Day 2- Ewan Murray’s Great Twitter Meltdown

Ewan Murray hasn’t reacted well to Celtic fans reminding him that their club didn’t take an interest free 20 year loan from the Scottish Government. 

Early last year 11 SPFL Premiership clubs took up the offer of assistance while they coped with Lockdown and a season of empty stadiums. 

Quarterly cash flow reports are required to be sent to the Scottish Government with a number of red flags included in the loan with club’s prevented from repaying loans to directors or paying out excessive bonuses. 

Celtic, in line with thousands of businesses across the country took up the furlough scheme to retain people in jobs with other business assistance provided. 

It seems that splitting the two Glasgow clubs on any issue isn’t the done thing for reporters with the golf expert at the Guardian a keen subscriber to that view.  Having been corrected on that issue Murray went down a path that people in glass houses really should avoid. 

From booing through a minute of respect for Pope John Paul II to the recent playing of The Sash over the PA system during a supporters open day at Tynecastle Hearts are a club that is very much tainted. 

The touchline attack on Neil Lennon in 2011 was shown worldwide with the fan involved cheered as he was led away and celebrated during future Celtic visits to Tynecastle. 

“CLEAR OUR NAME!” ?
If the Celtic Twitteratti diverted half as much attention to condemnation of missiles at players taking corners, IRA chanting and disruption of minutes silences as they have over an utterly trivial tweet…. https://t.co/hlTgLBNMqm

— Ewan Murray (@mrewanmurray) January 6, 2022

Shameful tweet. @CelticFC fans please don’t. Rise to this buffoons attention seeking. One of the worst journalists around. Your biases and heuristics run deep. Your mask slips regularly and you bring shame to your paper @guardian

— Brian McLaughlin (@BmacTank) January 6, 2022

Did you miss this game Ewan ? pic.twitter.com/lnlT4IABfN

— g6821 (@g682021) January 6, 2022

Do you have a bet on with Tom English?

— leewallacesupergrass (@theoldgovanarm1) January 6, 2022

Caught out in a lie. Embarrassing.

— Mark ? (@minimark3324) January 7, 2022

You could have said you were wrong and move on ..but you have got the attention you seek now..being a hearts fan you will be aware of minute silences being ruined, managers being assaulted and “political” chanting..glass houses and all that ewan eh?

— 74 Strand (@74Strand1) January 6, 2022

Ewan, when ‘journalists’ like yourself start to tell the truth about what happened to old rangers (they’re being liquidated) maybe we’ll listen to you. I doubt that though.

— Francis S Hughes ? (@SocialistBhoy) January 6, 2022

Albert Kidd ruined your childhood ?

— Declan Tim (@tim_declan) January 7, 2022

Ffs Hearts fan complaining about chanting – couldn’t mark your neck with a blow torch

— thomas welsh (@riverclyde2) January 6, 2022

That’ll be 2 of the smsm Well and truly rattled today ?

— HH ????????? (@Matt574712592) January 6, 2022

Coming from the guy who supposedly follows an Edinburgh club who played the sash over their grounds tannoy system ? we’ll sing what we want when we want and you can do the same as your ibrox cousins ?

— Yogi il Tempo (@Yogi_theTim) January 7, 2022

And that time one of our fans ran on and physically assaulted an opposing manager

Oh hold on

— Big Ange’s Fenian Army (@BigAnge1888) January 7, 2022

Get well soon Ewan ???

— ???? ?? (@celticghirl_75) January 7, 2022

Wow! I like following your chat Ewan but this is just really poor. Own your error and move on.

— Gerry Wright (@gerrywright1967) January 6, 2022

This can’t be the response of a “professional” journalist?! So much pent up anger, you clearly have issues with Celtic and the support Ewan, at least try to hide it a bit eh

— Robbie (@rw47cfc) January 7, 2022