Scottish rider, Oscar Onley can finish 4th in the Tour de France, equalling the best ever finish by a Scot and yet @BBCSportScot can’t even raise a single tweet about him since the Tour started.
It is pretty cynical to tell people this 👀👇is made of plasterboard and plywood and is about to fall into Sauchiehall Street only to see contractors with jackhammers trying to demolish the grand arch while other are walking over the roof of the former #ABC#Glasgow cinema 😡🤷♂️!