The Green Brigade’s annual Foodbank collection for the poorest and most deprived people in Glasgow was targeted by Police Scotland for parking their vans outside the stadium.

The vans were parked and ready to take all donations to Foodbanks when they were approached by Pokice and traffic wardens.

A first hand account we had from someone helping to run the food drive claimed the Police even lied and told them Celtic had complained about the vans being parked – something that was completely false.

Police Scotland targeted the fans and contacted traffic wardens in order to hand out fines to the vans.

A spokesperson for the council had the brass neck to put out this statement:

“Parking restrictions are in place around Celtic Park on match day to ensure key routes are kept clear for emergency service vehicles at all times.

“On Sunday Police Scotland made our parking enforcement team aware of a number of vehicles parked on London Road next to Celtic Park, which were in breach of these restrictions.

“Our parking attendants spoke to the drivers of the vehicles and asked that they move on from the restricted area.

“Only when the drivers refused to move on were penalty charge notices issued against the vehicles blocking a route for emergency vehicles on match day.

“We received no request for a dispensation for the vehicles to be parked at this location at this time.

“But we will liaise with the club and Police Scotland to ensure such vehicles can be parked appropriately in future.”

Police Scotland knew exactly what they were doing. It’s become a pattern for them to harass football fans. Had this not been the Green Brigades food drive, common sense would have prevailed and the vans would have been allowed to sit for a short period while they were loaded to take to foodbanks.

It’s deplorable they issued fines and are now and the council are now sticking by them despite knowing why the vans were there.

This is happening in the back drop of Celtic looking to appoint Bernard Higgins to a role at the club. The police chief helped head up the harassment of football fans for nearly a decade with the now defunct Offensive behaviour act.

11 COMMENTS

  1. I wonder how much it would cost the council if we all cancelled council tax direct debits and they had to pour resources into chasing that up? Maybe such a threat would be enough to see the 4 parking fines cancelled?
    And what about a defund the Glasgow police campaign!

  2. All a ploy by GB to ensure action was taken.
    Why not get permission before hand? Why then refuse to move on?
    Instead they get issued with tickets, more publicity and justification in their minds, for their campaign against Higgins.
    They truly believe they are above the law

  3. So in the council statement it says the council through their traffic wardens issued fines because… “Our parking attendants spoke to the drivers of the vehicles and asked that they move on from the restricted area.” (After being contacted by the Police)

    “Only when the drivers refused to move on were penalty charge notices issued against the vehicles blocking a route for emergency vehicles on match day.”

    By issuing fines to the vans /drivers the council did not rectify the issue they claim to have been issuing the actual fines for…blocking a route for emergency vehicles on match day…The vans could then stay in place and they would STILL be blocking the route for emergency vehicles – this defies logic and clearly points towards a point scoring and petty attack against our fans and those helping to support the less fortunate and vulnerable within our society by the Police and through the Council and their Traffic Wardens. The very same Police Force happy to give a Guard of Honour to the rampaging law breaking crowds associated with Sevco and who willingly facilitated several illegal marches onto George Square after posing with selfies with many of those law breakers outside Ibrox.
    This, unfortunately, is the society the people of Scotland lives in, a police force rife with bigotry, applying their hatred in piecemeal fashion with a little bit here, a little bit there and all just enough to keep the Taigs in their place.

  4. Great cause, but get clearance in advance, surely in light of recent bombings vans parked in front of a packed stadium must pose a security risk. I just wish that communication’s were better between all parties and our P.R. guy earned his corn!!!!

  5. Perhaps we should bombard ‘Her Maj’ with letters of complaint about what is being done in her name.
    It’s high time Police were back to being accountable at a local level and the Scottish Black-shirts disbanded.

  6. Possibly their vehicles could be removed from the idiot , illegal places they leave them on match days!
    Or is it one rule for them and another for everyone else ?

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