It will surprise no one that Uefa have charged our football club with “the displaying of an offensive banner and setting off of fireworks [sic]by fans”, this action was as inevitable as the dawn. At least some of our number believes setting off flares in a football stadium is a reasonable action and that provoking European football’s governing body is a smart thing to do.
In terms of protest, “**** Uefa” is not quite up there with Martin Luther’s Thesis or what we’ve witnessed in the Arab world this year. It’s simple rebellious behaviour, which some of us are compelled by in our teens and a few take a long time to shake off.
Forget calls to self-police, I’ve never seen it work with a football support. Ever. If you think you are going to convince anyone the folly of profane banners, flares or even IRA chanting at a football game, save your breath. Those who are up for the protest (whatever the subject is) are more likely to find your call for restraint as complicity.
This series of protest and consequence will run for years, will split the support and damage Celtic. Neither the club nor the support has the leadership to do anything about it. Copy and paste the thoughts you write on the subject, you can use them again without having to retype.
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Greenjedi
I haven’t seen that variation of the possible outcomes before. The part about Newco having to wait until next season makes sense. What seems far less fair is that the team winning the first division should face the prospect of a legal battle to take up its rightfully earned place in the SPL. Why should they have to go through that?
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Celtic_First – they’ll just make the league bigger. 12 or 16 teams.
I take it as a given that the vast majority of Celtic fans want to see them suffer the maximum possible pain – administration, bankruptcy, years in the wilderness etc. etc. We know they are a corrupt and bigoted institution, we know their support is as poisonous as any in the world, we know they are supported by a network as dark and secretive as can be imagined.
And if it comes to pass, and they did fall over the edge into the abyss their will be massive rejoicing amongst all of us, me included.
On the other hand, I would think a sizable majority of our support also loves nothing more than the build up to a derby and the possbility of stuffing them. The high of a win over them is something that no other domestic game produces, the tension during the game is unmatched and the atmosphere is electric. Can we survive and thrive without them? Almost certainly. But the reality is that a 2-horse league would become a 1-horse league. It’s being naive to think their demise would suddenly see a stronger challenge from Hearts/Hibs/Aberdeen. We would remain so far ahead of them all financially it would soon mean there was next to no excitiement in the league. The golden days of the 80s and a strong Aberdeen and Dundee Utd. will not happen again because English clubs will continue to snap up any good talent for the Championship long before a new super team could be built.
I know we want to see them crushed, I do too. But I would miss the excitement of playing them, I really would. When I lived in Scotland in the 80s I loved nothing more than a trip to Ibrox in the hope of giving them a doing – and we often did. Trips to Tannadice, Tynecastle and Pittodrie paled into comparison.
Conclusion – I’d still like to see them obliterated but I’d miss them. Heaven needs hell to make religion work. Maybe that’s why we need them.