Celtic Fans Shame Scotland

Travelling Celtic fans shamed Scotland once again at Saturday’s pre-season friendly against Brentford.

In addition to throwing smoke bombs onto the pitch and invading it at full-time, Celtic supporters reportedly sang songs mocking the recent death of drummer Lee Rigby – to the disgust of football fans across Britain.

Coming on the back of an arson attack upon the garage which houses the Rangers team bus – which may yet prove to be motivated by sectarianism – it is a black weekend for Scottish football.

And, of course, for those who are seeking to eradicate bigotry from our game.

The disgraceful scenes at Brentford will do nothing to help Celtic’s chances of a move to English football.

Social media sites were buzzing with people voicing their disgust at the appalling behaviour of the Celtic fans.

This is all on top of the sing-song in praise of terrorism which could be heard at the Cliftonville-Celtic game on Wednesday night.

Celtic CEO Peter Lawwell has a job on his hands trying to manage the reputation of the club after this PR own goal.

For a team that likes to boast about how many friends they have in football, these latest incidents will certainly stir up nothing but resentment in the footballing community.

And make the self-proclaimed greatest fans in the world most unwelcome on their travels…