The 700 Celtic supporters at Ibrox yesterday have had the finger pointed at them for breaking the minute of silence in memory of the Ibrox Disaster but that is NOT what happened. A reliable eye witness has this afternoon told The Celtic Star that the silence was broken by a Rangers supporter shouting three words, with the second and third word used being “The Pope” – you don’t need us to spell out the four letter first word for you.

Celtic supporters were observing the Minute of Silence remembering the victims of the Ibrox Disaster (something we do on The Celtic Star every year) as well as paying respects to Brazilian football legend Pele, Celtic legend Frank McGarvey and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI when the silence was broken by a Rangers supporter using hate language against The Pope.

The barrage of abuse being hurled at Celtic supporters during and after the game, including by some in the mainstream media is just hateful, agenda driven bias that has got nothing to do with the truth.

Our source is extremely reliable  and anyone else in the Celtic end yesterday will also tell you the same thing.

It is now close to the time when Celtic have to say enough is enough and ban their away support from Celtic Park indefinitely. That will mean that no Celtic supporters will attend the games there but that is a price worth paying for the safety of the away support brave/daft enough to want to go.

We have already reported on the Celtic supporter who has been seriously injured after been hit by a Buckfast bottle thrown from the Broomloan Road Stand and this is NOT an isolated incident with supporters of many clubs reporting similar anti-social behaviour.

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Ibrox is an unsafe environment and its safety certificate really should be questioned.

Earlier this year a Celtic employee had his head split open at the same ground and that is now being dealt with by the courts. The latest serious assault could have resulted in a fatality on a day when football fans in that stadium had more reason than most to reflect that no-one shouldn’t come home after watching a football match.

Enough is enough. Time to act, Celtic.

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