Bayern, Celtic fined by UEFA for offensive fan banners
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Bayern Munich and Celtic were fined by UEFA on Friday for fans showing banners judged to be offensive at Champions League games.
Bayern fans spelled out an expletive on a pitch-side barrier fence to protest the 70 euros ($72) ticket price they had to pay at the stadium of Czech opponent Viktoria Plzeň on Oct. 12.
That’s the maximum price traveling fans can be charged to attend a Champions League game since UEFA set the limit three years ago.
UEFA fined Bayern 15,000 euros ($15,500) for a disciplinary charge of a “provocative message of an offensive nature.”
Celtic was fined 17,500 euros ($18,000) for the club’s second disciplinary case this season of displaying a slogan opposing the British monarchy.
The banner at a home game against Leipzig on Oct. 11 read: “Against hunger and the crown.”
Celtic has historic links to the republican movement in Ireland and many fans traditionally oppose the British monarchy.
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