09 Mar 2026 20:30:08
"They started it" type arguments deserve to be treated with utter contempt.
Adults using the argument of children to excuse behaving like children. Nothing more.
09 Mar 2026 21:51:36
Agreed, GDog. Those who were on the pitch, and those who defend them, should all be banned.
Not welcome.
09 Mar 2026 22:42:57
Seen online: guys trying to blame each other. Grow up, and try to act like adults. Anyone who took part in anything yesterday, no matter who they support, needs to have a word with themselves, and the excuses need to stop. Clowns, absolute clowns.
10 Mar 2026 11:50:18
But the fact is, they did start it.
If we had done that at the park, where the same thing would have happened, it would be our fault.
It's the Celtic fans' fault for what happened, and it's also the fault of the head cop in charge of the operation to police the event.
She should be demoted from her position for that mess.
At the end of the day, our fans can't let our biggest rivals' fans invade our pitch to celebrate and start wrecking our goalposts and turf, and let it go unchallenged.
I'm sorry, but it's not realistic.
10 Mar 2026 13:05:13
Stevie, so were u on the pitch defending the turf and goalposts? Did u actually attend the game?
10 Mar 2026 14:16:15
John, you're very well aware that I don't go to games anymore and haven't for quite a number of years.
You're well aware of that, as we've discussed it, and the reasons why.
However, if I did still go, I would probably have done so, yes.
10 Mar 2026 16:14:02
Stevie, you are wrong here, mate. If Rangers fans didn't react, they would have been seen off the pitch.
Watch any match down south where clubs win a match or promotion, and there will be a well-natured pitch invasion.
Only in the OF can fans not behave themselves when the opposition win.
It isn't the medieval age when knights defended their fiefdom. It is 21st-century Glasgow, fgs. Defending it, imo, means it won't ever stop.
10 Mar 2026 17:08:25
Perhaps u are correct, Angus, mate, and I don't mean to defend it. The key word I used was realistic. It's realistically not going to happen.
Can u imagine it happening and fans getting away with it if it was Parkhead? Or say Turkey, South America, etc.? No, mate.
It's taken way too seriously to expect it to be ok to invade such a big rival's pitch.
I'm not overly defending it; I'm being realistic, is all.
10 Mar 2026 17:12:11
Then it would have been about them and the damage they'd done, and nothing to do with us, but the diddies had to get involved. Spot on again, Angus. 👍👍
10 Mar 2026 18:28:26
Stevie, sorry, but that wasn't aimed at you particularly. I just hate the defending of idiots who continue to damage the club I/we love. They don't deserve for us to be successful. We, the good fans, do, imo. Don't give them any excuse ever. Remember, you are one of the good guys.
10 Mar 2026 18:51:30
Just to clarify, what happened on that pitch was an absolute embarrassment to both clubs, to Scottish football and to Scotland as a whole. Both sets of fans let the clubs down massively.
All I'm saying is, what else do people expect to happen in a massive, fierce derby like ours? Or compare it to Milan and Rome, and to Turkish or South American derbies: if the same thing happens, the home fans are always going to do what the UB did.
You can't seriously expect any other reaction from our mob, rightly or wrongly.
That's why, after saying Celtic fans are the root cause of it, I secondly blamed the police, and then our fans. There is always an order of things.
10 Mar 2026 21:36:42
I agree, Stevie. That was always the plan, to come and wreck the place and incite trouble. Why else do you go to games with duct tape and spray paint? Weirdos. Don't let any of them in again.
I mean, if Queens Park fans did it last year, you wouldn't bother, but main rivals are a different story.
As if nobody is going to take exception to it when emotions are high.
I didn't attend, and I wouldn't have gone on, but I understand it. If someone was jumping around in your garden, or in front of your house, a majority of folk would be out, and a fight would ensue.
"Joyous celebrations." LOL
10 Mar 2026 21:59:59
Stevie, I think Celtic and Rangers are equal. I don't see a difference there, tbh. Then, the police need to see what they could do better next time. The good news is there won't be a next time. I think we will win a title before away fans are allowed back in. Not shedding any tears there.
10 Mar 2026 22:25:06
Dado, that's exactly my point, mate. People look at it like defending their property against trespassers, and, again, it doesn't matter if I agree or not, which I do; the fact is that's how people look at it, and would do all over the world, probably with a far more violent outcome in most places, tbh.
Angus, you're probably correct, mate. I expect us to ban them 1st and they'll in turn do the same back.
11 Mar 2026 07:14:16
If Celtic fans did not spill onto the pitch, hanging on the crossbar and taking selfies with players, then none of the rest would have happened. It's as simple as that.
11 Mar 2026 07:52:40
Neither should have been on the park, as bad as each other, no matter how it's dressed up, no excuses for idiots, that will probably have ruined it for others. Hope the club bin the lot of them.
