Celtic treated as hooligans at Ibrox once again
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:01 pm
In a recent article i said that Sir Minty had insulted the Celtic fans by branding us hooligans and banning us from castle Greyskull,well it would appear that this muppet hasn't learned any lessons.
I was along with all other Celtic fans(including females) searched before gaining entry to the game on Saturday,personally for those of you who dont know me,i am 57 years of age,i dont think i look menacing,others may disagree with that,i drove our clubs bus on Saturday,so i did not have a drink,therefore i could not understand why i was searched before going into the game,i asked the steward if this was Rangers policy,and did it happen at every game???,he replied that he was a Celtic steward,and agreed with my complaint,i told him i would be taking it further,he concurred with that as well.
So on Tuesday i sent my congratulation to Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell,i also informed him of what had happened outside Ibrox,he thanked me for my best wishes and said he had passed my complaint to Celtic's head of security Ronnie Hawthorn.
Further to that i recieved an e-mail from Ronnie today at lunch time,he tells me that he had contacted the person responsible for the security on Saturday at Ibrox,this guy claims that it was to be random searches on Saturday,as i think would happen at every game,he also says that the Celtic stewards on duty would not be carrying out searches.
This begs a number of questions,were the stewards at the Celtic end acting on their own initiative??,or were they acting under instruction,i think the latter would be the case,why did the police stand and watch this all going on??,i was under the impression,that to be searched,a crime had to be committed,or there had to be reasonable grounds for believeing that a crime was about to be committed,so it looks like Sir Minty has struck again,its a good job his forwards weren't as forceful in their job.
I have now made an official complaint to Ronnie Hawthorn,and have asked him to investigate it to the full,anyone who would like to comment,or has other information can either reply on here,or e-mail me at [EMAIL="joseph.orourke3@ntlworld.com"]joseph.orourke3@ntlworld.com[/EMAIL:e907a81d]
I was along with all other Celtic fans(including females) searched before gaining entry to the game on Saturday,personally for those of you who dont know me,i am 57 years of age,i dont think i look menacing,others may disagree with that,i drove our clubs bus on Saturday,so i did not have a drink,therefore i could not understand why i was searched before going into the game,i asked the steward if this was Rangers policy,and did it happen at every game???,he replied that he was a Celtic steward,and agreed with my complaint,i told him i would be taking it further,he concurred with that as well.
So on Tuesday i sent my congratulation to Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell,i also informed him of what had happened outside Ibrox,he thanked me for my best wishes and said he had passed my complaint to Celtic's head of security Ronnie Hawthorn.
Further to that i recieved an e-mail from Ronnie today at lunch time,he tells me that he had contacted the person responsible for the security on Saturday at Ibrox,this guy claims that it was to be random searches on Saturday,as i think would happen at every game,he also says that the Celtic stewards on duty would not be carrying out searches.
This begs a number of questions,were the stewards at the Celtic end acting on their own initiative??,or were they acting under instruction,i think the latter would be the case,why did the police stand and watch this all going on??,i was under the impression,that to be searched,a crime had to be committed,or there had to be reasonable grounds for believeing that a crime was about to be committed,so it looks like Sir Minty has struck again,its a good job his forwards weren't as forceful in their job.
I have now made an official complaint to Ronnie Hawthorn,and have asked him to investigate it to the full,anyone who would like to comment,or has other information can either reply on here,or e-mail me at [EMAIL="joseph.orourke3@ntlworld.com"]joseph.orourke3@ntlworld.com[/EMAIL:e907a81d]