Pyro etc last night, injuries

[BEARGER 1,829]

A 13-year old boy and 26-year-old woman in the away end needed treatment with fan group Union Bears defending the use of pyrotechnics inside stadiums despite fellow Rangers supporters being injured.


Smoke bombs, bangers and flares were set off by Rangers fans at the match against Livingston (Image: SNS Group)

Police are hunting Rangers fans who left off smoke bombs, bangers and flares at the match against Livingston on Wednesday night after two fellow Light Blues supporters were hurt, including a child
A 13-year old boy required treatment to his eyes while a 26-year-old woman sustained a minor leg injury. Both were treated by medics at the stadium and did not have to attend hospital.
A police officer was also hit by a coin thrown by a fan in the away end during the Betfred League Cup quarter-final tie that Rangers won 1-0.
Chief Inspector Neil Mitchell, the officer in charge of the policing operation for the match said: "Taking pyrotechnics into a football stadium is not only an offence, it is extremely dangerous.
“The injuries sustained by the woman and boy caused by the devices, and the consequences, could have had been so much worse.
"Once again it is extremely disappointing and worrying that despite repeated warnings about the risk pyrotechnics bring, a small minority continue to smuggle them into matches.



"The vast majority of those who attended the match were well-behaved and enjoyed the game. However, following the actions of a small group of their fellow supporters, two people were injured.
“It is only down to luck that their injuries were minor. If this continues it can only be a matter of time before someone is injured more seriously.
"One of my officers was also struck by a coin thrown from the same group of supporters. This is also unacceptable and will not be tolerated.
"We have a retrospective investigation ongoing and are working closely with both clubs to identify those responsible. I can confirm that we are following a positive line of enquiry.
"I urge anyone at the game who witnessed the use of these pyrotechnics and can assist in our enquiries to contact police on 101, quoting incident number 2394 of 25 September 2019.

"We will deal with all those responsible in a robust manner including seeking football banning orders through the courts."
Rangers 'ultras' group the Union Bears issued a statement following the incident.
The group defended the use of flares and smoke bombs despite the risk they pose to others, such as supporters with asthma, although they urged fans not to use firecrackers in crowded areas.
The statement said: “The Union Bears support the safe use of pyrotechnics inside and outside football stadiums.
“Whilst this is our stance, we would like to discourage supporters from using firecrackers inside the stands. These firecrackers are endangering our supporters when set off in crowded areas.”

[JFK-1 1,666]

Must be those Hammerby fans at it again.

[compo 6,106]

Find them and jail them , just a bunch of mugs out to ruin it for everyone. 

[MacK1950 2,230]

2 hours ago, BEARGER said:

The Union Bears support the safe use of pyrotechnics inside and outside football stadiums

The lunatics have left the asylum and are hell bent on getting our club even more unwanted attention.

Hope they find the ass****s and remove ST's where possible.

[pete 2,499]

8 minutes ago, MacK1950 said:

The lunatics have left the asylum and are hell bent on getting our club even more unwanted attention.

Hope they find the ass****s and remove ST's where possible.

Give them their own singing area.

 

 

At Central police station during every Rangers game

[Unicorn 206]

No need for the bangers,  they’re worse than the pyro.

[Whosthedado 1,487]

1 minute ago, Unicorn said:

No need for the bangers,  they’re worse than the pyro.

Totally agree. I just about sh*t myself last night. Was totally concentrating on the game and then boom. Wee arseholes

[ranger_syntax 3,761]

1 hour ago, JFK-1 said:

Must be those Hammerby fans at it again.

This was an excuse used by Celtic.

 

It makes no sense to apply it as a joke in this context.

[onevision 1,441]

55 minutes ago, ranger_syntax said:

This was an excuse used by Celtic.

 

It makes no sense to apply it as a joke in this context.

Pretty sure jfk was directing his comment at the UB response.

Edited September 26, 2019 by onevision

[Bluedell 5,329]

1 hour ago, onevision said:

Pretty sure jfk was directing his comment at the UB response.

However it's known who threw the banger last night and it wasn't a UB, so if people are trying to imply that it was them then that's unfair. 

 

There's enough to criticise the UBs for without them being falsely accused for stuff that doesn't involve them.