Dundee United - Celtic - 14/09/1996
Source : Sunday Mail
Celts fans assault on pressmen
Celtic thugs shamed their club at Tannadice yesterday when they SMASHED a huge window in the Press Box sending glass raining in on reporters.
The players did the Hoops proud as they battled back from Brian O'Neil's red card to secure a 2- 1 win thanks to Malky Mackay's late winner.
But reporters covering the game cowered in fear as fans hammered on glass windows and made obscene gestures.
And an isolated band of morons sent the plate glass window crashing inwards.
Ironically, the louts sent glass flying at CELTIC VIEW editor Andrew Smith, who suffered a cut hand.
And they jeered as they walked away Scot-free.
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Source : The Mirror
United chief probes press box vandalism
Jim McLean, Dundee United chairman and managing director, will hold an inquest into the press box window being smashed at Tannadice on Saturday.
The incident occurred when Malcolm Mackay scored Celtic's winner in the 89th minute.
Drama unfolded when the Celtic fans, causing the most unruly behaviour known for some time, kept jumping up from their seats blocking the press men's view.
There were no stewards on the scene to tell them to sit down.
Then when Celtic got the winning goal they jumped up banging their hands against all the press box windows as journalists were phoning and typing their copy.
One of the windows was smashed and the broken glass cut the right hand of Andrew Smith, Celtic View editor. He had to receive medical attention.
Behaviour like that cannot be tolerated.
Stewards and police must be in attendance at future matches and United may have to restrict people sitting at the back in front of the press box. Behaviour which was seen on Saturday is totally unacceptable to working journalists doing a job for their newspapers.
McLean is determined to take steps that incidents seen on Saturday will never be repeated.
Today at 8:02 pm by UFW Maltchickers
