Celtic fans take Rod to task!
In the article the Hibs guy chastised the Celtic supporters. I am surprised he doesn’t get the passion where being a Celtic fan is more than football.
There are deep passions especially regarding Catholic /Protestant sensitivities.
His remarks are not helpful.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.The club was started by working class Irish immigrants and a lot of their support still comes from the descendants of those people. I read an interesting article recently about how the club winning the European cup back in the 1967 did a lot to improve the confidence and status of their supporters.
Rangers too have a large working class support but as many are staunch unionists I wonder what their reaction would have been in a similar situation.
Of course the answer to the question "Do you support Rangers or Celtic" ?. Is - I am an atheist I support Partick Thistle.
Moravian
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Dec 17, 2019
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This has nothing to do with Catholic/Protestant sensitivities..this is about a loathing of all things Tory. These Celtic fans obviously felt a sense of outrage that one of their biggest fans had shown support for a hated figure who represents to them upper class Tory privilege and who in the past has shown his utter disregard and disparagement for all things Scottish. The ex Hibs BBC guy was right, people should leave their politics at home when they go to support their football team, but just as they take their religion with them in Scotland, their politics evidently comes too. Probably wiser that he’d kept his mouth shut, but he’s no stranger to the passion which all three...football, religion and politics raises in the Scots, being one himself.
Marionville
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Dec 16, 2019
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I didn’t mean this had anything to do with Catholic/Protestant sensitivities, but it’s always more than football. Tottenham/Arsenal, Liverpool/Man Utd, Southampton/Portsmouth.
Passions run deep. What I am saying is that I am surprised that he was insensitive enough to make the remark.
Politics and religion aren’t going to be put to one side at a soccer match as it is, in many cases, there that many of the historical narratives are played out.