Report into policing at Scottish football games to be published

Six months after fans were caught up in a terrifying crush at Celtic Park police are publishing a review into security at matches.

Clyde News has learned it will say there are inconsistencies in the security operation at different stadiums but that in general policing is of high standard.

It comes amid a debate about security inside the grounds after recent incidents of sectarian abuse and objects being thrown at players.

Superscoreboard's Hugh Keevins says violence from fans at games is embarrassing. He said: "Players are in danger. Players going to take a corner kick are putting themselves in danger, we saw that at the weekend with Scott Sinclair.

"I don't know why it is on the rise but it is here.

"There is a growing rise in violent behaviour and it is wide spread and it's not just Celtic and Rangers fans.

"I think we have no reached the stage where it may be time for the ultimate sanction. Football always wants to be self policing but that is not working. If the players were to ballot for strike action, who could argue with them."

Jeanette Findlay from the Celtic Trust expects the review to be nothing but a cover up.

She said: "This inquiry is to distract attention from the failings of Police Scotland on the day of the crush at Celtic Park both in the preparation in which they failed to take account of some obvious things that were different about that game and the movement of fans.

"What is obvious from both the match log from that day and the pre-match briefing is that the police were solely focused on the potential for disorder and payed no attention whatsoever to the potential for safety problems.

"It is always all about disorder even though there is very little disorder and very little about safety and only by the grace of god was no one injured that day."