The same quotes, the same ACC, the same story – only the date has changed. Senior Police officers insist Celtic should have organised a fanzone. The law says their duty ends at the stadium gates.
The responsibility for what happened at Ibrox and the Trongate lies with the fans involved. The behaviour of fans in general over the past few years has taken a downward turn. There's a sense of entitlement and the behaviour of recent years hasn't been replicated by fans of other sports. It's about time fans took responsibility for their behaviour and conducted themselves like civilised human beings rather than ignorant louts. We'd do well to follow the example of the Scottish fans at the world cup. They were a credit to the country. The ones that caused issues at Ibrox and the Trongate are a complete embarrassment.
Adrian, I agree that the fans who were involved in misconduct and criminality are to blame and should be dealt with accordingly. However, there are a few points to add - Ibrox disorder would not have happened if proper planning and contingencies had taken place between Rangers, Police Scotland, SAG, and Celtic. Celtic's Safety Officer was effectively frozen out of the planning around the cup game - which was limited in itself as they ultimately just copy and pasted the plans from the league game without taking into account a rise of 5000 away fans for the cup game. The Police added around 34 additional officers for the cup game - and we all know the standard of stewarding is non-existent. Fans would not have gotten onto the pitch if they had put a cordon of stewards and police around the front of the stands prior to the penalty shootout taking place. With around 110 officers inside the stadium and the another 200+ outside it took them nearly 5 minutes to get into the ground because of their own security fencing - which again points to failed planning.
But yes once again, fans to blame for their part in the disorder but planning and contingencies for Cup game from Rangers, SAG, and Police Scotland could have prevented any disorder from taking place at all.
Andy , Thr Celtic Head of Security issuing a rebuttal will add nothing , silence is the best option and let the stupidity of the original statement stand in splendid isolation. Why give the cops a target ? HH
The responsibility for what happened at Ibrox and the Trongate lies with the fans involved. The behaviour of fans in general over the past few years has taken a downward turn. There's a sense of entitlement and the behaviour of recent years hasn't been replicated by fans of other sports. It's about time fans took responsibility for their behaviour and conducted themselves like civilised human beings rather than ignorant louts. We'd do well to follow the example of the Scottish fans at the world cup. They were a credit to the country. The ones that caused issues at Ibrox and the Trongate are a complete embarrassment.
Adrian, I agree that the fans who were involved in misconduct and criminality are to blame and should be dealt with accordingly. However, there are a few points to add - Ibrox disorder would not have happened if proper planning and contingencies had taken place between Rangers, Police Scotland, SAG, and Celtic. Celtic's Safety Officer was effectively frozen out of the planning around the cup game - which was limited in itself as they ultimately just copy and pasted the plans from the league game without taking into account a rise of 5000 away fans for the cup game. The Police added around 34 additional officers for the cup game - and we all know the standard of stewarding is non-existent. Fans would not have gotten onto the pitch if they had put a cordon of stewards and police around the front of the stands prior to the penalty shootout taking place. With around 110 officers inside the stadium and the another 200+ outside it took them nearly 5 minutes to get into the ground because of their own security fencing - which again points to failed planning.
But yes once again, fans to blame for their part in the disorder but planning and contingencies for Cup game from Rangers, SAG, and Police Scotland could have prevented any disorder from taking place at all.
Andy , Thr Celtic Head of Security issuing a rebuttal will add nothing , silence is the best option and let the stupidity of the original statement stand in splendid isolation. Why give the cops a target ? HH