Rangers Supporters Banned for Five Years After Old Firm Incident

Two Rangers supporters have been hit with five-year bans from every football ground in the UK after ugly scenes at March’s Old Firm Scottish Cup quarter-final.

The match, a showpiece tie that should have been remembered for its football, instead finished under a cloud as disorder flared at the final whistle.

Mackenzie Graham, 21, from Glasgow, was caught on video vaulting a fence and charging onto the pitch, then repeatedly urging others to follow him. The footage showed him at the front of a group invading the playing surface as stewards and police tried to contain the chaos.

Elsewhere in the stands, 19-year-old John Smith from Peterhead threw a bottle towards Celtic supporters. Officers moved in quickly and arrested him amid the disorder.

The trouble erupted at the end of the game and continued while fans were being led away, with children and disabled supporters among those hurried to safety as the situation deteriorated.

Both men admitted the charges brought against them, and now face half a decade locked out of every football stadium in the country.