ALAN STUBBS has spoken from his point of view after the former Celt got caught up in the fan anger before and after the game.
The Scouser was covering the game for Premier Sports and revealed the manager and players were abused by some fans who had congregated before the game, while others were their for support.
However, he said he could feel the anger after the game when Celtic went down to a 2-0 defeat and subsequently knocked out of the league cup.
By the time Stubbs got to his car there was a decent amount of people outside protesting the current Celtic regime.
Alan described the atmosphere as volatile but managed to get out of the stadium and away before more supporters turned up.
Most Celtic fans appeared to observe the protest but there was clearly aggregators who broke down the fence and could be seen hurling ‘scum’ among other things at the players.
The former Celtic defender thinks it’s very sad and the protest was self defeating with our majority shareholder refusing to act because of the petulance on show. A sorry state of affairs if the club is taking this tact but it is highly likely.
“When I was in my car after the game I could feel the anger outside.” Stubbs told SunSport.
“I was in the TV compound waiting to leave with around 80-100 fans ten yards away from me.
“The atmosphere was so volatile.
“It wasn’t like I was worried or anything like that but the fans were clearly very unhappy.
“At one point I was thinking about getting out of my car and going back into the stadium until it all died down a bit.
“But a security guard suggested I nip out the back, because it was only going to get worse.
“I managed to get away at about 4.50pm, before it really started to escalate.
“But you could sense the anger.
“Even before the game there were fans there for when the team bus arrived.
“I saw a group of around 30-40 fans hurling abuse at the coaches and players on their way into the ground.
“Neil was getting it from some fans, with others singing Celtic songs and shouting ‘Come on, show us your fight’. But after the game it was very different.
“I just found the whole thing quite sad. Celtic is a great club and the fans are generally fantastic, and Neil has been a great ambassador.
“I’d hate to see everything he’s done and achieved turn sour. It would be wrong if the first three months of this season overshadowed the last ten years he’s had at Celtic.
“I’ve been his team-mate and I don’t want to see that for him, especially when you know the troubles he’s had.
“He’s had his ups and downs from a mental health point of view and this can’t be doing him any good. Overall, I just think he deserves better.
“I think the scenes outside Celtic Park on Sunday night have probably kept Neil in a job.
“The club may have acted otherwise but it’s like they don’t want to be seen to react to the anger.
“It’s funny because, when I was outside in the car park after the game, Michael Stewart and I were talking about it.
“One of the things I said was that I thought there had been fewer sackings generally in football this season and I put that down to the fact there are no supporters in stadiums shouting abuse at managers and directors.”
