My Story, View and Passion on Celtic FC.

Big Innes · Oct 5, 2011

Superb stuff mate.

This should be pinned up on the dressing room at CP to show the team the sort of fans they are playing for...and what heart and passion really is!

DutchCelticFan · Oct 5, 2011

Brilliant mate absolutely brilliant.

leeso-ardoyne · Oct 5, 2011

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Aged 10

I'm upstairs playing on the PlayStation 1, Celtic are playing Rangers, I'm 100% Sunderland through and through, why am I feeling nervous? I'm only 10, I have no direct link to Celtic? I hear 5 of my Dad's mates swear, I chuckle to myself, I don't want to go down stairs, I get all shy! I hear the TV commentary getting louder, this can only mean one thing....Rangers are attacking with menace, I hear the cries of devastation as Rangers take the lead, I smack the wall, but then get annoyed with myself, Mark, your from Sunderland, you've been to Sunderland games since you were 7 years of age, your older mates tell you all Celtic fans hate English people, if I were there now, I would get told to * off by the Celtic people I was told by older people, but I still feel passionate!

More swearing is unleashed by the blokes downstairs, I hear them shout "Go on, GO ON, GO ON" I hear Agathe, that can only me one thing, he must be attacking them with pace down the flank, I sit on the stair case, I watch the TV from an angle through the mirror, I see Hartson get his head on it....It's like slow motion, for one second the room is silent, you can hear a pin drop.........

That one second of silence is broke by the screams of full grown men, kissing eachother, I'm not keeping this back, I burst into the room grabbing the first bloke I saw, hugging him, he lifts me into the sky, nearly drops me, I don't care, nothing else matters at this moment, Celtic have scored! I watch my Dad kick a full can of Beer over the new carpet, this means my Mother will have his guts for garters when she comes in, I still don't care!!!

I knew then there was something in this, for years I had hid my emotions, too hard for people to accept, "Why Celtic" people would ask me, I couldn't answer them, I just knew when they lost, I would hurt, Sunderland lost I was annoyed, Celtic lost my world was over

Aged 14

My Love for Celtic was now growing into a passion, I attended my first game, terrified people would hate me, they didn't, they took me in and embraced me as a Hoop, they didn't question me, they included me in the conversation, I impressed people with my knowledge, I watch us beat Motherwell 2-0, I loved every minute, I had my first proper drink, I drink a small glass of Fosters when my Dad was talking to his mates, I hate the taste, but I look around, everyone else is drinking it, if I wan't to be a Hoop, I need to do this! I down it, instantly wanting to feel drunk, I feel sick, I stick to the Coke!

Aged 17

I'm into my 3rd season ticket with Sunderland, I get the scores from Celtic from my mates, I'm now 100% commited to the Celtic cause, Celtic are playing Man United in the champions league, my friends at College are loving the prospect of Rooney sticking 5 past Boruc, I keep quiet, I let them think what they want, I've been asked to write a essay about something I love, without thinking, I've already typed my first word, Celtic........ I've been in the room 4 hours, I look around at people struggling, I see people with 1 page, I'm on page 8, I'm nowhere near done, I've gone through the Lisbon Lions, I've talked about the role the players play on the pitch, I've talked about the passion Scottish people have for their clubs, The pure hatred between Rangers and Celtic, I'm telling them about a certain Larsson, Naka, I even write a pre-match report on what I think will be the team's tonight, we were playing Man United, we needed a win to qualify, Celtic, in the final 8 of the Champions League, it all seemed too much, I wanted the game to come, I didn't want it to come, because then it could all end so badly, does anyone know the feeling? I'm shaking watching the TV, I hear YNWA and I'm not joking, I felt like crying, I was going against my own country, I was a Scottish fan, I just wanted to beat Man United, Man U, so much more wealth, better quality players but they knew walking on that pitch, it was 90 minutes of war, War it was.

I remember watching Naka score THAT free kick, I didn't move from my seat, I didn't think it was in, I actually checked the linesman, it's offside, how can it be offside you plonker, WE'VE * SCORED!!!! IT'S A BEAUTY!!! WE CAN DO IT! That night, watching Saha miss the penatly, it was meant to be, I went to bed, I never got to sleep.

Now

I watch us on Sunday, I see a football team with good footballers, but no real communication, I don't see a scrap of passion, I see players who are playing for themselves, not for the team, I see the SPL hit a state of desperation, I see Celtic slide 10 points below Rangers, I see a team who just don't have that fight in them required for this league, I come on TalkCeltic, I read the comments, I get a sense of comfort knowing other people feel the same, I then feel for the poor fans who made the journey, some probably couldn't even afford to go but did what they had to do to get the tickets, they have more passion for the team than what the whole team did put together.

