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Supporters/Green Brigade Thread; OBFA Act Repealed
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25 Sep 2017, 11:40 PM
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A few of the Union Bears main members have left
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25 Sep 2017, 11:43 PM
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A few of the Union Bears main members have left  they left early on Saturday as well - their "section" was almost empty before the final whistle
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james95
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25 Sep 2017, 11:45 PM
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A few of the Union Bears main members have left 
they left early on Saturday as well - their "section" was almost empty before the final whistle They're an embarrassment
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25 Sep 2017, 11:46 PM
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Let's not talk about rangers being gash, let's talk about the fans! ANGER MANAGEMENT All the hate between Celtic and Rangers nowadays is just HYPE and Old Firm games are nowhere near what they used to be says Bill Leckie
The rivalry is as predictable as Formula 1 - round and round and round they go - with only one guy in with a real chance of winning. Spoiler: click to toggle By Bill Leckie OLD FIRM fans have always been two sides of the one coin. Same guff, just some different tunes. This isn’t, of course, an opinion that goes down well. Telling a Celtic punter they’re the same as a Rangers punter or vice versa’s a bit like telling your missus her hairdo looks just like Arthur Scargill’s. But that doesn’t make it any less true though — and I’m talking about Old Firm fans, not your wife’s barnet. Because anyone on the outside can see they’ve always defined themselves by how each other behaves, whether the other lot wins or loses, which one of them is top of the pile at any given stage in history. Even by these uber-needy levels of co-dependence though, what happened a couple of minutes before kick-off at Ibrox on Saturday was a proper mind-bender. Because, as the teams emerged and the tannoy cranked up to fresh decibel levels, over the wall at the front of the Copeland Road appeared a stand-wide, blue and white banner that roared: THREE LETTERS ON OUR CREST, RFC. At which point, remarkably, there came over the wall at the front of the Broomloan Road a stand-wide, green and white banner crowing: THREE LETTERS ON YOUR GRAVE, RIP. Now, this could of course have just been some weird coincidence. Maybe. Or maybe, behind all the posturing and the name-calling, this once-heavyweight rivalry is becoming like Haye v Bellew or Mayweather v McGregor — as in, they just kid on they hate each other for the sake of viewing figures? Think about it. Boxers spend months hyping up bouts we really shouldn’t open the curtains to watch, but which the sheer level of bile and spite and vitriol somehow convinces us that it is going to be worth watching. Then the big night comes and, sure enough, it’s a nonsense. But by that time it doesn’t matter because the ticket sales and the pay-per-view millions are already safely in the bank. Well, Rangers v Celtic’s getting a bit like one of those non-fights. We’re way past the days when even if one of them was dominating the title race, the form book was still well capable of hurling itself out the proverbial window. Today it’s as predictable as Formula One — round and round and round they go, with only one guy in with a real chance of winning. So where’s the excitement to come from, the drama that fills armchairs and gives us all so much to write and talk about for a week before and endless days after? From the hype, from the self-fulfilling prophecy that someone, somewhere will be unable to control themselves and spark a controversy. In short, like the F1, they tune in hoping to see a crash. So, for want of a proper contest, we instead get bent out of shape about Brown and Caixinha going nose to nose, we shake our heads in despair as some numbskull throws a flare, one lot laughs and the other growls when Leigh Griffiths wipes his nose on a corner flag, we have a pub sweepstake for the time of the first obscene song that’ll have the TV director diving to fade the sound down. If this is how it’s going, then why should it be unthinkable that those tedious, self-styled Ultras on either side might choreograph their messages to each other for dramatic effect? I mean, when you saw those call-and-response banners unfurl with Swiss-watch timing, you could have been excused for thinking both lots had held a midweek committee meeting to organise it — or at least sorted it on their mobiles, the way hooligan firms used to arrange pre-match dust-ups in lorry parks. This is what keeps the Old Firm myth alive; the Green Brigade being in place right behind the nets 90 minutes before kick-off, two tribes