Rangers and Celtic; who's best?

[Incognito]

This is what a Rangers fan printed in the London Times...

Spiers is many things, most wouldn't get past the swear filter.

He most certainly is not a Rangers fan though. Like that ****wit Donegal Phil he is as one sided as they come. Slanted

When you can provide a link to any occasion when UEFA have taken action against Celtic and their fans over their misdemeanours on the road, and contrast that with the litany of vandalism that is routinely perpetrated by the thugs that follow Rangers, then we can talk.

Well you did ask:

Uefa has confirmed it is examining footage appearing to show Celtic supporters involved in sectarian chanting in Barcelona earlier this month.

Several videos have been brought to the European football governing body's attention, leading to an investigation being opened which could result in disciplinary action being taken against the Scottish champions.

A spokesman for Uefa confirmed that the footage included chanting outside and inside the Camp Nou, including the "fan zone" designated for Celtic fans, as thousands of supporters of the Glaswegian club arrived in Barcelona for the Champions League last-16 tie on March 4.

Uefa said that it had footage of Celtic fans singing sectarian songs denouncing the Queen and supporting the IRA. The footage involves a small minority of supporters chanting the banned songs; however Uefa stressed that all incidents were unacceptable.

"We take care of all manifestations of sectarian singing," said a Uefa spokesman. "The only condition is that it must be in the immediate surrounding area of the stadium. There was alleged sectarian singing inside the stadium. If the investigation is conclusive, then a disciplinary case would be opened."

Football: Celtic face censure over Camp Nou chants | Football | guardian.co.uk

I did try and find more, wasn't much out there though, it's like your lot haven't been in Europe for a while.

Anyway I'm not going to get involved in this because neither side will ever see it from the other. We sing naughty sectarian/racist songs, they sing naughty political/sectarian/racist songs.

Take your pick.

[TestMangler]

"Who's best?"

"John, you're immortal now"

That is all I need

Yes, one of the immortals, of course, he's dead now.............

[Incognito]

Lifted from the madness that is followfollow this post sticks out in the madness.

Hilarious, you're obsessed. As well as a

[shaunbhoy]

Well you did ask:



Football: Celtic face censure over Camp Nou chants | Football | guardian.co.uk

FOLLOWING media reports claiming that UEFA has launched an investigation into the behaviour of some supporters during their recent visit to Barcelona, Celtic has released the following statement.

“Celtic Football Club has not been informed of any UEFA investigation concerning our visit to Barcelona and would be surprised if any was to take place.

“Indeed, Celtic supporters have already been praised highly by UEFA for their behaviour and were also applauded by FC Barcelona, the Catalan police, the people of the city and the Catalan media.

“Celtic Football Club states quite clearly that as a club open to all, it stands firmly against all forms of bigotry and sectarianism. This can be seen from the great volume of work which Celtic carries out in this area.

“The club condemns any small minority who choose to indulge in any form of negative or offensive behaviour.

“As a club open to all since 1888, Celtic once again re-iterates its commitment to combatting any form of bigotry or unacceptable conduct."

So in fact UEFA, having examined the footage, decided that Celtic had no case to answer.

I did try and find more, wasn't much out there though, it's like your lot haven't been in Europe for a while.

Apart from this season of course, and indeed every season for the last umpteen years too. The reason that you won't find much mud to sling out there is because there is none.
You no doubt stumbled across THIS little gem though.......................

UEFA honour Celtic supporters with special Fair Play award - Herald Scotland | Sport | SPL | Aberdeen

[minestrone]

Spiers is many things, most wouldn't get past the swear filter.

He most certainly is not a Rangers fan though. Like that ****wit Donegal Phil he is as one sided as they come. Slanted

Met Spiers on a couple of occasions and I can vouch for his rangers supporting credentials. He is pretty open about his hatred of what the rangers fans have become.

[minestrone]

UEFA honour Celtic supporters with special Fair Play award - Herald Scotland | Sport | SPL | Aberdeen

Dropped in this post on page 2

Rangers in the UEFA Cup...



Celtic in the UEFA Cup got us the UEFA fair play award

[minestrone]

Been a good few years since the last white Knight

[SimonMac]

I'll give you a clue. Many members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood going back through the ages have been Protestant.

In the eighteenth century the first attempt towards Irish home rule with little influence from London was led by the Irish Patriot Party in the 1770s and 1780s, inspired by Henry Grattan.

The Age of Revolution inspired Protestants such as Wolfe Tone, Thomas Russell, Henry Joy McCracken, William Orr, Lord Edward Fitzgerald, The Sheares Brothers, Archibald Hamilton Rowan, Valentine Lawless and others who led the United Irishmen movement. At its first meeting on October 14, 1791, all attendees, minus Tone and Russell (two Anglicans) were Presbyterians. Presbyterians, led by McCracken, James Napper Tandy and Neilson would later go on to lead Protestant and Catholic Irish rebels in the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Tone did manage to unite if only for a short time, at least, some Protestants, Catholics and Dissenters into the "common name of Irishmen", and would later go on to try to get French support for the rising, recalling the failed French Bantry Bay landing of 1796.

At that time, the French republicans were opposed to all churches. Such men were inspired by Tom Paine of the American Revolution, who disapproved of organized religions in The Age of Reason (1794–95) and preferred a deist belief. Though the United Irish movement was supported by individual priests, the Roman Catholic hierarchy was opposed to it, in part because its new seminary in Maynooth had been funded by the government in 1795.

During the 1798 rebellion the military leaders were also largely Anglicans. After the initial battles in County Kildare the rebels holding out in the Bog of Allen were led by William Aylmer. In Antrim and Down the rebels were almost all Presbyterians, and at the Battle of Ballynahinch the local Defenders decided not to take part. In County Wexford, which remained out of British control for a month, the main planner and leader was Bagenal Harvey. Joseph Holt led the rebels in County Wicklow. Only in Mayo, where there were few Protestants, was the rebellion led entirely by Catholics, and it only developed because of the landing by a French force under General Humbert. The disarming of Ulster saw several hundred Protestants, tortured, executed and imprisoned for their United Irish sympathies. The rebellion became the main reason for the Act of Union passed in 1800.

You see? As we would say, "If you know your History!"

Did you just copy a Wikipedia post verbatim ;o)

[SimonMac]

Been a good few years since the last white Knight

Ah the days when you lot were out foxed by a Gay Italian Dwarf

[Mich the Tester]

Rangers:

52 League Titles, 33 Scottish Cup, 27 League Cups and 1 Cup Winners Cup

Celtic:

42 League Titles, 34 Scottish Cups, 14 League Cups and 1 European Cup

Ask a Celtic fan and they will say they are the best, but then again they would be wrong

Have both teams been up and running for an equal length of time? It's important to know, seeing as if one's beeing running for longer it's had more chance to win trophies.