Man Utd Fans ?

[shugk1]

I don't doubt that Rangers are domesically at least more successful than Celtic, my point as PP pointed out was with regards to the Irish following Celtic rather than Hibs.

DM I assume that you believe in the the shiney new Ireland of the Celtic Tiger that even the poorest people looking to emigrate can afford to fly to Australia or USA (standard class of course) However the truth is that many people still come to Britain and of these many especially from Ulster will follow the well worn path to Glasgow and those who are interested in football may choose to follow a team whose fans carry the Irish national flag.

Equally to answer the point about Celtic fans not following Scotland, many actually do, of those who don't there are people who are second generation Irish and so follow Ireland. Of the rest many believe that the Scottish FA have carried out a vendetta because of the clubs Irish identity and so will not support Scotland. Before anyone asks what vendetta you may care to find out more about the Scottish FA threatening to close down Celtic in the 50's if they did not stop flying a foreign flag above the Jungle (anyone care to guess what country the flag represended)
Yes and at that time Celtic looked to Hibs for some support, but they like the rest of them did'nt want to know.

[shugk1]

Unfortunately Thompson only gave him a playful pat on the cheek so there was no case to answer.

[shugk1]

No not at all I was only kidding. It's just that the incident was quickly dismissed as a nothing while rangers were trying to keep it going as they think they are being victimised ( in this country thats a joke)

[lopez]

As we all know the only place Rangers are victimised are in Europe, where the poor standard and bigoted bias of papist refereeing has consistently denied them the progress that their wonderful form in the SPL over the last eighteen years clearly suggests they should make.

[NeilMcD]

Yes,mainly due to the Masonic muppets who pass themselves off as referees :mad: ......the main culprit being a Mr.Huge Phallas(The biggest Pr*ck in football!)....an example being a reasonable goal scored by Varga,being chalked off on Sat.....& Fernando Rickety escaping a studs-up tackle,from the K.Muscat handbook,without even a yellow.....


Fair play to Hugh Dallas he is a very good ref who is well respected at International Level. Every ref makes a mistake and i am sure Celtic have got decisions for them too. The fact is that Rangers have been much more successful than rangers domestically and have won the same amount of European Trophies as Celtic, So that really means they are a much more successful Football club. if success is judged on the basis of winning things which is the common way to judge success within football.

[lopez]

Fair play to Hugh Dallas he is a very good ref who is well respected at International Level. Every ref makes a mistake...I too used to believe the conspiracy theories about Phallus until I saw him ref the Deportivo v Milan game in the San Siro in 2001. How the hell did he get to be an international ref? Now that's a Masonic conspiracy I'm willing to believe. He gave away two dodgy penalties to both sides, the first to Depor, to which, irony, irony, he was pelted by an onslaught of oranges by the home support. :D The thing that got me was the little point by his finger round his arse to the penalty spot as he ran to get into position. Is this standard behaviour of his? Everyone - and I mean everyone - was standing around wondering what the f*ck he was playing at until the pr*ck explained that he'd just given a penalty. Then, roll the oranges!!

[shugk1]

Fair play to Hugh Dallas he is a very good ref who is well respected at International Level. Every ref makes a mistake and i am sure Celtic have got decisions for them too. The fact is that Rangers have been much more successful than rangers domestically and have won the same amount of European Trophies as Celtic, So that really means they are a much more successful Football club. if success is judged on the basis of winning things which is the common way to judge success within football.
Domestically they are more succesful but Euro wise not. You cant compare the Euro Cup Winners Cup with the European Cup final. Celtic have been in two European cup finals while rangers have'nt been in one.

[sylvo]

Good post...respect to the R-R posse;Is the beer still rank?!

In case Phil is reading, the beer is it's usual high standard dav. :p :eek:

[Pat O' Banton]

Thank you for your welcome Sylvo and Dav. Yes the Guinness in R R is of high standard in my opinion. Believe that the venerable manager of that establishment has looked at this site before, so Sylvo if that was sarcasim he may well save a seat next to Lola for you tonight :p



I too used to believe the conspiracy theories about Phallus until I saw him ref the Deportivo v Milan game in the San Siro in 2001. How the hell did he get to be an international ref? Now that's a Masonic conspiracy I'm willing to believe. He gave away two dodgy penalties to both sides, the first to Depor, to which, irony, irony, he was pelted by an onslaught of oranges by the home support. :D The thing that got me was the little point by his finger round his arse to the penalty spot as he ran to get into position. Is this standard behaviour of his? Everyone - and I mean everyone - was standing around wondering what the f*ck he was playing at until the pr*ck explained that he'd just given a penalty. Then, roll the oranges!!

Remember talking to a Rangers fan who told me that they complained about the standard of Mr. Dallas's reffing, so if they think he's bad and everyone else thinks that he is biases towards them, well....

Outside his performances in Scotland I particularly enjoyed Italy v Turkey in Euro 2000, when after a quiet hour or so Dallas popped up to unmarked in the box to award a bizzare penalty to Italy, a truely match winning performance :rolleyes: