A 24-year-old man has been charged over a pitch protest ahead of Scotland’s Women’s Euro 2025 qualifier against Israel at Glasgow’s Hampden Stadium.
A protester was led away by police on Thursday evening after he appeared to chain himself to the goalposts.
The match was played behind closed doors as several hundred demonstrators gathered outside the stadium to protest Israel’s military operation in Gaza.
When the two sides returned to the field, the Israeli team held up a T-shirt with the message “Bring Them Home”, referring to the hostages taken by the Hamas group in the official team photo.
The match eventually started 45 minutes later than scheduled, with Scotland coming out on top 4–1.
A spokesperson for Police Scotland said the arrested man would be the subject of a report to the procurator fiscal.
