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"I hope Celtic realise that, if their team is good enough, they will win. If they're not good enough, they'll not win - and they can't look at anybody else, whether it is referees or any other influence." - Walter Smith
The e number of domestic abuse incidents reported to police after the Old Firm match on Sunday was more than double the average level during a weekend with no Glasgow derby.
Strathclyde Police recorded 142 incidents compared with 67 on a "normal" weekend.
The figure was also higher than the average of 107 on previous weekends involving football matches between Rangers and Celtic.
A spokeswoman for Strathclyde Police said: "These are not just a set of statistics about crime in the west of Scotland on an Old Firm weekend. Behind every one of the numbers is a victim, a family and a community blighted by the violence that, sadly, is still attaching itself to this fixture."
Mhairi McGowan, from Safer Scotland Glasgow, said: "For the first time in our seven-year history, we have had to tell the courts that we have been unable, due to volume of people referred to us, to give them the information they need prior to court starting this afternoon. Never before has that been the case.
"However, I am very pleased that so many people have come forward and reported domestic abuse incidents to the police."
"However, I am very pleased that so many people have come forward and reported domestic abuse incidents to the police."
There'd have been a fair few dogs cowering under the couch when the Six foot Messi from Enniskillen buried his shot straight through the legs of Foster. Like driving a mini through the Clyde tunnel so it was.
"I hope Celtic realise that, if their team is good enough, they will win. If they're not good enough, they'll not win - and they can't look at anybody else, whether it is referees or any other influence." - Walter Smith
The good lady and I managed to watch the match without a black eye, the SNP will be pissed off I am sure that middle class functioning adults can watch a sporting event in Glasgow on the TV. No laws being introduced this week.
The good lady and I managed to watch the match without a black eye, the SNP will be pissed off I am sure that middle class functioning adults can watch a sporting event in Glasgow on the TV. No laws being introduced this week.
Your ribs took quite a pasting though didn't they? Come on admit it, did she give you a wallop after Lafferty's or Naismith's second.
"I hope Celtic realise that, if their team is good enough, they will win. If they're not good enough, they'll not win - and they can't look at anybody else, whether it is referees or any other influence." - Walter Smith
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