Celtic game - strict security measures announced (page 34)

StevieAsk said:
Hated everything about last night. Surrounded by Celtic fans singing songs about the IRA and the pope. I wouldn't have had a problem if they just wanted to support their club. Left with 20 mins to go. First time I've ever left early. Even the steward apologised to us on the way out. He said they were told that Celtic fans would be thrown out but it never happened.
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Didsbury Dave said:
It's amazing how many of our supporters appear to have suddenly become devout Protestant loyalist christians overnight. You'd almost think they were lunging for the moral high ground.
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We sing one about the pope so not sure what their problem is, remember he told the rags to Fuck Off...........
 
We were in 309 last night and it was awful. There was about 60 or more of them at the back and a few others in that block who were drunk assholes. The stewards told us they would be moved on but nothing happened. They asked for police presence but none available as they were dealing with trouble all round the ground. There was a bad feeling in the concourse during half time with arguments etc. City fans left due to the bad feeling there. That is not acceptable in our own end. Celtic fans keep say they are best in the land etc but they had a lot of idiots last night. Plus i witnessed them charging threw the barriers for security outside there end and fighting with stewards and police. So much for best fans in world. Just dregs like rangers fans
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
Kicked off in 105 and people were coming over from 106-107 to have a go. A few Celtic fans left, one got chucked out. Stewards didn't have a clue or didn't care, they were nowhere to be seen.

They were goading City fans when they scored and when our goal was disallowed. What did they expect to happen?
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Spoke to the steward in 105. He said there was nothing he could do. The 40 or 50 Celtic fans in there were 'friends of UEFA' and presumably are therefore entitled to behave like arseholes.
 
casserole of nonsense said:
"Two Jesus's at City
We've got two Jesus's at City"

That's one that really pisses off those who believe there's only one Jesus.
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Brilliant!

Young 20/30s lad with a half and half scarf sat next to me couldn't contain himself when Celtic scored. I had a good laugh with him for the rest of the match. Ex Inverness, he lives in Notlob, which is how he got a ticket. We shook hands at the end like normal human beings, as it should be. On the way out on the spiral, hearing the Celtic fans still singing away, I said in a "posh" voice "excitable lot, these Johnny Foreigners, what?" and these Scots lads I was talking to pissed themselves laughing. It's all banter.
 
My dad is a steward at City and has been for the past two seasons. Said last night was by far the most problems he's had at the Etihad. Loads of very offensive and rowdy Celtic fans being aggressive and starting on people that he had and others had to chuck out.

And no, my dad's not part of showsec ha. He works for City.
 
Also, massive shoutout to the Celtic fans on the tram on the way in who decided to start singing Liverpool AND Man United songs. Weird, weird bastards.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
I'm sure there's a song that's sung from time to time that mentions the pope!
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Use your own jokes!! see 4 posts above.

As an aside, if 2 so called City fans want to walk around the outside of the ground with rangers flags draped round their shoulders they're no better than any idiot from another club and probably deserved a slapping.
 
As a fan of both clubs, the Celtic fans songbook last night seemed more IRA than most games. Probably because they were playing in England and most of them thought they'd be freeing Ireland by singing as many rebel songs as possible. On TV, I could easily hear Go On Home British Soldiers, The IRA Will Set You Free, Long Kesh, Pearse Jordan, Get the Brits Out Now etc etc.
Its alright for the Celtic fan on the last page to claim their songs aren't sectarian. This is extremely arguable at least, but they are definitely offensive/distasteful to some people in Britain.

Its the equivalent of a few thousand fans going to a match in Nice in a few years and singing about ISIS

Song book aside, the way the Celtic fans get behind their team is a lesson to us all.
 
Last night was pretty much as predicted & expected.....why the outrage ?

It seems to me that there were 3 types of Celtic fans last night :
1) 60% Male voice choir.......little interest / understanding of the game. Like the tribalism.
2) 30% Proper,knowledgeable fans. Like a good drink & banter. Mix well & respectful.
3) 10% Nasty,aggressive,mob handed,bullying piss heads (remind you of anyone).

If we were drawn away at Bruge or Monaco we'd probably be viewed in a similar light.
 
Song book aside, the way the Celtic fans get behind their team is a lesson to us all.


Ill agree as far as noise but singing about IRA, the pope etc....what F*** has that got to do with football and your team.....Its all religious bigotry which is not part of the game. Just because they accept it in scotland does not mean we have to accept it.
 
Travel in numbers, sing for most of the game (they do actually have a large song book of football related songs), have good displays and new ideas, create a great atmosphere at home matches as well......that's what I meant.

Oh and they cheer the UEFA CL anthem with mighty gusto to get the whole stadium rocking and behind the team when its played, they don't create negativity from before the game has kicked off.
Its really time we moved on from that.
 
Missed getting my Burnley ticket so I went online, using a Manchester postcode, registered as a 'Claret' and watched the game from the Burnley end.

Here's an email I received from Burnley, reminding me of their policy re away fans in the home end.

Dear Football Supporters,
Thank you for registering as a ‘Claret’ with Burnley Football Club and thank you for purchasing tickets for the forthcoming fixture against Manchester City.
You have bought your tickets in areas where dedicated Burnley fans are situated. Please be mindful of that if you are a ‘neutral supporter’.
Please be aware that if your allegiance is towards Manchester City, our policy is to remove from the ground any ‘visiting team’ supporter who is wearing the visiting team colours or openly demonstrates their support of the opposition.
The visiting team ticket allocation is sold out so there will be no transfers into the area of the visiting supporters.
We look forward to seeing you at the fixtures throughout the rest of the season and trust you have an enjoyable time at Turf Moor.

All very sensible and I'm sure it's City's policy too.

Despite wanting to rip their fucking heads off when they were abusing Sterling, I kept my mouth shut and behaved impeccably; nobody around me would have known I was an away supporter.

That's the way it should be.

Anyone trying to excuse the behaviour of the Celtic fans last night is trying to defend the indefensible.
 
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IrishBlueSince92 said:
Travel in numbers, sing for most of the game (they do actually have a large song book of football related songs), have good displays and new ideas, create a great atmosphere at home matches as well......that's what I meant.
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HAHAHA good displays....does that include the political ones....did they not have blown up dolls hanging from rafters in last old firm game with rangers scarfs on....most of there displays from the green brigade are political nothing to do with football
 
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