There was outrage among Celtic fans during the week after unprovoked attacks from Spanish riot police, ahead of their Champions League loss to Real Madrid on Wednesday (Celtic lost the match 5-1).
One such supporter, Dave Moir from Aberdeen, needed stitches and staples after being attacked outside O'Reilly's Irish pub, where he was enjoying drinks with his father and partner.
"After I was attacked a couple of Celtic fans picked me up and took me to a bar, then the staff there bandaged me up," said Moir.
But when we got back to our hotel I took the bandage off and realised my injuries were really bad so we had to head to A&E. I'm glad I went because I ended up getting staples and stitches after a local anaesthetic.
Video footage also shows the aggressiveness of the Spanish police against relatively placid and harmless looking Celtic supporters.
Celtic Fans Clash With Spanish Police
A Celtic fan was left needing staples and stitches in his head after being battered by Spanish police in an unprovoked attack on Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/Km7Ue5T2TB
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Trouble between Celtic fans & local Madrid police tonight pic.twitter.com/S3WxurPUNR
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"There were lots of families there, women and young kids, it wasn't just a rowdy bunch of blokes," continued Moir. "We began shouting to the officers asking them 'Why, why?' and we put our hands up to show we meant no harm.
"We backed away as far as we could, but then they stormed at us and started beating us up.
"It put such a downer on the trip. I've travelled to watch Celtic for many years, to Paris, Amsterdam, Leverkusen and Barcelona - and we've never seen anything like this. No one knows why the police did this and we are raging.
"I could understand it if we had been fighting or kicking off, but we're not like that. Everyone just tried to run away."
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