Putting them in their place

Celtic and their huge support had endured a torrid time in the 1990s with their main rivals across the city sweeping all before them. There were mitigating circumstances to Celtic’s serial failure in that era, such as the need to rebuild the stadium in the light of the Taylor Report. The disasters at Hillsborough, Heysel and Bradford meant that the days of the big open terraces of British football stadiums were numbered...