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A mercifully moderated forum set up for Scottish fitba fans to critique their teams in public, the Daily Record hotline pulsed with the power of 10,000 suns on Sunday. So hot that whoever was manning it had to wear asbestos gloves as they sifted through comments left by supporters of one particular Glasgow team, who felt compelled to rant about “the turgid, unwatchable garbage” (Sean in Cumbernauld) they’d just been forced to sit though by “players not good enough or not performing at a level anywhere good enough” (Kenny in Moffat), who “don’t seem to know what they’re doing” (John in location unspecified). Rather remarkably, these appraisals were among the more printable posted by a selection of furious Celtic fans, who had just seen their team win at home to Motherwell.
While there was no shortage of Rangers fans on the forum getting their radge on, those who travelled to Falkirk to see a fifth league draw in seven games took a far more hands-on approach to voicing their displeasure. Having booed their team off the pitch, several made for the stadium car park to stage an intimidating sit-down protest in front of the team bus. What happened in Falkirk ought to stay in Falkirk, seemed to be the prevailing view, even if the main target of their ire sneaked out of a side door and received an escort from mounted police to a waiting car. “I didn’t like what I saw because it looked a bit like mob rule to me and we’ve not got a place for that,” reasoned Rangers legend turned broadcaster Ally McCoist on the wireless, of the toxic and unseemly post-match scenes prompted by furious supporters. “But where I will stand up is to say the fans have every right to protest, have every right to voice their opinion. I do expect that.”
