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Discussion in 'Celtic Chat' started by faw cough, Dec 27, 2012.

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  1. H67

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    A good nite out then:icon_mrgreen:
     
  2. MagicBallBhoy Gold Member Gold Member

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    * knows mate

    its a habit i have picked up

    lol
     
  3. Mr. Slippyfist

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    :56::56::56::50:
     
  4. Sean Daleer Free Palestine Gold Member

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    Booze and drugs in the stands?

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  5. Mr. Slippyfist

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    I know........almost makes me wish I was able to make the game now :56::56::56::56:
     
  6. TimMalloyBhoy

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    Well done for taking one thing I said, and forming a * response with it!
     
  7. Doire_Bhoy

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    To be fair, that gif was funny as *.
     
  8. evilbunny1991

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    Its not the drugs or drinking that bothers me its infighting, fighting is one of the clear components of hooliganism.
     
  9. Mr. Slippyfist

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    But fighting doesn't necessarily mean the people are hooligans for goodness sake.
     
  10. evilbunny1991

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    No it doesn't just saying fighting shouldn't be accepted or pushed away because it was boxing day and the fact it was a 7.30PM kick off.

    Away atmosphere against every team is always amazing, but what we are doing right now is debating the negative side of what happened in Dundee than the positive which could be heard loud and clear on ESPN, so my two cents are amazing atmosphere but definitely not condoning the behaviour from a minority of the fans.
     
  11. Mr. Slippyfist

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    I agree - and my comment was a general one based on this whole argument that has occurred, and not aimed solely at yourself :50:

    From what I saw on TV, the atmosphere was fantastic, and the only negative stuff I heard was the "durty * *" chants and other deplorable * coming from the Dundee ends.
     
  12. Bayern Bru Gold Member Gold Member

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    Illegal to enter a football match whilst drunk, Dundee let them in anyway then * about the consequences?

    None the less though, when will police simply grow some balls, step into the trouble and drag the offenders away, take details to ban them from life from going to football and toss them in prison. Simples.
     
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    That does happen to be fair.

    Anyway could it be that this whole thing is being blown out of proportion, did we see a mass riot, or puplic disorder?
     
  14. Spring Time Gold Member Gold Member

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    you seem drunk yourself,so it's not the end of the world.:icon_mrgreen:
     
  15. CelticFC1967

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    It's against the law to allow football fans into football stadiums drunk. States clearly on the ticket as well as in the law itself. It is, therefore, the responsibility of the police and the stewards to prevent them from entering. Lawwell slating the support shocker...

    People saying the bangers don't add to the atmosphere? Ever even been to a game when one is set off? Loud cheer afterwards and rejuvenated singing straight away...

    The bangers don't even have smoke come from them as far as I could see - they are different from flares?

    Where the * was Lawwell's statement every time the dead huns trashed Parkhead? Too quick to slate their own...

    Also 4 arrests out of around 4000 Celtic fans - 0.1% of the support? Hardly a major concern, eh? Whilst I obviously don't agree with fans fighting amongst each other, it's hardly 'widespread violence' - 2 or 3 incidents and very little arrests. Dundee spokesperson perhaps trying to deflect attention away from their racist and bigoted fans, some whom booed Ambrose and Wanyama for, I'm assuming, their colour of skin whilst singing the likes of the billy boys and waving the Union Jack
     
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    It's in The Sun now:


    DUNDEE security chief Jim Thomson last night told how staff were PETRIFIED as drunken Celtic fans ran amok at Dens Park.

    Operations manager Thomson was left disgusted as visiting fans fought running battles, wrecked toilets and urinated in public areas.

    Celtic have slammed the thugs and called for decent supporters to root them out.

    Five people were arrested but that total is expected to rise sharply when police study CCTV footage to identify the troublemakers, with up to 200 believed to have been involved in the shocking scenes.

    SunSport understands more than 70 Celtic fans were ejected from the ground as police battled to stop things escalating into a full-scale riot.

    The clubs are now waiting to see if SPL match delegate Tom Purdie includes the incidents in his report.

    If so, Celtic could be hit with a hefty punishment.

    Long-serving Thomson, who likened what he saw to the dark days of 1970s football hooliganism, believes booze played a major factor and slammed the decision to stage the game at 7.30pm on Boxing Day.

    Many supporters travelled to Dundee early and were in local pubs from lunchtime onwards.

    The Dens official branded the disturbances as the worst he’s seen from any supporters.

    He said: “In the 20 years I have been running games at Dens Park, I have never seen anything like the behaviour of the Celtic fans.

    “It was not just a small minority to blame. There was almost a full-scale riot. My staff were genuinely at risk. I had female turnstile operators coming to me visibly shaking.

    “The situation was almost unmanageable. I have never seen so many people drunk.

    “Our fans were abused, our stewards were abused and no doubt the police were abused.

    “You could not send a steward in to sort it out as you never know what might have happened.

    “I’m not pulling any punches here. I did not feel safe.

    “It was like a throwback to the 1970s. It really was scary. The away fans had no respect for their surroundings. They were basically doing the toilet where they stood.

    “I had Celtic fans telling me they were embarrassed by their own fans’ behaviour and the state they were in.

    “I stopped counting at 40 ejections from the Bob Shankly stand where all the trouble was.

    “They were fighting among themselves, which was frankly astonishing.”

    Thomson also revealed that the toilets were left in such a state that it took a team of cleaners hours to get them back into a decent state.

    With so many drunks attempting to get into the ground, Dundee feared there would be trouble.

    Thomson insists refusing them entry was a bigger risk because there was a real fear of sparking a riot outside.

    He revealed: “There were so many drunk people outside that we just had to let them in.

    “If we didn’t, there would have been a riot outside. It’s as simple as that.

    “The state of the toilets was a disgrace. It took us the whole of Thursday morning to hose them down.”

    In the end the police decided to contain the out-of-control supporters in their section, with Thomson comparing it to the ‘kettling’ tactics police employ at many games across Europe. He said: “It was like a continental-style policing operation.

    “In other words, they were in that stand so keep them there and if they want to fight among themselves then let them go ahead.”

    Dundee have received complaints from fans who feared for the safety of kids they had taken to the game.

    They believe the authorities blundered by allowing TV to schedule the match for the evening of a public holiday.

    Thomson said: “The game should never have kicked off at 7.30pm on Boxing Day.

    “It was a disaster waiting to happen. It gave the supporters too much time to get drunk. It’s just a joke to play a game at that time on that day.

    “Everyone knows this time was chosen to fit in with the TV schedule but the atmosphere at the game was just frightening.

    “That was meant to be the Celtic v Rangers game as we got Rangers’ place in the SPL.

    “If that had been an Old Firm match do you think it would have been played at that time? I very much doubt it.”

    A Tayside Police spokesman said: “There was a level of disturbance at the match, primarily within the Celtic section of support.

    “Five people are to be reported to the Procurator Fiscal for football-related offences.”


    Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sco...-yobs-were-like-a-throwback-to-the-1970s.html
     
  17. CelticFC1967

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    Bit in bold - one was played at that time on the 28th December last season... Lying fud.
     
  18. Spring Time Gold Member Gold Member

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    I have a fair idea what will happen here. The Scottish media will try to paint a negative light of all Celtic supporters for a few days, no one except the zombies and their sympathisers will give a *, things will go back to normal after the away game to Hibs, and it will be like this ordeal never happened.

    Like I said before, Christmas period, late kick off, away day... not a good mix. The difference with the Huns game last season and this one is that we were home last year and no Celtic supporter would ever dream of damaging Parkhead, for obvious reasons. Away grounds, like it or not, are treated differently.