Irish peoples Default team = Celtic?

DaithiSurfer · 12-06-2003 11:23am #1

What the f$ck is it with irish people that they MUST support Celtic.
WOrse than that EVERY irish person according to them MUST also support celtic.
**** even your dog has to support Celtic.
And then you HAVE to boo every ex rangers player on the planet.
Can a rangers supporter walk around Dublin with a rangers shirt?
Do people just need someone to hate?
By the way i support neither team, just making a point.

God , i'ld love to see Celtic and rangers merge into one team, just to watch and see what the poor supporters(robots) do with themselves.

s8n · 12-06-2003 11:39am

[sarcasm]aaaaammmmmm good point there.....especially loved the ranger/celtic one team idea [/sarcasm]

DaithiSurfer · 12-06-2003 12:18pm

i guess you're a celtic supporter then

s8n · 12-06-2003 12:38pm

I am indeed.
I think this has been blown out of proportion. I personally would'nt take part in what happened last nite but it's a part of football I'm afraid. Things like this will never change, it's probably a unique enough situation because of the whole irish/celtic connection.

DaithiSurfer · 12-06-2003 1:10pm

I don't even notice the kind of stuff that happened last night anymore, but i do find it very strange that irish people seem to support celtic as a national pasttime.
Ever see the rough looking bald guy in the city centre with the Rowweiler.
He wears his celtic shirt and his dog wears one too.

KdjaCL · 12-06-2003 1:41pm

I think thats his girlfreind.

kdjac

s8n · 12-06-2003 2:00pm

Thats me.

TwoShedsJackson · 12-06-2003 3:05pm

Originally posted by DaithiSurfer

Can a rangers supporter walk around Dublin with a rangers shirt?
Do people just need someone to hate?

Of course you can, the question is should you, to which the answer is most definitely no. Because there are a lot of morons out there who do need something to hate, and Rangers will do nicely.

I don't support Celtic, mainly because their standard of football is crap, and the league they play in is $hite. If they played to a good standard in La Liga or Serie A it might be a different matter

But I certainly won't take the 'you're Irish so you must support Celtic because some Irish guy founded them in 1888' argument.

BKtje · 12-06-2003 4:20pm

I find scottish football monotonous and boring and therefore dont suppot any team up there. I might watch Celtic play in Europe and probably prefer them over Rangers (prob just cos almost everyone here seems too).

Then again im only half irish so only the passing interest is all thats expected.

Sledge · 12-06-2003 4:55pm

Originally posted by DaithiSurfer
I don't even notice the kind of stuff that happened last night anymore, but i do find it very strange that irish people seem to support celtic as a national pasttime.
Ever see the rough looking bald guy in the city centre with the Rowweiler.
He wears his celtic shirt and his dog wears one too.

I dare you to go up to the rottweiler and tell him what you think of his football team!

cournioni · 12-06-2003 5:30pm

Eircom League > SPL.

mike65 · 12-06-2003 5:48pm

Originally posted by PORNAPSTER
Eircom League > SPL.

Nah, the EL is much better!

BKtje · 12-06-2003 5:52pm

/me ponders if mike got it or if hes just emphasizing the point

Johnny Gomez · 12-06-2003 5:54pm

I have to agree that its just going to be a part of the game. But hey at least we're not like other fans. We don't throw things onto the pitch which some people do when the other team score a goal ffs.

cournioni · 12-06-2003 5:54pm

Originally posted by mike65
Nah, the EL is much better!

Thats what I mean.

SPL < EL.

mike65 · 12-06-2003 5:56pm

Sorry Porna! I thought > was a typo as in =

Mike.

cournioni · 12-06-2003 5:57pm

Originally posted by mike65
Sorry Porna! I thought > was a typo as in =

Mike.

I don't make those mistakes!

AngelofFire · 12-06-2003 8:59pm

Yes i dont think its a case of having to support celtic if ur irish. its more ya have to be catholic to be irish which is a load of sh1te in my opinion. wearing a celtic shirt is an expression of catholicism which is a misplaced form of nationalism. i was appauled at the number of ppl booing shota arvaladze merely because he was playing for rangers. you dont see mee booing kenny cunningham on the basis that he plays for birmingham(im a villa fan), celtic are a crap team and the spl is just a joke.

Sledge · 12-06-2003 9:13pm

Originally posted by AngelofFire
(im a villa fan), celtic are a crap team and the spl is just a joke.

They're a hell of a lot better than poxy Villa.

And your argument is ridiculous - Kenny Cunningham plays for YOUR team, Arveladze is an opposition player.

eyerer · 12-06-2003 10:14pm

Originally posted by mike65
Nah, the EL is much better!

so you think st. pats or shelbourne would beat hearts by a few goals then?
i doubt it, hearts beat celtic a month or 2 ago

i'd agree that celtic are better than villa

cournioni · 12-06-2003 11:11pm

Originally posted by eyerer
so you think st. pats or shelbourne would beat hearts by a few goals then?
i doubt it, hearts beat celtic a month or 2 ago

i'd agree that celtic are better than villa

I think St. Pats or Shelbourne probably could easily beat Hearts by a few goals. What Irish team's knocked Hibs and Aberdeen out of the UEFA cup a few years ago?

MrBigglesworth · 13-06-2003 1:01am

What I find scary and quite bizarre is "You'll never walk alone" being played at an Irish International.

Sundy · 13-06-2003 9:38am

Originally posted by eyerer

i'd agree that celtic are better than villa

maybe this season but certainly not before. Why does alan thompson a villa reject get his game at celtic? Because there football is a lower standard that the premiership! simple

Believe me thompson was brutal at villa!

gandalf · 13-06-2003 9:52am

Originally posted by MrBigglesworth
What I find scary and quite bizarre is "You'll never walk alone" being played at an Irish International.

I think I remember George Hamilton saying it was requested by Damien Duff, the poor lad was probably giving Liverpool a subtle hint that he doesn't want to play for Scum next season

Gandalf.

SprostonGreen · 13-06-2003 9:54am

Originally posted by gandalf
I think I remember George Hamilton saying it was requested by Damien Duff, the poor lad was probably giving Liverpool a subtle hint that he doesn't want to play for Scum next season

Gandalf.

There hasnt been any mention of him moving to Leeds.

eyerer · 13-06-2003 4:16pm

Originally posted by PORNAPSTER
I think St. Pats or Shelbourne probably could easily beat Hearts by a few goals. What Irish team's knocked Hibs and Aberdeen out of the UEFA cup a few years ago?

i don't know, but hibs or aberdeen aren't as good as hearts, who are consistently the best team outside the old firm

i like the idea of irish football being better than scottish, but it seems a little unlikely to me, for some reason

sure villa were better a few years back, but 30 years ago celtic were probably better
anyway, villa look pretty terrible now, bottom half of the table?

i don't really think it was duff that has been requesting you'll never walk alone

lol sproston:p

MrJoeSoap · 13-06-2003 8:32pm

What about those morons who purposely wear Celtic jerseys to Ireland matches? ITS NOT THE SAME THING !!! The booing of rangers and ex-rangers players is absolutely pathetic. The whole Rangers/Celtic thing is apparently a religious thing, but I can almost guarantee you that 90% of the fans of either side never go to church. Personally, I hate Scottish football, and I await the day the league eventually folds and the "Big Two" have nowhere to play.

Irish peoples Default team = Celtic?

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