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Celtic supporters display another anti-monarchy banner during their Champions League clash with RB Leipzig – on SAME day, the club were fined £13,000 by UEFA for their ‘F*** the Crown’ message following the death of the queen last month
- Celtic fans held up another anti-royal banner in Celtic Park on Tuesday night
- Supporters showed a banner reading ‘Against Hunger and the Crown’ in Glasgow
- The display came during their 2-0 home defeat to German side RB Leipzig
- It came on the same day that the club was fined for their ‘F*** the Crown’ banner
- UEFA governing body ordered Celtic to pay £13,000 for that previous message
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Celtic could be in more hot water after fans showed another anti-royal banner during their Champions League game against RB Leipzig – just hours after they were fined by UEFA for a similar earlier report.
The governing body announced Tuesday that the Scottish club would be fined £13,000 (€15,000) for their ‘F*** the Crown’ display against Ukrainian team Shakhtar Donetsk on September 14.
That was in violation of Rule 16, Section E of UEFA’s Disciplinary Guidelines, which states that clubs can be punished for using “gestures, words, objects or other means to convey a provocative message that is inappropriate.” is for a sporting event, especially provocative messages that are of a political, ideological, religious or offensive nature.’
Later that evening, Celtic hosted Germany’s RB Leipzig at Glasgow’s Parkhead – risking further wrath from UEFA when ‘ultra’ Hoops fans unfolded a banner in the second half that read: ‘Against Hunger and the Crown’.
It remained standing for about five minutes as supporters sang the popular Irish ballad ‘Fields of Athenry’, a historic song criticizing the Crown in the form of the British government for punishing a man who stole to feed his family. during the Irish famine in the 1840s and was transported to the other side of the world, before shouting ‘F*** the Tories’ about Britain’s current Conservative government.
However, the absence of abusive language allows them to escape more sanctions, with their previous banner reading: ‘Sorry for the loss of Michael Fagan’, referring to the man who broke into Buckingham Palace with impunity in 1982.
Celtic fans showed another anti-royal banner in the Champions League on Tuesday
Hoops supporters showed the message during their 2-0 defeat to RB Leipzig in Glasgow
It came on the same day that the club received £13,000 from UEFA after fans displayed a ‘F*** the crown’ banner during the Champions League game against Shakhtar Donetsk following the Queen’s death
Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8, after which British sports offered memorials to Her Majesty.
Celtic were criticized for their response, including a banner that read: ‘If you hate the royal family, clap your hands’. They also sang the same words.
Bhoys manager Ange Postecoglou urged fans to be more “respectful”, while former Rangers midfielder Graeme Souness said they have “damaged the club incredibly”.
Celtic fans held up a banner (pictured above) that read: ‘If you hate the royal family, clap your hands’ ahead of their Scottish Premiership game in St Mirren the following weekend
As the anthem of the Champions League, a banner with ‘Sorry for your loss Michael Fagan’ was unfolded
Goals from Timo Werner (right) and Emil Forsberg saw Leipzig beat Celtic 2-0 on Tuesday
The game ended in a 2-0 defeat for Postecoglou’s side, with late goals from Timo Werner and Emil Forsberg being decisive.
Celtic are now bottom of Group F, with just one point from four games and a minus seven goal difference, and it is now impossible for Celtic to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League.
They could finish third which would put them in the Europa League, but they should have a result in their last two games against Shakhtar and Real Madrid.