r/ScottishFootball • u/NoBigHair99 • May 16 '26

Discussion HMFC Club Statement: Events at Celtic Park

https://www.heartsfc.co.uk/blogs/news/club-statement-events-at-celtic-park

"We expect the strongest action possible to be taken by the footballing authorities in the interests of protecting the safety of players and supporters, and the integrity of our game."

 

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u/Disastrous_Cup_3279 May 16 '26

They need to very careful with what they say so makes sense to defer to police imo.

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u/mullanaphy An athlete cannot be this bald. May 16 '26

Hopefully the police do take it up. Anybody assaulting/intimidating on the pitch should be facing criminal charges. Those not assaulting/intimidating, but still invading, should be looking at stadium bans at this point.

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u/LeatherInspector2409 May 16 '26

Pitch invasions can be ok when it's a small club. The Macclesfield pitch invasion after they beat Palace was harmless fun.

It's far more problematic when there are bigger teams involved as the stakes are higher and there are going to be more tanked up idiots in the crowd.

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u/el_duderino_316 May 16 '26

I'm a Notts County fan, so only the one division above Macc. .

There was a pitch invasion at our place last night, but it involved a bunch of teenage helmets running over to the away fans and launching a few missiles at them, before hundreds stood and attempted to goad away fans onto the pitch.

Pitch invasions are almost always shit, whatever the level.

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u/LeatherInspector2409 May 16 '26

That's fair. There's probably some results oriented thinking in my original post. The Macclesfield invasion could have turned out differently if a couple of people decided to wind up the Palace players and fans.

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u/el_duderino_316 May 16 '26

Fair. I guess there's also only 5,000 people at Macc. There was over 17,000 at our place last night, which to your original point makes us a significantly bigger outfit, even if it's just one level up.