Ticketless fans have been warned not to travel to Seville next week by UEFA.
Fears are growing that the Spanish city could be the scene of carnage with around 50,000 Ibrox fans likely to be joined by 60,000 Eintracht Frankfurt fans for a match in a 40,000 seater stadium.
Each club has been allocated 9,500 tickets with the other 20,000 tickets going to sponsors and the UEFA family.
Since reaching the final last week social media has been swamped by Ibrox fans out-stupiding each other with weird and wonderful travel plans to make sure that they make it to Sevul next Wednesday.
Bearing in mind the events of George Square last March and May there are no plans for a fan-zone despite the wishful thinking of the Daily Record:
Ticketless Rangers fans could watch their team’s bid to win the Europa League from the stadium where Celtic’s shot at glory fell at the final hurdle in 2003.
Record Sport understands authorities in Seville are considering showing the Rangers vs Eintracht Frankfurt clash on giant screens in the Estadio La Cartuja, where Martin O’Neill ’s side lost 3-2 to Porto in the UEFA Cup Final.
The reality is that Seville is looking at a lockdown next week with many pubs and restaurants bringing forward essential maintenance.
Fearing widespread carnage, UEFA this morning stated:
Fans should also be aware that third parties offering for sale tickets on the internet are often not in possession of the tickets which they claim to have for sale, despite demanding exorbitant prices for such tickets.
In addition, UEFA is conscious that the demand for tickets to the finals may result in counterfeit tickets entering the secondary market, as has occurred at previous finals. Fans are advised that any such counterfeit tickets will not gain entry to the stadiums.
Ticket sales to the general public are carried out exclusively by UEFA. The teams who have reached the finals have also received an allocation of tickets to their respective final and sales to the fans of the finalists are in the process of being carried out. Supporters of the participating teams are advised to contact the clubs directly for further information on the processes for the sale of tickets to their fans.
Whilst UEFA understands that there will be fans who have been unsuccessful in their application for tickets, fans are strongly advised not to travel to the finals without tickets or purchase tickets on the secondary market. In order to maintain the safety and security of fans, ticket holders should be aware that checks will be carried out at the finals and the local authorities in the cities will take action against the unauthorised resale of tickets.
No Scottish media outlets have visited Seville to report on the excitement of the locals as they prepare themselves for the mob that was fighting among themselves as they trashed Glasgow city centre twice last year to celebrate winning their first ever trophy.
It would be tragic if any loyal bears were conned into spending serious money on tickets or QR codes that are fake or cancelled.
Should ban any fan without a ticket or just send them back home to much damage has been caused by newco fans & they bring shame on there club ???
I honestly hope they travel in numbers, then, as is their way, they’ll play up cause, havoc and start their shite, then hopefully, the local police take no prisoners and duly show them the way of their many errors. ie. battering lumps ootae ‘everyone/anyone’ who has broken the law of the land.
And may their god desert them in their hour of need, Amen.
So, c’mon the La Guardia Seville GET TORE INTA THEM…
They Spanish cops take no prisoners when dishing out punishments sevco supporters will be tattooed to the ground and walls, they won’t even be asked to move on the cops will just skelp them where they stand.
But it’s who the sevco fans are going to blame for when it all kicks off.
Celtic fans won the UEFA Fair Play Award in 2003, when 100k+ went to Seville. They drank the place dry, many obviously had no tickets for the game, but they were applauded for the carnival atmosphere they created and their raucous, but good natured behaviour. Even though we lost, there was no trouble. Local dignitaries and bar owners said the fans were welcome back any time and we have played friendlies with Sevilla since, such were the bonds that were forged on that trip.
Compare and contrast that occasion with their behaviour in Manchester in the final of the same competition five years later, which was described as the worst night of damage to the city since WWII.
No doubt their Schrödinger’s Cat mentality will allow them to blame it on the Old Club, to where any outstanding claims for compensation can be sent (while, at the same time, claiming that this is their second UEFA Cup final in 150 years of unsurpassed dignity).
However, whether it’s the old club or the new club, it’s still the same knuckle-dragging, Neanderthal, supremacist (though based on what God only knows), fascist-glorifying, far right scum following it and they are still “a permanent embarrassment and an occasional disgrace.”
By the way – For any of them reading this, this behaviour is what earned you the name “Huns”, which was how you were described in the press after another night of violence, many decades ago. Not any imaginary sectarian reasons, no matter what the voices in your head tell you.