This was all clear as day for anyone watching. Once again it was the Rangers fans lashing out as they have done on multiple times in the past after a defeat. They couldn’t handle having to watch their biggest rivals celebrate en masse once again in their own stadium. This is how the allocation originally got cut remember. They just cannot fathom watching opposition fans celebrate a win in their own backyard.
The Celtic support at Ibrox after Celtic won the Scottish Cup quarter final on Sunday 8 March 2026. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou
The disappointing, yet unsurprising, thing about all this is the post game narrative being set in the media. We all knew what the story would be as we watched it unfold in front of us. It would be ‘old firm fans at it again’. They can never outrightly point the finger solely at the Rangers fans, even when the evidence is as clear as the nose on their faces. It’s always a ‘both sides as bad as each other’ portrayal.
That was all on their fans yesterday. Time after time they get away with their hatred and bigotry. The shameful flags and emblems. The horrific songs stating insulting the Pope and bragging about being up to their knees in blood. The disgusting chants about paedophilia that must be harrowing for any football fan watching who has ever been a victim of such depravity. That’s just the bog standard stuff they partake in every time they play Celtic. The media washes over it constantly by praising the ‘atmosphere’, failing to highlight it’s sectarianism and outright hatefulness.
The Celtic support at Ibrox after Celtic won the Scottish Cup quarter final on Sunday 8 March 2026. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou
Yesterday’s display was a step further. It got physical and added another layer of shame. The media however couldn’t wait to write about how loathsome the biggest rivalry in Scotland is. At no point did they explain it clearly, much easier to just put it down as‘both set of fans are as bad as each other’. There is no doubt that there are some bad eggs in the Celtic support. People who cross the line and deserve to be highlighted and punished according. Personally I despise when people mock the Ibrox disaster. It’s as low as you can go and has no place in football, no matter how big the rivalry.
Today however wasn’t a situation where both fans deserve derision. The Celtic fans celebrated with joy whilst a group of their fans stormed the pitch looking for trouble.
Try telling this to the likes of David Tanner or Tom English. The latters article on the BBC Sport website was despicable. It’s a horrendously inaccurate account of events and should be withdrawn by the BBC immediately.
He blames Celtic getting a larger allocation than what they have been getting in recent years. Our fans celebrating caused it. Yes, their fans threw a flare into the area our fans were based, but there were ‘objects’ coming back the other way. Victim blaming if I’ve ever seen it.
How can a large crowd of fans, storming the pitch in masks and making their way to where the opposition fans are housed whilst throwing flares at them not be story?
Police at the Scottish Cup quarter final on Sunday 8 March 2026. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou
Or the Celtic players and staff being assaulted not be the headline? No it’s a ‘both as bad as each other’ narrative as usual. Just like it was when a Celtic staff member got glassed at Ibrox. Or when broken glass was put in Joe Hart’s penalty area. Or when glass bottles were thrown into the Celtic fans area? Or the multiple times Celtic players have had objects thrown at them? Nope, it’s always ‘both as bad as each other’.
Celtic should be asking the likes of TalkSport and the BBC to explain themselves and their narratives surrounding the events we witnessed after the game. It’s absolutely amazing that the likes of these broadcasters get asked back time and time again to Celtic Park and Lennoxtown to cover Celtic events after the harm they try to inflict on our club on a regular basis while The Celtic Star and other fan media, who always have Celtic’s best interests at heart, get constantly shunned.
The Celtic support at Ibrox after Celtic won the Scottish Cup quarter final on Sunday 8 March 2026. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou
If the people running Celtic really care about the clubs image, then they need to realise who the real enemy is and act accordingly.
At the moment they have their wrong people in their crosshairs.
Conall McGinty
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Absolutely spot on. The BBC in particular is nauseating in its spineless ‘impartial’ lies. One group of fans celebrating a win and some spilling out harmlessly onto the edge of the pitch. The other hooded masked thugs running the length of it intent on bloodshed and violence.
Thanks for the article …This should cause tom English his job…his article was a defence of all that is Ibrox … We saw Celtic supporters celebrating with theirs players ..having their pics taken and enjoying the victory…. While the others were masking up! Intent on violence…We are not the same…
Absolutely, I’ve already put in a complaint to the BBC about their coverage and will follow that up with one to Ofcom.
Excellent article, as for the billy boy corporation, never let the truth get in the way of a good story. Same applies to the laptop loyal.
We can cough & spit blood all we like about the reports on the match by all media outlets , BUT until our board stand up like men and not only call them out but totally ban everyone off them it will continue , another thing is , why is it when ex players from Celtic are in a T V studio then don’t call it as we all see it , are they told not to or are they scared off death threats to them & there families, make no mistake here , there are elements to our own support who do cross the line , but that’s nothing compared to what happens from them , if only a strong person of power with the guts to go to the Scottish parliament and ask for some sort off public enquiry into why the rangers fans & board & certain people in the press & media continually get away with it, HH