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Originally Posted by cjrk
Aaah I see, so it was nothing to do with the scum that were frightening women and children, nothing to do with fighting kicking off all over the town? It was mostly because Souness used to play for Rangers. Believe me, they are a nuisance and will do a lot of damage. Sad I know but I won't be going to Accy if they are there.
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If anything, the fighting will have been largely due to Blackburn fans kicking off... Similarly I'm seeing the Lincoln example being thrown around- but many seem to ignore the fact
more Lincoln fans than Celtic were arrested that day, and as someone who was there, were by far worse.
Celtic have never had a real organised casual element to their support, and by no means are we perfect, but to be specially awarded by both FIFA and UEFA for the behaviour of 80,000 travelling fans in Seville for the UEFA cup final, and not one arrest being made, says it all really. Any fan base if attacked will stand as one and this has happened in the past, but it is rare for Celtic fans to go out of their way to cause trouble.
Aside from that, I hope this friendly goes ahead, it would be a belter of a weekend. Hopefully see you all at the game.
EDIT: Just found this on an old programme website RE the Burnley match.
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There was a riot at this match. The Burnley fans started it by throwing bottles into the Celtic supporters who were sharing the shed opposite the main stand with them. Too many Celtic fans meant trouble for the Burnley supportes who were outnumbered at their own park. Eventually the Burnley fans invaded the pitch to get away.
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