Scottish football

[Disgruntledgoat]

To be fair, I remember when Celtic got beat by Inverness in that Semi-Final and their fans online were falling over themselves saying that the ref was a Rangers fan who had deliberately robbed them. They then campaigned to get the player who handled the ball banned from the Final, and almost succeeded

Also when Celtic were in the same group with Leipzig and Salzburg in the Europa League they were convinced that Salzburg were going to down tools and let Leipzig win, thus knocking Celtic out, even though everyone else was pointing out that Salzburg would love the chance to stick it to Leipzig because of Austrian/German rivalry. It'd be like Aberdeen letting Spurs win so that someone like Malmo could go through

So yeah, these Rangers fans are nuts, but lets not pretend that such stuff is limited just to them. As with most cases with The Old Firm, both sides of it are home to some absolute nutters who will see any defeat or difficult situation as part of a grander conspiracy to help the other side win at their expense

It's just another part of the Old Firm soap opera that makes those of us who happen to support other sides sometimes just wish they'd both bog off

So much this. Rangers are eminently more dislikable than Celtic, but both fans have their lunatic fringe convinced the world is against them.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

It’s true to say as a club Rangers were historically more bigoted (no catholic player until Mo Johnston).

When it comes to fans though, I can’t spesk from a Scottish perspective on the Auld firm, but from a “northern” Irish perspective (which is a lot more extreme than the Scots, and up until recent memory was deadly), fans of both sides from here are culpable in regard to bigotry. Wear a Rangers jersey down a certain street, you will get a kicking, Celtic jersey down a certain street, you will get a kicking. I went to a catholic school, owned a Celtic jersey, and in the first 18 years of my life I never knowingly spoke to a Protestant (I’m sure I did, but I never knew it). We lived in a backward cave, two tribes, flags placed to mark our territory. Rangers and Celtic was just an extension of this tribalism.

Stena used to ask your postcode when you booked to go on the boat during the football season, so they could segregate the sailings.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

So much this. Rangers are eminently more dislikable than Celtic, but both fans have their lunatic fringe convinced the world is against them.

With that said, this remains the gold standard of Old Firm Paranoia

 

[Connor]

With that said, this remains the gold standard of Old Firm Paranoia

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Still the absolute best part of that

 

[The Celtic View]

With that said, this remains the gold standard of Old Firm Paranoia

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The best thing about that chart is they just lobbed people, and companies, in there with even the most tenuous links, as evidence to back up their claims of corruption, but ignored a secretary of the SFA deliberately holding up the transfer of a player, Jorge Cadete, until after a Scottish Cup semi-final against Rangers and a former president of the SFA Campbell Ogilvie knowing a member club, Rangers, had illegal, in football rules, side contracts but said nothing about it.

Apparently that doesn't count as corruption!

 

[The Celtic View]

Stena used to ask your postcode when you booked to go on the boat during the football season, so they could segregate the sailings.

lol

I'm never buying one of their stairlifts again, EVER! I would rather walk up the stairs.

 

[The Celtic View]

So much this. Rangers are eminently more dislikable than Celtic, but both fans have their lunatic fringe convinced the world is against them.

I would say Celtic used to be more popular down south in the past, especially within the Irish communities, but this rising right wing, Brexiteer, generation hate Celtic, and side with The Rangers.

 

[Connor]

Go on the Hibs

 

[Connor]

Go on the Hibs

Booooo

 

[gonetomorrow]

Hibs threw everyone behind the ball second half but it proved to be a mistake in the end. Gutsy encounter though.

 

[blueloon]

Just in and defrosting after a sparkling February night of Highland League Cup Football, Buckie Thistle v the Broch. 8pm kick off and after 19 mins you just knew it was going to extra time, sure enough 0-0 after 90 mins. A brief flurry of two goals in the first 15 mins of extra time and it was 1-1...... and again you just knew the night would be prolonged by going to penalties. Happily Buckie won 5-4 with perfect penalties , and march on into the semi finals, yet another team in green and white hoops doing the business tonight

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Was hoping we'd hold on

Sadly not to be

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

 

[Seathestars]

Kenny Miller retires, I thought he was abar 80 odd