On Sunday, I entered the Janefield St tunnel from the east at 11:38 (Google tracking to the minute), and reached my turnstile (T22), which is a few meters beyond the gates. The gates were open at this time, approximately 15 minutes before kick-off. The tunnel was busy but orderly and there was no crushing.
Reports suggest the gates were closed 10 minutes before kick-off. Fans continued to walk towards their turnstile, not knowing the gates ahead were closed. This caused crushing and distress, as fans were boxed in.
There was a slightly higher footfall in the tunnel than previous games against Newco, or others. 6,000 extra Celtic fans were situated at the east of the stadium than were there during previous games against Newco. Some of them approached the stadium from the west. The police stopped Celtic fans walking west-to-east along London Road, leaving the Janfield St tunnel as the only available route.
This scenario is reminiscent of what happened at the Hillsborough Disaster. Fans entered the Leppings Lane terrace through a tunnel, unaware that ahead was a solid wall of people. Fans walking through the tunnel had no way of knowing they were trapping people in front of them. There was no escape to the side and police refused to open gates at the pitch side of the terrace. 96 people died.
No significant crushing injuries happened on Sunday probably because the police realised the consequence of closing the gates and opened them again within minutes, and the crowd remained calm. Those trapped in the tunnel were lucky.
Tunnels are not inherently dangerous but become so when badly controlled. It is permissible to block people from entering them, but it is negligent to create a blockage in a tunnel that becomes a crush-point, stopping people passing through, or leaving.
I was at a serious incident on Janefield St in 1985, when four mounted police created panic by charging through the back of a crowd leaving a Celtic-Rangers game. That evening I witnessed a bottle fly out of the Rangers end and hit an officer on the head, causing him to collapse. Then, after the game, I saw a Celtic fan throw an object at a mounted police officer, striking him on the face.
I am sure the subsequent charge through the crowd was some sort of indiscriminate retribution for the latter incident, on a day the police suffered at least two casualties. The subsequent investigation and findings completely contradicted what I saw.
Before Sunday’s game serious mistakes were made. Clear acknowledgment must be made this time.
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The Nt’cham video shows how talented that boy is.
He is a level above most of Scottish football and about 3 above anyone in a SSevco jersey.
I said last night that Mulumba could slot in beside Broony allowing Ollie to move into a more forward role and dominate Scottish football.
No amount of cheating will stop us then.
how can short talk about any thing when the elephant in room is so blatant,its obvious there is no genuine journlists in scotland
i suppose it does not help when people like john huges and kris commons play the dutiful pig
Lets not forget its all Peter Lawells fault.
WHAT IS THE STARS, and what?
Evening troops, I think we all knew McGregor the DOB was never getting cited.
I do however think Celtic should be making a statement on this, as it will take one of our players getting seriously injured before anyone takes notice otherwise, in fact I doubt anyone would bother tgen either.
H H
D. :)
Oh and WITS you stop noising people up.
Or you will be fined £49
D. :)
Dena
Sorry to read of your horrific experience on Sunday. Glad you got out of it safe and sound.
God bless.
Bada Bing
Big JR on again ??
Dena
Just read back – a frightening experience. I’d send a copy to jp Taylor to forward it as evidence for the review
Take care
mark ma words McGregor will get his day weather it be on or off the park is a other thing HH
DELANEYS DUNKY on 4TH SEPTEMBER 2018 6:55 PM
I still cant fathom how there were no serious casualties
GENE on 4TH SEPTEMBER 2018 6:58 PM
To be honest today was the first I haverevisited it in any detail…… was trying to avoid it i suppose
HH
FRANNYB67 send him over to coltswood, and let the glenboig and Coatbridge tims have a word in his ear.hh.
Re: the crush at the ground at the weekend – this needs to be investigates by a competent agency that was not part of the planning etc. If Police Scotland are directing it then the outcome will be lies and more than likely will attempt to blame the Celtic fans. There’s no way they will admit to wrongdoing. They are compromised by their involvement.
Re: the McGreggor assault – none of us are surprised at there being no action. Football in Scotland has only ever run for the benefit of 2 clubs – Rangers (I.L.) and Sevco.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihJAJA4ibEs
Lets hope the club takes steps to ensure that the chaotic scenes recounted by Dena and others are never repeated.
Its literally a matter of life and death
Only way to stop the cheats is to boycott all cup games, Sadly it’ll never happen.