11 Mar 2026 08:39:47
They're banned from their own place for a reason, yet Celtic sell them tickets. 🤔
11 Mar 2026 11:48:03
Why was Tierney on the pitch? 🤔 Surprised he wasn't swinging from the crossbar as well.
11 Mar 2026 13:06:39
Sons, players are well within their right to celebrate on the pitch. Fans are not.
11 Mar 2026 14:27:52
Still, people trying to make pathetic excuses for the Ub. Anyone trying to make excuses needs to grow up. They started it. 😂 Honestly, it's embarrassing.
11 Mar 2026 14:48:49
Wonder what you'll all post if the rumours about the Aberdeen game are true.
11 Mar 2026 15:27:29
Well, just a reasonable question, mate?
Who started it?
11 Mar 2026 20:46:05
Stevie, so do you think there would have been trouble if Rangers fans had stayed in the stands? So, is it the reaction which causes the trouble? I think the reaction escalates the original pitch invasion, but let's be clear, neither are acceptable.
I am disappointed that the club haven't come out already and roundly criticised the fan behaviour. So, they show they think it was okay.
There is a way to stop it. Clubs should be held wholly responsible for their fans' behaviour in grounds, and punishments should be given to clubs if they allow fans to misbehave. Same as how UEFA punish us and Celtic for the bigotry at European games. Fines, stand closures, etc. hit the clubs hard enough to make them eventually take action. I doubt it will ever happen, but it is the only way.
11 Mar 2026 21:02:02
I don't agree with hitting clubs for fans' misbehaviour.
And to answer your 1s tv question, mate, it's an absolute yes. There wasn't going to be trouble. There already was trouble.
The fact the Celtic fans were on the pitch is enough to say that's trouble.
I don't get why people are trying to make excuses for them being on the pitch.
It's the Celtic fans' fault, and the police's fault. It's as simple as that.
11 Mar 2026 21:14:36
Agreed, Storm. Some trying to justify it are just excusing both sets of idiots' behaviour.
12 Mar 2026 00:06:50
Fork, I'm
Defo, not excusing what the Rangers fans did, mate. It was disgraceful.
I've only tried to point out that it started with them, and that the police massively failed to do their job.
12 Mar 2026 10:08:14
Stevie, but in a way, you are by just blaming Celtic fans and the police.
I am not removing blame from Celtic fans, just saying that they would have bounced around and then gone back into the stands. Is that starting trouble? They didn't run over towards the Rangers fans; they were mainly within the 18 yard box area. It was the inability of Rangers fans not to react to that when they had lost the game (I think that is an important element of this).
Oh, and I also believe that if the trouble hadn't been on the pitch, it would have happened outside the ground, as that is what tends to happen.
It just isn't played out on national TV.
But you seem to be saying that Rangers fans can't be trusted not to react if opposition fans come onto the pitch to celebrate winning a game right at the death. So, using that logic, should we then ban opposition fans from every game involving our support?
Clubs are silent, which is the most embarrassing element of this, as fans will always let us down. Police Scotland are also using elements of deflection, but they didn't cause this.
Let's agree to disagree on this, as I get your point to an extent, I just don't agree with it.
12 Mar 2026 12:55:13
Angus, I know it seems I'm letting Rangers fans off the hook. I'm not, mate.
I'm just going through the chain of events to see what caused this to happen.
imo Celtic fans wouldn't have left the pitch, they'd have torn it up, brought down the goalposts, etc., wound up the fans in the enclosure and the Hoban Stand. And so on.
That we'll never know now.
I don't trust Rangers fans not to do that if 500 opposing fans invade our pitch, mate, I don't.
And I wouldn't trust Celtic fans either, or Aberdeen, as we saw how many years ago now? Hibs too.
Liverpool probably wouldn't allow it either, for example, along with plenty of other English clubs, not them all though.
Go to Europe and it absolutely wouldn't be getting ignored by home fans, mate.
As someone said, I think it was Big Dado. People look at that as an invasion, or trespassing of their property. Ibrox is ours, not theirs, and we simply won't allow it.
So, if we now know this, then the police should be doing their jobs properly to ensure the safety of everyone in the ground, and to stop any criminal situations happening, as that's what it is: it's criminal. They should be proactive in stopping it.
14 Mar 2026 17:42:24
Stevie G. I understand what you are trying to say, but it doesn't align with the law in Scotland.
1. There are very few points where provocation can be used as a defence, and only in very strict circumstances - a pitch invasion is not one of them.
2. Ibrox is not your property. You are not legally allowed to defend it - certainly not with violence over 'euphoric/exuberant' fans.
3. Even if it was your property, your actions would have to be reasonable. The UBs' actions were not.
4. Whatever you do, don't be under the influence when you do it, as that pretty much kills any defence.
5. The police and the stewards were stuck between 2 bunches of muppets. What would you like them to do?
{Ed033's Note - I don't think you should come on here and say this - (That has got to be one of the silliest statements I have ever heard) to a Rangers fan.