First of all, although this is a blog about Celtic, most of the drama up to this point has come from the other side of the river. Rangers have suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of Swedish side Malmo and I'm sure I speak for all Celtic fans when I say, deepest condolences to all our friends south of the river *sarcasm* especially the ones who travelled to Sweden only to see their team crash out of the Champions League *more sarcasm* and lose their promised £15 million in a time when debt is great and can only get worse *sarcasm overload*.
But on a serious note, the game at Malmo showed the Rangers up for what they really are; violent petty thugs. You would think that any team travelling to a foreign country representing Scotland would take such an opportunity to dispel any misconceptions about Scotland being a violent place full of bigots; what they in fact did, was the opposite.
There were no Rangers fans present to corrupt the streets of Malmo as they had been handed a ban by UEFA for their vile sectarian singing at a previous game against PSV Eindhoven; surely you would think that the players could behave themselves and not show the Rangers (never mind Scotland) up further; also the game, for Rangers, was a crucial European tie, you would thing that they would be making sure they stay on the park and give their team the best possible chance of qualification. But no. two red cards. 1-1 (agg. Malmo 2-1 Rangers) I'll take that any day. At least there were no Rangers fans arrested in Sweden. *further sarcasm*
Next post will be about Celtic, I promise.
Hail Hail.
