Ally McCoist condemned the fan behaviour at Sunday’s Rangers vs Celtic conflict at Ibrox after a pitch invasion and a bottle was thrown at a younger woman.
Ally McCoist was livid with the scenes that tarnished Rangers vs Celtic (Picture: talkSPORT)
An irate Ally McCoist has lambasted Celtic and Rangers hooligans for the “diabolical” incidents that tarnished Sunday’s explosive encounter at Ibrox. The 63-year-old might barely comprise his anger as he chastised those that trespassed onto the pitch, and was left seething after witnessing pictures of Celtic followers defacing the Broomloan Stand with graffiti mocking the Ibrox catastrophe.
McCoist, who attended the match along with his kids, maintained that the environment was satisfying till it soured after Martin O’Neill’s aspect received the penalty shootout. Talking to talkSPORT, the Rangers legend said: “I went to the sport, I did not see something earlier than or throughout the sport. I noticed the mob coming in from the Broomloan Stand, I am sitting saying to myself, ‘simply please keep off the pitch man, simply keep off the pitch’.
“They’re operating about. You hope it would not occur, however you realize it may occur, you simply know it may occur. They arrive on from the opposite finish, it’s an absolute embarrassment. It was cringe.” Referencing photos of Rangers supporters in balaclavas, McCoist added: “I used to be going to say, that new Marvel film seems hopeless, would not it?”
McCoist didn’t mince his phrases after seeing followers clashing. The mockery of the 66 followers who died in 1971 incensed the Gers icon, who disclosed one other disgusting incident that allegedly came about inside Ibrox – a younger woman being hit by a bottle.
He additionally cautioned the troublemakers that their conduct will probably compel authorities to ban away supporters for the foreseeable future.
He added: “It was diabolical. We met one of many younger lads who was up the west enclosure of the stand. He informed me, we had been in for a pint after it, there was a younger woman there, and he mentioned she obtained hit with a bottle. An 18 or 19-year-old woman obtained hit with a bottle.
“What likelihood have we obtained? I have been despatched, and by the best way they’re as unhealthy as one another earlier than we get any additional, the mess of the Broomloan Stand. They’re writing phrases concerning the Ibrox catastrophe, 66 lifeless and all that, what’s it with these folks?”
Rangers ultras invade the pitch post-match (Picture: Getty Photos)
“It is simply pure bitterness and illness of the thoughts. The sport itself was poor, however the environment was really good. We wish the followers into the sport, however I’ll inform you proper now, they’ve put that to mattress. That won’t occur.
“It is simply turned. The overwhelming majority of individuals need Hearts to win that league, and with some justification. It was pathetic yesterday. Surprising.”
Celtic legend and former captain Scott Brown informed talkSPORT: “These days of operating on the park, preventing, scrapping on the pitch… 90 minutes, shout and swear, say what you wish to the lads. However after that, that is it, finished and dusted.
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“It’s ugly for Scottish soccer. We by no means need that to occur, we would like there to be a very good showcase. Lots of people down in England are watching that and the best way they have a look at us, that is what they’ll bear in mind.
“The eagerness is unbelievable, everybody is aware of the eagerness is unbelievable. However that a part of the scene, it is a choose a part of the group that at all times wish to spoil it for everyone else.”
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