Green Brigade unveil 'out of touch' tifo in defiant display
The Green Brigade revealed on Friday that their request for a matchday display had been denied due to "serious breaches" of display protocols.
The club's email to the supporter group warned that there would be no access provided before or during the match to showcase a display.
Nevertheless, the group proceeded with their demonstration, unveiling a banner criticising the club as "out of touch" ahead of the game against Hibernian.
One green and white display read: "Fairer deal for fans!"
A second banner, featuring black text on a white background, read: "Celtic PLC - Always out of touch, never out of pocket", signed by the Green Brigade.
The fan group claims that multiple attempts to meet with the club since November 2023 have been refused by officials.
A Green Brigade statement on Friday evening read: "Unfortunately, the club has refused tomorrow's NCC tifo.
"This is a continued sanction due to the Green Brigade's 'Red Card' and Bik McFarlane tifos.
"Despite repeated attempts, the club has refused to meet with the Green Brigade since November 2023."
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- The National
How Celtic's Green Brigade reignited sport's Israel-Palestine debate
Thousands of red cards are raised by fans in the North Curve section of the ground – home to Celtic ultras The Green Brigade – as well as a huge banner reading 'Show 'Israel' The Red Card'. Text on the back of the cards explains this is a call to support the Palestinian Football Association's attempts to have Israel suspended from FIFA and UEFA for breaches of their respective statutes. This is the Green Brigade's latest political action in support of Palestine and against the 19-month bombardment of the Gaza Strip. It will prove to be their most impactful. The red cards held aloft in the East End of Glasgow are the launch of a global campaign which has so far led to over 200 sim-ilar actions by ultras groups across 37 countries and six continents. The action may have seemed spontaneous but for the Green Brigade, this had been some time in the works and dates back to a trip to South Africa in 2024 that some of the members made with Lajee Celtic, a Palestinian football club established and supported by the group. 'Somebody in South Africa proposed that we do something to help give the existing Red Card Israel campaign a little bit more exposure,' a Green Brigade organiser told The Herald. 'It wasn't seen as the right timing for us to be doing it then. And then about a month prior to that game against Bayern Munich, we thought that things were sort of falling into place for it to not just be good timing for us to do it, but also good timing for groups of Ultras around the world to rally behind a united call. 'So we decided to do the action at the Bayern Munich match. As it was a Champions League game, we knew that any action at that match would reverberate around the world.' It's perhaps poignant that the origins of this Red Card Israel campaign are in South Africa. It's in this country that global sports boycotts played such a pivotal role in isolating the Apartheid regime and eventually dismantling the system of racial segregation which had existed there for decades. Susan Shalabi, vice-president of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) is quick to draw the compar-ison with the Palestinian issue. 'Sporting boycotts were important when they were taken against the apartheid system in South Africa and they are important now to highlight the crimes of the Israeli regime. It takes time but we believe all of these actions will prove important in the long run.' At least 52,400 Palestinians have been killed and 118,014 wounded since the most recent Israeli assault began following the 7th October 2023 attacks. These numbers include nearly 400 footballers. One of the most notable of these being Mohammed Barakat, a striker who was nicknamed 'the Legend of Khan Younis' and was previously pictured in the green and white hoops of Celtic, just one symbol of the deep links between the people of Gaza and the Celtic support. Indeed, there was even a Khan Younis Celtic Supporters club founded in the Strip. That, along with the stadium where it was based, is now decimated. While Celtic fans may be leading the case for Palestine in the stands, Shalabi is leading the legal case to have Israel excluded from FIFA. In May last year, the PFA submitted the proposal to the governing body that the Israeli Football Association should face sanctions due to repeated violations of FIFA's statute, as well as the ongoing violations of human rights committed by the occupation in the West Bank and Gaza. The charge sheet is long, and includes the long-standing complaint that teams in illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank are permitted to compete in the official Israeli football league. 'The Israeli Football Association has always functioned as a plastic surgeon for the ugliness of the occupation. It has always defended the occupation and tried to make it look better,' explained Shalabi from her office in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. 