Apologies Fly - I wasn't referring to you specifically.Originally Posted by The Fly
From our past discussions, I know that it is not your form to act like a big bird.
I also know and respect you to be someone who calls bigotry/sectarianism/racism etc wrong - from wherever it comes from.
Last edited by Not Brazil; 12/05/2011 at 5:10 PM.
The Englishmen came over in the year 2005
But little did they know that we'd planned a wee surprise
Sir David scored the winner, and Windsor Park went wild
And this is what we sang...
Dammit.....now I have to get off my high horse.
(I suspected that anyway NB, so there's no need to apologise. It's just that the view's better from up here)
Cheers!...........I have been accused of acting like a tit, but that's a small bird.From our past discussions, I know that it is not your form to act like a big bird.
Alright, you're embarrassing me now.I also know and respect you to be someone who calls bigotry/sectarianism/racism etc wrong - from wherever it comes from.
Last edited by The Fly; 12/05/2011 at 7:16 PM.
Are you joking me or what! Barely touched him!
The Dida incident involved a fan tickling Dida's right shoulder in mock commiseration as he by-passed the keeper on his invasive journey across the pitch to attempt to celebrate with the Celtic players. Certainly not an attack or anything remotely of the sort.
Hmm, the British state in all its guises, 'legitimate', please discuss??
And 'UVF' songs, besides 'Simply* the Best' with changed lyrics, do they have any others?? Do share.
(Never has the title * of a song been more apt!)
Though suspect the songs you allude to won't be as colourful as The Sash, say. Which I like.
It must be my 'heritage'.
AB, do you speak the way you type?
It depends who I'm talking to.
Excuse my insolence.
The picture quality of what I saw was pretty blurry, not having the luxury of a HD television, or anything remotely close to it, but it did look like the attacker sparked a bit of a reaction out of Lennon. Whether he managed to get a kick in or not, I couldn't make out for sure, nor can I still. That's not necessarily an indictment of Lennon, however, as I've seen/heard attempts to attach blame for this squarely back with himself; I'd also feel pretty p*ssed off and shaken in the heat of the moment right after a clip to the jaw, as would most people I'd imagine. Lennon is a tough, provocative and clearly inflammatory character (as are many in football, of course, although the difference is they generally don't have to put up with criminal threats to their lives and safety that Lennon so frequently does), but as you correctly say, and I should clarify, the insanity is not his fault or doing; whether it be the death threats, the bullets, the parcel bombs or this incident. I suppose the surreal nature of everything that has gone on with regard to Lennon is what I was referring to really. Whether he winds incitable idiots up or not, it doesn't justify the disproportionate and criminal reaction to which he has been subjected. It would be like placing the blame for a rape on the victim for wearing a "provocative" skirt. Add to this the fact that Niall McGinn and Paddy McCourt have had to put up with similar crap to Lennon (bullets through the post), yet I don't recall them ever provoking anyone by anything other than, it would appear, their northern Catholic-nationalist background. Which, of course, they can do nothing about and is no crime. It's also the one thing they share in common with Lennon.
Alan 'Tommo' Thompson definitely gave yer man a dig.
And if you want a 'balanced reaction', read http://www.wsc.co.uk/component/optio...limitstart,800
from around p.41.
There's no point linking to directly to Celtic or R*ngers MB's, as they're generally 'members only'.
By 'balanced', I'm being sarcastic.
Though there are a mixture of posters, inc. our own 'Gather Round'.
See if you can spot him?
He sounds even more from Worcester in real life.
I don't think anyone is denying that such chanting comes from Celtic quarters either, but it does appear to be more of a widespread problem for Rangers. Maybe I'm wrong - I'm closer to a casual observer than a raving Celtic fan - but the reported facts tell a tale. Not only have external, European bodies felt the need to get involved to condemn the chanting coming from certain Rangers fans, even Ally McCoist was firm in his castigation of those engaging in this form of behaviour within the Rangers support, urging the police to arrest culprits on the spot.
