Celtic Supporters Thread (contains GB chat)

Sssshhh...........

i've managed to convince the Sevconian knuckledraggers that the warm liquid they noticed was actually * blood :icon_mrgreen:

 

"Note to self...don't drink and read"

 

Or my worry is they use it to make an example

 

Well if it makes you feel better aye ok mate. However, there is no ‘seem’ about it. We all agree UEFA are corrupt and in the wrong – we have even said ‘* uefa’ but go find a fan who doesn’t want to play in their tournament. The majority of us would crawl over broken glass for that. Therefore, hypocrisy covers both sides here to varying degrees.

 

For racist chanting or the sort nothing else

 

Love the Brendan Rodgers display. The artwork is fantastic. Hats off to whoever did that.

 

[ame]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_9W8Oax2uD8[/ame]

 

I couldn't care less what UEFA does. They could throw us out the competition for all I care. Cos see at the end of the day, it's a only game of football. The Palestinians have been persecuted in some of the most horrific ways for the last 50 years. US and Britain govts right behind it to give them an 'in' in the middle east. * worrying about flags, what the media think or what sanctions one of the most corrupt organisations in the world will impose

That show of solidarity for the Palestinians made me so so proud to be a Celtic fan. Well done to everyone taking part. More than a club without doubt.

* UEFA.

 

Love this pic with the UEFA Respect underneath it

 

aye love that myself.

 

Murdochs rag running some more bullshit with regards to Flags in tomorrow's edition.

 

what they saying?

 

a wouldnt bother what some orange * got to say in the papers.

 

I think many here share the sentiment about the situation out there, but what do you reckon the manager, the players, the staff, everyone who trains so hard to get to, for some, is the pinnacle of their career so far would think about your statement? Would you have the balls to say it to their faces? That you dont care? And not to mention the many fans in that stadium and around the world who want to see the club succeed and perform at the highest level.


You are talking out your BACKSIDE. :bbpd:

 

I find it flabbergasting just how many people in this thread find it so easy empathise with a few thousand fans who possibly might, if we are very unlucky, miss a game, or even with players and managers who (in the completely hypothetical scenario that absolutely will not happen) would miss out on a CL campaign they worked hard for yet cannot seem to work up much empathy for people who are right now and in actuality going through absolute * and have been oppressed for decades.

Seriously, can you people actually hear yourselves?

 

mental isn't it.

 

Green Brigade Statement

Prior to last night’s match with Hapoel Beer Sheva a collective of Celtic fans and Palestinian activists in Glasgow called on fans to show our support for the Palestinian people and fly the flag for Palestine. Like many fans throughout the stadium, the Green Brigade answered this call.

From our work with grassroots Palestinian groups in the West Bank and the refugee camps of Bethlehem, we know the positive impact international solidarity has on those living in the open prisons of the Occupied Territories. We also know that their suffering cannot be ignored by the international community and last night’s actions also sought to raise awareness of the Boycott, Divest, Sanctions (BDS) campaign which seeks to challenge the normalisation of the Israeli occupation.

Some have argued that football and politics do not mix, including European football’s discredited governing body. In Palestine, however, there is little dispute. The occupation has seen the Palestinian national stadium destroyed twice by Israeli bombs and footballers killed, maimed and imprisoned. In 2013 we were proud to welcome Mahmoud Sarsak, a Palestinian international footballer detained without crime or trial for three years in an Israeli prison, to Glasgow. Mahmoud had only recently been released from prison after a 96-day hunger strike and widespread international protest.

The BDS campaign builds on the success of earlier anti-apartheid campaigns. In the 1980s fans and citizens protested against South African sports teams and ultimately shamed the authorities into excluding apartheid South Africa from sporting activity. The late anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela, whose death was marked by a minute’s silence at European matches on UEFA’s instructions, famously remarked that ‘we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians’.

Mandela was right, and like the wider Celtic support we will continue to fly the flag for Palestine.

The response we have had since last night has been overwhelming, with messages of support pouring in from our fellow fans, human rights organisations and the global Palestinian community. We would like to thank them sincerely for their backing and tonight re-iterate our support for justice and freedom in Palestine.

We also understand that a downmarket tabloid newspaper may tomorrow run a story suggesting our group in some way mislead Celtic plc and told them that we would not be displaying our support for Palestine. This is a complete fabrication and we condemn anyone who spreads smear stories attacking football fans to The Sun.