'There are a lot of Israeli Football Association officials who are involved in incitement to genocide. For example, the current president of the Israeli Football Association recently went to visit an Israeli Air Force base . This same Air Force is of course responsible for the genocide in Gaza, for the indiscriminate bombardment of Gaza. And this guy, went in his capacity as the head of the Israeli Football Association, to support the acts of genocide that this military is doing against the people of Gaza. So whether we like it or not, that context of what's happening in Gaza is intermixed and intertwined with the football aspect.' Of course for the Green Brigade's part, political expression at the football stadium is a core tenet of the group's identity. The Palestinian issue has been central to that, particularly since a 2016 tie against the Israeli team Hapoel Be'er Sheva. A Palestine display at that match led to a fine from UEFA and a subsequent campaign launched by the group raised over £176,000 which was used to set up the Lajee Celtic football team in Aida Refugee Camp in the West Bank. The group did not receive a fine from UEFA for the Red Card display against Bayern Munich, perhaps signalling a shift in policy from the governing body. But it did lead to a further episode in the long-running, fraught relationship with the hierarchy of the club itself. Although not directly specified, it was widely believed Celtic were referring to the banner in a statement released shortly after it, which read: 'Unfortunately, there have been instances in the past weeks…. with unauthorised banners, which had not been submitted for pre-approval in line with the protocol, displayed at Celtic Park.' The club has not allowed any 'tifo' displays in the stadium since. Celtic fans unveil a banner which reads 'show Israel the red card' during the Champions League match between Celtic and Bayern Munich (Image: Craig Williamson - SNS Group) Celtic know that the occupation of Palestine is an issue many fans – not just the Green Brigade – feel passionately about. But those in the Celtic boardroom have shown no desire to engage with the topic, despite how synonymous internationally it now is with the Celtic support. When the Palestinian management of Lajee Celtic visited Glasgow in December, the club ignored all requests to meet with them or offer any kind of welcome for them at the club. This is in stark contrast to how the club has engaged with other foreign supporters bases, such as the 'Thai Tims' who were welcomed on to the pitch at Celtic Park. Or how the club has taken a clear stance on showing support and solidarity with other victims of the conflict, such as those from Ukraine. Read more: Green Brigade defy Celtic Park tifo ban with 'out of touch' blast Stephen McGowan: Is Dermot Desmond absentee landlord or Celtic mastermind? It is an awkward position for the club to hold. There is a sense that they are hesitant to make any signal which might suggest that the Green Brigade have had a point all along when it comes to Palestine. As for the ultras group, they believe there is a clear hypocrisy when it comes to what politics are seen as acceptable or not within the football stadia. 'When anybody, whether it be FIFA or Celtic, tells you that politics has no place in football, it's just bulls***. What they're telling you is that they will decide politics. The Russian example is the perfect demonstration of that. When the war in Ukraine broke out, Russia was removed from competition almost immediately and there were displays of support and solidarity for Ukraine across all of European football. This was a directive from UEFA. The contrast with Palestine is unbeliev-able and I think that could only be put down to racism.' The Green Brigade's track record on the issue meant that they were uniquely positioned to lead when it came to the Red Card Israel campaign. Through networks developed over many years, they managed to spark action from groups across so many countries, including fans of teams at top-flight clubs like Sevilla, Corinthians, Empoli, Galatasaray, and even fellow Scottish Premiership rivals Hibernian. By their very nature, football Ultras are tribal groups, often suspicious and hostile towards each other. For Martino Simcik, an expert on global fan culture and co-founder of football Ultras series Mentalita, a unique set of circumstances led to success of the Red Card campaign across Ultras groups worldwide – with the Green Brigade at the fore. 'The Green Brigade were always going to play a leading role in the campaign because the group has the most experience in discussing anti-imperial and anti-colonial experiences. It's like it's so directly tied to the identity of the Green Brigade in a way that it's not for other ultra groups. 