Hearts fans’ tirade towards Leigh Griffiths symptomatic of football’s abuse culture problem, writes Bill Leckie

EH47 said:
Lololol, just took a wee peek over at jambos kickback to see how they're reacting.
Boy, they don't like it at all when the mhedia spotlight is turned on THEM for a change.
Getting all self-righteous about their rights to call Griffiths out for being a would-be paedo whilst they quire happily condemn Rangers fans for "point-scoring" when calling out a 60 year long paedo ring with many bheasts and dozens and dozens of victims.
Hypocritical wanks as per...
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I have a healthy disregard for those low-info numbnuts at Tynecastle. They actually use the sectarian hun term when talking about us.
 
Griffiths isn't someone who was just a immature idiot at one stage of his life and grew out of it and became a better person as he grew up like a lot of people. He's 31 and in the last few months has kicked a flare into a crowd and chatted up 15 year olds girls. Players like Morelos' only flaw is picking up red cards yet he's been vilified throughout his time in Scotland and there was no one coming out with this for him when he's been given abuse. I'm not sure if Leckie indentifies with Griffiths and that's why he feel he has to defend him but when the media have protected Griffiths for years, supporters are the only people who can tell him how they feel about him.
 
"Shouting abuse at Griffith's just for being alive"
No bill I think you'll find that they are shouting abuse at him because he is a proven paedophile.

I love how he's tried to disguise the fact that he's defending his wee paedo hero pal Griffith's in amongst a whole load of other rambling pish. Trying to pretend that he's impartial. Imagine comparing abuse of a paedophile to racism.
He's shot off in about 5 different directions there aswel , what an absolute fcucking rat of a guy, fooling absolutely no one with that garbage. Another defender and sympathiser of the paedophile.
 
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In all parts of the western world sending messages to under age girls asking for pictures is frowned apon. Scotland being the exception of course has somehow made Griffiths the victim now.
 
"But the thought of spending 90 minutes screaming hatred at anyone else just for being ALIVE . . . well, it simply doesn’t compute."

If Leckie is suggesting that is the reason for what the Hearts fans aimed at Griffiths then he is out of order and making up lies.
 
Since he had the audacity to equate the abuse to racism in his article , here's a quote i'm sure he's familiar with:

“I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

Well, we know his character, we know it well, and we judge him accordingly.

So there.
 
is Leckie seriously defending the same Leigh Griffiths that has been responsible for the following:-

Told a Twitter user to “f*ck off back to his own country”

Joined in racial chanting against a Hearts player in a pub, and convicted

Suspended three times for gesturing/swearing to supporters

Allegedly assaulted his manager Pat Fenlon

Wiped his nose on a Rangers flag and tied a scarf to the goalpost

Asked a 15 yo girl for photos (behind his girlfriends back)

Convicted for speeding

Fathered five kids to 3 different women by his mid 20’s

Took a sabbath from the game to deal with false ‘mental health’ issues (alleged drugs/gambling issues)

Was regularly unfit for his club

Openly mocked a fellow professional by joining in fan chants (Halliday)

Kicked a smoke bomb into opposition fans

Was fined for shoplifting


That Leigh Griffiths?
 
Snakehips said:
is Leckie seriously defending the same Leigh Griffiths that has been responsible for the following:-

Told a Twitter user to “f*ck off back to his own country”

Joined in racial chanting against a Hearts player in a pub, and convicted

Suspended three times for gesturing/swearing to supporters

Allegedly assaulted his manager Pat Fenlon

Wiped his nose on a Rangers flag and tied a scarf to the goalpost

Asked a 15 yo girl for photos (behind his girlfriends back)

Convicted for speeding

Fathered five kids to 3 different women by his mid 20’s

Took a sabbath from the game to deal with false ‘mental health’ issues (alleged drugs/gambling issues)

Was regularly unfit for his club

Openly mocked a fellow professional by joining in fan chants (Halliday)

Kicked a smoke bomb into opposition fans

Was fined for shoplifting


That Leigh Griffiths?
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What was the shoplifting one, I must have missed that one. What did he pinch?
 
