CELTIC's Supporter Liaison Officer has rejected claims that fans of the club clashed with police at McDiarmid Park yesterday.
Celtic played St Johnstone in the lunchtime kick-off on Boxing Day in what was the first game in Scotland to go ahead under the new 500-fan limit imposed by the Scottish Government.
The new restrictions have come into play due to the rise of Omicron Covid cases in the country.
As a result of the move, all games played yesterday and for the next three weeks will effectively be played behind closed doors.
Only a small number of St Johnstone fans were inside the ground for the game yesterday.
But another small band of Celtic fans appeared outside the stadium to cheer on Ange Postecoglou's men from a distance.
It had been claimed that the group had clashed with police and tried to 'storm the gates' of the stadium.
But John Paul Taylor, Celtic's SLO, has rubbished those claims.
He tweeted: "Just to clarify some inaccurate reports from yesterday. There was no clash with police, no storm of gates.
"A handful of fans went to cheer their team from an area which was away from the stadium.
"Police were agreeable to this and fans dispersed at FT without any issue."
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel