GLASGOW, June 1 — Kick-off in Scotland’s Women’s Euro 2025 qualifier with Israel in Glasgow yesterday was delayed for over half an hour after a demonstrator avoided security...
Both Friday’s fixture in Glasgow and the ‘return’ match in Hungary on June 4 are meant to be taking place behind closed doors, without any spectators. — Picture via Twitter/BernamaGLASGOW, June 1 — Kick-off in Scotland’s Women’s Euro 2025 qualifier with Israel in Glasgow yesterday was delayed for over half an hour after a demonstrator avoided security at Hampden Park and chained himself to a goalpost.
Both Friday’s fixture in Glasgow and the ‘return’ match in Hungary on June 4 are meant to be taking place behind closed doors, without any spectators.But yesterday, as pro-Palestinian protests took place outside Scotland’s national stadium, it emerged just before the scheduled 1805 GMT kickoff that somebody had managed to access the arena and attach themselves to one of Hampden’s goalposts with a heavy-looking chain around their neck.
Campaign groups, including Scottish Friends of Palestine protested outside the stadium as they criticised the Scottish Football Association’s decision to allow the game to go ahead, saying it constituted an attempt to “sportswash” Israel. The SFA had said previously: “Due to updated intelligence and following extensive security consultations with all key parties, the Scottish FA regrets to confirm that the forthcoming qualifier between Scotland and Israel at Hampden Park on May 31 will now be played behind closed doors.“The stadium operations team were alerted to the potential for planned disruptions to the match and as a consequence we have no option but to play the match without supporters in attendance.
The Gaza war was sparked by Hamas’s October 7 attack on southern Israel, which resulted in the deaths of 1,189 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli official figures.Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed at least 36,284 people in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry. — AFP
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