Celtic "Appalled" By Fans Chanting Against Lee Rigby

Celtic football club has said it was "appalled" by a video showing fans singing an offensive song about murdered soldier Lee Rigby.

The video is thought to have been filmed on Saturday in Sunderland, where Celtic were playing a friendly match.

The club has vowed to take action against the group of men in Celtic strips apparently celebrating the death of the 25-year-old.

Footage shows the supporters singing insulting words, including: "f*** Lee Rigby, he won't be f***ing drumming anymore".

A statement from Celtic said: "Clearly everyone at Celtic is appalled by these events.

"Such behaviour in no way represents Celtic Football Club or our supporters.

"We understand this incident is now subject to an ongoing police enquiry.

"Let us be clear, in the event that any individuals are identified as being responsible, Celtic will take the strongest possible action."

Quoted on the Lee Rigby Foundation Facebook page, Fusilier Rigby's mother said her family was "hurt, traumatised and deeply shocked" by the "hate-filled video":

"It has been heartbreaking for his sisters who still feel the pain of his loss every day. Football fans the world over have supported our family and continue to do so."

More than 20 football fans were arrested after trouble broke out ahead of the match.

In May, a tribute to the fusilier in Charlton was damaged days before the fourth anniversary of his murder.

Fusilier Rigby, a drummer and machine-gunner with the 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was murdered by Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale outside Woolwich Barracks in London in 2013.

The pair of killers knocked him down with a car before hacking him to death with a meat cleaver and knives.

Adebolajo, who claimed he was a "soldier of Allah", was given a whole-life term, while Adebowale was jailed for a minimum of 45 years for the murder.

Cover picture courtesy of Sam Szymanski.