Kris Boyd Latest Slander Against Celtic Fans Shows The Dangers Of This “Friendly.”

Yesterday, Kris Boyd launched an attack on Ibrox and Celtic Park simultaneously, accusing both clubs of having supporters who shouldn’t be allowed to export their bigotry to Australia.

I think it’s a pretty outrageous slur on the Celtic fans.

Yet it’s an example of exactly what I was talking about; the awful prospect of “guilt by association.”

Here’s this muppet falsely tarring us with their brush not only before anything has actually happened but actually months before the match takes place.

“The religious bigotry in the West of Scotland is something I’ve lived through my entire life, and for thousands of people that’s what Rangers and Celtic are all about,” he wrote. “What is there to be gained from taking that hatred to the other side of the world? You only need to look at banners on show at their games in midweek, and listen to the songs that were sung to realise this just cannot be allowed to happen.”

Our banners were objections to our own board, so I fail to see where the hateful connotations are.

Their banners – and songs – on the other hand … disgusting, as I pointed out in a piece just the other day.

Boyd has, in effect, smeared us with their shit.

It will not be the last time that happens if this fixture goes ahead.

His comments about our fans are a disgrace when it is the Ibrox fans who have bounced to racist chants over the last few weeks, but this is precisely what we’ve warned about.

If that game turns into something shameful – and their fans will almost certainly bring that about – then our global reputation won’t be enhanced; it’ll be harmed.

It is naïve, at best, to think that you can travel abroad to play a fixture notorious only for its level of hate and escape any odium which comes from those who might not enjoy the exposure to that kind of atmosphere.

It won’t matter whether it’s their fans who cause it or not; our media certainly won’t care.

We’ve seen “Shame Games” happen here when in fact only one side behaved shamefully.

The one at Celtic Park involving Lennon and McCoist was only one example.

Boyd has also called for their club to be the ones who cancel the fixture.

I think that if their fans continue to so vocally oppose it the pressure on them will grow and grow until they are looking for an excuse to.

But his attack on our supporters shows exactly why this fixture is dangerous to our club and why we should not be anywhere near it. The dangers of it are obvious to anyone who opens their eyes, and I cannot believe that our board has agreed to it.