Message To Fans of English Teams

K-9

henrik7 wrote:

Basically I think that all Irish people should support Celtic as they are a great club with a strong Irish identity. In northern ireland thats the case. They have held onto their Irishness and haven't started supporting teams in a country that used to send its troops over to shoot civilians and intern innocent people.

Go to parkhead and be with your own people. Don't worship England and everything English.

If your so into Irish identity, why don't you support Gaelic Football or Hurling?

Fratton Fred wrote:

Did I see a picture of you outside Croke Park?

Classic! Definition of Muppets!:D

Dave!

You chaps know that because you happen to be Irish doesn't mean that you should be compelled to prop up Irish football, right?

pred racer

Henrik7 wrote:

Basically I think that all Irish people should support Celtic blah, blah, blah.....................................................

Im a prod does that mean I have to support Rangers?
Soccer is a stupid game anyway..

vote for Henrik7 as nob end of the year.:rolleyes:

Guy:Incognito

DaveMcG wrote:

You chaps know that because you happen to be Irish doesn't mean that you should be compelled to prop up Irish football, right?

Oh you've done it now. You gone and poked the bear (militant Eircom league fans) with a stick.

Did you not know that Padraig Pearse put a little section at the bottom, obliging everyone to follow LOI football.:)

Pherekydes

Stekelly wrote:

Did you not know that Padraig Pearse put a little section at the bottom, obliging everyone to follow LOI football.:)

Ha! It quite clearly says "...and support your local GAA club and your own county in the Championships, unless it's Dublin, in which case find out where your Mother or Father were born and support one of those. Do not, under any circumstances, support foreign games or waste your money travelling to the Great Satan (the UK) to watch sacair."

Steez

Ipswich United ftw!

Pigman II

There is a huge amount of bigotry in scotland

And a fair amount of it attributable to Celtic supporters.

DesF wrote:

Or support clubs in Ireland, with an ACTUAL Irish identity.

Real life Irish clubs. Not some tinpot sham from Glasgow, pretending to be Irish with their green and white hoops, Shamrocks and all that other bollix.

Couldn't have put it better.

Alternatively I actively encourage people here to support ManU or Liverpool rather than "Keltic" as at least they then can't delude themselves that they are supporting an Irish team.

Zebra3

Pigman II wrote:

Alternatively I actively encourage people here to support ManU or Liverpool rather than "Keltic" as at least they then can't delude themselves that they are supporting an Irish team.

Sadly, many of them do. Bringing our national flag to their games with the name of their British club written on it as if their foreign club is in some way representing our country.

"I follow Man Uniret cos they have great Oirish connections" is some of the usual crap you hear. :rolleyes:

I don't see the Nou Camp full of Swiss flags.....

Pepe LeFrits

Go Go Globalisation!

Pherekydes

Zebra3 wrote:

Bringing our national flag to their games with the name of their British club written on it as if their foreign club is in some way representing our country.

Writing on the national flag should be made a criminal offence.

from the office of an Taoiseach wrote:

An Bhratach Náisiúnta

The National Flag

Guidelines for use of the National Flag

Respect for the National Flag

Practices to avoid

17 The National Flag should never be defaced by placing slogans, logos, lettering or pictures of any kind on it, for example at sporting events.

18 The National Flag should not be draped on cars, trains, boats or other modes of transport; it should not be carried flat, but should always be carried aloft and free, except when used to drape a coffin; on such an occasion, the green should be at the head of the coffin

19 Care should be taken at all times to ensure that the National Flag does not touch the ground, trail in water or become entangled in trees or other obstacles.

K-9

Slow coach wrote:

Ha! It quite clearly says "...and support your local GAA club and your own county in the Championships, unless it's Dublin, in which case find out where your Mother or Father were born and support one of those.

Great idea that one, still carries on today except for a few mad Dubs!

Capt'n Midnight

DaveMcG wrote:

You chaps know that because you happen to be Irish doesn't mean that you should be compelled to prop up Irish football, right?

prop , rugby ?

Steez

Steez wrote:

Ipswich United ftw!

New one on me? I used to live near Ipswich and supported Ipswich Town FC in the 70's. Happy days

Then the money ran out and they've been crap ever since.:(

HammerHeadGym

Henrik7 wrote:

...There is a huge amount of bigotry in scotland...

And in this thread.

philstar

so what the OP is basically saying is.....if you're irish and catholic you should be supporting Celtic.

Well not me.......i don't want anything to do with that "narrowminded sectarian club" 90% of they're supporters are bigots. (ooh ahh up the ra and all that)

they represent a brand of extreme irish nationalism which i find a turn off, especially in this day and age.

anyway i bet most of they're glaswegian supporters have never stepped foot in ireland