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Statement from the Airdrie Supporters' Trust:

TRUST STATEMENT – 21st January 2019

Re. INCIDENT AT CELTIC PARK 19TH January 2019

Following on from Saturday’s Scottish Cup tie at Celtic Park, we wish to address the incident which occurred on the corner of London Road and Kinloch Street prior to the start of the match.

Airdrie Supporters Trust had organised six family buses to take over 300 supporters, almost a third of which were under 16s, in a convenient and safe manner to the game. Arrangements were made for these and any other supporters buses going to be parked on Springfield Road with Celtic Football Club.

On arrival at the game, the fans disembarked and walked onto London Road when they were stopped from proceeding along Kinloch Street by Police in attendance. No explanation was given for this happening. We were held here for around 15-20 minutes during which time a very unsavoury atmosphere built up with large numbers of Celtic fans passing through the area as well as those who had been drinking in a nearby pub.

There was a sudden build-up of opposition supporters on the corner of Kinloch Street who proceeded to throw glass bottles, stones, coins and various other objects at the gathered Airdrie supporters. With virtually nowhere to move to a number of Airdrie supporters were struck by these objects. Most seriously of all a 75-year-old fan was struck on the head by one of the bottles and required a lengthy spell of treatment from Paramedics. On top of those struck by the objects, a large number of the children and females in attendance were left in an extremely distressed state.
We feel that the handling of this event was very poorly managed, and left six family busloads of supporters in a very vulnerable situation. With this in mind we will be asking to discuss the matter with the members of the Airdrieonians FC board with a view to following up the incident with Celtic FC and the SFA.

Airdrie Supporters Trust

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On 20/01/2019 at 12:23, Gonzo79 said:

Football fans fling a couple of traffic cones at each other.

 

Shocking and appalling.  Not sure I'll sleep tonight.  ?

Its a problem when they are targeting buses with kids, women and pensioners on. We know they've got previous for that. Its not about them fighting man on man cause they don't and when they do get caught up in that type of scenario they generally pick up second prizes and union flag cushions. 

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It really does surprise me, Gonzo, that as someone who has suffered pretty severe physical violence due to football allegiances, that you almost have a willingness to condone such actions.

 

I simply don't get it.

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