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Banning 128 fans seems impossibly indiscriminate.  I don’t know how it was decided but it sounds like “those eight columns and sixteen rows” – painting with a very broad brush.  If so, the Club must meet with those in the affected area as soon as possible to allow fans who have had nothing whatsoever to do with vandalism or dangerous behaviour to continue to follow their club.  If such a letter arrived on my doorstep, I would want to face the Club urgently.  We’ve all been tarred by the pyros, banners and vandalism, but some are paying a higher price.

Unless there is specific evidence against an individual, the default expectation must be that bans will be lifted after interview.

Back in July, after the Club and the Green Brigade met to agree a way forward following some early season Uefa disciplinary problems, we wondered if either could control every last hanger-on hoping to ‘stick it to the man’.  Statements in recent days from both organisations show how impossible this has proven to be.

When I wrote my article on Saturday I didn’t expect the condemnation of the previous night’s incidents, from all sections of the support, to be so comprehensive.  We’ve seen elsewhere the damage procrastination and deflection can be.  There is no need to deflect.  We will not blame Chelsea fans. Nor is there need for ‘whataboutery’. Vandalising seats and throwing flares is now endemic in our game but Celtic fans are judged by higher standards. The Celtic support is characterised by by enormous generosity. Still.
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  1. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS .........FC not PLC on

    SETTING FREE THE BEARS

     

     

    Some of our resident pedants may bridle at your spelling of “Masstermind”

     

     

    For once,not this one.

     

     

    Though I suspect the gentleman in question will!

  2. Remember the days when every Celtic supporters bus,going along London Road,had at least one bearer of the bum at the back windae.

     

     

    Was there a designated Mooner / Bumbearer on each bus?

  3. you know that dramatic music they play to signify something , well dramatic , happening in a tv programme ………….

     

     

    picture the scene ………..

     

     

    guy walks into the brazen head , says to the barman, is there a person in here goes by the name of TD ……

     

     

    then a pause, a glance , and the music …………..

     

     

    bum, bum, bummmmmmmmm

  4. Was once on my way to play rugby match. Going along M8. Guy in the front decided to moon passing traffic. That was bad enough. Fact he was the driver was the real problem!!!

     

     

    See, that’s why it’s a dangerous game!!!

     

     

    HH jamesgang

  5. To bare, or not to bare, that is the question:

     

    Whether ’tis Nobler in the mind to suffer

     

    The badly swung Arrows of the Brazen’s dart players,

     

    Or to wear Y fronts against a heap of troubles,

     

    And by enclosing foil them: to be warm, to go commando

     

    No more; and by boxer shorts, to say we hide

     

    The Bum Sag, and the thousand Natural shocks

     

    That Flesh is heir to? ‘Tis a constipation

     

    Devoutly to be wished.

  6. Dontbrattbakkinanger on

    Yet each man kills the thing he loves

     

     

    By each let this be heard,

     

     

    Some do it with a bitter look,

     

     

    Some with a flattering word,

     

     

    The coward does it with a kiss,

     

     

    The brave man bares his bum!

  7. Derks Left Boot on

    the long wait is over

     

    13:00 on

     

    10 December, 2013

     

    BlantyreKev

     

     

    12:56 on

     

     

    10 December, 2013

     

     

    There’s 3 things I really hate:

     

     

    1. Posts about things you hate.

     

    2. Lists.

     

    3. Irony.

     

    4. an inability to count..?

     

    ———————————————

     

    E. A loss of memory ?

  8. Bournesoup…..

     

     

    If you ever go to Walter Myth’s Bowling Club,in Carmyle,for the Xmas disco…..remember one thing if you cop off with one of the ladies from the Ludge.

     

     

    A dog is for Xmas and not for life.

  9. On the Stupid Stupid Hun Charts:

     

     

    I’m thinking that yon fleg-draped Spar knifeman dumpling is straight in at number one ?

     

     

    Jeezo….

  10. Joe Filippis Haircut on

    Not all was bad about the GB they did bring colour and noise to the Stadium some of the displays before big games were superb however,the continuely tried the patience of the Celtic board and have been warned about some of there actions more than once.The board have now decided to break up section 111 which will in effect disperse the fans through out the stadium or if they don’t wish to move they can have a refund of there season card this will make it almost impossible for the Green Brigade to continue to function it did not have to end like this if only they had had regular contact with the Celtic board and followed the rules that they were asked to follow.It is only natural that some Celtic fans are unhappy about the treatment of the GB but Celtic existed before the GB and will still exist long after the GB have gone.H.H.

