Aye, only 210 arrests.I was there it was over exaggerated
Correct they broke protocol by coming into our half with the trophy and taunted us.Shouldn’t have came up to our end and kicked a ball into our net end of.
We chased you all over Hampden
Don’t remember that. I was at the fence on the half way line and as soon as the final whistle went their lot got bricked and bottled and within seconds they were all forced back to the fence at the actual Celtic end.In the north enclosure that day.
They had more of the small stand above us and the bottles came flying down after the final whistle.
Absolutely spot on....they entered the field of play....and were ushered out !!Shouldn’t have came up to our end and kicked a ball into our net end of.
We chased you all over Hampden
Would have been a lot worse if the majority of Bears hadn't left the ground when it kicked off.I was there it was over exaggerated
What I remember was the bottles coming from the old north stand above us, not from their side of the north enclosure. They had more supporters in the stand which meant they were above us on our side of the north enclosure.Don’t remember that. I was at the fence on the half way line and as soon as the final whistle went their lot got bricked and bottled and within seconds they were all forced back to the fence at the actual Celtic end.
Edit..... you can actually see this in the first picture at the top of the thread.
Correct they broke protocol by coming into our half with the trophy and taunted us.
In those days NOBODY taunted us with impunity
They were lucky most bears left before it all kicked off or it would have been a lot worse.Shouldn’t have came up to our end and kicked a ball into our net end of.
We chased you all over Hampden
That's exactly how I remember it too... They definitely started it... If most of the Rangers fans hadn't left the ground, they would never have come over to that end to do what they did. When Rangers fans started coming over the fence, they ran for their lives, they didn't expect it.Would have been a lot worse if the majority of Bears hadn't left the ground when it kicked off.
I was in the big enclosure when a few of the poets ran up the park towards our end to taunt the Bears and the Bears didn,t take it at all well and decided to teach them a lesson,Plod were just as pathetic stopping the poets coming over the fence and making their way up the park as they were with the Hivs fans.
Same hereI was there and didn't even know about the trouble until I got home
Doubt that very much.I was there it was over exaggerated
In handcuffs?My Da is in one of the photos.
Wearing a "Cheese Cloth" whatever that is lolIn handcuffs?
I was the same. Straight out on final whistle.I was there and didn't even know about the trouble until I got home
We left when the horses came on and when we were making our way to the train back into town most of the Bears we were talking to knew nothing about it,Seriously 60% of Bears had left even most of the guys we stood with during the game.That's exactly how I remember it too... They definitely started it... If most of the Rangers fans hadn't left the ground, they would never have come over to that end to do what they did. When Rangers fans started coming over the fence, they ran for their lives, they didn't expect it.
My first final v the mentally challengeds.Was about to turn 8.My young mind definitely preferred the riot to the game that dayMy first ever game v the mentally challengeds! Old man couldn't drag me out quick enough.
I was there and didn't even know about the trouble until I got home
Yip was a you dated in the north enclosure tbT day as wellDon’t remember that. I was at the fence on the half way line and as soon as the final whistle went their lot got bricked and bottled and within seconds they were all forced back to the fence at the actual Celtic end.
Edit..... you can actually see this in the first picture at the top of the thread.
Was a young bear cub in the north enclosure that day to , and I'm sure there was no bottles raining down on us from the wee stand aboveDon’t remember that. I was at the fence on the half way line and as soon as the final whistle went their lot got bricked and bottled and within seconds they were all forced back to the fence at the actual Celtic end.
Edit..... you can actually see this in the first picture at the top of the thread.
Same.I was there and didn't even know about the trouble until I got home
Wasn't punches that caused the problems it was the bottles. Either that or a whole load of people including police, doctors and nurses are all lying.Sorry but there must be some guys not seen many fights in their lifetimes..I have and I can assure you there was a couple of punches thrown yes a pitch invasion occurred but there was more violence at the hivs cup final and ten times as much on the park,go figure that one.
Can remember Celtic’s Chairman at the time : Desmond White, claiming Rangers were to blame ‘Celtic had Catholics & Protestants playing together on the same side : Rangers ‘signing policy’ caused the bad atmosphere which allowed this to happen’Wasn't punches that caused the problems it was the bottles. Either that or a whole load of people including police, doctors and nurses are all lying.
Can I get a copy??
A remember the old cheese cloth shirt galas as %^*& wae ma wegians anawWearing a "Cheese Cloth" whatever that is lol
Shameful episode? No it wasnt, was a great day out apart from the result.Doubt that very much.
I'm currently reading Archie McPherson's book about it "More Than A Game" - some of the detail in there is horrific. He's not biased in one way or another - just says what he and others saw. The most harrowing bit is the reporter who had his head caved in by a thrown pomagne bottle - he could have died.
The best laugh (if you can call it that) was the famous policewoman on the white horse who "charged" into the fans. Even by her own account she didn't mean it - the horse got hit on the arse by a thrown toilet roll and bolted Still fair play to her for helping sort it all out!
A shameful episode caused by massive underpolicing and too much booze.