The loyalist element in this, or whatever one wants to dub it, does also seem more extreme, I have to say, with those fringe die-hards amongst the Rangers and Hearts support-base not only willing to engage in vitriolic and sectarian song but also go as far to make very serious and criminal physical threats to the lives of others simply because of their cultural background and the club they manage or play for.
I have to admit, I do sense that what might be perceived as a reactive, benign or leftist-revolutionary Irish nationalism associated with Celtic supporters is looked upon with a greater degree of sympathy to many external and international observers - especially those of a leftist bent who'd draw parallels of the Irish situation from Euskadi and Palestine - than what is seen as the cancerous, BNP-style, loyalist British nationalism associated with Rangers elements that is so roundly condemned by virtually all on the political spectrum bar the far right - whether that's a valid approach to analysing things or a propaganda coup for separatist politics is open to debate I suppose - but I think it would be unfair to place both sets of fans into the same pod on the rotten scale, no matter how objectionable those songs coming from elements within the Celtic support are. There is a big difference between words and actions.
Disagree, I think it would be entirely fair. I grew up in Belfast and have been watching football there and beyond since the 70s. Throughout a large minority of Celtic's support have been quite open in their support for paramilitarism, as well as displaying general antisocial behavior at games and elsewhere. It would be silly to dowmplay this just because one Jambo Ned attacked Lennon or a handful of (presumably) Rangers fans have recently extended themselves into violent criminal threats. Celtic have a serious hooligan problem on a par with Rangers over decades, visible in Scotland and other places where the supports clash (Northern Ireland, basically). What a few left-wing activists in Bilbo or Ramallah think is a separate issue to that, and largely irrelevant: our problem, not theirs.
The level of ignorance in the last post, not to mention highly prejudiced 'disinformation', is staggering.
And factually wrong regarding their other post. But then geography was never their strong point!
Last edited by ArdeeBhoy; 14/05/2011 at 3:16 AM.
Just providing comparable context as to how Celtic fans' "politics" might be viewed externally by way of loose affiliation. See, for example, their public rapport with Sankt Pauli and all that, presumably due to shared political leanings as much as anything. Sankt Pauli fans are unabashedly left-leaning, anti-fascist and anti-racist in outlook. Of course, Sankt Pauli also have elements within their support prone to violent skirmishes, but I would argue that the club and its supporters are generally perceived throughout Europe as a breath of fresh air on the whole and as a positive force in reaction to the neo-Nazism associated with elements within the support of their bitter rivals HSV. Contrast the aforementioned example to Rangers fans' alleged links with groups characterised as being particularly nasty such as the notorious Chelsea Headhunters; their "blues brothers", apparently. Unless my own perceptions are deceiving me, far-right politics generally seem to succumb to much more consternation than leftist ones. It isn't all that important as far as it's mostly perception, but I do think it's interesting and relevant to the discussion when it appears that qualitative judgments are being made as to which strain of "sectarianism" is worse, if you will.
Anyway, quantitatively-speaking, I'm certainly not disagreeing that Celtic has had its fair number of supporters who have been open in their support for republican paramilitarism, but is hooliganism still a widespread problem within Celtic support? Correct me if I'm wrong - as I've said, I'm not a devout follower of goings on within the world of Scottish football - but have Celtic fans recently engaged in anything nearly as ludicrous and destructive as the rampage on which dozens (a couple hundred?) of Rangers fans embarked through the streets around Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester during and in the aftermath of their 2008 UEFA Cup final loss to Zenit? As has been pointed out, Celtic fans are generally and consistently applauded by external observers around Europe as being very well behaved, if not some of Europe's best. (See: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle3393450.ece or http://celtic-hub.com/?p=677 or http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ic/3189853.stm.) It's not Celtic fans who've been honoured with the rather unfortunate and acrimonious title of "Scotland's Shame".
