Scotland v Ireland Discussion Thread 14th Nov @ Celtic Park

Hope iam wrong but got a bad feeling that there will be a lot of trouble at this especially after Friday nights events.

Was going to go but not going to bother

 

Cough

 

Better get that cough checked

 

Here mate get this into yea

 

Fixed that for you, mate. :smiley-laughing002:

 

November 36th.

Aye.

 

Brilliant its on my birthday

 

Waaaahaey!

 

Remember that the tartan army would have been about 90% yes people. So any cheap shots would be rubbing salt into a really horrible wound. Need to keep the Celtic brotherhood together. Its not our fault that we have unionists any more than its the fault of nationalists in Northern Ireland that their aspirations are blocked by unionists

 

Safe for Ireland fans to sit in the S otland end ?


I suspect the majority of Scotland lads would be ok.

 

Nah. They're all Brit *.

 

I have applied for a ticket in the Ireland end, if I don't get sorted I might chance the home end, will there be plenty of spares?

 

Aye.

Will be difficult to fill Celtic Park. I imagine the attendance will be just over 50,000.

 

You'll probably get hammered..

 

Just bought tickets for 5 of us in the Home end. There's only about 40/60 tickets left. Does anybody know if the top tier is open for it? Wasn't sure if its just totally sold out or closed for the match.

 

I'd imagine it would be

 

Was thinking so, didn't think the tartan army would have filled the stadium at 35/45 a ticket :bbpd:

 

Anybody know if any of the Celtic bars will be open for this match?

 

Gordon McQueen incites racial hatred on McGeady and McCarthy

Gordon McQueen hits out at James McCarthy and Aiden McGeady over decision to represent Republic of Ireland

Former defender hopes the Scotland-born pair receive 'a horrible reception' at Celtic Park when the countries meet in a Euro 2016 qualifier

Former Scotland defender Gordon McQueen has branded Everton players James McCarthy and Aiden McGeady as traitors over their decision to represent the Republic of Ireland, who come to Glasgow for a vital Euro 2016 qualifying tie on Friday.

The former Leeds United and Manchester United star is appalled that Glaswegian McCarthy and former Celtic winger McGeady, who was born in Denny, did not wish to wear the dark blue shirt.

McQueen, capped 30 times between 1974 and 1981 and inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame last year, cannot understand why the pair elected to play for the country of their grandparents.

“I hate that: I’ve got no time for these players,” he said. “You’re born in Glasgow but then you go and play for somebody else? What’s that all about? I’m not having that at all.

“Will it be hard for them coming back here with Ireland? I really hope so. I hope they get a horrible reception because they deserve it. I’m sure somebody must have asked them to play or Scotland at some stage.

“You’re either Scottish or you’re not Scottish and you should know that by the time you’re 12 years of age.

“I played alongside the likes of Bob Wilson and Bruce Rioch, who were born in England but they always considered themselves Scottish.

“That’s all I want. If you feel Scottish then you’re Scottish but I hate these guys who think: I can’t get a game for England so I’ll play for Scotland’.”

McQueen is convinced that Scotland will record the victory they require on Friday, claiming that the home crowd will have as big a part to play as any of the individuals selected by Gordon Strachan. “I think we’ll beat Ireland at Celtic Park,” he said. “I thought that Celtic had some very average sides at times but European teams coming to Parkhead were intimidated by the atmosphere there.

“There are certain grounds where the crowd just gets to the opposition.
“As long as I live I’ll never forget playing for Scotland against Wales at Anfield in 1977 in the game that took us to the World Cup finals.

“That was intimidating. The stadium was literally bouncing, with Scotland fans everywhere you looked, even though it was their home game. We didn’t play well that night but we still won 2-0.”

McQueen played alongside Strachan with United and Scotland and was a colleague during the latter’s ill-fated spell as manager at The Riverside Stadium.

“I worked with Gordon at Middlesbrough: I was his chief scout,” he said.
“Why did it go so badly for him there? I think he underestimated the challenge.

“He’ll say that to this day. He brought in all these guys he’d worked with at Celtic — Scott McDonald, Stephen McManus, Barry Robson, Willo Flood and Chris Killen — plus other guys from Scotland like Kris Boyd, Kevin Thomson and Lee Miller.

“Gordon thought they would cruise the Championship but it just didn’t happen. People within the football club can understand why he’s doing so well now because they rated him and believed in him.

“I didn’t see him getting down, even when things weren’t working out: it would take quite a bit to dent Gordon’s confidence. I think he’s the ideal man for the Scotland job.

“Right now it looks as though everyone is on his side, regardless of the results. They’ve been all right but what if we end up finishing fourth in this group?

“Personally, I think we will qualify but I would be ashamed if we didn’t because just about everybody gets to these finals — 24 countries. Surely we can do that?”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...ecision-to-represent-Republic-of-Ireland.html

The vile bigot even manages to get a sly dig at Celtic in.

 

I'm going to sit this one out