Racist Ibrox fans again claimed Glasgow city centre with Police Scotland apparently powerless to prevent an illegal gathering and march.
In March and May while Glasgow remained under Tier 4 restrictions thousands of fans wrecked George Square as they celebrated their hatred of Catholics in broad daylight.
After the second outbreak Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf condemned the anti-Catholic songs and chants. It is believed that CCTV and social media searches has identified around 50 of the 15,000 law-breakers from the May incidents.
With no Celtic fans inside Ibrox to celebrate their hatred of, Ibrox Ultras took to Argyle Street this morning to broadcast their views.
The Sun reports:
Dozens were seen singing the “Famine Song” in unison ahead of their Ibrox clash against arch-rivals Celtic. The vile song refers to the 19th Century mass starvation which killed over one million people in Ireland.
Lyrics in the tune urge Celtic fans to “go home” to Ireland and say they have brought “trouble and shame” to Scotland.
In the clip, Gers fans could be heard singing: “From Ireland they came, brought us nothing but trouble and shame. Well the famine is over, why don’t they go home?”
The Union Bears are given priviledged access inside Ibrox with their banners prominent throughout last season’s Behind Closed Doors matches.
Last week Ibrox fans shared video clips of their racist activities aimed at Kyogo Furuhashi as they travelled to the away match against Ross County.
During the first half of today’s match play was stopped to clear the goalmouth of missiles aimed at Celtic goalkeeper Joe Hart.
Douglas Park is the chairman of Sevco, Celtic again advertised and endorsed his travel firm on the journey to Ibrox. Earlier this year Park wrote to the Scottish Government claiming that street furniture should have been cleared from George Square to allow law-breakers to congregate. A statue of queen Victoria suffered extensive damage during the ‘celebrations’.