Celtic fans given ban for 19 years

THREE Celtic fans have been banned from going to watch their team for a total of 19 years for causing chaos after a football match.

Edward Ingram, 39, Anthony Begley, 33 and Steven McGowan, 23, challenged Hearts fans to a fight after a defeat by the Edinburgh team at Celtic Park as the fans made their way back to buses to go home.

After a trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court the trio were convicted of forming part of a disorderly crowd, shouting, swearing, inciting and challenging others to fight and breaching the peace on 28 October 2009.

Ingram, from the Gorbals, Glasgow, was jailed for two years and Begley, from Bellgrove, Glasgow, was sentenced to 15 months. The pair were each given a football banning order for seven years.

McGowan, from Johnstone, Renfrewshire, was jailed for 12 months and given a five-year football banning order.