{"id":587087,"date":"2026-05-16T09:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/587087\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T09:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:46:08","slug":"football-fans-descend-on-glasgow-ahead-of-title-clincher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/587087\/","title":{"rendered":"Football fans descend on Glasgow ahead of title clincher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hearts will stage an open-top bus parade through Edinburgh on Sunday if they win, while Celtic has no organised celebration plan, something <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c0q27g3j0g2o\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">which has drawn criticism from Police Scotland<\/a> because of concern about possible disorder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Assistant Chief Constable Alan Waddell said the force had a comprehensive policing plan in place that would focus on &#8220;minimising disruption to local communities&#8221; and avoiding &#8220;widespread disorder&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Waddell said officers had been keen to explore options and encourage the clubs to establish an organised event or fanzone to allow supporters to &#8220;celebrate safely and reduce the impact on the local community&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He added: &#8220;Despite these welcome efforts, Celtic Football Club has again failed to bring forward any plan or take any responsibility for the wider conduct and safety of supporters outwith the stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Should Celtic win the title on Saturday, we have again had to plan for thousands of supporters gathering in the Trongate area of the city as in previous years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">As precautionary measures &#8211; including the removal of glass from bus stop shelters &#8211; were taken on Friday, the club urged supporters to avoid mass gatherings which have a &#8220;high impact&#8221; on the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hearts will stage an open-top bus parade through Edinburgh on Sunday if they win, while Celtic has no&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-587087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}