{"id":114552,"date":"2025-05-19T14:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T14:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/114552\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T14:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T14:31:10","slug":"council-chiefs-seeking-to-speak-to-celtic-after-unofficial-title-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/114552\/","title":{"rendered":"Council chiefs seeking to speak to Celtic after unofficial title party"},"content":{"rendered":"

Council chiefs are looking to start ‘early discussions’ with\u00a0Celtic<\/a> FC after thousands of fans attended an unofficial party in Glasgow city centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The local authority said they welcomed the club’s statement on Friday, asking fans not to gather in an unorganised fashion.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson hit out, explaining that in recent seasons, groups have been arranging massive get-togethers without making “even the most basic arrangements” to keep\u00a0people safe\u00a0or taking account of the needs of the local community.<\/p>\n

(Image: Gordon Terris takes photos at the unofficial Celtic title party 2025.)<\/p>\n

They added: \u201cThe council has heard the concerns and the frustrations of the residents and businesses that have felt the greatest impact from the disruption these gatherings have caused – and we have tried to ensure those are also taken on board by football clubs and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been clear \u2013 both this season and in previous years \u2013 that if clubs, supporters\u2019 groups or others are serious about wanting to hold safe, sustainable celebration events, then the city will support them in any way it can.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe council welcomes the statement released by Celtic on Friday and will be seeking early discussions with the club.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Image: Gordon Terris takes photos at the unofficial Celtic title party 2025.)<\/p>\n

(Image: Jane Barlow)<\/p>\n

This comes after thousands of Hoops supporters went to the Merchant City<\/a> area on the afternoon of Saturday to celebrate the team lifting the Scottish Premiership trophy.<\/p>\n

Fans sang songs, danced,\u00a0waved flags and drank in the sunshine.<\/p>\n

Some of them also climbed traffic lights, buildings and damaged street furniture, causing significant damage to the area.<\/p>\n

Around 8pm, Police Scotland<\/a> decided to move in and stop the gathering to prevent further disorder.<\/p>\n

The crowd dispersed slowly, revealing the mess.<\/p>\n

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(Image: Newsquest)<\/p>\n

(Image: Newsquest)<\/p>\n

The Glasgow Times witnessed several fights,\u00a0unconscious people lined up on stretchers and mountains of rubbish lying on the street.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Merchant City and Trongate Community Council heavily criticised the supporters who chose to defy pleas from the council, police force and the club itself to stay away from the unregulated event.<\/p>\n

They called for an official fan zone to be organised and said:\u00a0\u201cIt is clear Celtic cannot control its supporters when they take to the streets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis cannot be allowed to happen for a fourth successive year.”<\/p>\n

(Image: Newsquest)<\/p>\n

(Image: Newsquest)<\/p>\n

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The force confirmed there were six arrests at the event and several participants were hospitalised due to intoxication and drug misuse.<\/p>\n

Fifteen people were charged\u00a0with offences and six fixed penalty notices and four recorded police warnings were also issued.<\/p>\n

Chief Superintendent Emma Croft, divisional commander of the Greater Glasgow Division, said: \u201cA significant majority of those who congregated were highly intoxicated, with evidence of drug misuse requiring medical intervention. A number of people were admitted to local hospitals as a consequence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were numerous incidents of anti-social behaviour, including the reckless discharge of pyrotechnics. Several people scaled the Mercat Tower and other street furniture requiring assistance.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Council chiefs are looking to start ‘early discussions’ with\u00a0Celtic FC after thousands of fans attended an unofficial party…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,2353,51738,918,7835,4884,26105,51739,46008,712,20964,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-114552","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-celtic","10":"tag-council-chiefs","11":"tag-glasgow","12":"tag-glasgow-city-centre","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-local-authority","15":"tag-local-community","16":"tag-merchant-city","17":"tag-scotland","18":"tag-supporters","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}