RENEGADE Celtic fans showed their contempt for football chiefs last night by setting off flares and waving a banner saying "F*** UEFA" at their Europa League clash.
They held up the sign ahead of the teams' arrival on the pitch — before Neil Lennon's side were dumped out of Europe in a 1-1 draw with Udinese in Italy.
A Celtic fan was arrested for attacking one of the club's own stewards. Parkhead chief Executive Peter Lawwell was in the crowd.
Grim-faced Lawwell was spotted on his mobile phone immediately after the banner stunt.
Hoops chiefs asked Italian cops to arrest the lout after the steward was attacked.
The yob spent the night in a Udine jail.
The scenes come just days after the club was hit with a £13,000 fine by the governing body over 'illicit chanting' at last month's home tie with Rennes.
The flares were let off — in breach of Italian law — by rogue Hoops fans in the away end of the Stadio Friuli in Udine moments before kick-off.
Celtic chiefs were desperate to avoid trouble and had issued warnings to fans spelling out what could happen if flares were lit. They said it could leave the club "exposed to disciplinary action."
It is understood that Celtic will pore over video footage of the banner being raised and the flares being set off.
Any fans identified will be banned from Parkhead for life.
It is likely the official UEFA match delegate Steen Dahrup, from Denmark, will include the behaviour in his report.
Celtic last night refused to comment.
Posts
