{"id":293850,"date":"2023-11-12T16:40:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T16:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=293850"},"modified":"2023-11-12T16:40:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T16:40:13","slug":"sky-sports-apologise-as-boos-interrupt-minutes-silence-at-celtic-vs-aberdeen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/sky-sports-apologise-as-boos-interrupt-minutes-silence-at-celtic-vs-aberdeen\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky Sports apologise as boos interrupt minute’s silence at Celtic vs Aberdeen"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sky Sports issued an on-air apology after Celtic fans booed the Remembrance Sunday minute\u2019s silence.<\/p>\n
All football matches across the country have taken a minute\u2019s silence before kick-off this weekend to mark the poignant occasion. That was also the case at Celtic Park, before Brendan Rodgers\u2019 side faced Aberdeen in their Scottish Premiership clash.<\/p>\n
Both sets of players stood on opposite sides of the centre circle, arm-in-arm for the traditional moment of quiet reflection. However, it was interrupted by a small number of supporters in the stands.<\/p>\n
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Before the referee started the silence by blowing his whistle, a tannoy announced to the fans that there would be a moment of quiet reflection. This was then greeted with jeers and murmurs of discontent by some sections of the supporters.<\/p>\n
As soon as the silence began, jeers and whistles were heard coming from the stands. While most clubs held a minute\u2019s silence, the one at Parkhead was cut short after around 30 seconds.<\/p>\n
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Lead commentator Ian Crooker said on air: \u201cApologies if you were offended, some people could just not stay quiet." It is not the first time small sections of supporters chose not to respect a minute\u2019s silence at a Celtic match. <\/p>\n
When Celtic faced Rangers in the Old Firm Derby on January 2, a minute\u2019s silence was held to remember the 66 supporters who died at the 1971 Ibrox Disaster. The silence was also intended as a period of reflection to remember Celtic icon Frank McGarvey, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Brazil legend Pele. <\/p>\n
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The silence was cut short after 34 seconds as members of the fans could be heard jeering. It also prompted many supporters to react angrily to the interruption.<\/p>\n