The Bloostained Poppy!

[Lim till i die]

"Bloostained."

Quite a large stink going on over this. (the sentiment, not the awful spelling.)

Personally I don't know who's worse, those Green Brigade mongs or Celtics hypocrite board.

Either way pretty poor show all round.

[bennocelt]

To be fair, it does seem a bit strange that there woud be a poppy on a celtic shirt

[tetsujin1979]

The same crowd issued a statement that they were not in favour of Celtic wearing the poppy on the the jersey last season. Celtic countered with an official statement that they would wear the poppy in remembrance of former players that lost their lives in service of their country

[Jofspring]

The fans have been banned supposedly.

[ArdeeBhoy]

See main 'the poppy' thread in current affairs, can this thread be moved across to that one??

[Dodge]

See main 'the poppy' thread in current affairs, can this thread be moved across to that one??

Don't see why it has to be.

Fairly ridiculous of the Celtic board to ban fans for having a protest (and I couldn't care less about the poppy)

[ArdeeBhoy]

More to do with duplication of content. And that this was a political protest, so nothing to do with, er, football.
Though sometimes on here, you can't mention them both in the same context!

And agreed about a ban which is probably unenforceable ultimately. And the nature of their protest. A Muslim pal contacted me to say how impressed he was.

[Sean South]

Either way pretty poor show all round.

You say yourself you know nothing about GB so in turn you know FA about the mindset of Celtics hardcore support. Yes of course you will get the media jumping on this along with mock outrage on the internet but the Celtic Supporters' Association and Trust all support GB. No one will be banned. Anyway I don't think anyone here is from Glasgow so no one is in a position to criticize them for protesting something they believe in.

[Dodge]

People can criticize them all they like. never have an opinion on anything outsode of Sligo?

In this instance I'd back them 100% but thats not the point

[Sean South]

People can criticize them all they like. never have an opinion on anything outsode of Sligo?

In this instance I'd back them 100% but thats not the point

Maybe critcize isn't the best wording. I should have said it's no ones business but their own. If Rovers supporters were protesting about a decision made by our board yeah people could criticize us who aren't connected to our club but their opinions wouldn't matter. The whole thing is a storm in a tea cup it made bigger headlines then a rapist on the loose.

[Lim till i die]

no one is in a position to criticize them for protesting something they believe in.

Errmmm.... They went through all that trouble and then spelt the banner ar$eways was the main thrust of my argument there.

I could have went into the rank hypocrisy at the heart of so much of Celtic football club, be it in the stands or at boardroom level, but meh, really I was just on about the shoddy spelling

[Magicme]

I like poppies. It's my sisters nickname too and am sure many Scottish died fighting under britains flag down the years so don't see why one of the biggest clubs in Scotland shouldn't support the rememberance tradition.

[Junior]

Ah but you'll notice the club was supporting the poppy appeal. That was the whole point of the protest? whoosssshh

[Magicme]

Yeah but cant see why fans would have a problem with their club supporting it.

[bennocelt]

I like poppies. It's my sisters nickname too and am sure many Scottish died fighting under britains flag down the years so don't see why one of the biggest clubs in Scotland shouldn't support the rememberance tradition.

Despite the fact that this is a club that always goes on and on about its Irish heritage - doh

[Magicme]

Well Irish died too. Maybe its my formative years in Canada but I really dont hold much sympathy for this kinda tripe.

[Charlie Darwin]

Errmmm.... They went through all that trouble and then spelt the banner ar$eways was the main thrust of my argument there.

I could have went into the rank hypocrisy at the heart of so much of Celtic football club, be it in the stands or at boardroom level, but meh, really I was just on about the shoddy spelling

If they can't even spell their own club's name right, you can hardly expect them to get a "complicated" one like bloodstained right.



I think it's fairly clear from the club's reaction that don't think losing the Green Brigade would be any major loss. I don't really care either way because I have no strong affiliation with Celtic, but I do find it funny when those of Irish extraction in other countries take up such militant positions in relation to Irish politics.

[Poor Student]

I'm not putting forward my views but I believe the angle they're coming is that their main objection has to do with money raised going towards soldiers who served in Northern Ireland during the troubles rather than not supporting the sacrifice of soldiers who died in WW2.

[Magicme]

Well that is a slightly different slant alright but still those soldiers were sent there as their jobs and suffered horribly too. Hate it being called "the troubles" as it undermines the severity of the situation btw.

[bennocelt]

Well Irish died too. Maybe its my formative years in Canada but I really dont hold much sympathy for this kinda tripe.

Tripe as in "I like poppies, its my sisters name too" - yeah great!!!! and its your bizarre reason for not seeing how a club founded by Irish immigrants might have a problem with poppies
Irish dying in British uniforms as well - great

Yeah and the IRA had "jobs" to do and suffered as well!!

War is war, killing is killing and the British are part of the disaster that is IRAQ