The Blue Order

Despite bizarre claims that the banner (featuring an ambulance being chased by Celtic fans – with the registration plate TBO 1 to ensure our group’s work was identifiable amongst our peers) was a sick joke about the sad deaths of Tommy Burns and/or Phil O’Donnell, nothing could be further from the truth.  The banner is a simple piece of metaphoric banter poking gentle fun at Celtic’s ‘please love us’ attitude that many Scottish football supporters feel is often evident in a range of subjects. Their fans have a recent history of using sensitive subjects (such as belated banners for non-related tragic events) simply to score points with opposition fans and clubs.  As such, this banner was created with the sole aim of showing our scorn at this perceived behaviour.

Fans of every football club fly banners or sing songs that could be construed offensive to other people and it’s disappointing that Real Radio, in particular, felt the need to single out our group for inaccurate coverage without taking the time to consult us first.  Neither was a TBO member permitted access to the radio debate despite calling up during Tuesday night’s show.

We trust this statement will now be used to ensure the message behind the banner was one of typical football satire and nothing else.