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Celtic in UEFA probe over hate songs


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At least if they are made aware they have no excuses, I'm dumbfounded as why nothing regarding rennes has come to the fore. They won't last a game without showing themselves up

Blatant bias at work mate. The PSV case with us was a stitch up. The silence from FARE regarding this case is defeaning.

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Blatant bias at work mate. The PSV case with us was a stitch up. The silence from FARE regarding this case is defeaning.

correct swls wish some folk on here would waken up going to say before its too late but it is TOO LATE.they know how to work the propaganda machine.

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Here's a cracking wee conversation about it between a couple of kerryfail intellectuals.....

Something smells fishy about this one. For instance, why is a senior policeman or any policeman in an official capacity, reporting anything at all to UEFA?

Agreed.

Surely it should be someone impartial like FARE? /end quote.

Positive they were in earnest annaw. :lol:

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bbc now running, wonders will never cease!!

Celtic face Uefa probe into fans' chants against Rennes

IN ASSOCIATION WITHPage last updated at 16:25 GMT, Saturday, 12 November 2011

_56674621_celtic_rennes.jpg Georgios Samaras slides in on Alexander Tettey of Rennes in Celtic's 3-1 win Celtic face a Uefa probe after Strathclyde Police notified its match delegate about fans' chants in their Europa League home win over Rennes.

A police spokesman said: "There were a number of instances during the game of singing offensive songs and inquiries are ongoing to detect the offenders."

Celtic say they are aware of the complaint but have not been contacted by Uefa about the 3 November game.

A club spokesman said: "We are currently looking into these claims."

It is understood that the case will be heard by Uefa on 8 December.

BBC Scotland attempted to contact Uefa on Saturday but are yet to receive a response.

At Celtic's annual general meeting last month, chief executive Peter Lawwell urged fans to stop singing pro-IRA chants after being "inundated" with complaints from their own supporters following their 2-0 defeat by Hearts at Tynecastle.

And Lothian and Borders Police announced they had launched an investigation into the "singing of sectarian songs" at that game.

Lawwell said at the club's annual general meeting: "Chants glorifying the Provisional IRA are totally unacceptable.

"It is an embarrassment to the club. We don't want it, we don't need it.

"It is wrong, and it is an embarrassment to the club and an embarrassment to the majority of supporters.

"We were inundated by complaints from our own fans after the game at Tynecastle.

"We have dealt with it at Celtic Park and we will do all we can to make sure it doesn't happen home or away.

"We don't want it, we don't need it. We have the best supporters in the world and hold that reputation dear."

In April, Uefa punished Rangers for two counts of "discriminatory behaviour" when they played PSV Eindhoven.

The sectarian singing meant the Ibrox club's fans were banned from travelling to their next European away game, the club was fined 80,000 euros (£68,000) and Rangers were handed a suspended ban on a second away game and warned they faced playing a home game behind closed doors if found guilty of the same offence within three years.

Uefa had fined Rangers following similar incidents in previous matches against Villarreal and Osasuna.

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A Celtic Park source added: "This is quite unprecedented as no issues were raised to the club during the match and the police didn't inform us directly about their concerns."

And since when did anyone have to tell them at the match. If I remember rightly, nothing was said about Rangers after their match, think timmy went running to tell them about big bad Rangers. Wonder if (Not) FARE will be involved in this one?

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I wish they would just allow us to sing what the fuck we want rather than people starting crusades to be offended by everything

100 per cent agree. All started dy the unwashed trying in vain to have points dedcuted from us and now biting them in the arse. They are songs ffs not subliminal messages for ethnic cleansing.

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I wish they would just allow us to sing what the fuck we want rather than people starting crusades to be offended by everything

You know what really gets me about this is unlike 1980 when there were mass brawls on the Hampden pitch absolutely nothing has happened to bring about this missionaty zeal. It shows you just how easy it is to hype things up out of all proportion in this media age :anguish:

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