Scandalous scenes unfolded in Scotland’s football stands at the weekend.
When Queen Elizabeth II was honored, some supporters chose to do just the opposite.
I raised fake banners and sang hate chants.
Last weekend there was no football in the UK at all.
All major tournaments have canceled their matches out of respect for Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Thursday 8 September at the age of 96.
When football resumed this week, it did so with minutes of silence and an anthem before games, and with black mourning teams on the arms of players and coaches.
That was the idea it would also look like at Scottish Paisley on Sunday when he visited Celtic’s big St. bitter.
But Celtics fans had other plans.
Sorry about the TV
Although coach Ange Postecoglou openly asked his supporters to show respect during the ceremony, parts of them chose to do just the opposite.
When a minute of applause was to be held in the Queen’s honor, a banner was raised in the stands. A sign reads “If you hate the royal family, clap your hands” (“Klappa om du hatar kungafamilien”) while chants of chants began with similar slogans.
The match was shown on Sky Sports, with commentators forced to apologize in the live broadcast.
We apologize to everyone who is offended by this. Senior commentator Ian Crocker said some showed respect and some were not.
several cases
This was just one of a number of cases in which Queen Elizabeth was harassed by British football fans in the past week.
It happened during Djurgarden’s European away game against Ireland’s Shamrock Rovers last Friday – the day after the Queen’s death.
It happened on Saturday when some Dundee United fans booed during a minute’s silence.
It happened during Celtic’s Champions League match against Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday when Celtic fans unfurled a banner reading “Damn the crown”.
UEFA is conducting an investigation into this incident, and also because of that coach Ange Postecoglou felt compelled to call on fans to act before Sunday’s match against Saint Petersburg. bitter.
But this did not help.
At the press conference afterward, he preferred not to answer questions about the incident.
– I have talked about this issue in several successive press conferences now. I had it before the game, and we took responsibility as a club. He said it was time to move forward now, according to Sky.
Queen Elizabeth II was buried on Monday.