Glasgow Rangers

[poynton blue]

Where's Poynton gone?

Im here fella been playing cricket all day....how are you????

[poynton blue]

Probably asking Big Jock whether he knew we would win again this season.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jATeuKYGzeo

There you go fella a load of septic fans singiing a pro ira song to balance the books...bigots?? god no there celtic fans only Rangers fans are bad people

Big Jock Knew

[Ultra]

Im here fella been playing cricket all day....how are you????

Pretty good thanks - been watching the rugby.

Congratulations on your performance last Wednesday. The Gers fans have made the case for Scottish independence better than the SNP ever could.

[poynton blue]

Pretty good thanks - been watching the rugby.

Congratulations on your performance last Wednesday. The Gers fans have made the case for Scottish independence better than the SNP ever could.

How did Tigers get on???

Think we all agree you get twats everywhere in the Sunday Times it said there were supporters of " Chelsea Oxford Leicester and Linfield in Manchester"

And as someone who was in Manchester I can confirm there were tops and accents from all over the uk in Manchester, and on the pop

[DanTheFoxBhoy]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jATeuKYGzeo

There you go fella a load of septic fans singiing a pro ira song to balance the books...bigots?? god no there celtic fans only Rangers fans are bad people

Big Jock Knew

Naught wrong with political expression. Then again the SFA has been forced to act on it, because people don't tend to leave it at the songs - they start blattering each other across the sidewalk.

[Finnegan]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jATeuKYGzeo

There you go fella a load of septic fans singiing a pro ira song to balance the books...bigots?? god no there celtic fans only Rangers fans are bad people

Big Jock Knew

You ARE aware that an organization known as the Irish Republican Army bravely fought off an occupying British force to establish the free nation that is today known as Ireland? You're also aware that the "terrorist" Provo / PIRA that probably fairly deserves your disdain is an entirely seperate entity and that Boys of the Old Brigade is an old Republican war song about fighting the English? If that's bigoted or racist then so is Flower of Scotland, Men of Harlech and any number of old folk songs from these islands.

You're as bad as all the daft journos branding Ken Loach a traitor and a terrorist supporter for making a film about the War of Independence.

You're massively clutching at straws if you think a few blokes singing a folk song is comparable to an army of some two hundred 'Gers fans charging six Manchester policemen. Do you cry every time they sing Fields of Athenry? Get some knowledge before you have a moan, sir.

[DanTheFoxBhoy]

You ARE aware that an organization known as the Irish Republican Army bravely fought off an occupying British force to establish the free nation that is today known as Ireland? You're also aware that the "terrorist" Provo / PIRA that probably fairly deserves your disdain is an entirely seperate entity and that Boys of the Old Brigade is an old Republican war song about fighting the English? If that's bigoted or racist then so is Flower of Scotland, Men of Harlech and any number of old folk songs from these islands.

You're as bad as all the daft journos branding Ken Loach a traitor and a terrorist supporter for making a film about the War of Independence.

You're massively clutching at straws if you think a few blokes singing a folk song is comparable to an army of some two hundred 'Gers fans charging six Manchester policemen. Do you cry every time they sing Fields of Athenry? Get some knowledge before you have a moan, sir.

You, sir, have just torn Poynton a new arsehole.

[Floating Fox]

Two sides to every story...

[Father Ted]

Two sides to every story...

That's harsh. Was it a Zenit or a Rangers fan? And the Rangers fans were an absolute disgrace!

I'm loving it that Rangers bottled the UEFA cup and now look like losing the title!

[purpleronnie]

Yeah its was all the police's fault.

The police were trying to move the fans back some weren't co-operating, not sure that really proves you're point.

I'm sure there was some heavy handed police but does that justify the terrible scenes...nope.

[poynton blue]

You ARE aware that an organization known as the Irish Republican Army bravely fought off an occupying British force to establish the free nation that is today known as Ireland? You're also aware that the "terrorist" Provo / PIRA that probably fairly deserves your disdain is an entirely seperate entity and that Boys of the Old Brigade is an old Republican war song about fighting the English? If that's bigoted or racist then so is Flower of Scotland, Men of Harlech and any number of old folk songs from these islands.

You're as bad as all the daft journos branding Ken Loach a traitor and a terrorist supporter for making a film about the War of Independence.

You're massively clutching at straws if you think a few blokes singing a folk song is comparable to an army of some two hundred 'Gers fans charging six Manchester policemen. Do you cry every time they sing Fields of Athenry? Get some knowledge before you have a moan, sir.

I am knowledged on the history of Ulster by being born there and "working" out there in the 80s

I have 1st hand experience,and you are right I have distain for Provo/Ira and their supporters (try doing a foot patrol in xmaglen or the falls ) with people trying to blow you up/shoot you not to!!

I have no issue with celtic or their supporters what winds me up is their "romantic" ideal of the struggle...trust me it was never romantic when I was out there

Its the same as any faith/religion that gloryfies violence

What made me bite on this topic is the tar all Rangers fans as thugs etc,I was in Manchester and saw nothing but drunk people enjoying themselves in the sun

Celtic have an element of scum as do Rangers and Leicester fans (the mass brawl in Cov before the away game is typical of Leic fans??) of course not

rant over

[Finnegan]

Yes, but my point is the same people that were trying to shoot at you / blow you up weren't the same people that are celebrated in the Boys of the Old Brigade. I imagine there are a minority of Celtic fans that would support the actions of the PIRA, the same as there are National Front supporting Rangers fans, and both need their heads looked at (though I would suggest the PIRA are considerably less prone to observe skin colour as a point of superiority.)