Craigie said:
WE’RE brought up to believe that our actions in life will always speak louder than words.

It’s a proverb screwed up into a ball and volleyed over the main stand every week in Scottish football.



Because, no matter what actions we take to fight back against bigotry, they’re being drowned out like a whisper in a hurricane.

Sure, we wear the anti-racism T-shirts, we slap the stickers on our shirts, we wave the placards and we take the knee.

But what’s the point if when the whistle blows all bets are off on what we’re allowed to shout?


There’s no point, absolutely none. All those gestures, the campaigns — no matter how well-meaning — come to nothing if we then close our ears to the levels of sheer malice that way too many believe is their right to spew because they’ve paid for a ticket.

Truth is, we’re kidding ourselves if we believe racism is even close to being our game’s most serious attitude problem.

That line about a ticket giving some the right to dole out abuse came from Dundee frontman Jason Cummings on Saturday, after his equaliser against Hearts at Tynecastle had sparked a barrage of verbal and physical missiles.

But even his treatment was nothing compared to the merciless, brainless, tasteless treatment his team-mate Leigh Griffiths had suffered from the minute he trotted out to warm up.

The worst of it came from a section of the home support at the front of the main stand, who chanted over and over.


But even the majority who didn’t join in with their level of nastiness hit the guy with every insult imaginable.

It was all as brutal as it was needless — and when Cummings shook his head and sighed that what his mate had endured was “disgusting”, he was bang on.

I write this as someone who never shies away from criticising Griffiths on the many occasions when his conduct on and off the pitch lets him down.

But the thought of spending 90 minutes screaming hatred at anyone else just for being ALIVE . . . well, it simply doesn’t compute.

Yet that’s what we hear at almost every ground, almost every week, even if not often to the dark levels Griffiths has to endure on a regular basis.

That, as Cummings put it, is what comes as standard with the ticket.

It’s almost impossible to be more than a yard away from someone who crosses the line between raw passion and naked anger, between banter and bile.


You can’t watch a telly game without microphones picking up the kind of abuse some of my fellow St Mirren supporters hurled at pretty much everyone during our defeat to Rangers yesterday.

Shout the same stuff in the street within earshot of a cop and you’d be lifted in two seconds flat.

So why it’s acceptable in a crowd at a sporting event, no matter how upset we might be at losing, is way beyond me.

Then, of course, we have the Old Firm themselves, quite rightly getting bent out of shape when racism rears its hideous head — as it did recently when Glen Kamara was on the receiving end — yet looking at their shoes and whistling when it comes to the weekly sectarian karaoke sessions their own supporters subject the rest of us to.

I’ll keep repeating it until something gets done — replace “orange” and “19th Century Terrorist” with “black” in their songs and there would be questions asked in parliament before you could say bandwagon.

Holyrood would be demanding stadiums were shut as punishment, the SFA would be appointing a former player from each club as Anti-Sectarianism Czars.

We’ve seen that with racism, ever since the first players took a knee when the English Premier League came out of lockdown last summer.

There’s been a huge — and hugely impressive — push to drive the white-is-right brigade out of the game.

The knee’s become as much a part of matchday as the coin-toss, every suggestion of someone being harangued for the colour of their skin becomes a national issue, and quite right too.

Give people it tight about their religion, though? Ach, it’s just wur culture.

It’s society’s problem, not football’s. It’s been going on forever, we’ll never change them.

Then, most dispiriting of all, is the one I’ve heard for 30-odd years now: If you didn’t write about it, they wouldn’t do it.

The fact that this is the exact opposite of how we’re tackling the race issue is seemingly lost on sectarianism’s apologists.

It’s not just religious intolerance we allow to run free, though. It’s sexism, homophobia, it’s the kind of deeply personal insults players, bosses, directors and match officials are routinely told they need to suck up as “part of football”.

What went on at Tynecastle was a particularly unpleasant example of this, but what’s worse is that it was equally predictable.

What’s properly depressing is that it’ll more than likely happen again, at some other ground, tomorrow and the next day and at the weekend.

