Celtic game - strict security measures announced (page 34)

Tim of the Oak said:
I think Billy Sands was a 60s soul singer. His backing singers were know collectively as the Beaches.

There is always a risk of some trouble and bricking someone is a scumbags trick. If all the Blues who can go to the Celtic game buy tickets then there will be very little trouble in the ground.

As I've posted before, the Celtic fans in Glasgow were great but there's more of a risk when any fans have been on the pop all day.
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Thanks for the clarification Tim. I think you've earned yourself a pint in Gladbach if I bump into you ;)
 
There are a group of right wing city fans who jump on the celtic-rangers thing to basically be anti-Irish. And yes it is racist/xenophobic to call people fenian bastards. Didn't have any problem with any celtic fans in Glasgow but did get abuse from some middle aged City fans for not going in for the anti Irish bullshit (I'm not even Irish btw)
 
The two blocks released for level 3 south stand are always half sold.

Blocks in the lower levels are mostly single seats, apart from the family stand where a couple of blocks are 2/3 full or so.
 
Does it definitely take booking history to obtain a ticket? The Juve fan in my apartment block bought one from City today and has never been to a match before. Has having a Manchester postcode and an Italian accent helped him out?
 
blue_jess said:
There are a group of right wing city fans who jump on the celtic-rangers thing to basically be anti-Irish. And yes it is racist/xenophobic to call people fenian bastards. Didn't have any problem with any celtic fans in Glasgow but did get abuse from some middle aged City fans for not going in for the anti Irish bullshit (I'm not even Irish btw)
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The anti-English sentiment bubbling in Scotland and Ireland absolutely dwarves that you've mentioned by a huge amount.
 
Anti-Irish in Manchester? How ignorant can one be? If you had ten mates growing up then chances are five had Irish parents or grandparents.

The gaffer in one of my locals is Irish and everyone loves him.
 
peoffrey said:
Anti-Irish in Manchester? How ignorant can one be? If you had ten mates growing up then chances are five had Irish parents or grandparents.

The gaffer in one of my locals is Irish and everyone loves him.
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Yeah, how could anyone in Manchester possibly hate the Irish. I mean it's not like they blew up our entire city center a couple of decades ago, is it?
 
Manchester33 said:
Yeah, how could anyone in Manchester possibly hate the Irish. I mean it's not like they blew up our entire city center a couple of decades ago, is it?
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That was the IRA (or Real IRA or whatever they call themselves) not 'the Irish' as a whole. I presume you wouldn't want to be tarred with the same brush as EDL thugs for example, just by virtue of being English?
 
blue_jess said:
That was the IRA (or Real IRA or whatever they call themselves) not 'the Irish' as a whole. I presume you wouldn't want to be tarred with the same brush as EDL thugs for example, just by virtue of being English?
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In their defense, I can't remember the EDL blowing up Manchester City center.

I actually quite like the majority of Irish people I've met. Dublin is my favorite City away from Manchester. As with every group of people, there will be some good ones and some bad ones.
 
Manchester33 said:
In their defense, I can't remember the EDL blowing up Manchester City center.

I actually quite like the majority of Irish people I've met. Dublin is my favorite City away from Manchester. As with every group of people, there will be some good ones and some bad ones.
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I doubt very much that the EDL has any good ones.
 
peoffrey said:
Anti-Irish in Manchester? How ignorant can one be? If you had ten mates growing up then chances are five had Irish parents or grandparents.

The gaffer in one of my locals is Irish and everyone loves him.
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Is that like 'my best mate is black, how can I be racist'?

People who have no experience of Glasgow, other than a flying visit, are sheltered from the undertone that exists... Even today

Thankfully, it's a generational thing and myself, siblings, and extended family, laugh our tits off at how ridiculous the whole thing is.... My old man mocked the Irish into his 50s, transpired when he was searching for his real mum that she was called Mary Kelly and more Irish than Jonathan swift...
 
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