Celtic Discussion

[parnell ranger]

"if they want to go off glory hunting every second weekend away with them, i don't really care just don't tell me i should be going with them, i'm happy in flancare park, it means more to me that any other ground on the planet ever could"

for a fella who"dont really care"your doin as lot of ranting.
if someone told you to jump into the camlin just cos its fashionable would you?
Have you no mind or free will?
People will support who they like be it celtic longford man u or all 3 .
most of your posting is attention seeking gibberish.
i hate celtic cos im bein bullied into supportin them ?
i mean c'mon grow up kiddo,

[max power]

Originally posted by oddboy
Well thats actually wrong.
The club was set up by Irish emigrants, and featured mostly Irish people for a good while, and there has always been an Irish presence at the club. The whole point of founding the club was to serve as a focal point for the ex-pat Irish in Glasgow, of which there were/are quite a few, and not as a Catholic club, as is often believed.
I still can't see why you would hate a club, because of the behaviour of their Irish supporters.
By that logic you must hate Man U, Liverpool, Arsenal, Leeds etc etc

were "glasgow" celtic ever a team registered in ireland, the answer is no, they are not irish!!!!!

see ex pat irish, no longer in ireland, if your can't see why i hate the club you've just written it above, they are not irish , support man united and they are not irish and i've never said they were and i would never tell someone to follow them either

[max power]

Originally posted by parnell ranger
"if they want to go off glory hunting every second weekend away with them, i don't really care just don't tell me i should be going with them, i'm happy in flancare park, it means more to me that any other ground on the planet ever could"

for a fella who"dont really care"your doin as lot of ranting.
if someone told you to jump into the camlin just cos its fashionable would you?
Have you no mind or free will?
People will support who they like be it celtic longford man u or all 3 .
most of your posting is attention seeking gibberish.
i hate celtic cos im bein bullied into supportin them ?
i mean c'mon grow up kiddo,

i'll rant if i want but it proves its a big topic with the amount of replys and views and i'm not alone in my feelings

[Scotsman]

The debate for this could last forever.

We must respect everyone's opinion - If you hate Celtic DJ that's up to you.

Everyone is getting rather uptight - I can understand you don't like being forced into something - Shows character not to follow suit - I'm the same myslef.

I support Celtic becuase I wanted not because I was forced to.

Different for me being in Scotland I suppose.

Cheers

[patsh]

Originally posted by A face
Oddboy ......... I think that is actually wrong ........ Sell-Thick were set up by St. Vincent dePaul from what i hear.

TRhe Irish club for the ex-pat was actually Hibs, and it was when Hibs were not doing well that the Irish players then moved to Sell-Thick to get more money.

Sell-Thick then capitalised on the Oirish thing to sell more shirts etc.

Is it true that Sell-Thick are actually telling cobblers to cash in on any fool willing to believe it.

Well, face, rather than hearsay, you might try to find out the actual facts.
Celtic was set up by a priest as a focal point for all the Irish people in Glasgow, and given the blessing of the Land League, a grouping which had represented most of the Irish when they were here at home. The aim was to raise money to try to help the extreme poverty suffered by the Irish in Glasgow.
Hibs are in Edinburgh, a completely different city, which is hardly of any use to someone in Glasgow. Hibs originally had a policy of only playing "practising Catholics", while Celtic had no overtly religious strictures.
Celtic and Rangers, which was a strictly Protestant club, enjoyed a great rivalry which was entirely sporting up until 1916. The workers at the Harland & Wolff shipyard, almost all Protestant, felt that the Easter Rising was a betrayal of all those who were dying at the battle of the Somme. Celtic supporters were seen as being in favour of the Rising while thousands of Irishmen were dying in France. As a huge number of Ulster Protestants died, a very bitter hatred developed which led to the formation of the "Billy Boys" a hardcore Protestant street gang which specialised in slitting the throats of Catholics. To this day, "We are the Billy Boys" is the song of choice for Rangers fans, the chorus being "We are up to our necks in Fenian blood". Hardly compares to "Low lie the fields of Athenry" does it?

I'm not trying to get into an argument over this, but simply trotting out some vague notions about what you think happened is hardly good grounds with which to damn a club. No matter what you think, it is a fact that Celtic do have a long association with Ireland.

As for a club trying to cash in on any fool, again Man U, for instance are surely much more guilty of all the charges levelled against Celtic, yet there does not seem to be the same problem with that club.

[max power]

you said it face they have an assocation with ireland, but they are not irish, thats the simple fact at the end of the day, no matter how much you and others want them t o be irish they won't be.

man u are a business as are celtic, they are a plc. no difference, but they are moving the same way and are marketing on a world level, why do you think they are playing each other in america during the summer, for the good of their health ???

[gspain]

Interesting text to the Newtalk 106 saturday sports show - missed most of the discussion but it was obviously along the line sof "hope celtic win the elague tomorrow" and some texted in

"It will be a great day for the Eircom League - Rangers will win the treble".

The presenter missed the point completely eg the Eircom League bit.

Personally I have no problem with anybody supporting any British club although I would prefer if they supported an Irish side first.

I do have a problem with club fans bringing their allegiances and bigotry to the national team reference the recent booing and sectarian abuse of Rangers players.

[max power]

yeah i was at the norway game and Flo got booed every time he touched the ball, i could understand if it was a club game and he had played for both teams, but as usual the Celtic fans showed themselves for what they really are.

on another topic my sister was at work yesterday and a celtic fan asked her what is she thought of celtic not winning the spl, she said she didn't follow them and the person in question called secterian........to me that sums up the whole argument, foolish childish behaviour.

[parnell ranger]

you said it your argument is foolish childish behaviour,btw hating a club or people for little or no reason isnt sectarianism its just daft.

[max power]

Originally posted by parnell ranger
you said it your argument is foolish childish behaviour,btw hating a club or people for little or no reason isnt sectarianism its just daft.

no no no he called my sister sectarian for not supporting celtic, thats childish, i forgot to say after this he uttered the famous words, i suppose your a rangers supporter then....not thats daft and hearing it again and again makes it worse..