The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[lynchbhoy]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-47402200
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47404999

From last night. Not sectarian.

You still posting on the Celtic thread!!!???

Coin throwing is hooliganism. ..
Not sectarianism.
It's prevalent in Scotland and I believe it occurs in English leagues too

Sectarian singing...
Lol

I think it's a l load of cobblers... but we have that in rugby and Gaelic games too.... only its called sledging I believe..

Please check out what clubs in Scotland have done to try stop sectarianism..
Obj you need to do a bit of research before you throw stones..

[Esmarelda]

Is singing The Boys Of The Old Brigade sectarian?

[tonto1888]

Years ago did Celtic lure MON from Leicester? Sounds like quid pro quo to me.

Not the same and you well know it. Besides people aren't having a go at Leicester

[tonto1888]

I don't think Celtic fans are too bothered by Rodgers actually leaving. Short term - they'll probably win everything anyway. Longer term....new manager, cut a few corners financially on Rodgers and bank the compo, probably still well ahead of the pack in Scotland. One bad managerial appointment will probably still not cost them dearly either.

The issue Celtic fans seem to have is that this shows just how far down the food chain the Scottish Premier League has become and where Celtic are, it's hard for them to accept that Leicester City are considered a bigger challenge - but quite clearly, it is.

No the issue we have is that he left at such a crucial stage of the season

[Targetman]

Good to see Celtic generating so much interest here, we could go days and there'd be nothing of note to discuss, my main concern would be slippy Brendan trying to tempt a few of our main players to Leicester!!

[Orior]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-47402200
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47404999

From last night. Not sectarian.

You still posting on the Celtic thread!!!???

Coin throwing is hooliganism. ..
Not sectarianism.
It's prevalent in Scotland and I believe it occurs in English leagues too

Sectarian singing...
Lol

I think it's a l load of cobblers... but we have that in rugby and Gaelic games too.... only its called sledging I believe..

Please check out what clubs in Scotland have done to try stop sectarianism..
Obj you need to do a bit of research before you throw stones..

Did the keeper try to pick up the coin? Celtic players get booked in Belfast for doing that.

[dublin7]

I don't mind Celtic. Good luck to them etc. But this blind faith, more than a club, we're a big Irish parish, Rodgers is a cheating sex addict shite is embarrassing. They're a football business.
There's also a huge sectarian element that's just glossed over. Both Celtic and Rangers feed off this to try and generate profits, which makes me a little uneasy.

You obviously don't know much about Celtics's history then.

What part is he wrong about? He's right about clubs having major issues with sectarian abuse towards opposing teams. Only this week I listened to scottish journalist discussing the issue. Steve Clarke had problems with sectarian abuse from Rangers fans and Kris Boyd got sectarian abuse from Celtic fans. Neither club seems to be doing anything to try and stamp it out and its always been there. You only have to see the poisonous atmosphere at old firm games on the tv no matter who's at home. One reason why I try to discourage my son from watching Celtic or scottish football

maybe do your research before posting such uninformed statements.

That's like saying you wouldn't let your son support Dublin in Gaelic football because they are known to be drunk, tattoo wielding, dole cheating , drug involved scumbags

If you don't like Celtic that's fine.
Interesting you are posting your ill informed misinformed statements on a Celtic thread

So youre saying the main sports writer for a scottish newspaper, steve clarke and Kris Boyd are all wrong and sectarianism doesn't exist in scottish football. I mean, maybe you're right. What would they know. They only live in scotland and either play for report on or mangage scottish premier league teams. As someone who lives in Ireland I assume you clearly understand how things work in scotland and scottish football far better.

[lenny]

I don't mind Celtic. Good luck to them etc. But this blind faith, more than a club, we're a big Irish parish, Rodgers is a cheating sex addict shite is embarrassing. They're a football business.
There's also a huge sectarian element that's just glossed over. Both Celtic and Rangers feed off this to try and generate profits, which makes me a little uneasy.

You obviously don't know much about Celtics's history then.

