Nicola Sturgeon wasn’t too impressed with the celebrations that went on in Glasgow over the weekend as Rangers won their first Scottish in ten years, speaking to the Daily Record,
“The behaviour witnessed at the weekend was disgraceful and it was selfish,” Sturgeon commented.
“We will be having further discussions this week with the football authorities and certain football clubs, who in my view do need to show much more leadership on occasions like this.
“Let me be clear, in making these comments, I don’t care about the colour of the shirts. I said some harsh things about Celtic’s decisions at the start of this year.
“As far as I am concerned, in this case Rangers Football Club did not do nearly enough to help avoid this situation arising at the weekend.”
“The fact is that elite sport is being allowed to continue just now so that fans – deprived of so much else in life right now – can continue to watch and support their teams.
“It would be deeply unfair if a minority spoil that for the majority and I very much hope that will not be the case.
“But given the fragility of the situation we face right now we cannot simply turn a blind eye to what happened at the weekend, and we won’t.
“So we will report back in due course and certainly ahead of the Old Firm match scheduled for March 21 on the various discussions taking place this week.”
Crowds are starting to leave George Square, but these celebrations will likely go on somewhere else tonight.
Our report on @itvnews at 10 as Rangers win the league and fans take to the streets of Glasgow for a party in defiance of lockdown. pic.twitter.com/IL98G1LHfc
— Peter A Smith (@PeterAdamSmith) March 7, 2021