An extra 1,000 extra police have been placed on duty this weekend in Glasgow, where the Old Firm derby between Rangers and Celtic should decide the Scottish Premier League title race. The movecomes as detectives hunt for those who sent parcel bombs to Celtic manager Neil Lennon and two other men.
Lennon said the threats would not stophim from managing Celtic.
“I’ve had this for 10 years,” he said, “but I don’t want to say you get used to it, because you never do. It’s been with me during my time as a player, my time asa coach and my time as a manager. But it is not going to deter me from doing what I want to do. For me this is the greatest privilege in my life, to manage this football club, and the support I’ve hadfrom the fans and my close family and friends has been my strength.”
Outgoing Rangers manager Walter Smith has since been warned that he might alsobe targeted in the latest round of sectarian threats surrounding the Old Firm rivalry.
“In the 20 years I’ve been involved, and being from the west of Scotland,” said Smith, “I’ve neverknown a week quite like this. It’s sad.”