'There's nothing really ever that's been able to bring supporters together like this. It's very rare that there's a campaign which concerns all of the different ultras. Like, how often do you find something that everyone finds a consensus on? A consensus that overrides existing rivalries? With Palestine, everyone is so aware of how Israel's violence is used, specifically targeting the reality of football. It's so clear that in the hypocrisy of like, what's allowed to be said and what's not allowed to be said, there's this huge elephant in the room' he told The Herald. Of course, this campaign is not the first time that the Green Brigade have caused headlines. Indeed, there would be pages to fill in the Scottish press on a weekly basis if the group were to ever disband. But this time, the message went far beyond Scotland in a way that even the group itself didn't expect. 'I would say it's far more successful than we ever imagined,' the Green Brigade organiser told the Herald. ' I can remember sort of sitting in a room discussing this idea and we thought that just us doing our action would certainly grab headlines and get a lot of attention. We said at the time, even if we were able to get, say, 10 other similar actions happening across the world, then it's been worthwhile. But there's been over 200, some of them have been very big in football stadiums, which have been hosting thousands of people and then the TV audiences which means millions across the world see it.' Among the millions to see the banners were the targets of the campaign – the Israeli Football Association. 'We encounter quite a few incidents of ignorance, self-righteousness, and abysmal hatred that ostensibly express protest. The facts and reality are well known to us and to many others, and no stupid sign will change them,' the IFA said in a statement. But for Palestinians, the 'stupid signs' held up at Celtic Park seem to resonate far greater than anyone could imagine. 'I think all these campaigns tell the Palestinian people that they are not forgotten,' says Susan Shalabi. 'You know, even in Gaza where the people are being massacred, they know what Celtic is. Ask a Gazan child, and he will tell you what Celtic is. People are appreciative of what Celtic fans and the Green Brigade are doing for them because such actions give people hope that humanity didn't die out yet.' As the bonds between Celtic fans and Palestine continue to grow ever deeper, the position of the club to ignore it and pretend the connection doesn't exist seems untenable. In Palestinian football circles, the hope is to organise a friendly match between Celtic and the Palestinian National Team with proceeds going to support humanitarian efforts in Gaza. Shalabi says the offer will always be open. 'When Celtic are ready to play, then let's plan it. We would love to make it happen.'
The Herald Scotland
2 days ago
- The Herald Scotland
How Celtic's Green Brigade reignited sport's Israel-Palestine debate
This is the Green Brigade's latest political action in support of Palestine and against the 19-month bombardment of the Gaza Strip. It will prove to be their most impactful. The red cards held aloft in the East End of Glasgow are the launch of a global campaign which has so far led to over 200 sim-ilar actions by ultras groups across 37 countries and six continents. The action may have seemed spontaneous but for the Green Brigade, this had been some time in the works and dates back to a trip to South Africa in 2024 that some of the members made with Lajee Celtic, a Palestinian football club established and supported by the group. 'Somebody in South Africa proposed that we do something to help give the existing Red Card Israel campaign a little bit more exposure,' a Green Brigade organiser told The Herald. 'It wasn't seen as the right timing for us to be doing it then. And then about a month prior to that game against Bayern Munich, we thought that things were sort of falling into place for it to not just be good timing for us to do it, but also good timing for groups of Ultras around the world to rally behind a united call. 'So we decided to do the action at the Bayern Munich match. As it was a Champions League game, we knew that any action at that match would reverberate around the world.' It's perhaps poignant that the origins of this Red Card Israel campaign are in South Africa. It's in this country that global sports boycotts played such a pivotal role in isolating the Apartheid regime and eventually dismantling the system of racial segregation which had existed there for decades. Susan Shalabi, vice-president of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) is quick to draw the compar-ison with the Palestinian issue. 'Sporting boycotts were important when they were taken against the apartheid system in South Africa and they are important now to highlight the crimes of the Israeli regime. It takes time but we believe all of these actions will prove important in the long run.' At least 52,400 Palestinians have been killed and 118,014 wounded since the most recent Israeli assault began following the 7th October 2023 attacks. These numbers include nearly 400 footballers. One of the most notable of these being Mohammed Barakat, a striker who was nicknamed 'the Legend of Khan Younis' and was previously pictured in the green and white hoops of Celtic, just one symbol of the deep links between the people of Gaza and the Celtic support. Indeed, there was even a Khan Younis Celtic Supporters club founded in the Strip. That, along with the stadium where it was based, is now decimated. While Celtic fans may be leading the case for Palestine in the stands, Shalabi is leading the legal case to have Israel excluded from FIFA. In May last year, the PFA submitted the proposal to the governing body that the Israeli Football Association should face sanctions due to repeated violations of FIFA's statute, as well as the ongoing violations of human rights committed by the occupation in the West Bank and Gaza. The charge sheet is long, and includes the long-standing complaint that teams in illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank are permitted to compete in the official Israeli football league. 