Sky Sports commentator Ian Crocker branded the display from The Green Brigade as ‘nonsense’ after the tennis ball protest lead to a two-minute delay at the beginning of the first half. Celtic fans have been compelled to protest the rumoured appointment of ACC Bernard Higgins to a senior security role within the club.
Celtic strolled to a 4-2 win thanks to braces from Kyogo and Jota but the game started before abruptly stopping as a sea of tennis balls came from the away end behind Joe Hart’s goal.
🗣 “There will be a delay because of this nonsense”
Dundee’s match against Celtic has been halted by fans launching tennis balls onto the pitch.
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Higgins was Assistant Chief Constable and repeatedly came under fire during his tenure in the role due to the treatment of football fans. The legislation was flawed and its subsequent repeal highlighted the enormous amount of injustices that were transpiring. Celtic fans across social media have united against the potential appointment. It will be interesting to see how this pans out over the next few weeks. Surely Celtic cannot hire a man with a background that involved targeting football fans.
Higgins is currently deployed dealing with COP26 but there is yet to be a denial from Celtic that he is being considered for any role. Whilst the display at the beginning of the game is an annoyance to the start of the game, it gets the issue noticed.
