{"id":224840,"date":"2025-10-19T15:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T15:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/224840\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T15:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T15:27:09","slug":"celtic-fans-interrupt-match-by-throwing-tennis-balls-onto-the-field-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/224840\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic fans interrupt match by throwing tennis balls onto the field \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DUNDEE, Scotland (AP) \u2014 Celtic\u2019s game at Dundee on Sunday was quickly halted when away fans threw tennis balls and oranges onto the field after kickoff to protest the club\u2019s hierarchy.<\/p>\n<p>Players and staff from both teams helped to remove the debris before the Scottish Premiership game could resume at Dens Park, with defending champion Celtic going on to lose 2-0. It was Celtic\u2019s first defeat at Dundee since 1988 and left it five points behind leader Hearts.<\/p>\n<p>Away fans chanted against Celtic chief executive Michael Nicholson and chairman Peter Lawwell, with one banner demanding \u201csack (fire) the board.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fd2bb6511aaa4488c2df8f719cbf7b9ec598391c3cc2eab593593c61f0c5d56b.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"1024\" data-pswp-height=\"689\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fd2bb6511aaa4488c2df8f719cbf7b9ec598391c3cc2eab593593c61f0c5d56b.jpg\" alt=\"Celtic fans in the stands hold up a Sack The Board banner ahead of the William Hill Premiership soccer match against Dundee at Dens Park, Sunday Oct. 19, 2025. (Jane Barlow\/PA via AP)\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCeltic fans in the stands hold up a Sack The Board banner ahead of the William Hill Premiership soccer match against Dundee at Dens Park, Sunday Oct. 19, 2025. (Jane Barlow\/PA via AP)<\/p>\n<p>Fans are angered by the club\u2019s early Champions League exit and what they describe as an \u201carchaic transfer strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A group called Celtic Fans Collective has launched a campaign called \u201cNot Another Penny,\u201d which urges fans to boycott club merchandise, stadium tours and club-run events \u2013 and refuse to purchase food or drink at Celtic Park Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>It said the campaign would be reviewed in February.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tWinnipeg Free Press | Newsletter\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tThe Warm-Up<\/p>\n<p class=\"frequency\">Winnipeg Jets Game Days<\/p>\n<p>On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"email-subscribe-link button the-warmup inline-block-logged-in\">Sign up for The Warm-Up<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/theWarm-up-tile.jpg\" alt=\"Sign up for The Warm-Up\"\/><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP soccer: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DUNDEE, Scotland (AP) \u2014 Celtic\u2019s game at Dundee on Sunday was quickly halted when away fans threw tennis&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-224840","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}