JTT53
MacJay’s mum used to play this beautifully on the organ at Mass in Saint Paul’s Whiteinch.
Possibly my favourite hymn.
Thank you for posting it.
YNWA
BOURNESOUPRECIPE on 4TH SEPTEMBER 2018 5:26 PM
Olivier Ntcham hunskelper highlights 02/09/18
enjoy CSC
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thats wonderful
clyde earlier highlighted that the total sevco midfield 3 made 81 passes.
ncham alone made 88
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJYyfCtIzhU&index=14&list=PLnXfjlWJOcdzb_W1iZ6RAJLxcwjDTYxSe
Paul67 et al
Congratulations to the Scottish Women’s FA side for qualifying for the World Cup finals for the first time! A fantastic achievement. Meantime the men’s team is managed by an unrepentant and, it has to be said, unemployable, traitor to the cause.
Is the Petrov/Milner game on Celtic TV?
Asking for my friend.
BOURNESOUPRECIPE on 4TH SEPTEMBER 2018 4:17 PM
Squirrel
Surprised the league table on the CQN page does not say Sevco.
I have now read back,bottom line in all of this within Pauls leader is : ” The Police closed London Road”.
To do that without adequately assessing ALL considerations is negligent,all they had their focus on was the 800 visitors and the avoidance of trouble,why they should bother for this game having failed at every other sevco appearance,beats me.
Who agreed to close London Road.
Was it approved by the Match Commander.
Was the closure of London Road part of the pre match briefing days before.( Standard Practice )
Where is Celtics Head of Security or whatever Title is being used,is it still Ronnie Hawthorne ex Police and unlikely to be aggressive to his ex colleagues.
Why were horses deployed in an already confined space.
Celtic apologising is thoughtful but can be misconstrued as an admission of guilt.
Why does one of our multi faceted Directors with significant Corporate experience take this on.
Police Scotland statement:
After a meeting on Tuesday, Ch Supt Brian McInulty said there was no evidence to suggest a gate was closed in the lead up to the match.
Well, that pretty much clears that up eh?
Didn’t realise there were quite so many liars and troublemakers on CQN.
Very disappointed!
WITS
You. PL. And the transfer window. Da movie…
* Celtic had a great win against sevco on Sunday.
* The transfer window was shambolic, we lost tens of £Ms in CL revenue and the momentum of the team and Club was unnecessarily disrupted.
* Significant lessons can and should be learned to prevent similar future ‘mess ups’
None of these statements is in any way incompatible.
And had I not met you I’d think you WERE PL!
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Dena. Thank God you’re ok, now. But you weren’t ok then. I hope you do feel able to formalise your complaint and witness experience. Because as we’ve now seen tonight, we can only expect Police Scotland to credit….but not blame or responsibility.
HH jg
BSR earlier.
What a list of indiscretions that was,great archiving.
https://twitter.com/gibbygibbo1/status/1037009635591577600?s=08
JAMESGANG on 4TH SEPTEMBER 2018 8:26 PM
I was very thankful that B and I got out safely
HH
DENA….
You have no need to apologise for the traumatic experience you went through, yer a wee Spartan. HH
On a lighter note… Huns in work boasting how they got through four rounds to get into the EL.
What can one say.??
SIPSINI on 4TH SEPTEMBER 2018 8:43 PM
They really are the gift that keeps on giving,
, hopefully thats the last success for “thems ” in Europe
HH
BSR,
Excellent Chronology of the Damned .
Should be required reading for everyone.
Dena
You should email Celtic and let them your experience on Sunday. This should not be allowed happen again.
Potentially people could have died.
Glad you are ok now
Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor will not face any action from the Scottish FA after appearing to kick out at Celtic’s Kristoffer Ajer on Sunday.
Footage shows McGregor, 36, making contact with the defender during the first half of his side’s 1-0 Old Firm defeat at Celtic Park.
Incredible events at the weekend — on and off the park.
So much of our civic and sporting bureaucracy is not fit for purpose.
We need to shout long and loud about what we are up against.
Play the Norway card regarding the assault on KA.
He is a NT player for them and his fitness / health is being put at risk by the actions of our MIB.
He is not safe playing football in the SPL.
WHAT IS THE STARS on 4TH SEPTEMBER 2018 8:55 PM
I really hope lessons will be learned
Good night Bhoys
Play nice HH
WITS
Neg2 showed me the birth certificate.
It’s actually Khan and Marie Antoinette don’tchaknow!
HH jg