'The Israeli Football Association has always functioned as a plastic surgeon for the ugliness of the occupation. It has always defended the occupation and tried to make it look better,' explained Shalabi from her office in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. 'There are a lot of Israeli Football Association officials who are involved in incitement to genocide. For example, the current president of the Israeli Football Association recently went to visit an Israeli Air Force base . This same Air Force is of course responsible for the genocide in Gaza, for the indiscriminate bombardment of Gaza. And this guy, went in his capacity as the head of the Israeli Football Association, to support the acts of genocide that this military is doing against the people of Gaza. So whether we like it or not, that context of what's happening in Gaza is intermixed and intertwined with the football aspect.' Of course for the Green Brigade's part, political expression at the football stadium is a core tenet of the group's identity. The Palestinian issue has been central to that, particularly since a 2016 tie against the Israeli team Hapoel Be'er Sheva. A Palestine display at that match led to a fine from UEFA and a subsequent campaign launched by the group raised over £176,000 which was used to set up the Lajee Celtic football team in Aida Refugee Camp in the West Bank. The group did not receive a fine from UEFA for the Red Card display against Bayern Munich, perhaps signalling a shift in policy from the governing body. But it did lead to a further episode in the long-running, fraught relationship with the hierarchy of the club itself. Although not directly specified, it was widely believed Celtic were referring to the banner in a statement released shortly after it, which read: 'Unfortunately, there have been instances in the past weeks…. with unauthorised banners, which had not been submitted for pre-approval in line with the protocol, displayed at Celtic Park.' The club has not allowed any 'tifo' displays in the stadium since. Celtic fans unveil a banner which reads 'show Israel the red card' during the Champions League match between Celtic and Bayern Munich (Image: Craig Williamson - SNS Group) Celtic know that the occupation of Palestine is an issue many fans – not just the Green Brigade – feel passionately about. But those in the Celtic boardroom have shown no desire to engage with the topic, despite how synonymous internationally it now is with the Celtic support. When the Palestinian management of Lajee Celtic visited Glasgow in December, the club ignored all requests to meet with them or offer any kind of welcome for them at the club. This is in stark contrast to how the club has engaged with other foreign supporters bases, such as the 'Thai Tims' who were welcomed on to the pitch at Celtic Park. Or how the club has taken a clear stance on showing support and solidarity with other victims of the conflict, such as those from Ukraine. Read more: Green Brigade defy Celtic Park tifo ban with 'out of touch' blast Stephen McGowan: Is Dermot Desmond absentee landlord or Celtic mastermind? It is an awkward position for the club to hold. There is a sense that they are hesitant to make any signal which might suggest that the Green Brigade have had a point all along when it comes to Palestine. As for the ultras group, they believe there is a clear hypocrisy when it comes to what politics are seen as acceptable or not within the football stadia. 'When anybody, whether it be FIFA or Celtic, tells you that politics has no place in football, it's just bulls***. What they're telling you is that they will decide politics. The Russian example is the perfect demonstration of that. When the war in Ukraine broke out, Russia was removed from competition almost immediately and there were displays of support and solidarity for Ukraine across all of European football. This was a directive from UEFA. The contrast with Palestine is unbeliev-able and I think that could only be put down to racism.' The Green Brigade's track record on the issue meant that they were uniquely positioned to lead when it came to the Red Card Israel campaign. Through networks developed over many years, they managed to spark action from groups across so many countries, including fans of teams at top-flight clubs like Sevilla, Corinthians, Empoli, Galatasaray, and even fellow Scottish Premiership rivals Hibernian. By their very nature, football Ultras are tribal groups, often suspicious and hostile towards each other. For Martino Simcik, an expert on global fan culture and co-founder of football Ultras series Mentalita, a unique set of circumstances led to success of the Red Card campaign across Ultras groups worldwide – with the Green Brigade at the fore. 