any rangers fans? (1 Viewer)

[evil bandit]

I'd say some of the Hamburg fans last night are Rangers fans !!

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

seen them last night,gave me a laugh!hamburg and rangers do have a connection alright,was murder in glasgow a few weeks back and again last night when celtic teamed up with st pauli over there.wont hear much of that though...

 

[Cormcolash]

The trouble in Glasgow, hilariously enough, was caused by Rangers fans going to support Hamburg and getting in a fight with Hamburg fans, so far as I know.
Wouldn't be suprised if there was trouble in Hamburg last night, apparently at least 1000 St.Pauli fans went to support Celtic, and St.Pauli and Hamburg fucking hate each other (mainly because Hamburg are nazi bastards by all accounts).
As has been proven consistently, there is no point trying to compare the behaviour of Celtic fans, who have travelled all over Europe receiving awards from cities they've visited for their good behaviour, with Rangers fans, who have travelled all over Europe being asked never to come back to each city they visit.

 

[CITY BABY]

any rangers fans???

well we all kinda knew it

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

celtics "wonderful" supporters in action

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5y2-U6Ll1Q&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube- Celtic's Remembrance Day Shame 8.11.09[/ame]

basically-fuck celtic and fuck rangers,two sides of the same coin.

 

[Cormcolash]

celtics "wonderful" supporters in action

YouTube- Celtic's Remembrance Day Shame 8.11.09

basically-fuck celtic and fuck rangers,two sides of the same coin.

Why should the fans of an Irish-identity football club support an imperialistic British symbol that ignores the thousands of Irish soldiers that were pressed into service and then further abused by their so-called "comrades" because of their nationalities, whilst they weren't getting blown-up fighting a war they had no interest in?
If I was there, I would have been boo-ing my heart out. FUCK POPPIES.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Why should the fans of an Irish-identity football club support an imperialistic British symbol that ignores the thousands of Irish soldiers that were pressed into service and then further abused by their so-called "comrades" because of their nationalities, whilst they weren't getting blown-up fighting a war they had no interest in?
If I was there, I would have been boo-ing my heart out. FUCK POPPIES.

its not about supporting it,its about having a bit of dignity.whatever your views on the matter thats just embarrassing.

 

[Cormcolash]

The Celtic Fans put forward valid arguments against the wearing of poppies and were ignored. They even suggested wearing white poppies to symbolise non-violence, and were ignored. It's hardly a surprise that after being ignored by the club, the fans decided to have their own protest against this display of pretty much everything the club is meant to be against.
I completely agree with the below, the poppy is definitely no longer a symbol of rememberance, but instead a symbol of support for British armed forces, and I don't support British armed forces.

PROTEST AGAINST BRITISH IMPERIALISM

WALK OUT OF STADIUM ON 10 MINUTE MARK

CONTINUE PROTEST - MEET AT WALFRID STATUE

The SPL has decided that all Scottish Premier League clubs should support the Poppy Scotland Appeal. Celtic PLC without proper reference even to its own board, supporters groups or employees has decided to comply with the SPL’s recommendation and has produced a special strip embroidered with a red poppy to be worn by all players in today’s match against Motherwell.

For Celtic to support such an enterprise is extremely insensitive to the huge fan base that the club has in Ireland. In recent times many of our supporters in Ireland have suffered directly at the hands of the British Army, an army whose soldiers we are expected to applaud and commemorate today.

This is an insult to our supporters in Ireland and to all of the many thousands with Irish heritage and ancestry that follow the club. How can the Celtic PLC board expect our supporters to lend support to an army that has plundered and murdered many of our own people?

Bloody Sunday, The Ballymurphy Massacre, the murders of Aiden McAnespie and Peter McBride – these are just a few of the atrocities committed by British troops in Ireland.

This is not about the fathers, grandfathers and great grandfathers who were conscripted to fight in two world wars. This poppy day is about the British Army in the here and now - and is being given extra impetus this year because of the falling recruitment figures as a result of its involvement in unpopular conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Our protest is not aimed at individuals who wear the poppy, it is against the idea that Celtic as an institution should be backing British imperialism in any way shape or form.

We believe that the poppy appeal has long passed its original aims to commemorate the fallen conscripts of two world wars and has now become a focal point to rally support for the modern professional volunteer soldiers of the British Army and its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

An honourable compromise could have been reached if the club had opted to wear the White Poppy which symbolises peace and opposition to all wars, but it seems that other political agendas are now at work in our club.

