I think the SPFL have run away from their responsibilities again here. The disciplinary punishment handed down to the offending clubs is paltry and simply puts this problem into a cupboard under the stair (put it out of sight so to speak), until it happens again at any of the top two divisions in our country.
It is all so predictable with clubs pleading “you’ll ruin and hurt us (and YOU) if you fine or deduct us points!”. And the SPFL not wanting to ‘rock the boat’ by addressing the problem and hoping the Police or Scottish Government don’t force their hand.
The punishment imposed on Celtic is bordering on the ridiculous. It presents no deterrent in my mind to the mindless thugs that enjoy courtship by these major clubs (Celtic here). Ie they want their money, noise and fear factor and tacitly accept the risk they will invade the pitch now and again. Fingers crossed no one gets harmed or maimed.
In my club’s case ICTFC, they have been allowed to get off with next to no consequential penalty impact or imposition whatsoever. - I’m not celebrating this as unlike what was said by Scott Young after our Ned’s pitch invasion that ‘lessons to be learned’, thats precisely what we failed to do from the relegation match against the Accies in 2024!
I expect our CEO and board to smile (“we got away with that Hey”) and just carry on regardless!
In my book is ‘No pain - no gain’. I will continue to argue the case that until our club show clear steps of acting more professionally both on and off the park we will be unable to progress as a serious football operation.
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big cherly ·
Gordon Strachan recently suggested we should have a weekly award for the fan that displays the most moronic attitude.
Well today at the rear of the North Stand we had a winner.
After Rosco's crude challenge on Rusell Latapy, which was quite rightly punished with a caution, the remark of
" he didn't see him because he wasn't smiling" was heard.
Bad enough, but the shout was followed by laughter by not a few.
This is quite incredible.
The section where the shout came from was visited by a couple of stewards afterwards.
The hope was that the moron had been shopped, but alas no, they made their way towards pitch side unaccompanied.
Whilst we have morons like this in our midst we lump ourselves with others who are unable to self police.
I invite all to condemn racist behaviour.