'The Green Brigade were always going to play a leading role in the campaign because the group has the most experience in discussing anti-imperial and anti-colonial experiences. It's like it's so directly tied to the identity of the Green Brigade in a way that it's not for other ultra groups. 'There's nothing really ever that's been able to bring supporters together like this. It's very rare that there's a campaign which concerns all of the different ultras. Like, how often do you find something that everyone finds a consensus on? A consensus that overrides existing rivalries? With Palestine, everyone is so aware of how Israel's violence is used, specifically targeting the reality of football. It's so clear that in the hypocrisy of like, what's allowed to be said and what's not allowed to be said, there's this huge elephant in the room' he told The Herald. Of course, this campaign is not the first time that the Green Brigade have caused headlines. Indeed, there would be pages to fill in the Scottish press on a weekly basis if the group were to ever disband. But this time, the message went far beyond Scotland in a way that even the group itself didn't expect. 'I would say it's far more successful than we ever imagined,' the Green Brigade organiser told the Herald. ' I can remember sort of sitting in a room discussing this idea and we thought that just us doing our action would certainly grab headlines and get a lot of attention. We said at the time, even if we were able to get, say, 10 other similar actions happening across the world, then it's been worthwhile. But there's been over 200, some of them have been very big in football stadiums, which have been hosting thousands of people and then the TV audiences which means millions across the world see it.' Among the millions to see the banners were the targets of the campaign – the Israeli Football Association. 'We encounter quite a few incidents of ignorance, self-righteousness, and abysmal hatred that ostensibly express protest. The facts and reality are well known to us and to many others, and no stupid sign will change them,' the IFA said in a statement. But for Palestinians, the 'stupid signs' held up at Celtic Park seem to resonate far greater than anyone could imagine. 'I think all these campaigns tell the Palestinian people that they are not forgotten,' says Susan Shalabi. 'You know, even in Gaza where the people are being massacred, they know what Celtic is. Ask a Gazan child, and he will tell you what Celtic is. People are appreciative of what Celtic fans and the Green Brigade are doing for them because such actions give people hope that humanity didn't die out yet.' As the bonds between Celtic fans and Palestine continue to grow ever deeper, the position of the club to ignore it and pretend the connection doesn't exist seems untenable. In Palestinian football circles, the hope is to organise a friendly match between Celtic and the Palestinian National Team with proceeds going to support humanitarian efforts in Gaza. Shalabi says the offer will always be open. 'When Celtic are ready to play, then let's plan it. We would love to make it happen.'
The Herald Scotland
2 days ago
- The Herald Scotland
Malky Mackay on Hibs' £5m shot, training centre plan and Black Knights
Made up of the 15 mantras which turned the New Zealand rugby team into the most ruthless winning machine in winning sport, a yellow post-it note marks out a chapter entitled: 'No D***heads.' It's a rule of thumb Mackay has tried to apply to one of Scotland's biggest football clubs. The key to forging the culture which secured European football for the men, women's and under-18 teams at the end of a roller-coaster season. 'The final 10 days of the season were an incredible 10 days for the football club,' said Mackay. 'We were balancing the men's team going for third in the Premiership with the women's team going for the SWPL title and the under-18 team going for their league as well. 'All of it was balanced on a knife-edge. Were the men's team going to finish third or fourth or fifth? 'Were the women going to win the tightest title race ever or come second? 'And then the kids had three games in a week and that was always going to determine whether they were going to win the league or not. 'So now we have the three teams in Europe and I think Celtic and Rangers are the only other clubs who've achieved that in Scotland.' The loss of £5 million for automatic qualification to the group stages of the Europa Conference League should have cast a pall over Hibernian's season. When Aberdeen unexpectedly beat Celtic in the Scottish Cup final, they secured a prize expected to fall into the laps of the Easter Road club when they stormed from the bottom of the Premiership to secure a third-place finish. If Mackay has his way it still will. 'That £5m is still there for us,' he says. 'The outcome of the Aberdeen Celtic game changed things in terms of which team went straight into the group stages. But that wasn't something we could affect. 