What part is he wrong about? He's right about clubs having major issues with sectarian abuse towards opposing teams. Only this week I listened to scottish journalist discussing the issue. Steve Clarke had problems with sectarian abuse from Rangers fans and Kris Boyd got sectarian abuse from Celtic fans. Neither club seems to be doing anything to try and stamp it out and its always been there. You only have to see the poisonous atmosphere at old firm games on the tv no matter who's at home. One reason why I try to discourage my son from watching Celtic or scottish football

Celtic football club was founded in 1887 with the purpose of alleviating poverty in the immigrant Irish population in the East End of Glasgow. It is probably unique in being founded purely on charitable grounds and Celtic continues to this day with that charitable outlook. Anyone who follows them closely and is a fan is aware of that. As regards the singing most of the Celtic songs are completely inoffensive and good humoured. There is a small element of the support who sing songs that the majority of fans would disagree with but every club has that. Just think of liverpool fans singing about the munich air crash to get at man utd fans as an example. United fans singing about hillsborough. Is a song taken from history about the old ira worse than those chants?

[lynchbhoy]

I don't mind Celtic. Good luck to them etc. But this blind faith, more than a club, we're a big Irish parish, Rodgers is a cheating sex addict shite is embarrassing. They're a football business.
There's also a huge sectarian element that's just glossed over. Both Celtic and Rangers feed off this to try and generate profits, which makes me a little uneasy.

You obviously don't know much about Celtics's history then.

What part is he wrong about? He's right about clubs having major issues with sectarian abuse towards opposing teams. Only this week I listened to scottish journalist discussing the issue. Steve Clarke had problems with sectarian abuse from Rangers fans and Kris Boyd got sectarian abuse from Celtic fans. Neither club seems to be doing anything to try and stamp it out and its always been there. You only have to see the poisonous atmosphere at old firm games on the tv no matter who's at home. One reason why I try to discourage my son from watching Celtic or scottish football

maybe do your research before posting such uninformed statements.

That's like saying you wouldn't let your son support Dublin in Gaelic football because they are known to be drunk, tattoo wielding, dole cheating , drug involved scumbags

If you don't like Celtic that's fine.
Interesting you are posting your ill informed misinformed statements on a Celtic thread

So youre saying the main sports writer for a scottish newspaper, steve clarke and Kris Boyd are all wrong and sectarianism doesn't exist in scottish football. I mean, maybe you're right. What would they know. They only live in scotland and either play for report on or mangage scottish premier league teams. As someone who lives in Ireland I assume you clearly understand how things work in scotland and scottish football far better.

I'm pointing out the facile examples you put up.

If the culprits were caught would they face charges of sectarianism for throwing a coin?
No. It's assault or attempted asset.

Your point about neither club ( in fact most clubs in Scotland)
Doing anything about it is also 100%  incorrect.
Go check your facts.

I didn't say sectarianism didnt exist- hence my point that Scottish clubs are trying to take measures to address it.

You don't like Celtic. Fine. But would you believe the bs from journalists about the drunken dubs fans, the drugs being taken on hill 16, poisonous atmosphere from hill 16 etc etc.. 
..would you believe that?
Would you stop your son going to croker and not support Dublin because you read that?

I was a Celtic season ticket holder for 10 years and get over to games every year. Never saw any issues.

You are still posting your ill informed carp on a Celtic thread...

If you don't like Celtic.. why bother reading this thread?

[trailer]

I don't mind Celtic. Good luck to them etc. But this blind faith, more than a club, we're a big Irish parish, Rodgers is a cheating sex addict shite is embarrassing. They're a football business.
There's also a huge sectarian element that's just glossed over. Both Celtic and Rangers feed off this to try and generate profits, which makes me a little uneasy.

You obviously don't know much about Celtics's history then.

What part is he wrong about? He's right about clubs having major issues with sectarian abuse towards opposing teams. Only this week I listened to scottish journalist discussing the issue. Steve Clarke had problems with sectarian abuse from Rangers fans and Kris Boyd got sectarian abuse from Celtic fans. Neither club seems to be doing anything to try and stamp it out and its always been there. You only have to see the poisonous atmosphere at old firm games on the tv no matter who's at home. One reason why I try to discourage my son from watching Celtic or scottish football

Celtic football club was founded in 1887 with the purpose of alleviating poverty in the immigrant Irish population in the East End of Glasgow. It is probably unique in being founded purely on charitable grounds and Celtic continues to this day with that charitable outlook. Anyone who follows them closely and is a fan is aware of that. As regards the singing most of the Celtic songs are completely inoffensive and good humoured. There is a small element of the support who sing songs that the majority of fans would disagree with but every club has that. Just think of liverpool fans singing about the munich air crash to get at man utd fans as an example. United fans singing about hillsborough. Is a song taken from history about the old ira worse than those chants?

