"Will the two remaining derby matches actually take place?"

[Joe O'Rourke]

[COLOR=#000000:46a1f745]I had a great day partying at Easter Road yesterday, it’s great also that we will win the league sooner than expected with a few games to spare; but winning it at the home of the Evil Empire (EE); I’m not so sure that will be allowed to happen.[COLOR=#000000:46a1f745]We seen and heard on Saturday the repertoire of the sell-out crowd at Snake Mountain; the hatred was very evident; and not surprisingly brought comments from most of the Scottish Media; although Rob McLean’s comment that it was the referees fault was astonishing.[COLOR=#000000:46a1f745]Let’s imagine we were going there with the opportunity to win the league on March 25th; who would guarantee Neil Lennon’s safety? Even with over 8,000 Celtic supporters present; it would an extremely dangerous situation for Lenny; we would need to move the Celtic dug-out to in front of the Celtic section. [COLOR=#000000:46a1f745]I hope I am wrong; but I don’t see the powers that be letting this match go ahead under those circumstances; I’m not sure that the match will go ahead at all; unless it is done with only the home supporters being present; obviously the same would happen with the final derby match at Celtic Park.[COLOR=#000000:46a1f745]The sectarian bile coming from the EE on Saturday was just like the League Cup Final in March; I wonder if the match commander will be making a report to the SPL; or indeed the official SPL Observer for that matter; according to reports this morning there were only five arrests; and only one for sectarianism; there must have been a lot of police with hearing problems on duty.[COLOR=#000000:46a1f745]I believe we have moved into a more dangerous era in terms of violence; I believe now any derby match would have a very real possibility of serious public disorder; far worse than anything that happened at the so-called Shame Game.[COLOR=#000000:46a1f745]There is a very good article published in the European Examiner; its well worth a read; and it also reminds of what we can expect in the coming weeks.[COLOR=#000000:46a1f745]It’s under the heading “Goodbye goodbye, you were the Billy Boys”[COLOR=#000000:46a1f745][URL:46a1f745]http://www.europeanexaminer.eu/[/URL:46a1f745]