I don’t get the flares thing. It’s not a part of my going-to-see-Celtic tradition. But if it was my thing, I’d have the courage of my convictions, I wouldn’t hide the fact.
There are consequences of bringing flares to football games, always has been. By not having the courage to openly ignite them, those consequences are not personalised to the individuals who regard this as an integral part of what they do at a football game, they are visited upon everyone in the vicinity, as well as the club.
The problem with flares at Celtic games is those who bring them hide the fact – as they clearly know there are consequences, and presumably aren’t too interested in taking responsibility for them. ‘Keen on flares, not keen enough to stand up for them’, is why the issue persists.
I get the attraction to bright, shiny, things, but this isn’t a campaign to bring the vote to disenfranchised people against a force who will execute the offender on sight. It’s about bringing a flare to a football game. If it’s so important, do it openly. If you think Health and Safety are simply wrong, find the evidence and use it in court. Have the courage to change something. I know lots of Celtic fans who have had the courage to put their name to something they believed in, in recent years. It’s seldom easy, but it has been done.
But in the years of this debate no one has ever pointed to evidence that igniting flares in a football ground is a clever thing to do. It’s just a ‘look at me’ exercise, ‘But don’t look at my face’, of course.
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Episode 5 of ‘A Celtic State of Mind’ finds Paul John Dykes and Kevin Graham discussing a variety of topical subjects concerning Celtic Football Club, including:
* What now for the Green Brigade?
* Dedryck Boyata – Are reinforcements on route?
* Virgil van Dijk – The windfall cometh;
* Emilio Izaguirre – Moving on.
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The Dubliners – The Old Alarm Clock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfANJ2IIIps
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The Dubliners – My Little Son
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsskkj1KgYg
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The Dubliners – When Margaret Was Eleven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeg6vpFBtD4
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The Dubliners – The Old Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMPhR4qulQ4
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The Dubliners – Sé fath mo bhuartha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPf92gtptFE
HH Keep The Faith
Wolfe Tones – Oró Sé Do Bheatha ‘Bhaile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmX56cTAfio
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Dubliners – Boulavogue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hHq-jlj6zQ
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Wolfe Tones – The Dying Rebel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8j5icJHyIY
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The Dubliners – The Croppy Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QMx1lXgUKc
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Robert Emmet’s Speech From The Dock Of The Court 19 September 1803
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4i8Qn5lGis&t=19s
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Sionnach
Good morning. That`s a long shift you put in last night. Fair do`s.
The Wolfe Tones – Jackets Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39cQ7Bu8wZg
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ABURNTOUTCASE on 25TH JULY 2017 5:58 AM
Jesus wept, I’d almost given up on the morning shift ;-)
Over to ye.
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Amhrán na bhFiann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib8UDLEcr-I
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Do we know yet if the game is being shown anywhere on Wed?
It’s on Celtic TV, if that helps.
DICANIO
Thanks.
Footage of Vol. Michael Collins, Óglaigh na hÉireann, in Armagh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbqXpCzB9xk
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Alex Ferguson on Michael Collins & Irish history
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTyG6-sdpS8
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Brendan Behan on the Easter Rising
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyrkwy4vhyA
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Flag Of Freedom Flying – Podgie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ink9kidDWf8
HH Keep The Faith
Sionnach
Love the Mick Collins posts. Have the Big Fella as the wallpaper on my laptop and my phone.
Oro Oro – The Furey’s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMDX4J-nKfI
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ABURNTOUTCASE on 25TH JULY 2017 6:31 AM
Watch he doesnt turn on you when yer not lookin ;-)
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Sionnach
;>))
The Travelling People – Liam Clancy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zypPoM4Nyew
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OGLACH
1 and 2
Drums Under The Window (Sean O’Casey)/Easter 1916 (W.B.Yeats) – Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SujvsGkQJb8
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Henry Joy, (faithful to the last).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHPH-5zMjNo
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The Blarney Pilgrims – James Connolly (Irish Citizen Army)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9aXxWwdTYc
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Irish Citizens Army
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf0aVXwadn4
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Funeral of Vol. Thomas McElwee, Óglaigh na hÉireann.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Oe4cFI_tBA&t=406s
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Oglach Patsy O’Hara funeral 1981
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaE7m4OdnbY
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Sionnach
Do you have “Scorn not his simplicity”?
Beautiful song AB
Luke Kelly – Scorn Not His Simplicity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJsv8ea9axQ
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IRA East Tyrone Battalion – martyrs remembered
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFVXvtTUMPc
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Sionnach Abu on 25th July 2017 7:11 am
Thanks for that. A fantastic song.
Treble winning captains
Can I suggest that in the podcast that important news items are available in the same section, last week the info from a club said that information was seen that brought the Scottish game into disrepute received no comment other than from me,maybe people had no time to listen to the full podcast.
Tonight’s offering I switched off ,I have heard enough of the green brigade but would have liked to have listened to Regan but couldn’t find it, I also don’t care too much for the musical choices plenty of this on the blog.
Yes I am scunnered big time Wednesday is d day