trading the full paramilitary megamix long after Ulster made peace with itself, hurling missiles, wrestling with cops and stewards. It’s football porn, a turn-on for people who don’t understand the game itself. Plus, of course, there’s this arms race to constantly outdo each other with their size and the intricacy and the cryptic nature of their displays. On Saturday, we had those huge ones. Two mirroring each other behind the goals, plus one at the away end telling us that THE MASSACRE HAS ENDED and a cluster of punters behind that, sporadically holding up yellow-and-white Vatican City flags. Then there was the comedy moment when a gigantic, red-white-and-blue banner was draped over the upper tier of the Copeland Road, only for someone to realise as the teams came out that it was the wrong way round, so the front row had to pass each end along to the other, almost tying themselves in knots in the middle. How any of them can be bothered with it all is beyond me. In the old days, when going to the football was about the football, all you needed was a scarf, some money and — on really, really big occasions — a ticket and you were good to go. Now? They’re packing like it’s a military operation. Rucksacks with 60 feet of message folded into them like parachutes, flags neatly ironed, smoke bombs hidden in an inside pocket. As for flares? The only time they were any use on matchday was as somewhere to hide a couple of sneaky cans. So why anyone thinks it’s a good idea to bring one that you light, hurl towards a goalkeeper and get yourself huckled . . . ? Answers on a 300-foot-square bedsheet, coming to a stadium near you soon. https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/1608998/celtic-rangers-hate-hype-old-firm-bill-leckie/
Oh Bill, glad to see the hurt is getting you down, when he says "Brown and Caxinha going head to head" does he not mean Scott Brown being disgracefully confronted by Caxinha? In Hun speak " He could have caused a riot"! Girfuy Bill, give Muzz a ring and you can both take a trip down memory lane ya wink, yer clubs deid..
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26 Sep 2017, 06:14 AM
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Let's not talk about rangers being gash, let's talk about the fans! ANGER MANAGEMENT All the hate between Celtic and Rangers nowadays is just HYPE and Old Firm games are nowhere near what they used to be says Bill Leckie
The rivalry is as predictable as Formula 1 - round and round and round they go - with only one guy in with a real chance of winning. Spoiler: click to toggle By Bill Leckie OLD FIRM fans have always been two sides of the one coin. Same guff, just some different tunes. This isn’t, of course, an opinion that goes down well. Telling a Celtic punter they’re the same as a Rangers punter or vice versa’s a bit like telling your missus her hairdo looks just like Arthur Scargill’s. But that doesn’t make it any less true though — and I’m talking about Old Firm fans, not your wife’s barnet. Because anyone on the outside can see they’ve always defined themselves by how each other behaves, whether the other lot wins or loses, which one of them is top of the pile at any given stage in history. Even by these uber-needy levels of co-dependence though, what happened a couple of minutes before kick-off at Ibrox on Saturday was a proper mind-bender. Because, as the teams emerged and the tannoy cranked up to fresh decibel levels, over the wall at the front of the Copeland Road appeared a stand-wide, blue and white banner that roared: THREE LETTERS ON OUR CREST, RFC. At which point, remarkably, there came over the wall at the front of the Broomloan Road a stand-wide, green and white banner crowing: THREE LETTERS ON YOUR GRAVE, RIP. Now, this could of course have just been some weird coincidence. Maybe. Or maybe, behind all the posturing and the name-calling, this once-heavyweight rivalry is becoming like Haye v Bellew or Mayweather v McGregor — as in, they just kid on they hate each other for the sake of viewing figures? Think about it. Boxers spend months hyping up bouts we really shouldn’t open the curtains to watch, but which the sheer level of bile and spite and vitriol somehow convinces us that it is going to be worth watching. Then the big night comes and, sure enough, it’s a nonsense. But by that time it doesn’t matter because the ticket sales and the pay-per-view millions are already safely in the bank. Well, Rangers v Celtic’s getting a bit like one of those non-fights. We’re way past the days when even if one of them was dominating the title race, the form book was still well capable of hurling itself out the proverbial window. Today it’s as predictable as Formula One — round and round and round they go, with only one guy in with a real chance of winning. So where’s the excitement to come from, the drama that fills armchairs and gives us all so much to write and talk about for a week before and endless days after? From the hype, from the self-fulfilling