I sit down in this very chair, I think events over in my head, I come back on TalkCeltic despite having only just signed off, I go through more comments, I see people already giving up, that was hard to see, I come out with knee * comments to my family, "Sack Lenny" "Maj isn't good enough for St Mirren" "I'm not sure I can go through this anymore, maybe I should just stick to what I know, Sunderland".....
I then feel guilty, like having said something to your Mother that you can't take back, I then feel sick and depressed, the passion is still burning strong in my stomach.
Maybe I supported Celtic at the wrong times, I saw Celtic get to the UEFA cup final, I watched us beat Liverpool at Anfield, I saw us beat Milan, Man Utd, Juventus, I saw us at a great time, I'm not used to seeing things this bleak, I suppose that makes me the lucky one eh?

I then see something that changes everything, I go in a bar in Sunderland by myself, I buy a pint of Carling, I sit down with every intention of feeling sorry for myself with my pint alone, I see a man look over at me, I see him wearing a Celtic scarf, we get talking and he tell's me he has been going to games for over 40 years, he's saw it all, the good times and the bad, this is a man who lives in a council house, he told me he would happily give up eating for two days to watch us play, I admire him, I ask's him what he thinks about this current situation, he replies with something almost identical to this...

"Son, it doesn't matter, we are Celtic, we'll bounce back, it might be next week, it might be next year, If we give them * a fight this season, I'll be happy with that, your so young, you have so many good times ahead of you, you will see us reach another European Final, you will see us scoring a last minute winner against them, you become a stronger person watching Celtic go through bad times, if anything, it makes you a better supporter"

It's only 10 points, it's not 20, they draw a couple off the belt we've made it half the difference already, we can do this, it's not over, we are Celtic FC, we will bounce back. If that man, who lives in Sunderland with me, can support the team with limited money and nobody to go to the games with, surely we don't have an excuse for supporting the team and not turning our back on Lenny.

I'll moan every time we lose, I'll make silly statements in anger, I'll say things I don't mean, but me, and everyone reading this I imagine, have that Fire in our stomach, this will keep with us until the day we die, that passion is good, it's what makes us so unique, we are footballing fans, we are Celtic nothing will ever break that pure love.

Hope you've all enjoyed my Story, from the Heart I suppose, just felt I had to share with you all.

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I agree and its something that i always tell our supporters, we'll be back and i still believe that we will win the league this year.

Senna s1979 · Oct 5, 2011

Superb stuff OP.

pLUSpISTOL · Oct 5, 2011

So glad you posted this!

Harry Caray · Oct 5, 2011

* sonnnnn, nearly brought a tear to my eye, excellent post !

Liam Scales · Oct 5, 2011

Quality mate

The Legend Of Lubo · Oct 5, 2011

Great post mate :icon_mrgreen:

boylebhoy95 · Oct 5, 2011

Absolutely brilliant markeyboy!

A joy to read

oranBhoy · Oct 5, 2011

great post markey !

& while i dont share your optimism for this season or faith in Lennon one thing i do know is that we WILL be back & ill NEVER turn my back on Celtic Football Club!!!

Jamesy Bhoy 7 · Oct 5, 2011

* great post mate

AnthonyBhoy · Oct 5, 2011

amazing , thats what celtic and the celtic family are all about

POST OF THE YEAR

mls1 · Oct 5, 2011

Great, Great post, Breathtaking.

CelticBhoyDavid · Oct 5, 2011

Lost for words here and all I can really say is absolutely superb post

SO good to read a thread full of positivity like this instead of the "sack Lennon" types of posts that have been coming up everywhere in the last couple of weeks.

Hail Hail

Vic the Brick · Oct 5, 2011

Hail Hail Mark.

A very good read. Hits' so many buttons. Makes you proud of Celtic.

BelfastCelt88 · Oct 5, 2011

Thats better than the Al Picino speech.

One of the best posts if not the best I've ever seen on this forum Marky.

Hail Hail

Ferry1888 · Oct 5, 2011

incredible post that encaptures the passion that Celtic FC instills of millions of people

all we need now if for every player to read it and get inspired to turn this round

well done mate

limerickcelt · Oct 5, 2011

mboyle181_123 said: ↑

Superb stuff mate.

This should be pinned up on the dressing room at CP to show the team the sort of fans they are playing for...and what heart and passion really is!
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Totally agree with this
Great post Markey

Callum McGregor · Oct 5, 2011

Incredible post. It's really cheered me up. Hail hail!

cantgetenough07 · Oct 5, 2011

Incredible post pal, when tims start calling for lenny to resign they should do exactly what you just done, take a wee trip down memory lane, realise we are celtic and we will bounce back, and am confident lenny will be the man to make us bounce back hail hail!!

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