The Old Firm Thread

[alexmac]

Barry Ferguson hasn't been booked while Celtic's playmaker Aiden McGeady was at one point the most booked player in the SPL.

Fcuk me, you are paranoid.

There are talks of an extension of the season

Walter Smith has come out and said he DOES NOT WANT AN EXTENSION.

'We Are The People'

Why does a shipyard chant annoy you?

cause offence to you.

Not just me.

[MartinJB12]

Who The **** Do You Think You Are You Orange Bastard. Comments About The Big Lie Only Set Out To Offend, There Is Nothing Funny About It. Your Club Atre Scum And Always Will Be. ******* Bigoted Scum. I Defended You Earlier On But I Sincerely Hope You Die A Slow And Painful Death!!!!

[Matt]

Hullo Hullo We are the billy boysssssssssss

Hullo Hullo you'll know us by our noiseeeeeeeeeeeee


Gowon the gers

[alexmac]

THE BIG LIE ONLY SET OUT TO OFFEND

Thats what it is called is it...?

[AJ]

What is BJk ??

[alexmac]

Big Jock knew...

[alexmac]

After somewhat upsetting the apple cart I changed my post.

But I do see huge double standards from our green and white friends here... Its fine to label myself and other fascists, but when a joke is made then they get on their high horse...

And as for Martin - I don't think so buddy.

[friskyfitz]

Originally Posted by MartinJB12

Who The **** Do You Think You Are You Orange Bastard. Comments About The Big Lie Only Set Out To Offend, There Is Nothing Funny About It. Your Club Atre Scum And Always Will Be. ******* Bigoted Scum. I Defended You Earlier On But I Sincerely Hope You Die A Slow And Painful Death!!!!

You think you have problems now ??

Just wait for Puberty !!!

[QuietLife]

MARTIN, you child.

check out the avatar. thats what we are about.....

put on your replica liverpool or republic of ireland shirt when you get tired of the green one, might have something to play for....

[mowgli77]

Big Jock knew?
Knew what? That's gone totally over my head.

[AJ]

In the 60s and 70s there was what appears to be rampant sexual abuse comitted by coaching staff at the Celtic boys club, against teenage boys.

The allegation is that former Celtic and Scotland manager Jock Stein, was aware of this and did nothing and protected the guilty from the police. Making him an accessory after the fact, and morally guilty.

Alex made a joke on this subject and linked it to the Shannon Mathews case, he accepts this was in poor taste and removed it. This was the comment that provoked the outbursts.

Jock Stein is the greatest ever Celtic manager and is revered by the fans, jokes on this subject appear to send Celtic fans crazy, it's the nuclear option.

To be honest, this kind of thing makes me think the idea of a Old Firm thread was a bad one

[alexmac]

Maybe its a good idea just to try and keep this thread about football - after all, thats what we are all here for....

I am not going to bother posting in here any more mind, it just seems that people are on the wind up deliberatly....

[aliando]

shame that two of britains biggest football clubs with huge histories and some fantastic nights behind each of them has an element of kindergarten as vocal support.

perhaps i'm missing the point as an outsider, but you'd look much bigger standing proud together than throwing your toys out of the pram.

looking forward to this thread being built up by people who want to talk positiviely about their team rather than those with nothing more to their personality than hatred for others.



imo, whilst there has been a dominance of the old firm in scotland that some have felt has damaged scottish football, its interesting to see both rangers and celtic improve in europe over the last few years and also that they dont seem quite so untouchable on the domestic scene. Wasnt too long ago and teams like clyde and partick wouldnt have got the results they have in recent times. Would still like to see more rangers/celtic vs. eng prem games though.

[AJ]

Scottish football does appear to be on the up.

Also worth pointing out Alex was badly wound up over a period of months and was big enough to recongnise he made a mistake and withdraw it, unlike others who hidden behind pms and made crazy threats.

Takes a big man to stand up and do this, and Alex has gone way up in my estimation for the way he has handled this incident, and the procedding threads over the past couple of weeks.

[alexmac]

Cheers AJ. As most of you know (ie those that have been members of the PL for a while), I am more than capable of praising Celtic for good performances etc. I am not one to go in for bigotry or anything like that, but in recent weeks some newer members have decided that they can post what they want and then get annoyed when they are given a taste of their own medicine.

I retracted the BJK 'joke', as it was in bad taste - but IMO, it is not half as bad as what has been directed towards myself and others over recent weeks.

Lets just calm this whole thing down and get on with supporting our respective teams and hopefully winning some cash along the way.

[mowgli77]

Originally Posted by AJ

In the 60s and 70s there was what appears to be rampant sexual abuse comitted by coaching staff at the Celtic boys club, against teenage boys.

The allegation is that former Celtic and Scotland manager Jock Stein, was aware of this and did nothing and protected the guilty from the police. Making him an accessory after the fact, and morally guilty.

Alex made a joke on this subject and linked it to the Shannon Mathews case, he accepts this was in poor taste and removed it. This was the comment that provoked the outbursts.

Jock Stein is the greatest ever Celtic manager and is revered by the fans, jokes on this subject appear to send Celtic fans crazy, it's the nuclear option.

To be honest, this kind of thing makes me think the idea of a Old Firm thread was a bad one

Thanks for the explanation. I didn't know the history behind it or why it wound people up so much. A mate of mine went to a Rangers V Celtic league game and said he had never experienced anything like it for tension and atmosphere.

[HurlyBurlyMan]

I don't think child abuse is anything to joke about or use to score cheap points with rival fans. Child abuse is a cancer in our society, and probably every society.

[The Quiet Man]

Originally Posted by AJ

To be honest, this kind of thing makes me think the idea of a Old Firm thread was a bad one

I have to agree with this statement!

Life's too short to go through it with so much hatred!

Have a nice day!

TQM

[MartyMcG_1967]

Originally Posted by alexmac

Fcuk me, you are paranoid.



Walter Smith has come out and said he DOES NOT WANT AN EXTENSION.



Why does a shipyard chant annoy you?



Not just me.

Why does being referred to as something which means the enemy annoy you?

Ferguson was booked in both legs against Sporting, paranoia?

Not just me either

[MartyMcG_1967]

Originally Posted by HurlyBurlyMan

I don't think child abuse is anything to joke about or use to score cheap points with rival fans. Child abuse is a cancer in our society, and probably every society.

Well said mate