Following the recent Rangers vs. Celtic fan scenes, David Tanner’s analysis on talkSPORT has come under intense scrutiny for a glaring contradiction between his verbal narrative and the broadcast footage.
While Tanner correctly condemned “explosive devices” and “idiots,” his commentary focused almost exclusively on the behavior of Celtic and Hibernian supporters—even referencing a Scottish Cup final from a decade ago to illustrate his point.
However, the visual evidence playing during the segment told a different story. As Tanner condemned “tifos and drums” and called the atmosphere “boring,” the broadcast footage simultaneously captured Rangers fans entering the field and causing disruptions.
Watch how we expose Tanner’s strange reporting of the whole incident as we highlight the talkSPORT man’s deep contradictions.
Tanner’s subtle references to Hibs fans causing trouble and refusing to name the Rangers supporters as the ones who caused pyro injury it the sort of selective reporting that irritates Celtic supporters.
What David Tanner said about Rangers and Celtic fans
For Celtic fans who can’t watch the video, here is the full transcript of Tanner’s inane ramblings.
Tanner said on talkSPORT, “It’s all about them. Look at us. Look at these tifos. We’ve got a boy with a drum, they’re shouting and chanting, boring, and they can’t behave.
“The pitch invasions are becoming quite commonplace now. Some of the players need to take a look at themselves when they’ve gone into the crowd after scoring goals.
“There’s no excuse for that. Every time it happens, I quietly say, or sometimes I’ll say on social media, every time they do that and the crowd spill on, it’s dangerous for the when the spill is happening. But also, where does this go next?
“We saw in the Scottish Cup final about a decade ago here, when Hibs set up the historic, wonderful win against Rangers.
“All the Hibs supporters came onto the pitch. Now, the ones who were on to party, it was a tense moment, but there were others who went across the halfway line into the Rangers end of the stadium, and that’s when things got spicy there.
“So we saw similar scenes there. We have to keep the fans in the stands. The pitch is for the players. The stand is for the supporters. The players shouldn’t be in the stand and the supporters shouldn’t be on the pitch. It’s pretty simple.
“I feel really sorry for the police and all of this, because they have had to watch on and try and manage these idiots, while the clubs have indulged them for over a decade now.
“The police in the UK police the country by consensus. In other words, people have to agree to obey the law of the land, and these people choose not to obey the law.
“They bring in their explosive devices, these pyros. These ridiculous phrases that I see adult morons tweeting about no party, no pyros or no pyros, no party. Grow up.
“They’re dangerous. There was a child burnt again recently because some idiot through one of them in their direction. It has to stop.
“There’s been a breakdown in behaviour in a very small segment of the supporters at Celtic and Rangers, they’re beginning to spread into other clubs in Scotland.
“I don’t know about England as well. You can maybe update the me on that, but it has to stop now.”
Celtic fans will agree on one thing, Tanner’s daft rants on talkSPORT is the thing that needs to stop, especially if he can’t hide his clear Rangers bias.
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