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All-Inclusive, They Said - All Welcome, They Lied (Pt. 2/2)

Written by: B72
Sunday, 10th of August 2014

It came as no surprise that Celtic FC's recent 6-1 aggregate European humiliation, at the hands of Legia Warsaw, was marred by violence, racism, xenophobic hatred and bigotry, all coming, as expected, from within the Celtic support.

What was equally unsurprising was the media blackout on the shocking events that occurred on Wednesday 6th August at Murrayfield Stadium, after the battering that Celtic took not only on the pitch but also in the streets and stands before, during and after the contest.

This was another black day in the tarnished European history of Celtic FC, and again the root of the problem was their own supporters. Celtic cannot blame anyone else for this. These same supporters have already caused Celtic SEVEN hefty fines from UEFA in recent years.

Why are the normal, well-behaved supporters, including woman and young children, British and foreign, still being subjected to the bigoted mind-set these Neanderthal zealots are forcing upon people? That question must be put to the hierarchy of this disgraced football club as well as Police Scotland and the Scottish Government.

Who acts as stewards during these games and why is this behaviour allowed to continue? Should we assume that the stewarding staff, who are employed by the club, are aware of this element but are instructed not to act? Is this why Celtic travel abroad with their own stewards, allowing this culture to thrive? Why should normal fans fear going to a football match from their own support?

Read the above comments and ask yourself why is nobody in the Scottish media reporting the fact that Celtic fans displayed such "casual racism", were terrifying children and telling the Polish fans to "feck off home"? One can only assume the answer is because none of these events involved Rangers FC.

We'll start with the racial abuse for which the tone was set before the game even kicked off.

We see that this poisonous element of the Celtic support was already trying to tarnish and smear the name of another football club and their supporters even before kick-off, accusing their opponents of being something that most Celtic fans are themselves: bigots, louts, racists and xenophobic thugs.

In the stands there were terrified woman and young children, caught in the midst of the carnage that unfolded during the game, but also dozens of fans from within the Celtic support who were subjected to heavy violence and constant racial abuse from fellow Celtic fans.

Most of the racial abuse was aimed at those Celtic supporters who have an Eastern European background. All this for simply having the audacity to follow their beloved Hoops to Scotland's Capital in the hope of seeing a good European clash.

Here are a few eyewitness accounts from Celtic fans.

Celtic FC is rife with racism. This is evident from their decades upon decades of displaying hatred for all things British or those that are not Irish Republican-minded.

Leigh Griffiths, one of Celtic's playing staff, has a history of racism and is also in the midst of an ongoing court case due to him singing a xenophobic song about former Hearts player Rudi Skacel. Griffiths' showed no shame when he continually sang the words "Rudi Skacel's a fucking refugee".

Celtic FC, as is usual for the club, chose to ignore this louts previous criminal past by firstly signing him and then continuing to play him despite his ongoing troubles in the Scottish courts.

Here is one of Leigh Griffiths' previous bouts of racism from his own twitter account:

Read more on this story here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/21328997

Here is a link to a report on Hibs fan Leigh Griffiths singing his party piece which was aimed at Hearts' player Rudi Skacel: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/racism-celtic

More on the casual racist Leigh Griffiths later.

We then come to the shocking violence that marred the game, again involving the self-proclaimed "Greatest Fans in the World". This night of shame continued when boozed-up Celtic fans were causing mayhem in Edinburgh.

The key phrases to note here are "Few hundred" and "Drunks everywhere". I have been informed by a respectable source that alcohol was openly allowed to be consumed inside the stadium during the game - why was this allowed? How many arrests were made?

Again I ask the question: Who exactly polices and acts as Stewards during Celtic games? It seems that these hooligans have free reign to do as they please.

The shocking scenes got worse as the night went on. Here are more comments from some Celtic fans condemning their fellow supporters' behaviour:

After the game and a very poor performance, perhaps quite rightfully, Leigh Griffiths was subjected to some criticism from his own fans. Criticism which he was none-too-pleased with. Here are a few photographs of Griffiths trying to have a fight with Celtic supporters after the match. As you can see, he had to be held back by a steward. If only the stewards had acted as swiftly in the stands.

There was even an incident where food, in the messy form of curry sauce and chips, had been thrown from a Celtic fan towards a Legia Warsaw supporter, with the food striking a female Celtic fan instead. How childish and embarrassing.

Finally, here is a token snippet from a horrible little 20-year old creature named James Moran from Greenock. As you can see from the newspaper report on the left ,Moran has a habit of diving headfirst into water, just as he has done with his tweet, on the right.

News report taken from: http://www.thesun.co.uk/stupid-drunk-takes-pier-leap-from-quay

As you can see from his profile, Moran says he is employed by Inverclyde Windows who are currently based at 2 Earnhill Place in Greenock. If you wish to ask about Moran and discuss his behaviour with them, they are on twitter @inverclydewindo or you could phone 01475 630 044 or email sales@inverclydewindows.co.uk. If you don't receive a response, you could try catching their attention here: http://www.allchecked.co.uk or perhaps asking their supplier @Network_VEKA to investigate?

If you need more convincing, another brief rundown of one Celtic supporter's eyewitness account of last week's shameful events can be read here: http://i58.tinypic.com/1196lty.jpg

With the ruling that Celtic are to be reinstated to the competition due to Legia Warsaw fielding an inelligible player, one wonders where UEFA's priorities lie, with Celtic FC's name synonomous with violence, racism, abuse and hatred. Something tells me that there may be a part three to this article coming very, very soon.

So it is clear, if you want to take part in mass fighting inside and outside of stadia, watch boozed-up hooligans terrify woman and children, witness a huge amount of racism and xenophobia (mixed with the usual sectarianism and bigotry), be subjected to childish food fights as the Police tell you to "feck off" once you try to report a crime, then following Celtic FC through and through is for you.

 

by B72
 
by D'Artagnan
 
   

 

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