Celtic Supporters Thread (contains GB chat)

About the GB song choice, they have a wide variety that they hasn't at Celtic games from old techno music to billy ray Cyrus. The techno music etc is a small part of the ultra mentality and in my opinion are the more catchier songs and just done for fun which it is and rekindles memories for some.

 

I love what the GB do. Create a brilliant atmosphere. I just don't join in with the songs about the Huns...

 

well the huns are dead now so there won't be songs about them for awhile. If they somehow don't get promoted or we play them in the cup, then we'll sing about them again, but I don't think the GB or anyone else is gonna be banging on about the huns any more.

Theyr'e gone, free at last, free at last!

 

No it isn't.

 

Yes it is. Just because the working class are finder it harder to afford doesn't mean it's not a Woking class sport. How many posh or middle class footballers do you know?

 

Please quote where I called anyone a ned, or even implied it?!

And punk music is just as working class as dance music in my opinion. Im sure if these ravers can get their heads around singing Irish folk music, they can get their heads around some punk rock as well

 

Beckham think hes the only one and hes not really posh, just pretend posh which is even worse really.

 

Sorry man, didn't mean to imply you were saying ned, just mentioned the word as a few others had used it as a derogatory term.

I agree Punk music is working class, I'm as working class as they come and have listened to Punk music for as long as I can remember but generally it's not the sort of thing young working class guys are into at all. If they listen to any guitar music it will likely be Oasis, Bob Marley, Pink Floyd....

 

Without going off piste (oh, how bourgeois) in Europe there are many middle class footballers, and in North and South America there are actually quite a lot of players from priviledged backgrounds. This country is unique in defining everything by class.

 

I know quite a few people who train and play for lower division clubs and are from middle class background. Football attracts all sorts of people both on and off the pitch, things have changed a lot in that respect.

It's not a sport related to specific classes like tennis, but it's not oriented to working class only.

It's idiotic to generalise it like that.

 

Ok, I'll have to take your word for it but here, in Glasgow, in Scotland, in The UK? It's a working class sport. Played by working class guys and watched by working class people almost exclusively.

 

Well, I'll have to take your word for it that these people exist won't I? But the fact you can't tell me a posh footballer that we both know says it all really.

 

* has half of this * got to do with the GreenBrigade ?

Without the GreenBrigade Parkhead would be a very sad place to bring a first time visitor.

 

Were debating whether the GB songbook is dictated by their class and whether that is a problem or not, and if it is a problem, why? Welcome to the debate.:icon_mrgreen:

 

7% of footballers come from private education which is exactly in line with the population average. But as regards fans I think it is very much mixed. I cant speak for Glasgow but if you consider the prices people pay at places like Arsenal, Chelsea, Man Utd, etc, or the cost of going to international events like the World Cup or Euros it is fair to say there are many football fans across the social spectrum.

I appreciate why you may argue the green brigade may listen to rave and not Chopin's concertos based on class, but I dont see any reason to exclude punk rock tunes, or any guitar music for that matter as most of it is very "working class". Class is no example for awful musical taste!

But anyway, we digress from the green brigade I think

 

With a slightly different direction and some common sense, the Green Brigade could improve and gain a lot more credibility.

 

I'd like to hear you expand on that?

 

What are you on about a different direction and some common sense?

I don't like some of the songs they sing, but * me without them there would be no atmosphere at CP.

The rest of the stadium should be striving to help them vocally (myself included)

 

They are an ultra' group not a supporters singing group. They'll sing what they want.

 

Toytown is one of the best additions lately I reckon, I don't think that or Discoland should come on over the tannoy but they're still great when coming from the stands, and even though they're not "celtic songs" as such, as far as I'm aware no other support sings them.

I've thought for a while that if they Green Brigade gets much bigger they should attempt to split and send a section to another corner to try and get things going around the ground. More fans should get involved but I can understand why it rarely happens. I'm in 108 and while a lot of people in my section sing, anyone who stands up for more than a few seconds is asked to sit down by someone behind.