Fan rivalry, tribalism

Gavin "shels" · 13-04-2008 03:19AM

estebancambias wrote: »

I agree they are culturally an Irish club

Founded by an Irishman, lets have a party sure. British club, playing in Scotland and owned by an English PLC.:rolleyes:

A Dub in Glasgo · 13-04-2008 09:24AM

Founded by Irishmen for the benefit of the Irish immigrant community in Glasgow. Celtic has evolved into something more than just a football club. When this is related about a certain giant of La Liga, everybody drools over it. When related about Celtic, some people [here] seem to go ape **** and denigrate the club, it's history, it's tradition and it's fans & supporters. This is especially true of some of the eL mafia who appear to have a chip the size of Ireland on both shoulders regarding peoples choice of team they like to support.

Celtic is a Scottish club with Irish roots, playing in Glasgow and owned by shareholders.

Dub13 · 13-04-2008 11:45AM

invincibleirish wrote: »

I hate Manchester & Liverpool, as towns despite lots of *re-generation* they sre still what they are, north of England urban holes, apoligies if you are from there but they are really dreary! London FTW!

Some people myself included are the opposite and hate London.

Collie D · 13-04-2008 12:34PM

Dub13 wrote: »

Some people myself included are the opposite and hate London.

I'm with you on that. Cockneys tend to rub me up the wrong way. North of England ftw

Eirebear · 13-04-2008 02:00PM

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

Founded by Irishmen for the benefit of the Irish immigrant community in Glasgow. .

And was sold to publicans less than a year later.........

I dont have an issue with celtic in general celebrating its Irish roots.
But it is far from an irish club, and the majority of fans couldnt find the country on a map....yet claim to be Irish make me laugh.

Dub13 · 13-04-2008 02:25PM

Eirebear wrote: »

But it is far from an irish club, and the majority of fans couldnt find the country on a map....yet claim to be Irish make me laugh.

I am no Celtic lover but this is an exaggeration if I ever saw one.

Sherifu · 13-04-2008 02:26PM

Tauren wrote: »

So, first off, can you understand why anyone would despise another person purely based on the team they support? Do you feel that way yourself?

No, I find it very stupid tbh.

lordgoat · 13-04-2008 02:57PM

Sherifu wrote: »

No, I find it very stupid tbh.

+1 to this.

As stupid as living in the past and hating england for all it stood for! Ridiculous, grow up and move on.

Eirebear · 13-04-2008 03:13PM

Dub13 wrote: »

I am no Celtic lover but this is an exaggeration if I ever saw one.

yes it is Dub...you tend to find that expressions such as that are exagerations.
Just for your benefit ill keep things literal from now on ok?

shane86 · 13-04-2008 03:16PM

Gavin shels wrote: »

Founded by an Irishman, lets have a party sure. British club, playing in Scotland and owned by an English PLC.:rolleyes:

Going by that logic any EL club founded before independance was technically a British football club pre 1922. As for the English PLC, Chelsea, Man Utd, Man City, Liverpool, Derby, Sunderland, all clubs which are fully or largely non English owned.

Eirebear wrote: »

I dont have an issue with celtic in general celebrating its Irish roots.
But it is far from an irish club, and the majority of fans couldnt find the country on a map....yet claim to be Irish make me laugh.

:rolleyes: Do your Celtic mates know you have this big of a chip on your shoulder about them?

Seeing as one of the gers supporters clubs in Dublin is called Behind Enemy Lines, it seems to me the blues identify Celtic as Irish at least as much as Celtic fans themselves, maybe even more so.

I dont religiously follow the SPL. In fact, I dont follow it at all really. But I do like to see Celtic give it a good whack in Europe and I always back them against whoever they are playing.

Why? Because as Billy McNeill said, they are an Irish club who happen to be based in Scotland.

Dub13 · 13-04-2008 04:00PM

Eirebear wrote: »

yes it is Dub...you tend to find that expressions such as that are exagerations.
Just for your benefit ill keep things literal from now on ok?

Good man.

Eirebear · 13-04-2008 04:17PM

shane86 wrote: »

:rolleyes: Do your Celtic mates know you have this big of a chip on your shoulder about them?

My Celtic supporting mates know that i despise the club they support yes.....does that make me a bad person? :rolleyes:

shane86 wrote: »

Seeing as one of the gers supporters clubs in Dublin is called Behind Enemy Lines, it seems to me the blues identify Celtic as Irish at least as much as Celtic fans themselves, maybe even more so.

The gers supporters club is actually called the Dublin Loyal RSC, the Behind Enemy Lines banner came from a newspaper report on them in one of the Irish daily newspapers.....

shane86 wrote: »

Why? Because as Billy McNeill said, they are an Irish club who happen to be based in Scotland.

:rolleyes::rolleyes: And Billy McNeil happened to be an Irishman who happened to be born, lived, worked, retired and represented Scotland too yeah?

Dub13 wrote: »

Good man.

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