‘They’ want to get rid of him. Not all of them, by any measure, I’ve seen Neil Lennon welcomed as an old friend by some whose allegiances lie a long way from Celtic Park, but to some he represents an opportunity to indulge in the kind of prejudice which was once widely accepted in Scotland.
In this instance I’m not talking about the idiot football fans, there are lots of idiot football fans, just waiting for an opportunity to present their credentials. You can meet them wearing any colours. The people who showed their true colours today were in charge of stewarding guests at Tynecastle – and Neil Lennon was a guest.
It’s a horrible place. The day the flats are built cannot come soon enough. I expect a robust response from Aberdeen, as well as life bans. I expect nothing from Hearts.
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67 sorry man went and watched that 12 yrs a slave. Jesus Christ makes you think. And it did make me think. Intolerance is intolerance and hatred is hatred. We live in a country and I mean the uk not a million miles from that place
Utterly disgusted by the events in Tynecastle and I hope Celtic are preparing an investigation via Police Scotland into the disgraceful behaviour of Aberdeen’s fans, not for the first time.
The Aberdeen ‘statement’ adds insult to injury and should be followed up swiftly by a declaration of intent not a statement from Celtic .
Celtic are quick to condemn our own it’s time for action from the club, lets hope they do the right thing.
Off to bed now , to dream of our Club standing up for Our manager and Supporters and saying enough is enough .
HH
PFayr, I know mate. She’s been kept well abreast of the whole absurdity in the way the legal system has treated Neil Lennon and his various attackers and for one who was focussing on qualifying I think it confused her, hence she’s already buggered off out of Scotland to pursue war criminals.
Justice has failed this country.
I see on the back of the mail, it says that spit, coins and BOTTLES were thrown at Lenny and Gary.
And still silence from the powers that be, well I never, feckin scum.
HH
a ceiler gonof rust supporting neil lennon against brainless thugs and zombies
I’ll be there mate , take care .
HH
WE ARE ALL NEIL LENNON
Delaneys Dunky
00:29 on
2 February, 2014
MacJay
He is only an intelligent, uppity, ginger, fenian fae the north. They are terrified of Lenny!
That`s one of the reasons I like him.And respect him.
Sincerely hope he and his family are being well protected.
Does anybody think Scotland is mature enough to be independent. Today is another insight into what protection Catholics can expect in Alex’s free state. Those uppity taigs the GB singing songs of their heritage… Let’s draft new legislation and make it an offence inside football grounds. March up and down the roads of Scotland openly displaying your hatred? Batter in.
Will Alex’s storm troopers be conducting any dawn raids on the back of NFL’s treatment today. I think we know the answer to that.
Catholics voting for independence? It would be the equivalent of Jews voting for the National Socialists.
Kevtic
Rogan, McGeady, Keane, Keane and McCarthy were abused in a racist attack on their country. As was my countryman Artur.
Good morning friends from a …….
Oops, far to early, apologies. Update around 8.00 or 9.00…….
Just seen one of the sevco goals on skysport news there. Aye it was a good strike but the Brechin keeper was busy assembling a kitchen unit inside his goalmouth and didn’t even realise the sevco player was in the brechin bit of the pitch.
FFS!!
We must try these thugs in font of a jury of their peers in Edinburgh and find justice.
Eh? What’s that?
ACGR
Light or Dark brown ?
HH
On the football it was a great win for Aberdeen their confidence will be sky high.
Their next game is against us it won’t be an easy tie for Celtic in fact it’s maybe the game that stands between us winning back to back doubles.
With no European ties to look forward to this our most important game of the second part of the season. Celtic Park SHOULD be full and rockin.
May not have been posted,
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/26002727
Greenpinata
Do you mean most of my other points are irrelevant? :)
Maybe they are and probably most of what i say is!
Never got the time and never will have the ability to put what’s on and in my mind into words as well as so many posters that contribute on CQN do but I love it and sometimes the urge to blurt something out gets tooooo strong!
TET, can I answer that tomorrow, princess ACGR is on her way back to the land of the cloggies tonight. I’ll mail you.
Fanx bud.
And here is the usual answer…..bollocks.
Police Scotland said they had received no reports surrounding the incident.
A spokesperson said: “Police in Edinburgh have received no reports relating to assaults and abuse of anyone associated with Celtic Football Club or Heart of Midlothian Football Club following the match at Tynecastle.”
The Scottish Professional Football League, which is responsible for security at the game, have declined to comment.
ACGR
Not a bother, I have some nice girly buckles, she should like them.
HH
Kevtic
I’ll be there tomorrow and Saturday. Hope 60,000 others are.
Macjay, thanks for posting the BBC link.
Maybe Martin Reilly is the one who will shame our club into supporting our manager.
Still hee haw mention of this on SS in the past four hours. Jim Whyte must be censoring the Scottish output tonight as they managed to fit in a spunk in yer drawers deid heid report.