prophecy that someone, somewhere will be unable to control themselves and spark a controversy. In short, like the F1, they tune in hoping to see a crash. So, for want of a proper contest, we instead get bent out of shape about Brown and Caixinha going nose to nose, we shake our heads in despair as some numbskull throws a flare, one lot laughs and the other growls when Leigh Griffiths wipes his nose on a corner flag, we have a pub sweepstake for the time of the first obscene song that’ll have the TV director diving to fade the sound down. If this is how it’s going, then why should it be unthinkable that those tedious, self-styled Ultras on either side might choreograph their messages to each other for dramatic effect? I mean, when you saw those call-and-response banners unfurl with Swiss-watch timing, you could have been excused for thinking both lots had held a midweek committee meeting to organise it — or at least sorted it on their mobiles, the way hooligan firms used to arrange pre-match dust-ups in lorry parks. This is what keeps the Old Firm myth alive; the Green Brigade being in place right behind the nets 90 minutes before kick-off, two tribes trading the full paramilitary megamix long after Ulster made peace with itself, hurling missiles, wrestling with cops and stewards. It’s football porn, a turn-on for people who don’t understand the game itself. Plus, of course, there’s this arms race to constantly outdo each other with their size and the intricacy and the cryptic nature of their displays. On Saturday, we had those huge ones. Two mirroring each other behind the goals, plus one at the away end telling us that THE MASSACRE HAS ENDED and a cluster of punters behind that, sporadically holding up yellow-and-white Vatican City flags. Then there was the comedy moment when a gigantic, red-white-and-blue banner was draped over the upper tier of the Copeland Road, only for someone to realise as the teams came out that it was the wrong way round, so the front row had to pass each end along to the other, almost tying themselves in knots in the middle. How any of them can be bothered with it all is beyond me. In the old days, when going to the football was about the football, all you needed was a scarf, some money and — on really, really big occasions — a ticket and you were good to go. Now? They’re packing like it’s a military operation. Rucksacks with 60 feet of message folded into them like parachutes, flags neatly ironed, smoke bombs hidden in an inside pocket. As for flares? The only time they were any use on matchday was as somewhere to hide a couple of sneaky cans. So why anyone thinks it’s a good idea to bring one that you light, hurl towards a goalkeeper and get yourself huckled . . . ? Answers on a 300-foot-square bedsheet, coming to a stadium near you soon. https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/1608998/celtic-rangers-hate-hype-old-firm-bill-leckie/
Oh Bill, glad to see the hurt is getting you down, when he says "Brown and Caxinha going head to head" does he not mean Scott Brown being disgracefully confronted by Caxinha? In Hun speak " He could have caused a riot"! Girfuy Bill, give Muzz a ring and you can both take a trip down memory lane ya wink, yer clubs deid..
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26 Sep 2017, 07:55 AM
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A few of the Union Bears main members have left  So they do walking away after all? Who knew
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26 Sep 2017, 09:38 AM
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Jimmy Bell is an arsehole. Refusing to lay out that rats kit because he was a catholic and instigating their huddle when they won the league at CP. I hope he's hurting.
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26 Sep 2017, 10:50 AM
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Jimmy Bell is an arsehole. Refusing to lay out that rats kit because he was a catholic and instigating their huddle when they won the league at CP. I hope he's hurting. At £100k a year, I'm sure he will be fine.
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26 Sep 2017, 10:54 AM
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Jimmy Bell is an arsehole. Refusing to lay out that rats kit because he was a catholic and instigating their huddle when they won the league at CP. I hope he's hurting.
At £100k a year, I'm sure he will be fine. This Bell gets £100k a year seems to keep appearing - I have never been on any hun website in my life - I may have missed the bleeding obvious somewhere but is there anything to substantiate this that the wee reptile gets this?
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26 Sep 2017, 10:58 AM
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Jimmy Bell is an arsehole. Refusing to lay out that rats kit because he was a catholic and instigating their huddle when they won the league at CP. I hope he's hurting.
At £100k a year, I'm sure he will be fine.