  11. the long wait is over on

    Saint Stivs

     

     

     

     

    13:16 on

     

     

    10 December, 2013

     

     

    Absolutely.

     

    —————-

     

     

    Derk’s left boot.

     

     

    Ha . v funny.

     

    :-)

  12. !!bada bing!!

     

     

    13:27 on 10 December, 2013

     

    Voguepunter + Gordon 64= 2 cheeks of the same arse……..

     

    …….

     

     

    Bum buddies… Shirley naw

  13. The scene ——–

     

     

    A fancy dress party. Usual range of prats in the usual range of costumes . Apart from one guy ———— naked /with bitumen on his bum .

     

     

    Someone opines —————interesting costume but who are you ?

     

     

    William Tell

     

     

    William Tell ?

     

     

    Yes ——— Tarry bum , tarry bum ,tarry tarry bum bum bum

  14. The theme music to The Lone Ranger is March of the Swiss Soldiers, the finale of Gioachino Rossini’s William Tell Overture.

     

     

    Thanks in part to an indelible association with the TV program and its swashbuckling eponymous character, Rossini’s stirring instrumental is among one of the most recognisable in the classical canon.

     

     

    It goes ♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫

     

     

    Torry Bum Torry Bum Torry Bum Bum Bum

     

     

    Torry Bum Torry Bum Torry Bum Bum Bum

     

     

    Torry Bum Torry Bum Torry Bum Bum Bum

     

     

    For Tell……………………. of Switzerland CSC

     

     

    ♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫

  15. At risk of going ‘off topic’ (bums on seats) previous post mentioned potential loss of players in transfer window.

     

     

    Lustig was mentioned.

     

     

    Keep, keep, keep. If we possibly can.

     

     

    The veritable Hong Kong Phooey of football. Mild-mannered, unassuming guy in the backdrop who instantly turns into lung-bursting run, pin-point crossing, perfectly-timed tackle Superhero.

     

     

    HH jamesgang

  16. the long wait is over on

    SOT, BSR

     

     

    I once read that the definition of a cultured man is one who can listen to the William Tell overture and NOT think of the Lone Ranger…

  17. The long wait

     

     

    Omg. I’m cultured soamur. Thanks.

     

    1st time for everything!

     

     

    HH jamesgang

  18. TBJ Praying for Oscar Knox on

    I work with a guy who sits in the main stand .. just beside the celtic dugout

     

     

    He doesn’t like the green brigade…says the noise of the drum and the singing distracts him from the football.

     

     

    I sat in his seat last season and was surprised at the bad language coming from neil lennon

     

     

    When I asked my workmate why he didnt mention nfls behaviour but ridiculed the GB … he said “hes the manager… he is allowed to blow his top at the players and ref ”

     

     

    It takes all sorts

  19. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS .........FC not PLC on

    JAMESGANG

     

     

    Not really. Joooost means you didnae have a telly in yer hoose.

  20. craigneuktommygemmell on

    I’m totally against the breaking of chairs and pyro going on the park but what is really annoying is this recent use of `The Celtic support`…The Celtic support are embarrassed of the banners, the Celtic support is embarrassed of the Green Brigade etc etc. What gives anyone the right to talk for the rest of the support? I know I wasnt embarrassed of the banners two weeks ago, and I know a lot of other people weren’t either, does this mean we `arent real Celtic fans` because we aren’t agreeing with everything PL says without question? This is as much our Celtic as it is anyone else’s, we won’t be chased away from supporting our club.

  21. Dharma bam…..

     

     

    Once got my head kicked in by about 10 of the Carmyle Tahiti (Walter Smith Orc Chapter).

     

     

    Anyhow,was pretty bad and they couldn’t find me an intensive care bed at the Royal Infirmary or the Southern General,so the ambulance delivered me to A and E somewhere unfamiliar to me.

     

     

    After drifting in and out of consciousness all night, I awoke to find Doc Halliday,John Wayne and Clint Eastwood around my bed.

     

    Screamed in panic as I thought I was trippin out my face until the nurse shouted over….

     

    Don’t worry son….you’re in the Western.

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