Celtic fans CLEAR for Bayern Munich away as UEFA announce Champions League punishment sparked by pyro yob
Celtic have been fined after two UEFA charges for fan behaviour at Villa Park – but have avoided a fan ban for their upcoming clash with Bayern Munich.
The Parkhead club released a scathing statement after the travelling support against Aston Villa were seen displaying fireworks while objects were thrown onto the pitch during the 4-2 defeat. The governing body put the Premiership champions on a final warning for multiple breaches against Dortmund, but that advice wasn't heeded and the club went to down, warning supporters could be locked out for their trip to Munich.
Club insiders had feared the worst but fans won't be banned from the blockbuster Champions League trip in two weeks' time. And now it's been announced a €10,000 (£8,300) fine will be the extent of it for now. They've been found in breach of Art.16(2)(c) which relates to lighting of fireworks and art 16(2)(b) which relates top throwing of objects.
A Celtic statement on the mater reads: "Celtic Football Club notes today’s decision by the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body to fine Celtic 10,000 Euros, following our match against Aston Villa, for the throwing of fireworks. We can confirm that Celtic supporters will be able to attend our forthcoming Champions League match in Munich.
"As we had said previously, Celtic made every effort to ensure that our fans could attend this match, and we are pleased that UEFA has considered our detailed submission. We can also confirm that the original suspended sentence remains in place, as a result of the previous use of pyrotechnics, most recently at the match against Borussia Dortmund, by a small minority of supporters.
"Again we must make it very clear that pyrotechnics have absolutely no place at our matches and should further incidents occur, then clearly, once again, there is an extremely high risk of our supporters not being permitted access to future matches."
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