Comments on: Sectarian Celtic fans ruin minute’s silence on Remembrance Sunday

By: Me

Me — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:09:42 +0000

Free Speech!

Fact of the matter, i’ve heard rankers signing “Up to our knees in fenian blood” on sky sports :) where was this sky technician to mute this? hm?

If you dont fly the union jack, your an outsider. They might aswell join the BNP and be done with it.

By: james

james — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:32:46 +0000

main man,
I don’t think you’re in any position to lecture anybody about bigotry and sectarianism. With phrases like “potatoe barren portion of Ireland”, I think we can see where you are coming from.
Also, the British education system has obviously failed you.Try using the spell-check.
cfcj, you’re another one whose illiterate moronic posts (note the difference between “your” and “you’re” “mate”)shows what a low life you are.
Neither of you are capable of making any sort of point without displaying your anti Celtic/Irish/Catholic agenda.

By: Richard79

Richard79 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:28:46 +0000

Is it not totalitarian to tell everyone to do as we do or get out?

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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:32:04 +0000

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By: The Main Man

The Main Man — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:13:33 +0000

In response to G who quite clearly supports secterianism and the bigoted nature of many celtic fans…WHY have celtic play in the SCOTTISH league, or the ENGLISH (which they want to) if they cant respect the nation. They CLAIM to be a SCOTTISH team, funnily enough…part of GREAT Britain but dont support the troops that died to defend our nation, as well as their potatoe barren portion of Ireland. The soldiers the silence is for fought against totalitarianism, facism, brainwashed children and the likes and you lot cant even respect that? Please do take it home, in hindsight…I wouldnt have let any boat dock on our fair isles if this is how they treat it.

By: cfcj

cfcj — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:56:04 +0000

whoever g is your moronic. how hard is it to stand in silence for a minute, without singing about a bunch or murdering inbred irish. your scottish mate grow up.

By: james

james — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:01:01 +0000

Ok, I can agree with you on that. There are a small minority who embarrass the club, but despite their noise they really were marginalised on Sunday. Remember that many forecast there would be large scale disruption because Celtic have no control over their away fans.
Celtic are not an establishment team. We have a disparate support which includes intelligent Republicans, Socialists, Catholics, Protestants, Scots, Irish, English etc. It is sometimes difficult to hold this together, particularly on events involving the army. However, we should show respect on solemn occasions. The point is that we DID on Sunday, apart from a few idiots of low intelligence, whom you are entitled to criticise

By: CWC

CWC — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:01:39 +0000

james, jim, jimmy…big jim

I think we might well be on the same page here. I’m not for a moment suggesting they’re ALL like that. But you know the ones I mean…the types who congregated outside the Falkirk stadium, the “tiocfaidh arla” brigade, the bad eggs…the ones who are au fait with all things Republican but ignorant of the affairs of their own country. These are the ones I’m talking about.

By: james

james — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:45:56 +0000

cwc
Your agenda is clear in your first paragraph. Did those thousands of Celtic fans, inside the stadium, observing the silence, indicate that they detested the UK? You clearly show YOUR twisted mind’s view of Celtic fans based on your own prejudice. How crass it is that you should mistake your prejudice for intelligence.
Although you’ll try and twist it that way “until you’re blue in the face”, I did not defend those outside the ground. They probably are of “low intelligence”. All supports have such people. some sing outside a stadium during a minutes silence, others wreck cities and attack police.

By: CWC

CWC — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:02:58 +0000

Nice attempt at deflection from the boy james there. A few points:

1) Who’s telling the Irish to “F*** off back home”? No-one as far as I can see. I’d certainly suggest that the British Celtic fans who appear to be so fond of Ireland and who so detest the United Kingdom would be much happier individuals if they were to up and leave for their “spiritual home”. I don’t think even the most twisted mind could interpret that as racism.

2) I keep hearing that they were outside the ground, as if this was a valid excuse for the appalling behaviour of these miscreants. It isn’t. Good on those who can put aside their misguided feelings for a second and act decently. Shame on those who are compelled by low intelligence to shout, scream and sing during a memorial.

You can defend the behaviour of these rodents until you’re blue in the face, but the fact will remain that they are scum, pure and simple.

P.S. I’d be interested to hear what you think my agenda is, beyond illuminating the gloom of closed-minded indecency with the burning flame of intelligence.

By: james

james — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:41:27 +0000

CWC
You are twisting things to suit your agenda. The reference to racism here was only in answer to those wrongly accusing Celtic fans of being sectarian. But obviously you think it’s ok to tell Irish to “F*** off back home” That’s not “real” racism eh?
Having said that, this debate is about the observance of the minute’s silence. Although it doesn’t suit your agenda of attacking the reputation of Celtic fans, the fact is that all of the thousands of Celtic fans in the stadium behaved impeccably. We are not defending the behaviour of the small number (around 40?) outside the ground. Yes THEY did show “a basic lack of civility”, but this must be put into perspective.A few (including drunken idiots) sang a protest song OUTSIDE the ground. Nobody was violent, nobody got hurt and nobody got arrested.
Despite this, many on here have tried to portray Celtic fans as pariahs. Unpalatable as it may be for some, the evidence shows that we have a record of good behaviour and are welcomed all over Europe. Don’t be surprised that we defend ourselves from attacks based on ignorance and prejudice.

By: CWC

CWC — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:18:50 +0000

Incidentally, for all the people asking how Aidan McAnespie could possibly offend…have you conveniently forgotten the references to Gibraltar?

By: CWC

CWC — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:49:51 +0000

“butr again they have broken no laws, other than showing a lack of respect, decency and intelligence”

This is exactly the point most are making. That they’re idiots and they lack respect, decency and intelligence. Bravo, well done. People droning on about the legality of it, or whether the song they were singing can be considered sectarian or not are completely missing the point. It’s not about whether it was illegal or even sectarian…and it’s certainly not about how this misdemeanour stacks up against those of rival fans, it’s about a basic lack of civility; the same civility that these idiots demand from everyone else. That there are still people defending the actions of this band of trolls is astonishing.

By: Colin Sime

Colin Sime — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:24:20 +0000

No Celtic fans inside the ground disrupted the minute’s silence. Some outside did and this was pre-planned, that is their right. The song in question is in no way sectarian, but is political. Political protest without violence is perfectly legal. Singing “Why don’t you go home”, “Can you hear the gypsies sing” etc etc, throwing seats at stewards, attacking policemen in Manchester etc etc; these are aagianst the law of the land. While most Celtic fans have no problem with remembering the British who died during the various conflicts (justified and unjustified) some do have a problem. It would be better if they protested in a way that did not give oxygen to the significant number in this country with an anti-Irish, anti-Catholic agenda, such as some of the narrow minded, uneducated people on here, butr again they have broken no laws, other than showing a lack of respect, decency and intelligence.

By: Paranoid timdroid

Paranoid timdroid — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:54:40 +0000

What part of Aiden McAnespie is sectarian or bigoted? The UK government have since apologised to his family for what happened.

I agree that some people need to have a long hard look at themselves, but to spin it as something else detracts from the argument being put forward. Just a shame people can’t debate these things without trying to twist it to suit an agenda. If they could, we could probably solve a lot of the issues a lot quicker.