Celtic’s Flare Thrower – Don’t be too quick to blame Green Brigade

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·31 de enero de 2025

Celtic’s Flare Thrower – Don’t be too quick to blame Green Brigade

UEFA are a law onto themselves, but one of our supporters is also guilty of sheer stupidity. Looking around the supporters in this photograph below hardly screams Celtic Ultras…

A Celtic fan shows stupidity and selfishness by a lighting flare during the UEFA Champions League match between Aston Villa and Celtic at Villa Park on January 29, 2025. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Before we go any further, any witch-hunt directed at the Green Brigade could well leave those going in that direction with egg on their faces as there is enough evidence to suggest that the flare was thrown on the park at Villa Park for the section of seats closer to the pitch and occupied those with corporate tickets.

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Celtic were today formally charged by UEFA after a flare was launched from the away section in our 4-2 defeat at Villa Park. The incident happened after Adam Idah’s equaliser and UEFA naturally picked up on it, and have now begun yet more disciplinary proceedings against the club.

Stewards remove a green flare off the pitch during the UEFA Champions League match between Aston Villa and Celtic at Villa Park on January 29, 2025. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

A heavy fine is guaranteed and a stadium ban for Celtic supporters for the second leg Champions League play-off in Munich is a real possibility, to say the least.

This is bad news for all Celtic supporters especially after the club were hit with a two year suspension over the ‘behaviour’ of our supporters just a few months ago.

Let’s get one thing straight. UEFA are a law into themselves and are nothing more than a cartel who use clubs misdemeanours as a cash cow to swell their coffers. They are nothing but glorified parking wardens. There also a bunch of hypocrites who make the rules up as they go along and treat clubs differently and regularly turn a blind eye to much worse crimes.

But that doesn’t mean we can excuse this Celtic supporter’s own behaviour. We need to take responsibility for own action, even if it was only one supporter who has caused the huge problem for the wider support and indeed the club. This individual has totally spoiled it for the rest of the supporters who may now miss out on a dream trip to Munich.

Here’s the Green Brigade at Villa Park – sitting in the top tier and well away from the area where the flare was thrown from.

Green Brigade gesture prior to the UEFA Champions League match between Aston Villa and Celtic at Villa Park on January 29, 2025. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

We were on a warning, everyone knew that, but one person decided to give UEFA the ammunition they needed to act. That supporter needs to take a long hard look at himself.

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