Europa League - Hamburg anger at Celtic stewards

Eurosport - Fri, 23 Oct 00:07:00 2009

Bundesliga side Hamburg staged a sit-down protest after their 1-0 Europa League win over Celtic on Thursday when stewards denied the players the chance to celebrate with their fans, manager Bruno Labbadia said.

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"I would have wished the situation would not have happened," Labbadia told reporters.

"We had 2,500 fans with us and we were told we could not go over (to thank them). The police actually told us they would report us to UEFA and I feel that is showing disrespect.

"A fine feeling and fine touch was missing there."

Angry exchanges between Hamburg players and stewards took place when the Bundesliga side were prevented from leaving the pitch after the match.

Police moved in as several players sat down a few metres from the corner flag before eventually going towards the tunnel.

Marcus Berg scored in the 63rd minute to give the German side a victory that took them top of Group C on six points.

Reuters

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  1. YES IT WAS QUITE SAD;THIS HAPPENED; if celtic win in­ hamburg,im sure aiden and the the china man would love­ to do the eame...most of the hamburg fans are only­ hamburg fans, some are celtic minded 2,i will meet 4 of­ them soon,along with st.pauli,vilareal.barcelona and­ madrid all friends of the CELTIC FAMILY

    From UB40,LOCHEE, on Tue 3 Nov 9:43AM

  2. It was not a protest !

    The Hamburg players always­ celebrate like this: they sit in front of their fans­ who start to sing and all players jump up and dance to­ the songs.

    You better get some information, befor­ writing nonsense...

    From talimore, on Sat 24 Oct 6:21PM

  3. paul g back with a new pic..had to think hard when­ picking his new photo,i prefer th pope pic myself..so­ who was denied th peno tday when trying to cheat th ref­ i ask ?

    From zzgus f, on Sat 24 Oct 5:29PM

  4. McGeady is great to watch. Why septic have that­ cheating clown in their team is beyond me. He's­ overweight, overpaid and talentless. He's breathing­ like he has emphysema within 5 minutes. I only wish­ septic had more of the same.

    From Paul, on Sat 24 Oct 1:29PM

  5. only th 40 countries involved in keeping racism out of­ football..scotlands shame caught up in yet another­ headline story..no one likes us we dont care ! shame on­ you!

    From zzgus f, on Sat 24 Oct 1:18AM

  6. 130 doubt it very much if you are decent so stop­ talking a load of merde

    From the azzurri, on Fri 23 Oct 9:31PM

  7. To the Hamburg team and fans,
    May I, on behalf of the­ decent Scottish people, offer my sincere apologies for­ the attrocious way that you were treated by this gang­ of goons. It is to be hoped that you will treat them­ with the contempt that they so obviously deserve and­ administer retribution, on the field.

    From Ranger130, on Fri 23 Oct 7:39PM

  8. Ryan, if your point (21) is correct then how many­ Celtic fans were actually at the Hamburg game.­ According to media reports there was an attendance of­ approx. 38,000. So if the majority of these were­ Hamburg/Rangers supporters, how many of your lot were­ there?

    From frederick s, on Fri 23 Oct 7:25PM

  9. 1=idjet

    From sven, on Fri 23 Oct 3:17PM

  10. point 48 yet more paranoia from the tims every time­ your team get beat the tim fans want to have a go at­ someone if its not the ref its the other team or the­ SFA or the media now its the turn of the hamburg fans­ just because they were chanting glasgow rangers as a­ noise up all of a sudden that means they were wanting­ to cause trouble according to the paranoid mob the tims­ are never happy unless they are moaning about­ something/ENGLISH SAM

    From john, on Fri 23 Oct 3:03PM

  11. The Hamburg fans have had along relationship with­ Rangers fans since the 1970's.
    At the time Hamburg­ had many Neo Nazi fans and affiliated themselves to the­ minority of rangers fans who
    were members of the­ national front.

    Last night there was 250 or more­ rangers fans in the crowd and alot of the Hamburg fans­ met up with them in the pubs around Bridgeton­ cross.

    Alot of Hamburg fans were looking for trouble­ last night well done to the police for keeping the­ raners/hamburg fans away from the home support.

    From celticdan2000, on Fri 23 Oct 2:47PM

  12. yet again mcgeady is throwing himself all over the­ place cheating and trying to con the ref into giving­ the tims a penalt why was he not booked. yet again on­ the big stage in europe mcgeady is found wanting and is­ not up to scratch/ENGLISH SAM

    From john, on Fri 23 Oct 1:38PM

  13. S.HITY jock police and stewards were they doin this to­ get attention those hamburg fans tavelled thousands of­ miles to watch their reserve team beat the tims and­ those useless clowns spoilt it for the/ENGLISH SAM

    From john, on Fri 23 Oct 1:30PM

  14. AZZURRI
    how the hell am i suppose to know why they were­ drinking in bridgeton.maybe they were invited there...­ what am i mystic meg. all i know is i seen them walking­ from the sangiro at 11am by 12,30-1 they were in­ bridgeton. why dont u ask them the next time they give­ u a kicking

    From billyboy, on Fri 23 Oct 1:27PM

  15. to quite-frank please understand i watch the players­ south of the border and ive seen nothing special

    From GORGE S, on Fri 23 Oct 12:53PM

  16. # 35 billy....i know a glaswegian accent as i live in­ glasgow and believe me a lot of glaswegians at the game­ last night so how come the hamburg fans were drinking­ in bridgeton last night and not the city centre ? is it­ not the usual for away fans to have a drink and a wee­ look at the city centre before a match mmm when i go­ abroad you wont find the fans having a drink in the­ suburbs in these citys. and there is also a rumour­ goung around at the momment that a few fans from­ scotland are going over to hamburg to welcome the­ celtic fans all because st pauli fans have invited­ celtic fans to that area of hamburg for a small but­ freindly party.

    From the azzurri, on Fri 23 Oct 12:43PM

  17. GORGE S!!! just need to find that KILLER TOUCH!! what a­ joke!!! you need to find 11 player south of the great­ wall, tra ENGLISH PLAYERS! @#$%!

    From What-a-Load-of-Rubbish-U-Lot, on Fri 23 Oct 12:38PM

  18. as a celtic supporter i am unhappy we got beat but we­ put up more of a fight last night than rangers did the­ other night and i would strongly say we are a better­ team than rangers we just need to find that killer­ touch again . would have put paddy mccourt on earlier­ though

    From GORGE S, on Fri 23 Oct 12:00PM

  19. HUNZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ HUNZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

    From arkaig, on Fri 23 Oct 11:47AM

  20. #25 any chance u could take time out from signin on to­ come teach me how to spell?? was a bit busy at work n­ don't always have time to check my comments.­
    anyway - couldn't care less bout this topic as­ we've got bigger problems than ppl havin a go at­ the stewards for doin their job. 1 up front at home -­ shockin, we were set up like a hun team!
    p.s. cany­ believe the rangers fans feel the need to come to our­ european games. the big bad ICF from the glaswegian bar­ where runnin about london road before the game tryin to­ cause trouble. i happen to know a few of them who say­ all they ever do is run about lookin menacin but never­ end up involved in anythin, get a life support ur team­ stop actin like t.i.t.s

    From Ryan, on Fri 23 Oct 11:44AM
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