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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Luke Baker

Remembrance Sunday tribute stopped after nine seconds as Celtic fans sing and boo through silence

Fans in the Celtic end interrupted the Remembrance Sunday minute’s silence at Kilmarnock - (REUTERS)

A Remembrance Sunday minute’s silence ahead of Celtic’s match with Kilmarnock was stopped after just nine seconds due to Celtic fans booing and singing.

After referee Nick Walsh blew his whistle to start the minute’s silence before the Scottish Premiership clash at Rugby Park, a number of supporters in the away end started singing a song about the death of Aidan McAnespie, who was shot by a British soldier at an army checkpoint in Northern Ireland in 1988.

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