But the IRA that are celebrated in songs such as the one you linked aren't the terrorists of The Troubles but those that "liberated" Ireland. And the sooner you get that out of your skull and learn to see things with a more open-minded view the sooner you can get back to accepting 90% of Celtic's support are just football fans with a love of the club's culture (which is, like it or loathe it, undeniably rooted in Ireland.)

[Babylon]

More importantly thanks to Rangers ballsing up their 9 point lead in the league i'm gonna miss out on £500.

[Daggers]

Two sides to every story...

Aha - but just before the first picture the bloke taunted the copper with a Powerpoint presentation about how he was going to do his mother up the arse.

And just to rankle him further, he even included some of those crap Powerpoint sound effects beloved by teenagers in schools across the country.

He had that shield battering coming, he really did.

[poynton blue]

Yes, but my point is the same people that were trying to shoot at you / blow you up weren't the same people that are celebrated in the Boys of the Old Brigade. I imagine there are a minority of Celtic fans that would support the actions of the PIRA, the same as there are National Front supporting Rangers fans, and both need their heads looked at (though I would suggest the PIRA are considerably less prone to observe skin colour as a point of superiority.)

But the IRA that are celebrated in songs such as the one you linked aren't the terrorists of The Troubles but those that "liberated" Ireland. And the sooner you get that out of your skull and learn to see things with a more open-minded view the sooner you can get back to accepting 90% of Celtic's support are just football fans with a love of the club's culture (which is, like it or loathe it, undeniably rooted in Ireland.)

Ive tried to be open minded, but I was on patrol in Belfast when the two Int corp guys drove into a republican funeral by mistake and were butchered.

Doing 5 tours in Ulster gives you an insight into the conflict.So saying things like get it out of your skull is a tad patronising

Try going up to the lads coming back from Afganistan and saying they should be more open minded about the Taliban!!!!!

Apologises Finnegan if you have good friends that were victims of the troubles like I have

[Finnegan]

Aha - but just before the first picture the bloke taunted the copper with a Powerpoint presentation about how he was going to do his mother up the arse.

And just to rankle him further, he even included some of those crap Powerpoint sound effects beloved by teenagers in schools across the country.

He had that shield battering coming, he really did.

I laughed.

Ive tried to be open minded, but I was on patrol in Belfast when the two Int corp guys drove into a republican funeral by mistake and were butchered.

Doing 5 tours in Ulster gives you an insight into the conflict.So saying things like get it out of your skull is a tad patronising

Try going up to the lads coming back from Afganistan and saying they should be more open minded about the Taliban!!!!!

Apologises Finnegan if you have good friends that were victims of the troubles like I have

You're still missing the point. I'm not saying you should be more open minded about the PIRA at all. Or the Taliban. Or, I dunno, the KKK or the BNP or the NF or, ****', I dunno the Church of Scientology, PETA, whoever. There are billions of fundamentalist organizations on the planet and I'd preach caution when putting your stock in any of them.

What I'm telling you is that The Irish Republican Army of the the early 1900s was not the organization that killed your friends. And not everyone singing old rebel folk songs wants to blow up "proddies", burn everything remotely Orange and bomb half of England.

[SamL]

They're winning 2-0 away at St. Mirren which still leaves a goal difference of -5 compared to Celtic's.

They've gotta hope for a miracle, I think the title will go to Celtic.

[Ultra]

They're winning 2-0 away at St. Mirren which still leaves a goal difference of -5 compared to Celtic's.

They've gotta hope for a miracle, I think the title will go to Celtic.

Still up for grabs. Celtic may not find it easy at Tannadice on Thursday.

Craig Levein's had a decent record against the old firm this year, losing just one of the last four games (and even that was against 12 men).

[SamL]

Still up for grabs. Celtic may not find it easy at Tannadice on Thursday.

Craig Levein's had a decent record against the old firm this year, losing just one of the last four games (and even that was against 12 men).

That's true.

Rangers are now coasting, 3-0 up at St. Mirren which leaves a goal difference of -4 compared to Celtic.

Rangers have got Aberdeen away on Thursday, that's not easy either.

Anything could still happen I suppose.

[Daggers]

The head of the Football Unit of the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS), Superintendent Adrian Appleby, claimed that the BNP had targeted several football clubs.

He identified Heart of Midlothian, Chelsea, Glasgow Rangers, Blackburn, Burnley and Oxford United.

source

How about a picture of the Nazi-loving, sieg-heiling ****heads?

[DanTheFoxBhoy]

I have 1st hand experience,and you are right I have distain for Provo/Ira and their supporters (try doing a foot patrol in xmaglen or the falls ) with people trying to blow you up/shoot you not to!!

The straightforward answer is to leave Ireland

[poynton blue]

The straightforward answer is to leave Ireland

When the majority want to stay British??? is that democracy

It will never be a united Ireland the South dont want it ,it will cost too much,its just a romantic ideal

[RedHux]

When the majority want to stay British??? is that democracy

It will never be a united Ireland the South dont want it ,it will cost too much,its just a romantic ideal

Do they? Well, with facts like that it makes you wonder what all the fuss was about.

You lot were there originally (not counting Cromwell etc..) to protect the Catholics and were welcomed with open arms.

Saoirse to all.

[DanTheFoxBhoy]

When the majority want to stay British??? is that democracy

The majority being within your manufactured border? Was a single model ever put to the Irish in 1922? I sort of remember reading about a civil war breaking out...

[Ultra]

Anyone who wants to know why Rangers are so reviled should check this site out.

No wonder their fans are known as Scotland's shame.