Fan Dies After Falling From Stand Tonight at Scotland Match

[AlCapone 7,678]

RIP, such sad news

[Inigo 32,534]

Shocking

..... let's wait till the facts come out. The boy may have been super pished which then involves police Scotland and celtic staff letting him into the ground. He may have been fooling around showing off and fell orit could be a tragic accident .

I hate the site hole but ffs we have all moaned in the past about FACTS let us wait till we hear them.

Lets wait till the facts come out.

[lutonblue 1,974]

1 minute applause at the Scotland v England game confirmed

[Ibroxholm 2,276]

1 minute applause at the Scotland v England game confirmed

Ridiculous. If you cannot trust the fans to pay their respects by standing in silence for 60 seconds, they shouldn't bother doing anything.

[don logan 8,068]

Ridiculous. If you cannot trust the fans to pay their respects by standing in silence for 60 seconds, they shouldn't bother doing anything.

I've no doubt both sets of fans would maintain an impeccable silence if requested. Just these days, some feel applause more appropriate to celebrate a life than silence to commiserate a loss.

[Inigo 32,534]

Rangers fan who had taken time off to go to the upcoming Old Firm game, it's being reported.

[Mor3los_1 3,672]

I heard he tried to slide down a railing and ended up falling a fair distance, shite that an accident caused this.

[laudrupno1 3,932]

Tragedy rip.

[Ger77 742]

I personally will never understand applauding when someone dies.

[harlands plater 16,986]

There was a minutes silence before my son's amateur game yesterday.

[Skol 401]

I personally will never understand applauding when someone dies.

Same.

This is a tragedy. A round of applause just does not fit.

[Ibroxholm 2,276]

I've no doubt both sets of fans would maintain an impeccable silence if requested. Just these days, some feel applause more appropriate to celebrate a life than silence to commiserate a loss.

IMO it's a bit false to celebrate the life of someone who most wouldn't have known from Adam. Would it not just be better to adhere to the simple traditional way of showing respect and sympathy for someone's loss.

[DonMuffin 2,551]

Same.

This is a tragedy. A round of applause just does not fit.

[Jimfanciesthedude 24,556]

a round of applause is to celebrate someone who had a full life and managed to do some great things in their life, like footballers who spent 20 years at the top of the game, usually said person has died at a decent age and sometimes through natural causes

a minutes applause to celebrate the death of a 22yo who fell to his death in the same fucking stadium only 4 days before is a joke tbh

[IpswichGer 3,794]

Lets be honest here. Last time they tried to hold a silence at the piggery it wasn't exactly respected.

Probably a scum decision to avoid a similar embarrassment (though applauding is only the lesser of two sins).

[Inigo 32,534]

a round of applause is to celebrate someone who had a full life and managed to do some great things in their life, like footballers who spent 20 years at the top of the game, usually said person has died at a decent age and sometimes through natural causes

a minutes applause to celebrate the death of a 22yo who fell to his death in the same fucking stadium only 4 days before is a joke tbh

Not sure I'd go with your example of what counts as something great. There's every chance this young lad did something that was 'greater' than spending 20 years as a top footballer.

Anyway, I think it should be the family's decision.

Who knows, maybe it has been.

[Khana Lagur 64]

SFA contacted the lads family, the minutes applause was their preferance,

Anyway such a shame God Bless RIP.