Former Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan has urged Celtic to go public and condemn supporters who displayed a pair of barbed banners in the wake of The Queen 's passing.
The first read “F*** the Crown” while another added “Sorry for your loss, Michael Fagan", as the display forced TV broadcasters BT Sport to issue an on-air apology during Ange Postecoglou 's side's 1-1 draw with Shakhtar Donetsk. The outspoken broadcaster didn't hold back in his loaded reaction on Thursday and has now called upon the Parkhead hierarchy to issue a message to what he has branded a protest "of the worst kind".
And Jordan reckons supporters who made their displeasure over the monarchy heard could end up scoring an own goal for other punters this season in the Champions League. Speaking on talkSPORT along with fellow pundit Martin Keown, he said: "It depends on what the rules allows them to do. It's a very sensitive subject, freedom of speech, which again, is the sentiment people that hide behind like to say abusive things, at times, will quote that as their right. If you want to praise something, I should be able to criticise something.
"That's not criticism they put out there, it is abuse and it is different. It may range (punishment from UEFA) if the length and breadth is a ban on away fans, well 'well done you, well done for that, that will be great for your club, that is a great achievement to take away, away support'. Or it might be a financial consequence.
" Celtic, as a football club, I don't know how vociferous they have been, need to come out and be very, very condemnatory of that and I hope that they do. I am not entirely sure they have been particularly vociferous, have they? So that goes to Martin's point, and makes Martin's argument more significant. One thing me saying clubs shouldn't be responsible for their fans, it's another thing clubs being silent about the behaviour of their fans."
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