Celtic's Taliban?
October 1, 2001 4:08 AM   Subscribe

Celtic's Taliban?. Glasgow smeltic fans are a disgrace to Scotland
posted by hector (27 comments total)
 
Yes, but this is from a Rangers fanzine, which suggests it might not be too objective.
posted by Summer at 4:19 AM on October 1, 2001


Real professional article. Sounds to be one or two drunk celts decided it'd be funny to mock the captain. The 'zine then took this and ran.
posted by geoff. at 4:55 AM on October 1, 2001


The story is also on the front page of that fine journal 'The Sun'. And the photos dont lie. Are you defending the actions of the smeltic fan?
posted by hector at 5:00 AM on October 1, 2001


I'm not defending the actions, the article implied the majority of celtic fans were running around being immature. I only see one guy in the photo. If this is reported in say, The Times, I'd be more inclined to believe it. For the record, I have no bias towards either side.
posted by geoff. at 5:06 AM on October 1, 2001


Aye right.
posted by hector at 5:08 AM on October 1, 2001


The fact that idiots sometimes go to football matches is hardly news, even if The Sun would like us to think so.

For those trying to follow this in American, Glasgow Celtic and Glasgow Rangers are two of Scotland's biggest footie clubs. There is bitter rivalry between supporters of the two clubs, often along Catholic/Protestant lines. Since being neutral in this matters is pretty much illegal in Scotland, I'm guessing hector might just be a Rangers fan.
posted by ceiriog at 5:16 AM on October 1, 2001


Lordy, there's enough hatred and grief that comes from Glasgow sectarianism without those kind of comparisons. It'd be equally depressing if it were a bunch of pissed-up bluenoses headed back to Belfast.
posted by holgate at 5:19 AM on October 1, 2001


heh heh. i wonder how long before this makes the CNN top 40 loop?

think it'll do better than "Dancing Palestinian Kids"? or even top "Oil Covered Seagulls"
posted by incubus at 6:21 AM on October 1, 2001


Ceiriog- I am a Raith Rovers fan actually. There is life outside the Old firm, honest!

Taunting the American soccer captain with sick references towards the WTC attack is inexcusable. Far far worse than turning up for an internal flight drunk, Colgate.

Celtic should ban the sicko fans henceforth.
posted by hector at 6:27 AM on October 1, 2001


far worse than turning up for an internal flight drunk, Colgate

Hey, Rector: If you know the whereabouts of Colgate will you please ask him to urgently contact Palmolive?

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posted by MiguelCardoso at 6:41 AM on October 1, 2001


Soapdodger?
posted by hector at 6:42 AM on October 1, 2001


Taunting the American soccer captain with sick references towards the WTC attack is inexcusable. Far far worse than turning up for an internal flight drunk, Colgate.

[ looks around. No, it's the clan of Macleans here. ]

Gazza's piper impersonation was pretty damn rotten as well. But being a Glasgow football fan never had much to do with football, ever.
posted by holgate at 6:50 AM on October 1, 2001


Holgate, Colgate. whatever...

Know much about Glasgow do we?

Gazza was impersonating a flautist, not a piper. A minor point, but being such a pedant you'll appreciate it.

Anyway, glad to see we're all outraged at the sick behaviour of the Celtic fans. N'est pa?
posted by hector at 7:19 AM on October 1, 2001


Ack, the worst news for me in the article is the reference to Reyna's injury. How serious? The US National team really needs him against Jamaica next week.
posted by trox at 7:42 AM on October 1, 2001


Taunting the American soccer captain with sick references towards the WTC attack is inexcusable.

More or less inexcusable than Munich jokes at Old Trafford?

Anyway, glad to see we're all outraged at the sick behaviour of the Celtic fans.

How much outrage would be acceptable?

Nobody here is trying to defend these idiots, but this is pretty much par for the course, isn't it? Do you think that if Claudio Reyna had been playing in green and white he would have been treated with respect by every single Rangers fan at Parkhead?
posted by ceiriog at 7:47 AM on October 1, 2001


N'est pa?

Another faux pa
posted by MiguelCardoso at 7:49 AM on October 1, 2001


Is comparing people to the Taliban going to be the next ubiquitous, infantile insult? Move over Nazis, Godwin's Law's got a new baby now.
posted by rodii at 8:16 AM on October 1, 2001


ah, hector by name, hector by nature...

Actually, I grew up around plenty of East End expats, and some of them made me embarrassed to be a Papist. (Then there were the ones who turned up for Mowbray's testimonial a few years back, pissing in the gutters and puking in people's gardens.)

As ceiriog says, it's par for the course. But then again, I'm just holding my breath waiting for the first round of WTC jokes to arrive in my mailbox from some unexpected source.
posted by holgate at 8:19 AM on October 1, 2001


Is comparing people to the Taliban going to be the next ubiquitous, infantile insult?

I'm afraid it his. The FCPorto manager here in Portugal, plus countless equally stupid sports commentators, have been talking about talibans and bin ladens right and left.
E.g.: "There are a lot of talibans in the football world, unfortunately" and "So-and-so wants to destroy the game; he's the Bin Laden of Portuguese football".

The same happened with ayatollah a long time back.

Very sad.
posted by MiguelCardoso at 8:25 AM on October 1, 2001


Stupid. Obviously they are going to do that. That's what football fans do.
posted by Wet Friday at 8:31 AM on October 1, 2001


Stupid. Obviously they are going to post inflammatory comments using a anonymous account just created because their other one got banned. That's what trolls do.
posted by thewittyname at 9:18 AM on October 1, 2001


The Australian Rules Football grand final was played in Melbourne on Saturday. Despite the fact that one of the teams, Essendon, is nicknamed The Bombers, (a nickname that dates from 1922, btw), none of the 91,500 spectators was visibly making silly aeroplane gestures...

(The Bombers, in case you're wondering, bombed out of the final).
posted by blue at 9:34 AM on October 1, 2001


thewittyname. you will find the answer to your comment here.
posted by Wet Friday at 9:46 AM on October 1, 2001


thewittyname, you have caught me on what is possibly too sweeping a statement. 'That is what a number of football fans do.' I was just saying that to announce that Celtic fans are a disgrace to Scotland is a bit much. Fans 'some of them' always pick on whatever is in the news/gossip and sing about it. That is what they do, and the don't really mean anything by it.
posted by Wet Friday at 10:54 AM on October 1, 2001


I was just saying that to announce that Celtic fans are a disgrace to Scotland is a bit much.

Wet: Well then I must apologize, for I misunderstood you.

I'm sorry for jumping on the Wet-is-a-troll bandwagon.
posted by thewittyname at 11:02 AM on October 1, 2001


Equally, just because a few fans behind the goal sing a song, should 50,000 other people be tarred with the same brush.
posted by Wet Friday at 11:08 AM on October 1, 2001


2-0
posted by johnny novak at 2:52 PM on October 1, 2001


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