I was at Hampden yesterday, it was all too predictable.
Everyone knew the Hearts fans were going to disrupt the minutes silence, though I was a bit surprised that it was 80-90% of them, booing, singing, whistling etc.......
Personally I wouldn't have bothered with it, I know there are those that would suggest this is bowing down to the bigots, however I feel that those who truly wanted to pay respects to the pope would have done so already & don't need a minutes silence at a game of football to do so.
I knew however that Celtic fans couldn't escape the wrath of the tabloid journalists and no sooner was I back in the car listening to Jim Traynor on the radio and I quote " Celtic can no longer claim the moral high ground after their foul mouthed bigoted response" He was of course referring to Celtic Fans singing The Soldiers Song, including the line 'God Bless the Pope'
So no matter what Panorama says, Bigotry in Scotland is not only a West of Scotland issue, is it?
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