Scotland’s Shame and mainstream media playing usual blame game

I would love to be writing solely on Celtic’s fantastic win on penalties that has led us into yet another Scottish Cup semi final at the expense of our biggest rivals the Rangers, but there is something more important that has to be discussed first…

The win at Ibrox was momentous and I will definitely get around to doing another article about that later but there is a story that takes priority today which needs our full focus and that’s the abhorrent behaviour of the Rangers fans and the absolutely fictitious narrative being spread in the mainstream media.

When Tomas Cvancara netted Celtic’s fourth penalty to win the quarter final the majority of Celtic fans, whether they be at Ibrox, in the bar, at home with friends and family or enjoying it anywhere else in the world would have reacted the same way, with unbridled joy at seeing Celtic secure their passage to the next round after an absolutely gruelling 120 minutes full of twists and turns.

The match wasn’t high on quality but what it lacked in that department it certainly made up for in passion and desire.

When a game of such importance ends like that there is always going to be an outpouring of emotion, and in the Free Broomloan stand there was the almost predictable outpouring of some Celtic fans onto the pitch, fans who were desperate to celebrate a huge win with their heroes.

Is it acceptable for fans to enter the pitch at anytime? No it’s not but let’s be honest, we see it multiple times across a season, at a multitude of different grounds, especially in situations like this where it’s a penalty shootout or a late winner.

We even saw their fans do it after their goal in extra time that ended up being ruled out for blatant hand-ball, so we certainly won’t be lectured about fan etiquette by them.

As the Celtic fans celebrated with the players things took a sinister turn when a large amount of fans of the Rangers, mostly made up of their face covered ultras from the Union Bears, stormed the pitch.

These fans knew what they were up to. They only had one thing on their mind and that was violence. Why else would you be hiding your identity under an array of masks that disguised your appearance? Or do they have another reason for turning up to a football match looking like a Smurf, Superman or a Gimp?

The Celtic fans that did enter the pitch celebrated wildly with the players but almost all of them stayed within the confines or the 18 yard box, certainly no one strayed beyond the half way line.

When their fans entered the pitch they charged the length of it to confront the Celtic fans. They then proceeded to attack the Celtic fans in the free Broomloan stand with flares and other items. One of their thugs also physically attacked a Celtic staff member with many other Celtic players and staff members being aggressively confronted.

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