This is from sky’s website. No doubt submitted by the sevco many of the sky scotland team. Note how they’ve worded it from title onwards, it reads that Celtic are the aggressor(for claiming this) and then try to undermine our club’s “claim” by saying the Police Scotland haven’t heard anything. I would release a statement saying there’s no point reporting it to the police as the judge will let the guys off anyway and you Ar$eholes in the press and media will twist the story to hide Scotland’s bigoted problem either that or your revel in it.
“Celtic claim Aberdeen fans spat at Neil Lennon at Tynecastle
Celtic have criticised the behaviour of Aberdeen fans after claims that Neil Lennon was spat on and pelted with coins at Tynecastle.
The Hoops boss was reportedly targeted by Dons fans while watching Aberdeen’s 4-0 Scottish League Cup semi-final win over St Johnstone.
Lennon’s agent, Martin Reilly, told BBC Scotland that Lennon was forced to leave Tynecastle in the 62nd minute after he had coins thrown at him and was spat upon.
Lennon was sitting in the main stand, yards above the technical area where he was attacked by a Hearts fan during a game in 2011. The stand was housing Aberdeen fans on Saturday.
A Celtic spokesperson said: “Clearly it is totally unacceptable for the Celtic manager to be treated in this way.
“Neil has complimented the way in which the situation was handled by stewarding staff at Tynecastle.
“We have an excellent relationship with Aberdeen Football Club and we are sure they will look into this matter.”
Aberdeen, who reached their first cup final since 2000, issued a statement on their website asking supporters to report those responsible for abusing Lennon.
The statement read: “The support we enjoyed at Tynecastle was absolutely fantastic and helped to create an incredible atmosphere that the manager and players acknowledged played a major part in what was wonderful day and occasion for Aberdeen Football Club.
“However, it would appear that a tiny minority within the main stand behaved in a manner that is completely unacceptable and has absolutely no place in football.
“We would urge anyone who has any information as to the identity of those responsible to get in touch with the club in order that appropriate action can be taken.”
Quoted on the BBC Scotland website, Reilly said: “I’m absolutely raging about the treatment of Neil, about the stewarding and the fans’ behaviour. It’s scandalous that Neil is treated like this.”
Police Scotland said they had received no reports surrounding the incident.
A spokesperson said: “Police in Edinburgh have received no reports relating to assaults and abuse of anyone associated with Celtic Football Club or Heart of Midlothian Football Club following the match at Tynecastle.”
The Scottish Professional Football League, which is responsible for security at the game, have declined to comment”
Mincey
Set up then cover up? Perfect Storm!
Thunder Road,
Absolutely not, your points are all relevant in a very good post.
I only highlighted one as it particularly struck a chord and I have often thought the same.
HH .
PS : You have conveyed very well what’s on your mind into words.
Wonder what police Scotland would do if coins, spit and bottles where directed at the Queen as she sits minding her own business during the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games in July.
Would they wait till after the event to see if anyone reported it?
You see the sheep are ambitious, they have aspirations of their own.
The sheep want to be top dogs, particularly in the absence of their great nemesis, that was the old club.
Now they are aiming at the real top dhogs..
Celtic.
Delusions of grandeur, ideas above their station etc.
Apologies for the clichés.
They are hurting, still smarting from the loses at the hands of the old club.
Yes, they had some powerful teams, and the hun done them up,big style, robbed them blind.
So what?
The hun stroked everybody.
But the sheep are particularly bitter over this, not our fault…
They are sh@ite now, and they were always sh@ite.
I expect Celtic to take at least five goals of them in the cup game.
They need to be punished.
Mincey
Whether they have received a complaint or not, it’s all over social media, and even the mail have run with it, there is a case to answer, but it’s Lenny, Celtic, Catholic , Irish, ach it’s just banter, move along Timmy.
I thank the lord I left the shithole of a country, and I mean no disrespect to those who have to endure the crap, I admire you all for putting up with it, you shouldn’t have to in this day and age, but it’s sectarianland, and it’s par for the course, a national scandal.
HH
Pfayr
You, more than anyone else on this site, knows, that the religiously aggravated part of the charges against John Wilson were supported only by a steward, neither Neil Lennon, nor Alan Thompson claimed to have heard said remarks.
Tet.
Living here, I don’t put up with anything.
I stand up, fight back, be me.
Myself alone.
Like hundreds of thousands of other like minded.
We will never be defeated.
Neil Lennon is my hero.
I bet he wishes he could just fight back for real
16roads
The sheep shall be heavily leathered on the pitch, and off it if they start their paedo songs again in London Rd. Let them off the last time. They have upped the ante now, at Swinecastle today. Scum
Martim 1980,
You would think that the Aberdeen statement alone would be grounds for Police Scotland to investigate. You would think that there were no police or stewards there. Unbelievable.
I repeat, although the Aberdeen statement may not go far enough for some ( There may be legal advice on this, which advises against saying sorry ) at least they have acknowledged the unacceptable behaviour.
