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07-03-2021, 08:08 PM
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Scottish Football.....

....does my head in!

I am sitting here, listening to fireworks going off, because Rangers have won the league. Now....just to clarify....Rangers is a "new" club because the previous Rangers went into administration and got liquidated. So effectively this is their first win. But ohhh no....according to them, they have broken Celtics 10 league wins in a row.

Anyway....fireworks. In March. My dog is terrified.

Scottish football is not about football, but about Rangers and Celtic.

Religion not sport.
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07-03-2021, 09:27 PM
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Re: Scottish Football.....

Originally Posted by Pixie Knuckles ->
....does my head in!

I am sitting here, listening to fireworks going off, because Rangers have won the league. Now....just to clarify....Rangers is a "new" club because the previous Rangers went into administration and got liquidated. So effectively this is their first win. But ohhh no....according to them, they have broken Celtics 10 league wins in a row.

Anyway....fireworks. In March. My dog is terrified.

Scottish football is not about football, but about Rangers and Celtic.

Religion not sport.
Which one is Proddy and which one is Papist?
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07-03-2021, 09:30 PM
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Re: Scottish Football.....

I went to a Scottish football match once when I lived in the UK. It was one of the most miserable and dank spectator experiences I have ever had. THe whole place seethed with anger and you felt that violence was going to explode any ..and every second. And all under a unwelcoming, soggy, cold sky that felt like it almost resented you for being alive. I don't even remember who was playing. I just couldn't wait for it to end so I could leave. Nobody in that ground looked happy and nobody looked wealthy. Quite the opposite. The ground and the people in it looked down at heel and poor. So maybe football is their life. Or am I over analysing it. ?..Dunno. My hosts seemed to enjoy it though.
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07-03-2021, 09:38 PM
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Re: Scottish Football.....

Originally Posted by Judd ->
Which one is Proddy and which one is Papist?
Rangers are Protestant, Celtic are Catholic.
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07-03-2021, 09:39 PM
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Re: Scottish Football.....

Originally Posted by keezoy ->
I went to a Scottish football match once when I lived in the UK. It was one of the most miserable and dank spectator experiences I have ever had. THe whole place seethed with anger and you felt that violence was going to explode any ..and every second. And all under a unwelcoming, soggy, cold sky that felt like it almost resented you for being alive. I don't even remember who was playing. I just couldn't wait for it to end so I could leave. Nobody in that ground looked happy and nobody looked wealthy. Quite the opposite. The ground and the people in it looked down at heel and poor. So maybe football is their life. Or am I over analysing it. ?..Dunno. My hosts seemed to enjoy it though.
You are not over analysing it Keezoy, its a pretty accurate description. Its a sad event all around, normally ending in violence.
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07-03-2021, 09:48 PM
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Re: Scottish Football.....

Originally Posted by keezoy ->
I went to a Scottish football match once when I lived in the UK. It was one of the most miserable and dank spectator experiences I have ever had. THe whole place seethed with anger and you felt that violence was going to explode any ..and every second. And all under a unwelcoming, soggy, cold sky that felt like it almost resented you for being alive. I don't even remember who was playing. I just couldn't wait for it to end so I could leave. Nobody in that ground looked happy and nobody looked wealthy. Quite the opposite. The ground and the people in it looked down at heel and poor. So maybe football is their life. Or am I over analysing it. ?..Dunno. My hosts seemed to enjoy it though.
Was this an East Fife v Cowdenbeath derby by any chance Keezoy?
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07-03-2021, 10:20 PM
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Re: Scottish Football.....

Originally Posted by Pixie Knuckles ->
....does my head in!

I am sitting here, listening to fireworks going off, because Rangers have won the league. Now....just to clarify....Rangers is a "new" club because the previous Rangers went into administration and got liquidated. So effectively this is their first win. But ohhh no....according to them, they have broken Celtics 10 league wins in a row.

Anyway....fireworks. In March. My dog is terrified.

Scottish football is not about football, but about Rangers and Celtic.

Religion not sport.
I can't stand it either.
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07-03-2021, 10:59 PM
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Re: Scottish Football.....

Just to add...I'm reading that the Scottish FM congratulated the team on their win, and there is a huge crowd of fans being escorted around Glasgow.
Escorted by the police.
No masks
No social distancing.
Congratulated by the FM

Lockdown is over.
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07-03-2021, 11:00 PM
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To be fair this violence is not confined to Scottish football. Take a look at the YouTube video of the welcome the Man City team bus got when they arrived at Anfield in 2018. That was real violence.
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07-03-2021, 11:38 PM
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Re: Scottish Football.....

Originally Posted by Pixie Knuckles ->
You are not over analysing it Keezoy, its a pretty accurate description. Its a sad event all around, normally ending in violence.
Please don't get me wrong Pixie. We loved Scotland. We drove from Cornwall in the south to Inverness and enjoyed every mile. The Scots were, by and large very hospitable; as, I must say were the English and Welsh. Edinburgh was delightful. We made a point of going to Perth and having a look because I spent my teenage years living in it's namesake in Western Australia. The two cities could not possibly be any different so it was very curious being in a place called Perth like the one in Scotland. It was just the football. I don't know why they bother. I made the mistake of calling it "soccer" and I thought I was going to get knifed. Scary.
 
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