Some Celtic fans poke fun at club’s Patryk Klimala shirt error

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If you told us beforehand there was going to be one glaring Celtic error at the start of the game today against Clyde, many of us would’ve been panicking.

There was, but thankfully it was made off the pitch in the form of Patryk Klimala’s jersey. On the field, it was a routine 3-0 success for the Hoops.

For the eagle-eyed amongst the support, you may have noticed that Klimala was wearing a jersey that misspelled his own name. Instead of “Klimala”, the shirt got its letters the wrong way round and said “Kilmala”. It was then rectified in the second half when he came out with a correctly-spelled jersey on.

However, fans were quick to notice it as the club didn’t get away with things that easily. Reacting to the mistake on Twitter, here’s a look at what some in the Celtic support had to say:

https://twitter.com/Eunan_98/status/1226506388588912642

https://twitter.com/SM1967_/status/1226524347050885123

https://twitter.com/DannyGallOK/status/1226506684362842114

https://twitter.com/icecoldbulmers/status/1226511105536688131

Not exactly a sackable offence

This is the kind of thing that gets blown out of proportion far too easily. Yes it’s silly and doesn’t look too sharp, but is it really hurting anyone?

At the end of the day, it’s simply human error. It happens to the best of us, and at least it was rectified in the second half.

You would’ve actually thought that Klimala himself may have raised the issue pre-match. He would’ve seen his jersey kong before kick-off. Celtic would surely have had spares with the right name on them. Regardless, he took to the field and that was that.

Misspelled player names aren’t unheard of in the world of football. The LA Galaxy got one of football’s most famous names wrong in Zlatan Ibrahimovic when he made his debut for the club back in a 2-0 win against Toronto last year (The Sun).

So long as it’s a one-off and doesn’t happen anytime soon then we can surely let it slide. As is always the case, however, nothing gets past Twitter.

Klimala had a glorious chance to open his Celtic account against Clyde today when he spurned a one-v-one in the first half. He did, however, get his first assist for the club when he set-up Scott Brown for goal number two.