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Ive got a bit of a semi....(Uefa Cup)
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I will defend to the very end the right for a British team to sing rule britannia at a game on British soil.
How is this less acceptable to people from Ireland, who could easily listen to Celtic, many of whom have never set foot in Ireland, fans sing Amhran na bhFiann, in english with bastardized lyrics?
EB, he never said it was less acceptable. He just said he switched channel when he heard it. Personally I believe they can sing what they want so long as it's not blatantly sectarian, and TBH I'm immune to Rangers songs at this stage - it doesn't bother me in the slightest. I've sung along to Follow Follow once or twice, just like WGS.
I agree though that the English version of the Irish national anthem is puke, wish Celtic supporters wouldn't sing it. If they did, wish they'd sing it as Gaelige.
I do think it's funny how so many fans can sing GSTQ when they hate England though. How can they hate England, but love the Queen?
Mind you, they call us "tattie munchers" but have billboards advertising potatoes all over Ibrox and (presumably) enjoy spuds in all their varied forms themselves, so I guess double-standards are part of the Rangers mindset.
Would love to know the lyrics for the bastardized Fields of Athenry though - have you got them?0 -
EB, he never said it was less acceptable. He just said he switched channel when he heard it. Personally I believe they can sing what they want so long as it's not blatantly sectarian, and TBH I'm immune to Rangers songs at this stage - it doesn't bother me in the slightest. I've sung along to Follow Follow once or twice, just like WGS.
I agree though that the English version of the Irish national anthem is puke, wish Celtic supporters wouldn't sing it. If they did, wish they'd sing it as Gaelige.
I do think it's funny how so many fans can sing GSTQ when they hate England though. How can they hate England, but love the Queen? Mind you, they call us "tattie munchers" but have billboards advertising potatoes all over Ibrox and (presumably) enjoy spuds in all their varied forms themselves, so I guess double-standards are part of the Rangers mindset.
Would love to know the lyrics for the bastardized Fields of Athenry though - have you got them?
I know what he said Paul, and i wasnt really having a go at him as such...just pointing out the double standards that many Celtic fans use.
(Its disgusting that you fly a Union Jack at Ibrox!)
Im fairly immune to Celtic songs myself, I worked in a"Celtic minded" pub in glasgow for a couple of years and would regularly find myself walking home whistling "The Celtic Way" :mad:
I dont tend to look on the Fields of Athenry as a Celtic song TBH, as for the bastardized version i take it you mean Fathers Advice?
Its not a song i know the lyrics of, as the ones i do know offend me, but im sure i can find them.
Ill PM them to you when i do.
As for Tattie Munchers, Meh! its nothing more than a bit of banter IMO.
Lets face it, plenty of scots went to Canada in order to pick tatties for a living......they became known as bluenoses!0 -
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Bump!
Here we go again, Rangers european adventure continues, and if anyone feel like talking about it here ya go. (It can also be used for anyone wishing nasty injuries on players or even hoping they "die in their sleep" as the song suggests
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Im a big bag of nerves once more, thomson should be back in midfield which is a massive boost, but i dont know how this one will go.
If Rangers can keep the scores level after an hour i think well be in with a great chance, but if Mutu hits form then we could be royally buggered.0 -
heh, thanks for the bump, the thread title made me laugh the second time too
I reckon this will be the end of the road for Rangers, unfortunately.
Although, as you said, if their anti-football (;)) can see them through for an hour or so, then the Italians will start to get antsy, no doubt.
How many team busses are your lot bringing to Italy?0 -
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heh, thanks for the bump, the thread title made me laugh the second time too
I reckon this will be the end of the road for Rangers, unfortunately.
Although, as you said, if their anti-football (;)) can see them through for an hour or so, then the Italians will start to get antsy, no doubt.
How many team busses are your lot bringing to Italy?
The Italians invented the concept of 'Anti-Football' in the form of Catannacio. Fiorentina are well used to teams playing for a nil all draw, and more than capable of breaking down dogged opposition, so replicating the tactics in Italy would be foolish IMO.
You still haven't explained your grá for Rangers, other than just to be contrary.0 -
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Havnt heard about this one?
Are you going to tell us about the big nasty evil Rangers fans again?
If true, then its a disgusting act by whoever done it, but please dont try and use it to tar every single Rangers fan...or even people who just happen to not hate us all, with one brush.
No, Ill save the 'evil' speech for the new song you have about ethnic cleansing...
A kid in Govan returning home from Parkhead got beaten and stabbed, wrong place, wrong time. I would bet the mortgage the dirt (arrested) that did this have never been to Ibrox. Its not a question of blame, and I certainly don't hold you or the Rangers support culpable, but the reality is a gang of guys purporting to be Gers murdered a Cetic fan in cold blood. I'm saying that Des should give over deliberatly trying to provoke Celtic fans like that until the kid is buried.0 -
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OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »No, Ill save the 'evil' speech for the new song you have about ethnic cleansing...
A kid in Govan returning home from Parkhead got beaten and stabbed, wrong place, wrong time. I would bet the mortgage the dirt (arrested) that did this have never been to Ibrox. Its not a question of blame, and I certainly don't hold you or the Rangers support culpable, but the reality is a gang of guys purporting to be Gers murdered a Cetic fan in cold blood. I'm saying that Des should give over deliberatly trying to provoke Celtic fans like that until the kid is buried.
Thats shocking, I honestly never heard anything about it and i hope they catch the scum that did it and lock them up for good.
Although i have to say im also very surprised i havnt seen heard or read anyting about it.
But on the same token, i doubt that it has anything to do with Des TBH0 -
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Never been to Ibrox, and this happened in Glasgow. Therefore they are certainly not Rangers fans, so have nothing to do with this discussion.OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »A kid in Govan returning home from Parkhead got beaten and stabbed, wrong place, wrong time. I would bet the mortgage the dirt (arrested) that did this have never been to Ibrox.
Why bring a murdered child into this anyway? Go on, asnwer that.
What about all the guys who "purport" to be Rovers fans going around starting on random people in town of a Friday evening.OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »Its not a question of blame, and I certainly don't hold you or the Rangers support culpable, but the reality is a gang of guys purporting to be Gers murdered a Cetic fan in cold blood.
Oh sorry. It's not on that I associate these people with Rovers, but ok for you to associate child murdering with Rangers.
Get a grip.OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »I'm saying that Des should give over deliberatly trying to provoke Celtic fans like that until the kid is buried.
In mourning for the kid are you? Hopping on a plane to the funeral?
If you are so fúcking sensitive, perhaps you should stop using the internet for a while, you know, a year or so, until you feel up to posting again.
ffs.
Because of all the absolute scumbags who walk around my city wearing their jersies, barstool Celtic/Republican idiots.A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »Why do you simply hate Celtic?0 -
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A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »You simply Celtic fans therefore you have a soft spot for Rangers fans Nothing to do with football then?
And Celtic fans "relationship" with St Pauli is completely about football yes?
I also think he said he had a soft spot for rangers...not rangers fans....0 -
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