Monday, March 31, 2008

Celtic Fans IRA Love-In

by Gordon Waddell, Sunday Mail 31/3/08

Are Celtic's chickens coming home to roost at long last?

For too long their self-aggrandising 'Greatest Fans In The World' tag has obscured the incessant IRA love-in among sizeable chunks of their away support.

Maybe, like Rangers, some UEFA involvement and the treat of some serious action will get them to pay more than lip service to a problem they looked like trying to fix then conveniently forgot about.

Chief executive Peter Lawwell can posture all he likes for the benefit of the supporters.

But having looked at some of the footage concerned, if that's his definition of a minority, then the majority must be hell of a size.

It appears their "Seville Calculator" works in both directions when it suits the powers-that-be at Celtic.