Officially Celtic have not yet acknowledged it happened. I think at least a preliminary statement was warranted and Celtic have missed a turn.
Hopefully when I wake up this will have changed dramatically.
HH.
Celtic Mac
01:00 on 2 February, 2014
‘that the religiously aggravated part of the charges against John Wilson were supported only by a steward’
###
So what?
Why didn’t the jury delete the aggravation and convict him of simple assault?
They did it for the breach, they could have done the same for the assault.
Saint Stivs 01:02 on 2 February, 2014
Hail Hail bruv, well said. Neil Lennon will never be defeated by the Nazi scum majority in this land and neither will we.
Greenpinata,
I’m not savvy to PS’s procedure’s but I would have thought as Swinecastle is licensed to hold a sporting event ie a football match either the stadium head of security,or Licensee or, indeed, the security company responsible for stewarding(who were contracted by the SFA/SPFL) would be duty bound to report such incidents to Police as standard as part of their licence agreement.
I hope for the good of this crazy place there is total condemnation tomorrow, but I don’t see it, sadly.
GBNL
Against my better judgement I thought I’d check the main Scottish gutter press for any report on the treatment of Neil Lennon. Nope not a jot.
I did find this story though
“Castaway lost at sea for 16 MONTHS washes up on reef after 8,000 mile trip eating turtles”.
When he was rescued he was half alive and his first barely decipherable words were “is kevj still off oot”.
Shithole of a country?
We live in relative luxury.
We have free education.
We have free healthcare.
Ernie (the bigot) Lynch wants us to join England’s lurch to the right.
Because anything a Scotsman says is wrong.
Sometime in the early 2000s, I arrived at the Celtic social club in Barrowfield to catch the 2nd half of a reserve fixture between us and the dead club.
I walked behind the Social Club to the pitch around 70 yards away. I was behind a group of 3 who had arrived just before me and were heading in the same direction. As I caught up with them I could see that it was Dick Advocaat, the then Rangers manager, and two of his mates (they did not look like bodyguards) who came to watch their reserves in action. We all arrived at the pitch together and took up a position to watch the 2nd half together. They did not walk round to talk to the reserve coaches on the far side or make their presence known officially. They were just watching a game like myself. They were in a section of the crowd, quite a small crowd, no more than 200 or so, mostly consisting of Celtic fans.
Though he was a recognisable face amongst a partisan crowd, not one word was said to him and no hassle did he receive. I was no more than 5 yards from him at all times. He left with his pals around 5 minutes from the end while I stayed to the end. It was a fairly uneventful half. It was 1:1 when we arrived and that was the final score.
The point was that no Celtic fan even considered talking to him far less abusing him and the possibility of receiving hassle did not seem to enter Advocaat’s mind as he watched the game.
That is how it should be.
I could have chosen to be “attracted” to a hostile position against Dick Advocaat. In fact, I had no strong emotions to him then or now. I gave myself no excuse to hate.
The persona that has built up around Neil Lennon has largely been the work of our enemies and the so-called neutral media. A few of our own have piled in and called him a “corner boy” but most of our criticism has been ill-informed assessments of his managerial ability and attributions about his bravery from people who never attempted anything more ambitious than crossing a road.
Every attack and every display of intolerance is designed to make Neil dislike his successful tenure at our club. If Neil was a failing manager, he would not attract half the bile he gets.
I know there are other factors at play but I am heartened at the supportive response it has generated in our fans. It should not have to take an attack to galvanise our support around Neil but it has.
We have every right to be angry but I will not focus my anger on Aberdeen FC nor Graham Spiers nor Hearts stewards and police (at least, until, they comment and report on the situation).
I, unreservedly, condemn the Aberdeen fans who behaved in this way, on a day where there club was winning an important match 4:0. They, and the mindset they represent, are what I object to.
No Aberdeen fan attending the cup tie on 8th February should be subject to direct abuse by any of us; they do not own the sins of others.
We need to support our manager and insist that the authorities deal with the serial abusers in our midst.
cliftonville celt from belfast praying for Oscar the wee legend
20:56 on
1 February, 2014
They hate Neil for 2 reasons :
1 – he is an unrepentant Fenian from the occupied 6 counties
2 – because he is from said 6 counties they know they can’t scare him – believe me Neil was brought up in an environment were there was a regular risk to your life and armed men roamed the streets – these clowns don’t scare him – quite the opposite – he terrifies them
Neil braved & stood up to the scum at Windsor – Scotland is a cake walk – loyalists with no balls most of them would be terrified of a trip to Belfast or Lurgan
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Your comments are inaccurate, emotive, biased and frankly unhelpful.
PS Glaswegian Hamburg Loyal RSC are at present on a trip to Belfast. Some had tickets for a game in North Belfast today.
Glaswegian Hamburg Loyal RSC along with the 1st Belfast RSC,are b holding a function in the Barrington Rangers on the 1st of Feb 2014
There is a singer, flute band, DJ, raffle and auction.
(From Follow follow – no mention of balls!)