The Celtic Chairman John Reid is fond of telling us to “leave your politics at the door” yet this former minister in the British war cabinet continues to bring his own British imperialist and unionist politics into our club. Dr Reid should follow his own advice.

It is a disgraceful turnaround in the history of our club that we should even consider endorsing a celebration of the British Army. Celtic was founded by Irishmen who opposed British military involvement in Ireland and whose lives were devoted to this club, the Irish community in Scotland and the struggle to free their homeland from British rule.

It’s time to reclaim our club from those who would prefer to wrap it in the Union Jack rather than the Irish Tricolour.

 

[Cormcolash]

Also, comparing a few fans chanting during a minutes silence, to Ranger's European Tour of Hooliganism, is ludicrous.

 

[rettucs]

As has been proven consistently, there is no point trying to compare the behaviour of Celtic fans, who have travelled all over Europe receiving awards from cities they've visited for their good behaviour, with Rangers fans, who have travelled all over Europe being asked never to come back to each city they visit.

'awards'? Like for not fighting?

Is not just how everyone should be anyway?

 

[Hector Grey]

my god, this is moronic.

 

[Wheels]

The Celtic Fans put forward valid arguments against the wearing of poppies and were ignored. They even suggested wearing white poppies to symbolise non-violence, and were ignored. It's hardly a surprise that after being ignored by the club, the fans decided to have their own protest against this display of pretty much everything the club is meant to be against.
I completely agree with the below, the poppy is definitely no longer a symbol of rememberance, but instead a symbol of support for British armed forces, and I don't support British armed forces.

PROTEST AGAINST BRITISH IMPERIALISM

WALK OUT OF STADIUM ON 10 MINUTE MARK

CONTINUE PROTEST - MEET AT WALFRID STATUE

The SPL has decided that all Scottish Premier League clubs should support the Poppy Scotland Appeal. Celtic PLC without proper reference even to its own board, supporters groups or employees has decided to comply with the SPL’s recommendation and has produced a special strip embroidered with a red poppy to be worn by all players in today’s match against Motherwell.

For Celtic to support such an enterprise is extremely insensitive to the huge fan base that the club has in Ireland. In recent times many of our supporters in Ireland have suffered directly at the hands of the British Army, an army whose soldiers we are expected to applaud and commemorate today.

This is an insult to our supporters in Ireland and to all of the many thousands with Irish heritage and ancestry that follow the club. How can the Celtic PLC board expect our supporters to lend support to an army that has plundered and murdered many of our own people?

Bloody Sunday, The Ballymurphy Massacre, the murders of Aiden McAnespie and Peter McBride – these are just a few of the atrocities committed by British troops in Ireland.

This is not about the fathers, grandfathers and great grandfathers who were conscripted to fight in two world wars. This poppy day is about the British Army in the here and now - and is being given extra impetus this year because of the falling recruitment figures as a result of its involvement in unpopular conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Our protest is not aimed at individuals who wear the poppy, it is against the idea that Celtic as an institution should be backing British imperialism in any way shape or form.

We believe that the poppy appeal has long passed its original aims to commemorate the fallen conscripts of two world wars and has now become a focal point to rally support for the modern professional volunteer soldiers of the British Army and its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

An honourable compromise could have been reached if the club had opted to wear the White Poppy which symbolises peace and opposition to all wars, but it seems that other political agendas are now at work in our club.

The Celtic Chairman John Reid is fond of telling us to “leave your politics at the door” yet this former minister in the British war cabinet continues to bring his own British imperialist and unionist politics into our club. Dr Reid should follow his own advice.

It is a disgraceful turnaround in the history of our club that we should even consider endorsing a celebration of the British Army. Celtic was founded by Irishmen who opposed British military involvement in Ireland and whose lives were devoted to this club, the Irish community in Scotland and the struggle to free their homeland from British rule.

It’s time to reclaim our club from those who would prefer to wrap it in the Union Jack rather than the Irish Tricolour.

Sorry, couldn't be arsed reading the justification for all this nonsense - was it blah, blah politics, blah, blah nationalism, blah, blah sectarianism blah, blah black sheep?

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Sorry, couldn't be arsed reading the justification for all this nonsense - was it blah, blah politics, blah, blah nationalism, blah, blah sectarianism blah, blah black sheep?

more or less,im no fan of the gers or poppy day but a tiny bit of decorum and respect for the war dead is obviously beyond some celtic fans grasp.

 

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