This Bell gets £100k a year seems to keep appearing - I have never been on any hun website in my life - I may have missed the bleeding obvious somewhere but is there anything to substantiate this that the wee reptile gets this? It was on some hun website and it was also stated that his son was also there and was getting £50k a year as his assistant
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26 Sep 2017, 11:02 AM
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This Bell gets £100k a year seems to keep appearing - I have never been on any hun website in my life - I may have missed the bleeding obvious somewhere but is there anything to substantiate this that the wee reptile gets this?
It was on some hun website and it was also stated that his son was also there and was getting £50k a year as his assistant 
File as pish!!!
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26 Sep 2017, 11:05 AM
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Jimmy Bell is an arsehole. Refusing to lay out that rats kit because he was a catholic and instigating their huddle when they won the league at CP. I hope he's hurting. I hope so too, but heard that song for the first time at the game on Saturday and thought it was a disgrace. There will always be stupid songs like that, but a total embarrassment when it starts to catch on and is sung en masse by the celtic support.
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26 Sep 2017, 11:11 AM
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Jimmy Bell is an arsehole. Refusing to lay out that rats kit because he was a catholic and instigating their huddle when they won the league at CP. I hope he's hurting. Not forgetting Jimmy J's death and the minutes applause @ Tynecastle where he did nothing....just stood there whilst EVERY one else o Rangers (RIP) bench clapped.
Horrible/bitter wee man ...
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26 Sep 2017, 11:12 AM
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Jimmy Bell is an arsehole. Refusing to lay out that rats kit because he was a catholic and instigating their huddle when they won the league at CP. I hope he's hurting.
I hope so too, but heard that song for the first time at the game on Saturday and thought it was a disgrace. There will always be stupid songs like that, but a total embarrassment when it starts to catch on and is sung en masse by the celtic support. Still can't catch the words.
I presume he is called a DOB and wished dead ?
Not trolling, just don't know the words.
I just knOw the little shampoo made a big thing out of standing with his hands behind his back when a minutes applause was happening for Jinky.
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26 Sep 2017, 11:15 AM
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Jimmy Bell is an arsehole. Refusing to lay out that rats kit because he was a catholic and instigating their huddle when they won the league at CP. I hope he's hurting.
I hope so too, but heard that song for the first time at the game on Saturday and thought it was a disgrace. There will always be stupid songs like that, but a total embarrassment when it starts to catch on and is sung en masse by the celtic support.
Still can't catch the words. I presume he is called a DOB and wished dead ? Not trolling, just don't know the words. I just knOw the little shampoo made a big thing out of standing with his hands behind his back when a minutes applause was happening for Jinky. Google it mate. It's quite catchy.
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26 Sep 2017, 11:15 AM
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Still can't catch the words. I presume he is called a DOB and wished dead ? Not trolling, just don't know the words. I just knOw the little shampoo made a big thing out of standing with his hands behind his back when a minutes applause was happening for Jinky.
Google it mate. It's quite catchy. will do.
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26 Sep 2017, 11:19 AM
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Jimmy Bell is an arsehole. Refusing to lay out that rats kit because he was a catholic and instigating their huddle when they won the league at CP. I hope he's hurting.
At £100k a year, I'm sure he will be fine.
This Bell gets £100k a year seems to keep appearing - I have never been on any hun website in my life - I may have missed the bleeding obvious somewhere but is there anything to substantiate this that the wee reptile gets this? It's pish.
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26 Sep 2017, 11:21 AM
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Jimmy Bell is an arsehole. Refusing to lay out that rats kit because he was a catholic and instigating their huddle when they won the league at CP. I hope he's hurting.
I hope so too, but heard that song for the first time at the game on Saturday and thought it was a disgrace. There will always be stupid songs like that, but a total embarrassment when it starts to catch on and is sung en masse by the celtic support. It wasn't sung en masse by the Celtic support. Some sang it, some didn't.
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26 Sep 2017, 11:22 AM
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The huns kit man on 100k? Aye, ok.
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26 Sep 2017, 11:23 AM
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The huns kit man on 100k? Aye, ok. Absolutely no chance he gets that for a glorified laundry service. He's basically Dot Cotton.
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