Scottish anti-fascists congratulated Glaswegians on Sunday after thousands turned out to run the far-right Scottish Defence League (SDL) off their city's streets on Saturday.
A tiny group of 80 thugs chanting slogans such as "No surrender to the IRA" were escorted out of Glasgow by police for their own safety after roughly 3,000 people turned out to protest against their anti-Muslim rally.
Organisers said they were overjoyed by the response of Glaswegians to their call for a counterdemo on Glasgow Green.
Unite Against Fascism Scotland spokeswoman Margaret Woods said: "It's by far the biggest demo to have been called against the defence leagues and particularly impressive because the green was just squelching. It was tipping it down with rain, so to get that many people out was excellent.
"People were furious about them and were already very angry about the BNP getting fourth place in the Glasgow North East by-election.
"Nick Griffin had already been up here twice and his appearance on BBC Question Time had given the local party a boost. So people were very determined."
Early in the day, a group of around 30 SDL members were spotted in a pub known historically as a far-right haunt, leading to a stand-off between them - surrounded by a line of police six deep - and around 200 anti-fascists.
On Cambridge Street, SDL members were penned into a bar until 12.20pm, allowed 20 minutes in the open air for their rally and then told by police to leave the city centre.
Police made five arrests, with four men arrested for alleged breach of the peace and one man for alleged racial breach of the peace in the Ibrox area.
While anti-fascists celebrated their victory, several SDL members on the group's Facebook page were lamenting their poor turnout.
One wrote: "People were literally laughing at us like we were clowns."
• Glasgow's annual St Andrew's Day rally against fascism will start from St Andrew's in the Square at 11am on November 28.
