Celtic fined 25k, Dida banned for 2 games.

[revol68]

^ I don't even bother rising to that shite. It's abundantly clear that revol68 knows nothing about Celtic Football Club and it's place and part in Scottish history and as part of a wider community.

yeah your right i was only brought up catholic in northern ireland, what would i know about Celtic fans....

FFS I supported them in my youth and believe me i've heard Celtic fans come out with as much bigotry as Rangers fans. Of course it's always bigotry sublimated in 'victimhood'.

For example,

Where a Rangers fan might say 'I hate those fenians' a Celtic fan will say 'I hate those prods, they're such fucking bigots'*.

*that's an actual quote from a mad Celtic fan I worked with.

 

[Deareg]

i admit i have only been to a half dozen or so Celtic games, and i never actually said that they had no hooligans, or bigots for that matter, but on the whole i do believe that when you consider how large their following is they are largely well behaved, especially when compared to the behaviour of English clubs, even more so when compared to English clubs with similar sized followings

reply to flashman post 28

 

[Flashman]

Well compared to Polish clubs, Italian clubs or Spanish clubs fans' the English are angels.

Probably best to not compare tbh, just sort it out club-on-club and take off the blinkers.

 

[pagan]

how many got banged up in Portugal or Germany?

clue: not as many as you'd have liked to pander to your prejudices.

stop being a dick yourself

You tell me. And I thought you were being a dick because Lights actually quantifies his statement twice. FFS, and people call us chippy

 

[pogofish]

Maybe the Celts are enjoying the dividend of being [mostly] sporting, fun and well behaved supporters. It's an anomaly. A one off.

You are kidding?

I used to live right beside a Scottish Premier League stadium & saw more than enough of their "fun & sporting" antics. Frankly, there was not much between the Celtic & Rangers support. In fact when it came to psycho knuckledraggers, out for some heavy duty one-on-one, Celtic probably just had the edge IME. After 9am on main match days, you usually had to get a police escort to get down the road.

They may play the nicey-nicey card in Europe but they can be down there with the worst of them when they want to.

 

[lights.out.london]

yeah your right i was only brought up catholic in northern ireland, what would i know about Celtic fans....

FFS I supported them in my youth.

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Do you change your allegience along with your underpants (unless you go commando)?

Deareg Quote:
Originally Posted by JTG

i think the reason that less england fans are getting banged up is most of the ringleaders are known to the police and are unable to travel so cant organise the rest of the hooligans, therefore less trouble, arrests and so on

That'll be the legacy of decades of organised football violence on a large scale.

Nothing 'comedy' about my responses here. Based on 40 years of living in the tradition and following the Hoops here, there and every fucking where. Including toilets, I mean, 'stadiums all over Scotland, Europe, North America, to infinity and beyond.

 

[pagan]

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and far more complex than silly national stereotyping

That's classic JTG as neither me or Lightsout resorts to national stereotyping.....simply reporting how fans are perceived. You on the other hand ..

Funny thing is, I seem to remember having a 'discussion' with you here years ago that turned a bit nasty about the Tartan Army and hooliganism or lack thereof, seems to be a pet subjesct of yours.

Scottish-Envy or something deeper?

 

[JTG]

nope I just find the holier than thou attitude of so many scots when it comes to stereotyping the respective supports of England and Scotland hysterical.

That's all.

 

[pagan]

Fair enough. So do I (and neither Lightsout or I were) so lets move on

 

[JTG]

OK cool.

fwiw, it may well be true that England's support is better behaved now because of police surveillance blah blah but all that shows is that if you remove the bad nobheads you reveal thousands of people who just want to have a laugh and support their team.

 

[lights.out.london]

Group hug!

 

[JTG]

ugh, get off me you gayer

 

[lights.out.london]

Aw. Wassa matter. I was gonna let you touch my 1975 vintage Hoops top.

 

[JTG]

I've never heard it called that before

you can look at my signed pic of the 1952/53 Rovers team if you want. No touching though

 

[lights.out.london]

Bristol?

 

[JTG]

Bristol?

no other city has a Rovers worthy of the name

 

[pagan]

Not even Albion?

 

[JTG]

not even Albion

 

[Ich bin ein Mod]

Love that uefa gave dida a two match ban for being a complete prick. My only question is does this set a precedent for Uefa/fa to be able to punish players for simulation after games now?

Yup, Lithuania's Saulius Mikoliunas was recently hit with a two match ban for diving during their game with us http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7028533.stm