Celtic Discussion

Hibees are fairly representative and don't divide on sectarian grounds really by much. I wouldn't say they get much of the non-Celtic Catholic support any more than any other club (other than Rangers obviously and maybe to a very small extent Hearts). I'm from Fife and Fife Catholics who dinnae support Celtic support the mighty Dunfermline Athetic of course - who else? ;)

Yeah I know about South Uist and barra etc but they are very strange places - I was there last yr - like being on the moon min!!!

I also don't want them to go to Ingerland - what next a Br*t national team - phucks sake - being part technically of Britain is bad enough due to my treacherous north-Br*t comrades at election time - but that would be awful. Just wish folk in Scotland would support their ain team to create more level playing field than jump on the bandwagon of the gruesome twosome.

makes it worse that our major sporting representatives on the european stage have this outdated sectarian baggage.

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Originally posted by Silvio Dante

Long may it last. If that Irish girl knew that Johnny Mad Dog Adair and his UFF mates used Simlpy the Best as their slogan she shouldn't have sung it....

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Kind of sums up your train of thought, disgraceful and extremely naive comment.

I heard Hitler's favourite song was the Fields of Athenry - better not sing that one then :rolleyes:

Next you'll be telling me Johnny Adair is receiving field instructions from Tina Turner.

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Originally posted by Silvio Dante
Do you know anything of the actions of Mad Dog, his mate in Portadown the Late Billy 'King Rat' Wright from the LVF and the rest of the UFF organisation?

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.....so because of that an irish girl shouldn't sing a Tina Turner song. that doesn't make any sense Silvio.

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Originally posted by Jam
I heard Hitler's favourite song was the Fields of Athenry - better not sing that one then :rolleyes:

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Hate to be a bully but that song was written in the 70s (a few years after adolf killed himself....) sorry.....
And now on the main topic of this thread:

Who cares who supports who in Scotland. Nothing against the players but the Scottish league is a very poor 1. Besides Celtic & Rangers (who would both struggle) none of the teams would make it in the Premiership in England. I presume the whole thing is about this Celtic being the catholic team and Rangers the protestant one (sorry but i didn't read the whole thing, the title just caught my eye). That is total bull.... The IRA latched onto the whole Celtic thing a few years back without Celtic's endorsment.... Myself, I don' get why they're so popular here. They're not a great team, they have only a few Irish players... If ye want to support a club just because of their Irish connections, don't forget Panakanaithos (??) they were formed by an Irish priest which is why they wear green and have a shamrock (or clover) on their crest.

There, rant over:)

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don't forget Panakanaithos (??) they were formed by an Irish priest which is why they wear green and have a shamrock (or clover) on their crest.

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Wrong, though it's a common misconception. In 1918 Panathinaikos chose the shamrock - or trifylli as it's known in Greece - as their emblem on the suggestion of Mihalis Papazoglou, an athlete from Constantinople who played for Chalkidona, and Chalkidona had the same symbol. The idea was accepted by Panathinaikos's council and confirmed as the team's official badge.

As for the colour of the kit, again there's no overtly Irish connection. Green being the colour of the trifylli no doubt had something to do with it, but the choice of kit seems to be partly a practical one too. Until green became the team's official colour, most players turned up and played in different coloured outfits.

The reason irish league grounds are half empty is because the standard is awful , and it has no appeal to anybody who loves to watch good football.

Ossie

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Originally posted by osgood was good
The reason irish league grounds are half empty is because the standard is awful

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I agree, Northern Irish football is just plain bad! :rolleyes:

Some of you guys spout nonsense - I mean really.

To generalise every Celtic fan and every Rangers fan is a non-starter.

I mean I could easily generalise all Irish (north and south).

My wife was in Dublin when she was single and being chatted up by an Irishman.

He asked her is she was protestant and when she replied yes he waked away.

I was called a Scottish b*s*ard by 2 Irish guys because I wore a Saltire and they were shouting f*ck the Church Of Scotland.

I have also known Scottish Catholics getting a kicking off Belfast guys/protestants for wearing Celtic tops.

The Belfast guys were spouting unionist crap.

Yes there are some Celtic fans and Rangers fans who act daft but that's the same everywhere.

I would not condemn Scotland for this - Scotland does need to rid itself of this but other Countries have their problems as well - most have short memories!!!

And as for Fergus McCann I'm sure he spoke with an Irish accent.