Should rebel songs be sung at games?

Just because they've been sung for years and years it doesn't automatically justify the singing of them now.

 

IMO the rebel songs are for the buses and pubs before and after games , not the stadium during the game

 

The fact is ,if Celtic fans turn up and start blasting these songs out over and over again Celtic will get hammered for it ,we hear bits and bobs every week then it filters away but we know that rangers sing there's but for some reason they havent been deducted points or fined as yet but i can assure you it will be a different matter if Celtic fans started rattling out the Soldiers song ,the Boys of the old Brigade and Go Home British Soldiers ,this is just a few and there's lots more and yes i sang them for years at Parkhead but the SFA and UEFA stated if it continues the * will hit the fan and im not wearing tinted glasses when i say the SFA would hit us before them .

 

I say no, we have plenty of good Celtic songs and we're always making up more ever season, so lewt's stick to football not politics !!!

 

Do what ya like in the pubs & clubs, but at the football, it's not the sort of image celtic want to portray to the rest of the world.

 

im not saying it is justified.

what is deemed offensive by SFA might not be offensive to others. for example there is no way that the soldiers song can be offensive. it is the national anthem of Ireland it is sung at football, gaelic and rugby matches.

 

Very unlikely that the support will blast these songs out, en masse, as once was...Unless we are reduced to a hard core again as in previous dry periods... So doubtful we would get hammered in the foreseeable future.

Don't doubt ye're right that we'd get hammered first...That said, the rebs aren't going away anytime soon, despite the bad smell they appear to present in the current age

 

Do you mean the songs or the people? Or both?

 

when you hear celtic fans singing YNWA dosent it make your hair stand on the back of your head,when they sing rebels songs do you have a feeling of belonging ,,being part of something ,and isnt it a good feeling,do you have a tear in your eye ,,eh just a thought,,,,,slan

 

Or perhaps it is because these said people can only spout their nonsense behind the safety of a computer screen. If they did it down the Gallowgate, any Celtic pub or even at a match I dare say they would know all about it.

We have sung the rebel songs for decades so this "image" has always been portrayed to the rest of the world. And yet we still have a great reputation...

Not a chance mate, we belt these songs out every away game and yet nothing has been done, do you know why ? It is because nothing can be done as these songs are not sectarian nor do they preach hatred unlike the huns vile song sheet. The songs you listed are poor examples anyway as we cannot be punished for singing Ireland's national anthem nor can we be punished for singing the Bhoys of the old Brigade as it's very similar to Flower of Scotland. And Go on Home british soldiers is never sung.

 

Only in Scotland could the national anthem of another country be considered offensive,if the SFA tried to stop this song it would be laughed out of court,in fact is Flower of Scotland not a song of rebellion itself ? Scottish one's are OK but Irish ones aint !!!

 

..neither the songs, nor those of us who sing them are going away, imo

 

What about all the bombs they detenated and disruption they caused within Northern Ireland, before you start on the the attrocities they were responsible for in English cities. These are not people to celebrate in my opinion.Celtic and terrorism should not be associated with terrorism.

 

Well I guess this sums me up I am a devoutly proud English protestant Unionist and arch moonochist who caught the Celtic "bug" at 13 and still has it stronger than ever 32 years later! My voting instincts and nationality are distinct from my football passions. Every fellow Celtic supporter I have ever encountered has never held my English accent/nationality against me.

At the end of the day, Celtic has a Scottish Company registration, plays in a Scottish League, pays UK Corporation tax and has an Irish and Scottish history / origin, it is quite simply a British Institution with links to Ireland and a * fine British Institution at that.

 

Haha, that's exactly my point! It's probably a good idea that we have the safety of of a computer screen because otherwise a rational debate is less easily had, whether that due to being assaulted (could happen) or simply being shouted down (would happen).

 

Our club is a Celtic institution, not a British institution.

 

In my opinion it makes these people shitebags, it really is that simple.

I am not referring to the people who don't sing the rebel songs though as that would be silly as there is nothing wrong with a difference of opinion, I am referring to the likes that say things such as "* off back to Ireland" and the like.

 

It is a Celtic Institution as well but it is a great UK Company and has been since it was first registered as such, also most of us hold UK Passports not Irish ones and Scottish Passports dont exist. Also a former Chairman accepted a knighthood(no problem with that other than Jock Stein should have got it also) and I am sure that sometime next year our Chairman will no doubt become a Life Peer, once he leaves the House of Commons. I rather think these points make us slightly more aligned to The UK than anywhere else.

All the above helps to makes Celtic a British Institution. That doesnt mean to say it devalues the irish links in any way, the last time I looked we have very friendly relations with the Republic of Ireland.

 

Well the majority of supporters do not see us as a British institution, in fact I have never ever met one that has said so. I see us as a Celtic institution and I am proud of that

 

That's true - you get shitebags with all kinds of opinions :icon_mrgreen:

Still, IMO the internet has made it easier than ever to have a (relatively) rational debate with another (relatively) normal person.