When Artur Boruc was at Celtic, there was one thing players were told not to do after an Old Firm game.
Do not go into Glasgow city centre.
It did not matter if you had won, lost, played well, played badly, or just wanted something to eat.
Celtic against Rangers was different, and once the game was over, the sensible thing was to get yourself away from it.
Boruc did not really work like that.
“He was a f****** maniac.”
In one of Boruc’s first Old Firm games for Celtic.
They had played Rangers at home, and once the match finished, the trouble around Glasgow had already started.
Boruc finished the game, got showered, got changed, and walked into town.
By that point, somebody had seen where he was going and phoned security.
“There’s f****** 300 fans ready to kill Artur Boruc.”
So someone had to go and find him before he got there.
They caught up with him and asked him what he was doing.
Boruc could not understand the fuss.
“It’s normal.”
“If they want to fight, I’ll just fight them.”
He genuinely seemed to think this was a reasonable solution.
And with Boruc, it was not even completely out of character.
Another time at Ibrox, Celtic won a tight game.
Boruc went over to the Celtic end, took an Irish flag from the crowd, walked back out, and planted it in the centre circle.
“He was never aware of anything around him.”
“He just didn’t care.”
That was why the Celtic fans loved him.
He was a brilliant goalkeeper, but he also had this way of acting like the most hostile place in Scottish football was just somewhere he happened to be standing.
The police had already cautioned him in 2006 for making a V sign at Rangers fans before a game.
In 2008, after another Old Firm derby, he held up a shirt that said:
“God bless the Pope.”
And after Celtic had won the league in 2007, he waved a champions flag in front of the Ibrox crowd.
When Boruc was asked about that one afterwards, he did not make it complicated.
“It was simple.”
“I was just celebrating that we are the champions.”
“I don’t see anything weird with this.”
That was Artur Boruc at Celtic.
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That Var review show should be the end of several pundits in scottish football, starting with @mstewart_23@TEnglishSport
The absolute lies, paranoia & conspiracy nonsense they have spouted ends all credibility they had.
@BBCchrismclaug Is that possibly because it didn’t actually happen? N it was all down to the rage of Celtic winning the league when we were written off
@paddypower Could be worse you could have already paid out on the team who are currently sitting in third place in the SPFL to win the league…..oh wait.
Go on the Macclesfield 👏 What an achievement putting out the FA Cup holders when you’re in the 6th tier.
Only Celtic winning the league this year would be a bigger underdog story.
@LordofSnowNRain Think it’s better during the week and before lunch time for gettin in mate…. I was there in August, just went round to security office n gave them money…..if you’re standin at the front facing it, that’s how u get round
The old decade ends the way the new one will go.
I hope you enjoyed the 10s tims because that’s as good as it’s going to fucking get for you.
The Rangers are BACK!