Despite Greater Manchester Police's official figures of between 250 and 265 thousand Rangers fans travelling to Manchester for the UEFA Cup Final from all over the world, Celtic fans have managed to cling on to their record of 42 arrests in England at a football match.
In 2003 a measly 7'000 of their fans arrived in Blackburn for a match in the UEFA cup. Although so little of "The Greatest Fans in World" had made the short journey, hundreds of their fans clashed with police as they attempted to charge turnstiles without care for the women and children in close proximity resulting in forty two being detailed by Lancashire police.
With Manchester police already admitting to errors in judgement it really does make the trouble witnessed there pale into insignificance when you study both figures.
FYI: Eighty Celtic fans were arrested in Glasgow City Centre on the evening of their UEFA Cup Final in 2003 with many more arrested (for in particular theft) in Seville. Official figures for these arrests were never released but we're working on bringing them to you. The truth is out there.
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