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November 27, 2013

UEFA charges Celtic for fans’ political banners

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NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA has charged Celtic with a breach of its rules on political messages after fans displayed a series of banners before a Champions League game against AC Milan.

UEFA, which prohibits political statements at matches, says the case was “an incident of a nonsporting nature (illicit banner).” It will be judged on December 11.

Celtic fans held up images Tuesday of Scottish historical figure William ‘Braveheart’ Wallace and Irish republican icon Bobby Sands, who died on hunger strike in prison in 1981.

Further banners included slogans reading: “The terrorist or the dreamer? The savage or the brave?” Celtic traditionally draw fans from Catholic communities in Scotland and Ireland.

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