The rumour this morning doing the rounds was that Nicola Sturgeon’s Briefing on the current state of play regarding the pandemic would include an enforced reduction in the number of fans able to attend the Glasgow Derby at Ibrox this Sunday.
Some were putting the reduction at 40% others even higher at half the capacity of their Ibrox stadium, there were even articles published about this in the papers. It turned out to be a false alarm – for now at least – as the First Minister did not choose to intervene on allowing capacity crowds at football at this stage.
📺 With cases on the rise again – in Scotland and elsewhere – I will be giving a Covid update today at 12.15pm. I’ll be joined by CMO @DrGregorSmith. Please tune in if you can.
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) August 24, 2021
However there is a real concern at Government level about the pandemic statistics and unless there is a reversal in the trends then we could well see a re-introduction of limited capacity or even – heaven forbid – behind closed doors football.
Having fuelled the rumour this morning Daily Record were able to reveal exclusively that Glasgow City Council had confirmed, in view of the statement from the First Minister that there would be no reduction in tickets for this Sunday’s match. “Full capacity is available for August 29 and on an ongoing basis, unless covid-related guidance or restrictions change,” the Council spokesperson told Daily Record.
Now, had Sturgeon. re-imposed restrictions, as the rumour this morning seemed to imply, then the Council would have had no alternative but to comply and let’s say that the capacity at Ibrox as a result would have at short notice be cut to say 30,000. Or perhaps the First Minister could have gone for the Behind Closed Doors option, again the Council and the club would have no alternative but to comply, unless of course the latter’s support threatened to riot, as apparently happened earlier this year.
So when the Ibrox club sent 750 tickets to Celtic to sell they were actually supplied in good faith but with Covid related restrictions there in the background should the Government change the rules and that was a distinct possibility this morning.
When Celtic told theRangers that they would guarantee them reciprocity on the allocation of 750 tickets for the game at Celtic Park on 2 January 2022, subject to the protocols that may be in place at the time relating to the pandemic, the fact – worth stating – is that both clubs were actually operating on those conditions! theRangers could have had their capacity reduced for Sunday with a few days notice, as we have seen, yet they were not to know that when the tickets were sent to Celtic.
And so if they were unable to be 100% sure that there would be no return to reduced capacity crowds, or indeed to Behind Closed Doors football a week in the distance then how could Celtic say with compete certainty – as theRangers actually demanded according to sources close to the club -almost five months from now in the depths of winter?
Today’s rumour that turned out to be a false alarm – this time – illustrates perfectly just how disingenuous the Ibrox’s club’s position actually is. The wanted guarantees that they weren’t actually able to offer themselves.They were DEMANDING something from Celtic relating to January 2022 while all the time not being entirely sure that they could deliver their part of the agreement this Sunday.
NHS figures simply do not support there having ever been a ‘pandemic’. Anyway, apparently the genetic engineering so-called vaccine was supposed to keep you all safe, so why worry? Can’t have it all their own way. The game was up a year ago, so why persist tolerating the propaganda. Back to normal, Cash only, no vaccine.
@Red Scotland. So proud of yourself telling everyone else that there is no pandemic and that the vaccine won’t keep us safe. Pathetic! You must feel so superior with your secret knowledge that the rest of us are unaware of. Anyway, c’mon the Celtic! Hail Hail & go get yourself the vaccine.
Secret knowledge ? it’s all there mate if you look. Even last year over 1 thousand Spanish and German doctors formed a group and in their opening statement called it what it was in their opinion a hoax and a crime against humanity, but to you they would be crazy conspiracy theorists, there are many thousands more but you will not see them on the bbc or sky news. Why during the deadly virus did they not tell people to wear masks, but then at the end of June when we all know hardly anyone goes down with a cold or flu they made them mandatory, it was to keep the illusion of a virus going about, keep the fear going and the people fell for it. Do you honestly think leaders like johnson and sturgeon care about us mate ? they are compromised liars who are only concerned about themselves, they have sold us out, they have murdered our old people, they have terrorised our young and most of the adults. here is a film about the oh so safe vaccines https://www.winterwatch.net/2020/09/vaxxed-from-cover-up-to-catastrophe/.
Good post mate, wasting your time though they will never wake up, well and truly drank the kool aid.
At last someone on a Celtic site that can see through the lies red Scotland well done mate. Cases are rising ? cases of what exactly, anyone who has ever had a cold or flu know they have it, had the flu once and was off work for a week, maybe 2 weeks to shake it off, now we are to believe people with no symptoms none! have the deadly virus and must isolate for a time, total nonsense, as long as people believe these lies we will never get out of this. People should look into Kary Mullis the guy who invented the pcr who said it should not be used to detect infectious disease, without the pcr this could never have happened, telling healthy people they are unwell nonsense.
No way is Jimmy Crankie from a protestant school in Ayrshire going to do anything to upset sevco. Their player’s and officials have got away with breaking the covid rules (thanks to the SPFL) and their supporters have got away with disgraceful behaviour (thanks to the police). What’s the point of independence if we are just swapping one bigoted and racist regime for another one. Fair and equal society? Don’t make me laugh Ms Crankie. The only party that really cares about a fair and equal society and the only party that really cares about our planet is the Greens. COYBIG!!!
Maybe a bit pedantic but it is krankie with a k. By the green party do you mean us the CELTIC