It took four months to land but, when it did, the independent review of crowd disorder at the Old Firm Scottish Cup quarter-final at Ibrox in March arrived with a mighty thud.
Across 37 pages everybody gets it in the neck - Rangers and Celtic, the Scottish FA and the SPFL, the police, the ultras from both sides.
Both clubs face disciplinary charges, with the review warning that the ugly scenes "came within a very small margin of becoming a violent mass confrontation".
The lead author, Mark Blackbourne - a sports event consultant with experience of Uefa match delegation and stadium inspection - is withering in his ****** sment of every conceivable facet of what went on that day and in the days before.
His over-riding conclusion is that the time has come for the football authorities to stop playing around in the margins of sanctions against bad behaviour.
#scottish #firm #march #mark
Across 37 pages everybody gets it in the neck - Rangers and Celtic, the Scottish FA and the SPFL, the police, the ultras from both sides.
Both clubs face disciplinary charges, with the review warning that the ugly scenes "came within a very small margin of becoming a violent mass confrontation".
The lead author, Mark Blackbourne - a sports event consultant with experience of Uefa match delegation and stadium inspection - is withering in his ****** sment of every conceivable facet of what went on that day and in the days before.
His over-riding conclusion is that the time has come for the football authorities to stop playing around in the margins of sanctions against bad behaviour.
#scottish #firm #march #mark
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