Celtic have urged supporters to bin flares after the club escaped a fan ban for the Champions League clash away to Bayern Munich.
It was feared Hoops fans wouldn’t be able to travel for the last 16 second leg clash against the German side on February 18th after the club were hit with a UEFA charge after a fan threw a pyrotechnic onto the pitch during the 4-2 defeat to Aston Villa.
However, it was been confirmed today the club’s sanction will be a fine of 10,000 Euros, leaving supporters free to travel.
An official statement on the club website read: “Hoops fans will be able to travel for the second leg of the club’s last 16 second leg clash against the German side on February 18th after it was confirmed
“Celtic Football Club notes today’s decision by the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body to fine Celtic 10,000 Euros, following our match against Aston Villa, for the throwing of fireworks.
“We can confirm that Celtic supporters will be able to attend our forthcoming Champions League match in Munich.
“As we had said previously, Celtic made every effort to ensure that our fans could attend this match, and we are pleased that UEFA has considered our detailed submission.
“We can also confirm that the original suspended sentence remains in place, as a result of the previous use of pyrotechnics, most recently at the match against Borussia Dortmund, by a small minority of supporters.
“Again we must make it very clear that pyrotechnics have absolutely no place at our matches and should further incidents occur, then clearly, once again, there is an extremely high risk of our supporters not being permitted access to future matches.”