'All we could do was finish as high in the league as we possibly could. 'We did that by finishing third and I'm not certain what more we could do. 'Congratulations to Aberdeen, fair play to them for winning the cup. That's life. 'All you can do in this business is look after yourself. And we put an awful lot into what we achieved in the end.' Technical director of the Scottish FA for four years, Mackay now works tirelessly in pursuit of marginal gains at the Hibs Training Centre in Tranent. Plans for a new full-size indoor training dome and a new facility for the title-winning women's team are well down the tracks after a land swap deal at East Mains. Trailed at the club's AGM, the 20-year-old facility has become cramped and an 11-a-side indoor facility – a long-held goal of the late owner Ron Gordon – is planned with the financial assistance of SFA Pitching Up facility funds. 'There is a situation now our men and women's teams are sharing a building which is 20 years old and it has become too small,' Mackay admits. 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Chairman Ian Gordon was invited to Las Vegas for clear-the-air talks with multi-club investor Bill Foley and his Black Knight Football Club lieutenants Ryan Caswell and Tim Bezbatchenko following complaints that their input into key decisions was being ignored. 'I remember thinking, 'This has to calm',' admits Mackay now. 'My role was to make the place a stable ship and ensure that every message coming out of here is normal. What people expect. We had to become the club that we should be. 'There was a perception around the club where that wasn't necessarily the case.' An improbable 96th-minute equaliser from Rocky Bushiri in a 3-3 draw with Aberdeen in November proved a sliding-doors moment. After defeats to St Mirren and Dundee, when everything felt dysfunctional and chaotic, Hibernian rallied. They lost just one of the their next 14 games. 'People outside were seeing what was happening on the pitch,' Mackay says. 'I was seeing what was actually happened behind the scenes. 'We had a pretty imbalanced and bloated squad and we lost six games in the last five minutes. 'There were huge individual errors happening, we had four red cards in 12 games and we missed three penalties. 'No excuses but everyone could see that anything that could go wrong was going wrong.' The current average shelf life of a manager in the Scottish Premiership is 12.75 months. While five clubs will start the new season with a new head coach, Hibernian held their nerve and stuck with the one they had. While few knew how much stress Gray came under during the dark winter days of November, Mackay had been there himself. 'I've stood in those shoes. And the pressure in the role is incredible,' he notes. 'You are judged every Saturday on 90 minutes and until you stand in those shoes and see the pressure that comes from players, staff, owners, press and the public, you don't know how that feels. 'Back in the day when I was a young manager you got two or three years to do your job. 'These days you are lucky to get 12 months. The situation is getting worse.' The relationship with the Black Knights Group is now healthy, the two sides 'closer than they've ever been'. Read more: William Hill chief executive on why SPFL is undervalued in sponsor market Stephen McGowan: Is Dermot Desmond absentee landlord or Celtic mastermind? Black Knights president Bazbatchenko is a regular visitor to Edinburgh. Mackay has travelled to Bournemouth for meetings and Cherries performance director Jay Melette performed an audit of the Hibernian set-up. The Easter Road side will spend four days training with their English Premier League step cousins before playing a pre-season bounce game. The Black Knight representatives were as blown away as everyone else, meanwhile, by heartfelt renditions of 'Sunshine on Leith' after the wins over Hearts and Celtic. 'It's the 150th anniversary of the club's creation this year,' ponders Mackay. 'It all stemmed from the docks and the disadvantaged area of Leith and there is a great history attached to this club. 'The Gordon family have embraced that massively, ploughing something like £24 million into the club since the day they took over in terms of infrastructure and backing managers and training facilities to make sure everything is as good as it can be. They stuck at it through really tough times. 'So when I see the last few weeks of the season and the happiness around the club I think to back to some of the abuse they took during the hard times and think to myself, 'My god, they could easily have thrown the keys in'. 'That's why it's so satisfying to see fans singing 'Sunshine on Leith' or coming up to Ian [Gordon] and his mother Kit and thanking them for giving them memories to embrace. 'Over a period of time, Hibs is probably a club which hasn't won as many things as we could have. 'Because of the size of the fan base, the stadium, the facilities, the capital city aspect, people want us to light the touch-paper and catch fire. 'And I want Hibs to be a badge people are proud of instead of a club where they're looking in and saying, 'What's happening in there now?''
