Almost three weeks on from a bottle being thrown at Matt O’Riley at Ibrox it appears that the culprit is still at large and free to attend football matches.
After scoring Celtic’s second goal in front of the Copland Road Stand a bottle of Buckfast was thrown at the midfielder during his muted celebrations. No Celtic fans were in the stadium.
The incident only came to light when Celtic TV showed their Unique Angle coverage of the goal, broadcasters Sky Sports and BBC Scotland both ‘missed’ the incident despite having multiple cameras at the match.
The following day, April 8 a Celtic spokesperson told The Sun:
It has been confirmed today that a glass bottle was thrown at Matt O’Riley at yesterday’s match.
The repeated targeting of our players and staff with missiles is quite appalling and completely unacceptable.
We have already raised our serious concerns with Rangers and understand that police are investigating the matter.
There has been no comment or statement from the home club, nothing from the SFA or SPFL and also silence from Celtic.
The Copland Road Stand is mainly Season Ticket holders, the only other fans at that match were members of My Gers.
In April 2022 it was claimed that the CCTV wasn’t working when broken glass mysteriously appeared in Joe Hart’s goalmouth during the half time break when the penalty area was being attended to by the Ibrox ground-staff. Again no action was taken by the SFA or SPFL.
With a 12 noon kick-off and most fans seated there shouldn’t be any problem identifying the fan that broke the law by taking a bottle into Ibrox then decided to throw it at O’Riley after he scored.
It appears that Celtic have no appetite to deal with those issues- which probably ensures that they will continue, two CCTV failures in 24 months ought to be an issue of concern to the football authorities, Police Scotland and Glasgow City Council.
‘CCTV failures,,,,?? Yes, that’s what we’ll call it’. If this was us there would be a msm meltdown! They really deserve their reputation!
Why has nobody picked up on the fact that there was an object thrown onto the pitch at speed towards Daezen Maeda when he scored the first goal in under 25 seconds ? It’s there for all to see ! Daezen scores and a silver or white coloured object gets lobbed right at him missing him with only a few feet to spare . The object had to be of a hefty weight as it ‘ bounced ‘ as it hit the turf ? God only knows what damage that would have done if it connected with the Celtic player ? It doesn’t bear thinking about as it is of such a serious nature ! Not a single syllable have I heard from ANYONE in condemnation! ANYWHERE ….
Must have been one of those hard-to-identify “West of Scotland football supporters” that did it…
THE MUTE STREAM MEDIA
Yes, it ought to be an issue that concerns the sic Authorities.
But if no-one makes a formal complaint then the Police would have no grounds for a formal investigation!
“CelticUnderstands”
sounds like a hope for the best option and it exonerates Celtic Officials from any involvement in the matter(s)!
So we have a ticking time-bomb where it may appear that it is inevitable that a serious injury may result to a Celtic player.
It is not unlikely!
Our club are fuckin spineless and do you honestly think those orange cunts at the sfa are going to do anything. HH
The Silence of the Succulent Lambs.
Maybe if lawwell got hit on the head at this hole then something would be done. Seems to me they are afraid of them.
Clubs should provide all post match tv to a 3rd party reviewer, who shall only open viewing to both clubs post match in the event of any maych/game oncidents. All tapes erased after 72hours to prevent any malicious acts from review.