In recent years, the ratio of sectarian violence motivated by anti-Catholicism in Glasgow has been twice the level of that motivated by anti-Protestantism. Whilst it might be argued that this statistic would be expected as it is generally in line with the demographic figures for the area where Protestants outnumber the Catholic population by a correlating ratio, there was, of course, the rather grim stabbing and death of Celtic-fan Mark Scott in October of 1995 as he walked past a pub frequented by Rangers fans on his way home from a Celtic match against Partick Thistle with scarf in pocket and jersey concealed under coat. Funnily enough, the same Donald Findlay QC, who defended Jason Campbell, the man accused and later charged with the murder, in court, would, amongst other controversies throughout his professional career due to his "jovial" anti-Catholicism, to be polite, a few years later be forced to resign from his position as vice-chairman of Rangers after being caught on videotape singing sectarian songs at a party to celebrate Rangers' Scottish Cup final victory over Celtic in 1999. And to complete the sorry chain, it was in light of the publicity this generated that the former girlfriend of Mark Scott felt compelled to launch the Glasgow-based anti-sectarian charity Nil by Mouth.
Rangers, as a club, were arguably steeped in what one might go as far to call institutional sectarianism up until the dawn of the '90s. I'm not so sure the same accusation could be levelled at Celtic who, throughout their history, appear to have been happy to have players represent them no matter what their cultural background. Meanwhile, it was upon Rangers' controversial 1989 signing of Mo Johnston that the Rangers chairman David Murray admitted: "I thought we had the social responsibillity to take away this tarnish from the club." Credit where it's due, but the overall facts would appear to suggest that Rangers have a tougher problem on their hands than Celtic do right now and, dare I say, they've no-one but themselves to blame.
Last edited by DannyInvincible; 14/05/2011 at 6:42 AM.
Family driven out by Neil Lennon hate mob
A TERRIFIED mum today told how she has been forced to flee her home after coming under siege when her address was wrongly linked to the man accused of attacking Celtic manager Neil Lennon.
Jackie Wilson has received more than 2000 threatening phone calls in the last two days along with hate mail after a Celtic fan posted her full Stenhouse address and telephone number online.
Police have confirmed she is not linked to John Wilson who has appeared in court charged with assaulting Lennon during the match at Tynecastle on Wednesday night and remanded in custody.
But Miss Wilson, 35, said the calls and abuse against her and her two daughters was continuing including threats to "rape", "bomb", and "cut your throats".
Bizarrely, pranksters have also sent several unordered pizzas and takeaways to the property.
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That's quite a misleading headline - on reading it, it appears the family have been driven out by those with a green and white hooped hue.
The Englishmen came over in the year 2005
But little did they know that we'd planned a wee surprise
Sir David scored the winner, and Windsor Park went wild
And this is what we sang...
No thanks from ArdeeBhoy for that one ?
So DannyInvincible, what you are saying is that while both are bad, it's just that Rangers are worse. Fair enough.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Not sure how this would sit with these BNP/far right elements:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/23/notnl.png/
The Englishmen came over in the year 2005
But little did they know that we'd planned a wee surprise
Sir David scored the winner, and Windsor Park went wild
And this is what we sang...
So it would appear, but I'm open to correction as I can't say it's been something I've strictly been following over the years.
You'll never guess the party of which this chap is a member:
Who knows? Perhaps Diouf's thoroughly objectionable nature just about endears him.
There is nothing clear about sticking the boot in from all the videos. You can assume the boot was stuck in.
But sticking the boot in would be quite an impossible act, as there was a steward lying on the ground between Lennon's boot and the prostrate attacker.
In the video the distance is not clear, between Lennon and the prostrate attacker and the fact that there was a steward there as well on the ground is not clear on the video. The many photograph show with virtually an absolute certainty, that Lennon was not close enough and the path from his boot to the attacker was blocked by a steward.
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