It doesn’t take much to get Ibrox fans ragin, almost every day of the week their online supporters find a fresh outrage to pour their poison over.
Getting them away from the keyboard is another matter however as the Vanguard Bears discovered at the weekend when just over 30 furious fans turned up to protest at the broadcaster that pays Kris Boyd, Alex Rae, Steven Thompson and Billy Dodds to share their thoughts with licence payers.
?? FANS: Safety advice has been issued by Celtic Football Club for the forthcoming fixture on Sunday 31 March 2019: https://t.co/DMQoJfpVp2 pic.twitter.com/XeI3fNjSiV
— Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC) March 18, 2019
So our supporters suffer & are treated like this because their dump isn’t fit for purpose & we can’t trust their fans
This isn’t good enough Rangers
Did their fans get treated like this at Ibrox?
This is farcical treatment of our support
— Four Lads Had a Dream (@4ladshadadream) March 18, 2019
— 10 in a row (@celtichoff) March 18, 2019
How an earth was this ever agreed to? if Celtic cannot guarantee the safety of 850 fans then they have bigger problems. Yet again Rangers are suffering because their fans can’t behave. It’s a disgrace
— Angela Pettigrew (@angela_pet) March 18, 2019
Absolutely scandalous treatment with this planning you’d think we were heading to play in Iraq!
— Stuart (@ProsserStuart) March 18, 2019
Who agreed to this and why did they agree to this? Why can’t our safety be guaranteed? Why are we being inconvenienced just because their dump of a stadium is not fit for purpose?
— Jimmy Carter (@JimmyCarter108) March 18, 2019
Dave King killed the Derby
— ???????? Ralph The Provo ???????? (@RalphTheProvo) March 18, 2019
Scandalous. Why were Rangers not involved in this discussion?
— Andy (@Anmil1972) March 18, 2019
Absolutely frightening way to be treated
— Craig Melrose (@melrose_craig) March 18, 2019
Shocking that Rangers are accepting this.
OUR FANS HAVE TO BE WAITING OUTSIDE STADIUM OVER 1 HOUR BEFORE MATCH OR MISS THE START OF THE MATCH
GROW A SET @RangersFC
— Sir Walter Smith (@Im_oot_Ma_EBTs) March 18, 2019
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— Tommy 88 (@TommyMcCormac12) March 18, 2019
Rangers need to start protecting the fans instead of treating us like cattle. Disgraceful.
— Emma K Q ???????????????????????????????????? (@EKQuinny02) March 18, 2019
Our fans treated like cattle as usual. Who cares but eh? Certainly not the club.
— Ibrox Chat (@IbroxChat) March 18, 2019
A year ago a campaign was launched online to cut Celtic’s ticket allocation at Ibrox down to the same level as other clubs.
Eventually as results nose-dived the Ibrox board gave in to the idea as a short term boost to deflect attention away from disastrous results, horrendous management and regular legal defeats from Mike Ashley.
It seems that the consequences weren’t discussed, playing at Celtic Park with just 800 visiting fans cheering on Andy Halliday could be costly.
Next week the loyal fans will gather at 10.30 at the Velodrome to be marched across London Road through turnstiles 66 and 67 to savour the special Celtic Park match-day experience!
With 7,000 fans behind them last season Celtic crushed Graeme Murty into resignation on the back of a 5-0 title clinching display.
No trophies will be handed out next Sunday but a home win will make for painful viewing for the 800 strong visiting fans, ragin may be a mild description of how they will be feeling at the final whistle.
