Celtic’s Remembrance Day shame is the final straw

A portion of the crowd at Celtic’s Parkhead stadium booed the minute’s silence for Remembrance Sunday. It was abandoned after 30 seconds. This latest embarrassment comes just a week after the club suspended the season tickets of over 250 of its most zealously committed fans – a faction of ultras known as the ‘Green Brigade’. The members of this querulous group which occupies the north curve of Parkhead have been causing trouble/engaging in principled activism (depending on your take) for years, with the latest issue being the repeated display of pro-Palestinian flags and banners at matches, despite warnings from the club to desist. The two events were probably connected.

The Green Brigade was founded in 2006 ostensibly to add colour and atmosphere. But over the years they have somewhat exceeded their brief and added a bit too much colour and atmosphere. They have engaged in sectarian chanting in support of the IRA and minor acts of reckless misbehaviour, such as letting off flares and rushing turnstiles.