football
Share icon

Share

Pitch invasion spills over into pockets of violence following Hibs’ Scottish Cup final victory

Published 17:25 21 May 2016 BST

Updated 17:26 21 May 2016 BST

SportsJOE
Pitch invasion spills over into pockets of violence following Hibs’ Scottish Cup final victory

Homefootball

This is so unsettlingly dangerous.

We get that fans are passionate and the 114-year wait for a Scottish Cup triumph meant a lot to Hibs fans but the pitch invasion at Hampden Park got way out of hand. Following the Edinburgh side's 3-2 victory over Rangers, the winner in which arrived via a header at the death, police were called in to separate violent exchanges. The commentators reported certain Hibs supporters goading the losing Rangers players while small groups of Rangers fans took to the pitch and clashed with the rival support, the vast majority of which just wanted to celebrate. https://twitter.com/RadioClydeNews/status/734051042925682688 https://twitter.com/ChristineCarr/status/734052323140440066 https://twitter.com/PrincessZoey73/status/734050923840999424 https://twitter.com/MamaGlasgow/status/734052928319787008 https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/734049731618459649 https://twitter.com/martingrantross/status/734052672320462848 https://twitter.com/Towno10/status/734050709444907008 https://twitter.com/SkyFootball/status/734053876136083456 https://twitter.com/philmcnulty/status/734050184020262912 Snapchat
Pitch invasion spills over into pockets of violence following Hibs’ Scottish Cup final victory