A bouncy ball protest from angry Celtic fans halted the Europa League tie against Stuttgart by two minutes.

There was barely a minute on the clock when a large number of balls were thrown onto the pitch from the North Stand. Celtic went on to lose the match 4-1.

Probably alerted by his assistant, referee Erik Lambrechts brought the match to a halt as stewards came onto the pitch to clear away the bouncy balls.

After a two minute delay the match restarted with a drop ball awarded to Stuttgart.

CELTIC DISHARMONY

TNT Sports quickly cut away from the protests, as they focussed on the Celtic dug out it was obvious that Martin O’Neill wasn’t amused by the delay.

Celtic fans have staged a number of protests this season to highlight their issues with the way that the club has been run.

Interim Chairman Brian Wilson has made a couple of of appeals for unity, on February 5he discussed having meeting with support groups.

It seems that those talks haven’t achieved anything tangible.

Ultras group the Green Brigade have been suspended since the start of November with a tarpaulin covering their area of the ground.

Martin O’Neill spoke on...