Celtic Supporters Thread (contains GB chat)

Do Barcelona get fined??

My point - getting the club fined is unnecessary.

And for a club without money reputation is everything.

 

Celtic Family.

Greatest fans in the World.

Birthday card pish.

 

I thought about posting similar to that earlier, can't remember if i did or not because i thought it sounded daft but it's so true.

This is a good time to be a Celtic supporter with the success and * but strangely the 90s was much more fun for actually attending matches.

 

Think you've hit the nail on the head mate, I'm in a fan group but I call it Celtic Supporters. I have no need to be different from the rest.

As for plastic chants are you the one who decides this or is there a book I can refer to?

Keep politics to the politicians and move . Noticed I didn't have to use bold text once to make a point.

 

Child.

You said it was hard to see where Celtic fans should go.

Tynecastle. Where the team goes.

You ought to know that.

 

Some of the stuff being posted in this thread is laughable to be honest.

In my opinion, the Green Brigade were in the wrong, they knew the club would get in trouble for it but they did it anyway and they have done it time and time again, it needs to stop. They gave the club assurances and didn't stick to them.

What I'm not happy with also is that Celtic pick and choose what is politically acceptable and what is not. They go on about "no form of political expression", so will the IndyBhoys be banned from Celtic Park then? You can't play Let the People Sing and then tell them what they can't sing. They need to come out and say what is and what isn't allowed. Last night's banner shouldn't be allowed, it doesn't have anything to do with spurring the team onto victory against AC Milan.

 

Great argument mate, won that one hands down.

 

Green Brigade Statement <hr style="color:#009900; background-color:#009900" size="1"> As a member of Fans Against Criminalisation the Green Brigade are fully committed to highlighting, challenging and tackling the systemised campaign of criminalisation and harassment - orchestrated by the Scottish Government and implemented by Police Scotland - against the Celtic support.

At the risk of covering old ground, the Scottish Government are responsible for drafting and implementing a ridiculous piece of legislation which, through their own admission, aims to make the arrest figures between both sides of the Glasgow divide even – regardless of the act or crime in question. In practice, for the Celtic support this has resulted in expressions of Irish identity, culture and politics being deemed illegal.

One prominent example is the criminalisation of the song ‘Roll of Honour’ which is a lament commemorating ten Irish martyrs who died on hunger strike in Long Kesh in 1981. These men died primarily fighting the criminalisation of themselves and their struggle in a bid to be recognised as political prisoners. Now, in Scotland, it is deemed illegal to remember and honour their sacrifice. The number of fans being charged for doing so continually rises as Police Scotland continues to film and harass our support at every turn.

On Saturday 23rd November we highlighted the sheer hypocrisy of the legislation with a simple banner display. On the 10th minute and 81st minute a banner of the letter H was unveiled while ‘Roll of Honour’ was sung. Alongside this banner appeared two further banners containing the following lyric from the Scottish national anthem: ‘they fought and died for; their wee bit hill and glen’.

Similarly, on Tuesday 26th November we unveiled another banner display to further our point and emphasise the Scottish Government’s hypocrisy. At this match two banners depicting a Scottish and an Irish freedom fighter were shown along with the slogan: ‘the terrorist or the dreamer; the savage of the brave? Depends whose vote you’re trying to catch or whose face you’re trying to save’. The statement being made was that it is both hypocritical and discriminatory to celebrate the Scottish nationalist struggle while criminalising the Irish nationalist struggle. Ultimately, due to the subjective nature of what anyone may deem ‘offensive’, it is both dangerous and absurd to create a law based upon offensiveness.

The Green Brigade are disappointed by the statement made by Celtic Football Club in regards to this incident. The Club’s statement claims that we assured them that our display would be purely football related but that in fact it had nothing to do with football. In reality however what was assured to them was that our plans were completely relative to Celtic and indeed football. Given that it is Celtic fans who are filling up prison cells and court rooms because of the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act, and the manner in which it criminalises legitimate expression of political opinion, this display could not have been more relevant in the current context. The fans are the lifeblood of any football club and to deem fan issues as irrelevant is frankly disgraceful.

While we understand and sympathise fully with fans who may disagree with the timing of last night’s display we are honest enough to admit that the timing was of no coincidence. This act has been in place for over 18 months yet the club have offered next to no support to the fans on this matter. As a group we were told that Celtic Football Club would publicly support the fans on this issue. Regrettably, this has not transpired in spite of the fact that public pressure could have had a telling impact on the Justice Committee as they discussed the possibility of an early review of the act.

It is our opinion that the level of apathy from Celtic PLC towards the criminalisation of their supporters is unforgivable. We find their accusation of the Green Brigade disrespecting the club to be completely ironic and totally laughable when we consider the level of disrespect they have repeatedly shown to their supporters for far too long - never mind the desecrating of our Club's proud history and values with the firm objection to implementing the 'living wage'.

Whilst the Club may wish to wash their hands of pressing fan issues we will not falter in our attempts to challenge the injustice of this legislation nor how Police Scotland implements it. As the number of Celtic fans banned from games continues to grow and the court cases and all additional baggage piles up we will stand by them, we will stand with the Celtic support and as always we will defend our right to cultural and political expression.

Until the last rebel

 

Rangers' 20+ yrs of blatant&consistent cheating damaged Celtic more than any banner displayed at CP. Has Lawwell ever made comment on that?

 

90's was far better no wanks in the support

 

RIP Celtic.

 

Does irony not exist in Switzerland? Let me get this straight; the GB made a banner saying that there is a fine (infact often non-existant) line between terrorist and hero, and that by merely pointing out this natural hypocrisy one is at risk of the law - and UEFA fined them for it?!?!?


Jesus christ.

No *, it's not exactly a secret.
Everyone these days - football clubs, politicians, media - just want to appeal to that illusive "middle ground". The middle man, average joe. So no too far to the left or right. Nothing naughty. Or even slightly nearly almost semi-naughty.

 

What has Barcelona got to do with it?

That is Xavi, one of the greatest players ever to play the game, 7 times La Liga winner, 3 time Copa del Rey winner, 3 times Champions League winner, World Cup Winner, 2 times European Championship winner, 2 time UEFA Supercup Champion, 2 time Club World Cup champion praising us for our political beliefs.

The exact same beliefs that were displayed last night, which Xavi is referring to.

Only in Scotland would you get this * nonsense.

 

You know fine well what I meant, but you tried to be funny, and knowing your previous on similar issues I have no time for you making light of a serious issue.

The banner was to do with supporting celtic, it was to do with people being criminalised for doing just that.

 

That was a great contribution towards the debate, congratulations on really putting your point across there, well done.

 

Some of the offended should read that

 

Time for the Green Brigade to be kicked out of CP .
last nights stupidity was a step too far .
More bad publicity for the club and no doubt another fine . Its time these people grew up or just get out of Celtic park as their stupid actions are no longer funny .