TG4 shows Rangers/Celtic game on Wed

[Pat O' Banton]

However Caernarfon v Newport is also live FTA on BBC Wales in the Welsh Cup. Probably just as interesting.

Ouch put them claws back

[sylvo]

Say that to yer beloved RMK!
Seems the only lobotomy suspect on here is of the pseudo-Iberian variety?!

No-one says you have to support the Celts,but next time you leave school,make sure you pass yer Leaving in Spelling...... & History!

Not that I go into these Celtic arguments cause they go around in circles Dav, but I wonder how Senior Pedro from Cork feel's about an even bigger cancer subject, bigger then being phissed off by teenage kids in Sellic shell suits in Cork that don't know Sellic's fixtures and that is the constant racist abuse and monkey noise's that is handed out to black players by fans of Cessnock's best loved club.
Tonight on telly you could hear the same old sad carry on, I would'nt mind hearing what Boumsong and Andrews have to say about opposing players getting this sort of abuse.

[Superhoops]

what do a scottish team have to do with cork or ireland for that matter. ****s sake.

I am sure there was many a wry smile last night among those non-Sellthick fans among us when Shota Arveladze got the winner, after the abuse this guy took last year at Lansdowne from the 'grand old team' rabble. Fair play to you my man , I hope you enjoyed the moment!

[Dublin12]

Am I the only person to see that Camara and Juniniho are a total waste of space?,McGeady looked lively enough when he came on though.There was a spell during the second half when Celtic could of finished them off but with Camara and Juniniho in the team,well,enough said!.In fairness though Rangers stuck to the task and deserved the victory.Should be a very interesting league game on Saturday week,lets see how good MON's tactics are for that one.

[liam88]

what do a scottish team have to do with cork

Thousands of fans

or ireland for that matter. ****s sake.

Hundreds of thousands of fans....see you up the lyric...

NEXT!

Regarding support for the huns-if you don't want to support Celtic then whatever; but openly supporting the 'gers' as people are calling them.....surely you have even LESS reason to support these U*A, Or*nge ****s..........did you all have fun jumping up and down to celebrate the barbaric murder of Robert Hammel last night? OR did you go straight for the Nazi Salute, Rul* B*ittania songs and tribute to the terrorists who killed our countrymen in the Rising Sun?

eejits

[liam88]

And for what it's worth Celtic played some brilliant football and Johhny Hartson's goal was legendary hail! hail!

[Dublin12]

They weren't nazi salutes they were doing,they were meant to be showing thw red hand of Ulster,hence holding the hand up,I'm not defending it just pointing it out.

[liam88]

Fair balls lads-sorry if I was a bit extreme; just the 'bouncy' p*sses me off
Aye we do have some eejit fans but generally we are the best whenever i've been at a hoops game I never heard anything racist and never anything overtly secaterian (Boys of the Old Brigade being the most contreversial)....really the worst abuse I've heard was PP giving JAcki stick for his highlights
Anyway college awaits lads..............

[sylvo]

They weren't nazi salutes they were doing,they were meant to be showing thw red hand of Ulster,hence holding the hand up,I'm not defending it just pointing it out.

When Rangers played Arsenal in a freindly a few years back, loads of fans of Irelands new favourite club came down to North London, and we got a look at this red hand salute up close, more so anyone with black or brown skin did get an up front close up of this symbol of the O'Neill clan, complete with outstretched arm.
I know yer not defending them, but they always come out with this craic about it just prentending to be a red hand (which if only they knew what that was ) but it is compleatly something else when you do see it.

[Superhoops]

Regarding support for the huns-if you don't want to support Celtic then whatever; but openly supporting the 'gers' as people are calling them.....surely you have even LESS reason to support these U*A, Or*nge ****s..........did you all have fun jumping up and down to celebrate the barbaric murder of Robert Hammel last night? OR did you go straight for the Nazi Salute, Rul* B*ittania songs and tribute to the terrorists who killed our countrymen in the Rising Sun?

Liam, calm down! We are talking about supporting football teams!

The majority of Rangers fans no more support the UDA or celebrate acts of murder and bombing than do the majority of Celtic fans support the Provisional IRA or celebrate acts of murder and bombing. Sure, there are certain elements that do on both sides, but branding all Rangers fans in such terms, also brands all Celtic fans in a similar manner and makes them no better or worse than each other.

Let's concentrate on supporting Ireland!

[sylvo]

Fair play to the Celtic fans. Depsite the presence of non-white players, I didn't see them throw one banana this time round as they have done in the past (cue Celtic fans saying it never happened, it was Rangers fans etc. etc. despite Celtic fanzines written by people actually at the games condemning their own fans). And no aeroplane gestures either...

Look I know Celtic have great fans, but they also have morons, just like Rangers, just like every club in the world.

Oh, and despite your distaste for it, it strikes me that Rule Brittania is a perfectly acceptable song in a British football match between British clubs...

I was reasonably neutral in the whole thing, I certainly wasn't 'for' Rangers, but they throroughly outplayed, outclassed and outfought Celtic.

