FOUR men person been charged successful transportation with convulsive scenes which broke retired up of the Old Firm League Cup clash successful December.
Violence erupted on Glasgow’s metropolis centre up of the Rangers v Celtic crippled which saw the Hoops clinch the cupful successful a nail biting punishment shoot-out.
Members of the Green Brigade march down Argyle Street connected December 15, past year
Pyros were fto disconnected during the convulsive scenes betwixt Rangers and Celtic fansHowever the excitement of the December 15 crippled was already marred by fearfulness scenes successful the city’s Argyle Street earlier the lucifer erstwhile gangs of Rangers and Celtic yobs rampaged successful the city.
We told however Christmas shoppers were near terrified arsenic masked ultras wearing Santa hats threw pyros and confronted cops successful the metropolis centre earlier the Celtic-Rangers Premier Sports Cup Final astatine Hampden.
One serviceman was allegedly struck successful the oculus by a solid vessel portion a 26-year-old instrumentality was said to person been severely wounded arsenic Green Brigade and Union Bears thugs faced-off.
Revellers dodged a lit flare hurled wrong Celtic instrumentality favourite pub Gallagher’s, portion horrified women and kids watched arsenic thugs successful balaclavas charged their rivals.
Police had been hunting 19 radical progressive successful the unit and contiguous confirmed 4 men, aged 23, 26, 27 and 28, were arrested from the Glasgow and South Lanarkshire areas.
All 4 suspects are each being held successful Police custody and are owed to look astatine Glasgow Sheriff Court connected Monday, 10 February.
Reports volition beryllium submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.
A Police Scotland spokesperson stated: “This is an ongoing cognition and enquiries are ongoing to place and hint those progressive successful the disorder.
“I impulse anyone who has immoderate accusation that could assistance our probe to delight be astatine a section constabulary presumption oregon interaction america via 101.”
The arrests travel arsenic Celtic managed to debar a predicted distant instrumentality prohibition for the Champion’s League play-off circular necktie against Bayern Munich.
The Hoops person a suspended one-match prohibition hanging implicit them implicit the usage of pyrotechnics, which was assumed would beryllium initiated aft a instrumentality threw a greenish smoke bomb onto the transportation during the decision to Aston Villa.
However successful a daze move Uefa opted for conscionable a 10,000 Euro fine, meaning that Celtic fans volition beryllium allowed to be the immense clash against the German giants astatine the Allianz Arena connected Wednesday.
However the nine reminded fans that the suspended one-match prohibition remains successful spot and immoderate aboriginal pyrotechnics events would permission an “extremely precocious risk” of it being triggered down the line.
The Club added: “Again we indispensable marque it precise wide that pyrotechnics person perfectly nary spot astatine our matches and should further incidents occur, past clearly, erstwhile again, determination is an highly precocious hazard of our supporters not being permitted entree to aboriginal matches.”
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