Celtic fans on brink of 'fisticuffs' as astonishing anger erupts and board feel the wrath of raging punters

Michael Stewart has revealed supporters in front of him were on the verge of "fisticuffs" as stewing anger boiled over after Celtic lost to Hearts.

Punters within the main stand were left angry with many pointing towards the directors' box with chants of 'sack the board' ringing aloud as Brendan Rodgers side fell to a second consecutive defeat that leaves Rangers in position to leapfrog their rivals with two games in hands.

And Stewart explained scenes of utter anger that engulfed the stadium as it became evident a second defeat on the spin was in the offing. Speaking on Sportsound, Stewart said: "Things are getting heated here by the way, folk are almost having fisticuff fights in front of me." "With each other, the fans?" asked Leeanne Crichton and Stewart confirmed.

Stewart added: "The punters are not happy - we're next to some of the guests and there's a few words being said back and forward. It's fundamentally the frustrations coming from the punters who feel the board haven't done their job and there seems to be a divide between the punters and folk who are in what you'd call the posh seats. That's what's bubbling over."

He added: "Further down towards the tunnel there were a few folk, somebody turned round and was having words with the board. In that area there was a lot more later on. Some stewards trying to calm things down and that seemed to agitate a little bit more because the punters are feeling they should be allowed to voice their opinions. Right in front of us it got pretty heated, there were a few folk came close to getting involved in an altercation with people trying to pull them back and calm it down. It felt on the back of that there was a real divide between the punters and the board, the upper