Ach well, f**k sake, that's alright then. Why didn't you say earlier. Just like Munich songs or Hillsborough songs. Grand, sound.

[dublin7]

I don't mind Celtic. Good luck to them etc. But this blind faith, more than a club, we're a big Irish parish, Rodgers is a cheating sex addict shite is embarrassing. They're a football business.
There's also a huge sectarian element that's just glossed over. Both Celtic and Rangers feed off this to try and generate profits, which makes me a little uneasy.

You obviously don't know much about Celtics's history then.

What part is he wrong about? He's right about clubs having major issues with sectarian abuse towards opposing teams. Only this week I listened to scottish journalist discussing the issue. Steve Clarke had problems with sectarian abuse from Rangers fans and Kris Boyd got sectarian abuse from Celtic fans. Neither club seems to be doing anything to try and stamp it out and its always been there. You only have to see the poisonous atmosphere at old firm games on the tv no matter who's at home. One reason why I try to discourage my son from watching Celtic or scottish football

maybe do your research before posting such uninformed statements.

That's like saying you wouldn't let your son support Dublin in Gaelic football because they are known to be drunk, tattoo wielding, dole cheating , drug involved scumbags

If you don't like Celtic that's fine.
Interesting you are posting your ill informed misinformed statements on a Celtic thread

So youre saying the main sports writer for a scottish newspaper, steve clarke and Kris Boyd are all wrong and sectarianism doesn't exist in scottish football. I mean, maybe you're right. What would they know. They only live in scotland and either play for report on or mangage scottish premier league teams. As someone who lives in Ireland I assume you clearly understand how things work in scotland and scottish football far better.

I'm pointing out the facile examples you put up.

If the culprits were caught would they face charges of sectarianism for throwing a coin?
No. It's assault or attempted asset.

Your point about neither club ( in fact most clubs in Scotland)
Doing anything about it is also 100%  incorrect.
Go check your facts.

I didn't say sectarianism didnt exist- hence my point that Scottish clubs are trying to take measures to address it.

You don't like Celtic. Fine. But would you believe the bs from journalists about the drunken dubs fans, the drugs being taken on hill 16, poisonous atmosphere from hill 16 etc etc.. 
..would you believe that?
Would you stop your son going to croker and not support Dublin because you read that?

I was a Celtic season ticket holder for 10 years and get over to games every year. Never saw any issues.

You are still posting your ill informed carp on a Celtic thread...

If you don't like Celtic.. why bother reading this thread?

But theyre not addressing it. Steve Clarke is raising his kids outside of glasgow and is delighted they dont know what sectarianism is. That's a damning indictment of both clubs so called efforts to clean up their act. All this holier than thou nonsense and rubbish spouted that its not as bad as Liverpool ot Utd is just nonsense.

Why dont more Irish fans support Hibernian? Wasn't one of their founders an Irish man? Problem there is they arent as successful as Celtic and no bandwagon to jump aboard. If its one thing Irish fans do well is get behind a winning team

[JPGJOHNNYG]

Are Rangers not the more successful team so surely we should all be supporting them then. Hibs are a funny team. They strangely tried to airbrush out their Irish roots. I don't know if it was to dodge the sectarian issue or a general response to the troubles. Its only in recent years they have embraced their irishness again and have the heritage as important as Leith itself once again.  This has become noticeable with the harp back on the badge and more tricolours appearing at games.

[screenexile]

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/3936196/celtic-fans-chant-i-hope-you-die-in-your-sleep-brendan-rodgers-in-ira-song-at-edinburgh-pub/

Best fans in Europe apparently!

[RadioGAAGAA]

The two sides are not as bad as each other, the sooner people acknowledge that then the sooner the worst of the problems will be dealt with.

[RadioGAAGAA]

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/3936196/celtic-fans-chant-i-hope-you-die-in-your-sleep-brendan-rodgers-in-ira-song-at-edinburgh-pub/

Best fans in Europe apparently!

Drunken idiots sing stupid songs.

Shocker.