And what’s truly shameful is that stewards, police and fellow fans will more than likely do absolutely nothing about it.






Bill reaching new levels of nonsense. Seems to is wrong to boo and shout at a convicted racist and wannabee paedo.
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Holyrood is full of bigots, they only denigrate and punish people who don't support their ideals, there is no fairness or impartiality there.
 
Gary Mitchell said:
Somebody get that man a girlfriend or a padded cell whatever comes first for the lonesome bastard.
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A padded girlfriend might be the answer.
And if it is so wrong to express your disapproval at someone with a track record like Griffiths maybe you and your cohorts could think twice when you write about our supporters. Absolute hypocrite as well as a complete weirdo fud..
 
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55beatsall said:
Wasn't Leckie pulled up by a Man Utd fan earlier this year for racist language towards him? His fellow St mirren fans have been using sectarian terms all day to describe Rangers fans, his own chairman has even joined in a couple of months ago, I can't even be annoyed typing out what his fellow journalists have said, Scottish media's hypocrisy is world class.
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It was this blogger who appeared on Sky Sports and Leckie said it was just a box ticking exercise.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1356636841181667329
 
Going by that article I can only reach one conclusion.

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Is this a silly question but, how can fans of other clubs vent their anger and distaste openly against this snotty nosed individual but, appear unwilling to get involved and help bring justice to all the CSA victims. These unfortunate people need our support, trust and understanding which they most certainly deserve.

Bringing about closure, maybe just maybe will enable all the victims too, at long last put it all behind them and hopefully in turn can give them some kind of solace which might enable them to get on with life. The fight against one club must continue, for all their horrible cover ups and endless denials which has in my opinion, brought nothing but shame to all the good people of Scotland.

Continue supporting your chosen Team, but please join in the fight and support the VICTIMS.
 
PortoyMortoy said:
Griffiths isn't someone who was just a immature idiot at one stage of his life and grew out of it and became a better person as he grew up like a lot of people. He's 31 and in the last few months has kicked a flare into a crowd and chatted up 15 year olds girls. Players like Morelos' only flaw is picking up red cards yet he's been vilified throughout his time in Scotland and there was no one coming out with this for him when he's been given abuse. I'm not sure if Leckie indentifies with Griffiths and that's why he feel he has to defend him but when the media have protected Griffiths for years, supporters are the only people who can tell him how they feel about him.
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Where was the article condemning the racist abuse towards Morelos by Bill? Instead, he called him a waster in an article.
 
In the 90’s Leckie was on an STV show with Jimmy Hill and sang “We Hate Jimmy Hill, He’s a Poof” to his face, so he has little room to talk about anyone.
 
I’m actually in equal parts bored and angry at how the scum in the Scottish media dare to talk down at supporters with such utter scorn and derision, while excusing appalling behaviour from those within the game and still expecting those fans who they hate so much to keep on buying the newspapers and pay these cretins’ wages. (I’ve woken up angry this morning)
 
So by his logic, putting people in jail for disgusting crimes must be some kind of abuse. No Bill, the problem in Scotland is that journalists like yourself are utterly controlled by the SNP, and will do anything to protect the people who potentially support them, no matter how bad the crime is. Christ, Pravda doesn't have a look-in compared to today's sorry excuse for journalism in Scotland. How about having the balls to do the right thing!
 
I'll say it again.

Why do freaks like Porteous and Griffiths get sympathy pieces yet the most abused player in Scottish football, Alfredo Morelos, doesnt?
 
As usual, Leckie perpetuates the myth that Rangers supporters still sing about “19th Century Terrorists” every week. This makes this type of articles palatable to his numbskull readership. The “sectarian karaoke” he refers to is limited to Celtic supporters.
 
AnglianBear said:
I'll say it again.

Why do freaks like Porteous and Griffiths get sympathy pieces yet the most abused player in Scottish football, Alfredo Morelos, doesnt?
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Well, I’m sure they would be horrified if anyone suggested it is because he is black and/or foreign.
Now where’s Jackson’s article where he ‘humourously’ takes about Narcos all the way through?
 
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