Fears develop as Feyenoord ultras plan Glasgow ‘social gathering’ forward of Celtic match

On Dec 13, 2023

Feyenoord have been slammed for serving to their ultras organise a celebration in Glasgow.

The Eredivisie champions tackle Celtic on Wednesday night time within the ultimate recreation of their respective Champions League campaigns. Both golf equipment will probably be bitterly disillusioned they stand no likelihood of qualifying for the knockout levels, although the Dutch outfit will play Europa League soccer within the new 12 months.

That hasn’t stopped Feyenoord followers from travelling to Scotland of their 1000’s, nevertheless, promoting out their allocation for Parkhead. And the membership have even rented out a venue in Glasgow for his or her supporters to fulfill for a celebration in collaboration with extremely teams De Noordzidje and the Rotterdam Radicals.

But that has outraged the mayor of Rotterdam, Ahmed Aboutaleb, who was reportedly focused with demise threats final 12 months by members of the membership’s excessive supporters teams. And Aboutaleb lambasted Feyenoord for not distancing themselves from the fan teams.

Aboutaleb fumed: “It is comprehensible and good that Feyenoord is dedicated to aiding supporters who go to Glasgow. But it’s deeply regrettable to do that via the aforementioned supporters’ associations.

“The leaders of these associations have shown several times that they are not doing the club any good. In my opinion, Feyenoord should distance itself from that.”

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The Rotterdam Radicals are one of many criticised fan teams
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Feyenoord have since defended each the social gathering and their followers, hitting again with: “We do that exactly to make sure that issues are properly organised and hopefully run easily and with out incidents. For an excellent ambiance, even the day earlier than the match in an in any other case fairly tough metropolis, it’s best to organise a pleasant social gathering with completely different events, which the bulk are wanting ahead to.

“Organising something together with various supporter groups, including those mentioned, has a positive impact. We do not tar everyone with the same brush and therefore do not exclude entire groups because there are people among them who have been convicted. Previous supporter parties in Tirana, Albania, for example, went very well.”