The minority shareholder has vented his anger over the full-time scenes at Celtic Park

13:36, 20 May 2026Updated 19:34, 20 May 2026

Hearts investor Tony Bloom

Angry Tony Bloom claims “one or two” Hearts players were “assaulted” during the pitch invasion at Celtic Park.

There was heartbreak for the Jambos as Martin O’Neill steered the Hoops to a fifth title in a row in a 3-1 win in the final day shoot-out for the Premiership trophy – with Daizen Maeda and Callum Osmand netting the decisive strikes late in the game.

But there were wild scenes before the full-time whistle, after substitute Osmand scored the third goal in injury time to seal the victory.

That sparked a pitch invasion by some of the jubilant home crowd who raced onto the Celtic Park turf – with Hearts players escorted down the tunnel to safety with seconds still remaining on the clock.

Celtic, Hearts and the SPFL have all condemned the ugly scenes that brought an enthralling title race to a close but Hoops boss O’Neill said claims that the scenes had embarrassed Scottish football were “nonsense”.

Tynecastle investor Bloom has now lifted the lid on his view of the shameful scenes as he hit out at the “unacceptable behaviour”.

He told talkSPORT: “Well, the final whistle hadn’t gone so no supporter should be on the pitch. The Hearts players were in danger, one or two got assaulted. It’s completely unacceptable behaviour.

“The authorities will be looking at it, and I don’t want to say any more about that. I just want to say how tremendous the players have been all season long. They were absolutely on the floor, devastated, like all of us, but we must come back stronger.”

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The title slipped away from Hearts in the final seconds of the season – when a draw would have been enough on the final day of the campaign to secure the clubs first title in 66 years.

But Bloom has vowed the club will come back stronger from the painful end to the season.

He said: “For anyone involved with Hearts it was a devastating weekend. The last 10 days of the season, so much happened. However, we must look forward. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

“The Hearts fans are absolutely fantastic, and we will be back next season with a bang. We want to be competing to win the league every single season that we possibly can.”

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