Celtic ParkOld Firm Pre-match Crush
Official club statement page referenced by search results. Search snippet confirms Celtic asked Fairhurst to consider supporter feedback and supplied the review contact email for supporters who attended the match.
Incident Overview
What happened
Incident name: Celtic Park pre-match crush before Old Firm derby. Sources also describe it as a crowd congestion incident and a crush outside Celtic Park / before Celtic v Rangers.
Date: 02/09/2018. Contemporary and later sources reviewed all match the incident to Sunday 2 September 2018.
Location: Celtic Park, Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. More specific source wording places the incident at Janefield Street, including the Janefield Street entrance and the North Stand underpass / beneath the North Stand. The Fairhurst review says a significant crowd congestion incident occurred in the North Stand underpass before the match.
Summary: Official club statement page referenced by search results. Search snippet confirms Celtic asked Fairhurst to consider supporter feedback and supplied the review contact email for supporters who attended the match.
Outcome
Injuries and fatalities
Reported injuries: Five treated. One was taken to hospital after falling from a wall; four were treated at the scene / by first aiders and then went into the ground. STV’s later report said no-one was seriously injured.
Reported fatalities: No fatalities were reported in the reviewed sources.
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Conflicting information
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Sky News reported that the incident happened after people faced delays getting into the North Stand after one of the gates was reportedly closed.
Jersey Evening Post’s 7 September 2018 report, quoting police after talks with Celtic, said Police Scotland had found no evidence to support suggestions that the gate on Janefield Street was closed at any time in the lead-up to kick-off.
This remains a documented reporting conflict. The later Fairhurst review states that gates within the North Stand underpass were not closed at any time in the lead-up to or during the incident.
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