As a Collyhurst catholic blue from a family who are all blues and of Irish decent and got plenty of blue catholic mates it's bollocks, at school mid 70's to 1980 at my catholic school i'd say blue/red was 50/50.Over a hundred years ago maybe regarding the rags but if anyone had told me as a kid, back in the late 60s, that I should have been a rag because I was a catholic they'd have got an earful, plenty of Blues in my year at school.
And I doubt the oulfella knows that Liverpool fan groups had to get the approval of leading loyalists to use the Fields of Athenry dirge for their maudlin anthem!On 606 an Irish fella called up to say his dad said he can choose 1 of 2 teams Rags or Dippers as they are the Catholic teams….
Does anyone want to tell him lol…..
He also said the following when talking about our dominance through the prism of Pep eventually leaving:Worryingly rational comment from Simon Stone:
Martin, Birmingham:
Do you think the continuing secrecy around the investigations into Man City's PSR compliance is harmful to the integrity of the Premier League and especially so if they win a fourth consecutive title or a 'double double'.
Simon stone
When you say ‘secrecy’, what is it you want to know? There is a case, which we think will be held in the autumn and which will be behind closed doors. As it is a private case, within a private organisation, there is nothing unusual in that. Then the case will be assessed, then there will be a verdict followed, at some point, by the written reasons, which will be lengthy and detailed and explain what has happened.
Do you want this all to be out in the open, like a legal trial? I admit, it would be fascinating. But it isn’t going to happen. I also accept the time it takes – and the fact Manchester City could win a second title since the charges were brought in a matter of weeks – is frustrating. But I am not sure what the alternative is. It is a complex legal case.
And, I will tiptoe round this for now, but we don’t know what the fall-out will be from those 115 charges.
I'm getting flashbacks of Mrs Slocums pussy.doubt if any Tory local councillor has ever said “I’m free”. Their charges tend to be on the high side
They won't be able to get their thick heads round the fact that if we wanted to pay them off we would have paid them not to bring the charges in the first place!People might wonder what a few mentally unstable barmpots over on RAWK and Red Cafe say has to do with the subject matter, to me it was always a muck raking exercise, whoever set the hare running (and we all have our suspicions) knew exactly what they were doing, they were setting a narrative knowing that your average football fan only ever reads headlines (115 charges has a catchy ring to it) so when nothing happens City will be accused of paying them off the normal nonsense about backhanders etc)
The charges are not that important it's the narrative they set, the whole thing was designed to damage City and it's reputation and they have done, perhaps not fatally but severely
People believe what they want to believe.They won't be able to get their thick heads round the fact that if we wanted to pay them off we would have paid them not to bring the charges in the first place!
And those fucking 'look at us we're all smug twats' Nivea ads.Don’t forget “Imagine being us”.
When Villa had lots of irish players, they were very popularOn 606 an Irish fella called up to say his dad said he can choose 1 of 2 teams Rags or Dippers as they are the Catholic teams….
Does anyone want to tell him lol…..