Celtic Discussion

[Casegrande]

Originally posted by Silvio Dante
Ireland taking over the Premiership.

Ireland?

I thought this thread was about the British club Glasgow Celtic?

[eoinh]

Originally posted by Silvio Dante
Wouldn't it be great? Week in week out seeing the Tricolour draped in the away ends of Anfield, Old Trafford and Highbury. Ireland taking over the Premiership. I like it....

actually silvio as scottish clubs no longer win things in europe instead of your idea of dublin clubs joining up a far better idea would be for all scottish teams to join up and and join the english premiership. who knows they might make mid-table respectibility.

they could be called North Britain AFC.

it wouldnt insult rangers as they would join england
and celtic wouldnt be insulted either as the Britons were a celtic people.

[Paddy Ramone]

Originally posted by Silvio Dante
Wouldn't it be great? Week in week out seeing the Tricolour draped in the away ends of Anfield, Old Trafford and Highbury. Ireland taking over the Premiership. I like it....

You do already see tricolours at those grounds because of the huge Irish support those clubs attract. I wonder if would we see an end to the affinity between Celtic and Liverpool fans.

I always thought that was a bit odd, since Liverpool were founded by an Orangeman. Even Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair the Loyalist terrorist is a Liverpool fan. Some say KOP stands for "King Over Pope". I'd say if the ever the Old Firm enter the premiership it would increase sectarian tensions in Liverpool, which has a large Orange population as well as a large Catholic population. I don't think the scousers would want that.

[NigeSausagepump]

Originally posted by eoinh
i wish Celtic luck in their campaign to join the premiership.

I wish Celtic luck in their campaign to join the 21st century.

[wws]

[Casegrande]

Originally posted by NigeSausagepump
I wish Celtic luck in their campaign to join the 21st century.

Heeeeere comes Silvio!

[Paddy Ramone]

I don't see why the old firm want to join the premiership so much. They're gauranteed a European place each as it is. They'd have to compete with Liverpool, Man Utd, Arsenal and Chelsea for European places. There is a possibility that they could even be relegated, even Man Utd were relegated from the top division in the 1970's.

Also Celtic are bound to attract the attentions of the BNP element. Could you also imagine the reaction against Celtic fans if there was a Continuity IRA or Real IRA terrorist atrocity in England. No the English, if they have any sense do not want the old firm.

[Paddy Ramone]

I'm a traditionalist at heart and I think it would devalue the Scottish Premier League if the Old Firm were to leave. I know most Hibees and other Scottish fans want to see the back of the Old Firm but I think they're wrong. The champions of the Scottish Premier League should be the best team based in Scotland.

Also now that football is becoming respectable in England I don't think they want Old Firm bigotry stirring up hooliganism again.

[Jam]

most patriotic Scots can't stand the Auld Firm and no wonder - they discourage Scots playing in their teams, they have no loyalty to Scotland judging by their naked ambitions to paly in the Premiership, they go about sectarianism and republican/loyalist ambitions of a selection of people in another country whitst paying no interest to the national ambitions of their own country (Scotland) and in general they are an embarrassment to Scotland.

The extreme loyalist Rangers fans are the scum of the earth while many Celtic fans are clones of each other. What kind of fitba team has its roots in religion (or more accurately a pathetic, romantic identity based around religion).

In Scotland nearly all of the Catholics, regardless of where they are from, support Celtic. What a lot of boring clones.

Am I bigot? Well I'm from Catholic stock myself - just opened my eyes to see that firstly I'm not from Glasgow and secondly I'm Scottish.

Silvio Dante - are you serious aboot the lassie singing that song? phucks sake...

[Paddy Ramone]

Originally posted by Jam
most patriotic Scots can't stand the Auld Firm and no wonder - they discourage Scots playing in their teams, they have no loyalty to Scotland judging by their naked ambitions to paly in the Premiership, they go about sectarianism and republican/loyalist ambitions of a selection of people in another country whitst paying no interest to the national ambitions of their own country (Scotland) and in general they are an embarrassment to Scotland

The extreme loyalist Rangers fans are the scum of the earth while many Celtic fans are clones of each other. What kind of fitba team has its roots in religion (or more accurately a pathetic, romantic identity based around religion).

In Scotland nearly all of the Catholics, regardless of where they are from, support Celtic. What a lot of boring clones.

Am I bigot? Well I'm from Catholic stock myself - just opened my eyes to see that firstly I'm not from Glasgow and secondly I'm Scottish.

Silvio Dante - are you serious aboot the lassie singing that song? phucks sake...

I agree with you, many Old Firm fans are the scum of the earth. All the more reason why the English won't have them and the Scots want to get rid of the them. Maybe they should move to Rockall.

I think you are wrong when you say all the Catholics in Scotland support Celtic. The Hibees still attract a high percentage of Catholics in the east of Scotland because of their origins but they are losing them to Celtic. Probably 90% of the Catholics in Scotland support Celtic. Even the Gaelic speaking Outer Hebrides are divided between the Old Firm with the Catholic islands Barra and South Uist supporting Celtic and the Protestant islands Lewis, Harris and North Uist supporting Rangers. Seems there's nowhere in Scotland people can escape Old Firm bigotry.

You are also right about both clubs being mainly anti-Scottish. I read that Celtic chairman in the 1950's even called for the Scotland national team to be scrapped and replaced by a Great Britain team. Celtic are just as much pro-British as Rangers.