MMMM you say people will say it never happened, it did sadly and there was an outcry at the time about it from the overwhelming vast majority of fans back in 86 and the situation was put down before it happened again, (i'll tell ya how I know, I was at the game in question
One stupid clown made an aeroplane gesture at Renya after 9/11 not a whole stand, I'm told the first people to kick off about the incident were people around him, and he was quite correctly banned by the club, as well as having the media turning up on his doorstep , so his so called funny actions got him really far.
Agree with yer on one point, Rangers were by far the better team.

[Superhoops]

Which is kinda ironic given your handle .........perhaps yer a secret Tim......here's to that tw*t,'Dildo Persil' getting the bird next week for being a H*n,sh*t & a play-acting goat,to boot!

Dav, you queried my handle previously, a reminder;
Dav, just to put your mind at rest, and something I am sure you would understand judging from other posts by you and about you! -

If you are wearing 'stripes' and are lying on the ground horizontal, all tired and emotional (maybe with drink involved!) those 'stripes' to the casual onlooker become 'hoops'. Savvy!

A Closet Tim? now there's a species that I suspect would be even more dysfunctional than the real thing!

Sorry, to disappoint but not if my life depended on it could I ever bring myself to profess the Sellthick faith!

[Junior]

Lads and Lassies,

A serious point, most of the posts on this thread are from regular posters. Is there any need to gatecrash it and turn it in to the usual 'sellthick', 'scottish club' huns this & that argument????

Those who are anti celtic - we have pretty much got the jist of your views over the last few years, and very rarely is any new point made.

Can I suggest if you have no interest in a celtic game why don't you just ignore the thread and let the significant number of celtic fans post on the related subject?

just a thought?

Anyhow,

- Rangers dominated the first half
- Celtic looked in control for majority of the second half, good goal for JH to go one up.
- Another defensive lapse - cost us the equaliser.
- Never thought celtic would take anything from the game once it went in to ET. Probably a fair result in the end.
- Nice little trick from Mcgeady towards the end, hope he continues to get a few chances in the coming months
Jnr

[Superhoops]

Understand the embarrassment,yer obviously a closet Sham......Incidentally,give my regards to 'Bore' Wanderers......unlike you my mind's not so closed......I've always supported this shower on yer many forays in Europa)

Better chance of me declaring for Tims than Shams! Signature added as declaration of true allegiances

Sorry about the spelling obviously not one of the success stories of the great Irish education system, but I have managed to get by!

Wellwishers always welcome at the Carlisle.

[Superhoops]

So 'Rule Britannia' is distasteful in a British game with British teams?!!! I love the way Celtic fans will try and suspend all forms of logic. It's a 'hun' anthem, so of course it's evil. Bad people, nasty songs.

As for your analysis of the game, maybe Celtic pick players like Balde, Varga and Lennon because they are football purists who love to play the beautiful game but for any neutral last night Rangers just outclassed Celtic and looked hungrier (what I meant by 'outfought', not your 'huns love fighting' take).

The bottom line is, like many Celtic fans here, you think if one says 'hun' enough times it makes their hatred of Rangers valid.

I s'pose it beats throwing bananas...

Conor, steady! Or like myself you are likely to be accused of having a closed mind!

[Schumi]

what do a scottish team have to do with cork

Thousands of fans

or ireland for that matter. ****s sake.

Hundreds of thousands of fans....see you up the lyric...

So do Man Utd, doesn't mean they have anything to do with Ireland or Cork.

[sylvo]

Wellwishers always welcome at the Carlisle.

Grand so, i'd like to wish Limerick all the best tomorrow night v you fellas.

[sylvo]

I s'pose it beats throwing bananas...

A sad incident that happened in 1986, and was sorted out by the fans right away to make sure incidents like that did'nt happen again.
If though you have proof to suggest that this happens all the time or that there have been incidents of this nature since that sad incident please inform us and show us your proof, i'm all ear's Conor.

[Pat O' Banton]

Relax Sylvo, put all your ears away, I never made the slighest suggestion that it happened more than once/ I mean, JFK was only assassinated the once, but it still was pretty big news. I didn't see you getting too excited at the mention by davros of the Lansdowne Road riots. Strikes me that that only happened once too...

Ingerland fans only thrashed one city / football ground? Now that really is news. Wasn't there a lot of trouble in Dublin in 91 as well?

[sylvo]

Relax Sylvo, put all your ears away, I never made the slighest suggestion that it happened more than once/ I mean, JFK was only assassinated the once, but it still was pretty big news. I didn't see you getting too excited at the mention by davros of the Lansdowne Road riots. Strikes me that that only happened once too...

How do you suggest I should react then to Davros . If its about songs being sung and played, I can't say i'm one bit bothered. Both sides have done less then PC things to gain some form of advantage so you won't hear me giving out about who sung or done what in that aspect.
My problem about anything that was non football related was the monkey noise's which were pretty often heard when Celtic's black players touched the ball. You were correct about the Mark Walters incident and about how disgracfull that was. But that was an incident that was sorted out right away thankfully, where as this problem is ongoing and nothing seems to be properly said or done about it.