Wait, how do these 'IRA' songs damage our club?

Tell me you're taking the * and really didn't mean that post....before I lose any semblance of respect I have remaining for you.

 

ira songs

It hurts our club's image because it links the club with the IRA. It cheapens our message that we are a family-oriented club when the fans are singing, "Say hello to the Provos", in somewhere like Manchester, where the IRA had bombed in the past. There's already people being banned from games; the club can be fined; and potentially it could lead to forfitures of games. What true Celtic fan would want to be responsible for causing that to happen?

 

Another good explanation.


Glasgow Celtic was set uo tu help the needy regardless of creed.

 

Kerr o connor...your another one that reads what they want into posts ....where did i say that supporters were 'lesser fans' because they did not sing "those " songs ???
Quote -its more of case of the narrow minded against the open. the diliquants against the educated-Unquote
I agree wholeheartedly and
it is my hope that those people may become enlightened at some stage in their lives .

Feed the bear - what i say is what i mean..there is no ambigious words in my posts and i have no wish nor need of your respect , i am well enough respected within my own circle of friends and fellow celtic supporters .

 

Celtic's Mission Statement from their site

Current Positioning of Celtic Football Club

Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club with proud Irish links. The primary business of Celtic is as a football club. It is run on a professional business basis with no political agenda. However, the Club has a wider role and the responsibility of being a major Scottish social institution promoting health, well-being and social integration.
Who is Celtic Football Club for?

Celtic Football Club is for people who want to support a football club that strives for excellence in Scotland and in Europe, is proud of its history, supportive of its local community and seeks to support the following aims: “To maximise all opportunities to disassociate the Club from sectarianism and bigotry of any kind. To promote Celtic as a Club for all people, regardless of gender, age, religion, race or ability.”


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Now what has the IRA singing got to do with any of this..

 

Exactly mate.

 

i have to admit i sing these songs,mainly in the car or at house partys,but anytime i'm in glasgow i love to hear it been belted out of pubs.it's simple we're not allowed sing it at CP or any other ground so it should'nt be done,admit it or not i'm nearly sure most fans will sing provo songs in the gallowgate especially when drunk.
can some 1 answer me a quick question?is aidan mcenespie considered a secterian song??

 

mate no offence but you are the kind of person i dont want near our club.if you think its acceptable then fair enough,but dont come to the team i love and sing that and tarnish the good name we have.......thats what sets us apart from them. i admit i join in with the rebel singing in the pubs and at charlie and the bhoys but please dont bring it into to our stadium

 

ithere is a time and a place for everything and i dont think in this day and age the place to sing rebelsongs is celtic park but what annoys me is the amount of people in here with anti ira comments when looking at earlier threads they talk about atmothphere in bairds bar 67 hoops bar charlie and bhoys concerts shebeen etc what the * do the people in there sing about the people they are calling terrorist with their friends from the scottish press ps isbill leckie in here

 

the ira are not a terrorist organisation....they are an ARMY who fought for their beliefs and to free their country from illegal occupation.....what the british army r doin in iraq at the minute is the same thing they did to ireland!....in saying that there is no place for ira chants at celtic games altho songs which recognise our irish heritage shoiuld be welcome at games!

 

one of the best serious threads ever on TC

 

they are a terrorist organisation, to some people, to others they are freedom fighters.

to me, they are terrorists, and its an embarrassment when our fans sing songs about them.

 

I know about the Irish links with Celtic but personally I follow Celtic as a football team and nothing more. I support them because my Dad did and because his Dad did and so on.
I only have an interest in singing songs that are to do with football.
I do have an interest in politics but, being Scottish, the Republic of Ireland's politics doesn't really apply to me. I do read up on it out of interest but I don't have any particular feeling for it one way or another
Yes, people are free to have an opinion and discuss their beliefs but I think that it should be kept away from the football ground.
Like you said, there are Irish Rebel gigs so people can sing those songs there and celebrate. And I'm sure there are people who want to sing those songs that are Celtic supporters but personally it's not for me.

 

they r simply men and women who fought for freedom...in any other society or country they would be viewed as martyrs by the majority of the population....many people fought in the past for scotlands independence....how do u view them?

 

did they blow up innocent people though ?

the ira thought for freedom, fair enough, why bomb manchester though ?

its no different from what Al-Queda do, and i view them as dirty terrorist scum.

 

and no different what actually any bigger army (US, british etc) does. kill innocent people etc.

that's the way of life however and some views can't be changed. everyone (celtic/ pro and anti ira songs people etc) only want to take, but we need to understand that take-and-give is the best principle. example: some people stop singing ira songs and celtic reduce the ticket prices etc.

 

bit harsh comparing the US Army to the IRA.

They're reasons for their actions are totally different.

 

yes, actually the IRA only defended their home country while the US army likes to go on crusades and invade other countries.

but to cut a long story short: both kill(ed) innocent people.

this ain't meant to start a policital debate now, just want to show that the world ain't white and black only.

 

well said.

 

Well I guess 11 pages is longer than normal for arbitrarily insterting the US into a political discussion.