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Celtic fans plan 18th minute show of support for Neil Lennon

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After another week of attacks on and off the pitch Celtic fans are planning a display of support for Neil Lennon today.

In the 18th minute of the match against Hearts, whose support may include the thug that threw a coin at the Irishman, Celtic supporters are planning to sing in support of their former manager.

Lennon suffered anti-Catholic and anti-Irish absuse throughout his side’s 0-0 draw with Hearts at Tynecastle.

You call it sectarianism here in Scotland, I call it racism. If a black man is abused, you are not just abusing the colour of his skin, you are abusing his culture, his heritage, his background.

When he celebrated a late ‘goal’ for the homeside being disallowed he was felled by a coin.

Gary Caldwell, Jim White and former Police Federation chief Les Gray are among those that have been given air-time to promote the ‘he brings it on himself’ line used to justify the attacks on the former Celtic boss.

Yesterday Lennon hit back, telling a few home truths about the attitude of the best wee country in the world to Irish who won’t sit quietly at the back of the bus.

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