Celtic V Rangers

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Sadly I think Rangers's absence will only have fuelled the desire to play Celtic regularly again and yesterday will only have added fuel to the fire for those supporters that seem to revel in the sheer hatred of their rivals. It will only continue into next season. While I watch the games on the TV, can those much more deeply involved either as fans of Celtic or Rangers, or of Scottish football in general, tell me why the clubs seem to do very little, to deal with this issue and with the fans. Is it something that does happen, but perhaps no longer widely mentioned in the news and social media?

What do you do as a club if you have 50,000 individuals singing The Billy Boys as one. Close down your own ground for home games?
 
Nothing, it's just a song...

As might as I don't think it should really be sung in this day and age - I tend to agree with you. I am pretty certain that Celtic fans don't actually care. And as we know - Tom Jones's Delilah that 80,000 Welsh will sing at The Arms Park is really no less inappropriate these days. The answer to my question is that there is not really a lot Rangers FC can do about it. If 50,000 individuals decide that they want to sing it then they will.
 
You don't ever have 50000 individuals singing the billy boys nowadays. If criticism is deserved at least keep it honest.

Good point about Delilah and could also be made about songs and chants at football grounds the length on the country.
 
What do you do as a club if you have 50,000 individuals singing The Billy Boys as one. Close down your own ground for home games?

That's why I asked. From a distance all we see and get fed is the hatred every time the game is played but you hear very little of anything being done to change this. I assume the clubs have long since stopped worrying until there's a pitch invasion or trouble and they get a UEFA fine or ban
 
That's why I asked. From a distance all we see and get fed is the hatred every time the game is played but you hear very little of anything being done to change this. I assume the clubs have long since stopped worrying until there's a pitch invasion or trouble and they get a UEFA fine or ban

This is the sort of thing that needs to be addressed, and the responsibility does NOT rest with the clubs. And it has nothing to do with a few songs sung in a football stadium...

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/s...lade-thug-rangers-7785215#JPZ5CdZkGcacLvDR.97
 
Nothing, it's just a song...

Only the very thinnest skinned could possibly take offence at a sectarian song celebrating a former Fascist leader and his gang of razor wielding thugs who used to commit sectarian attacks on Catholics. These people are obviously getting the wrong idea of what 'up to our knees in fenian blood' means.

The song is banned at Linfield, the NI Rangers equivalent, and which is hardly a bastion of cross-community understanding.
 
Are some songs not being sung because they know they cause offence ?
 
This is the sort of thing that needs to be addressed, and the responsibility does NOT rest with the clubs. And it has nothing to do with a few songs sung in a football stadium...

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/s...lade-thug-rangers-7785215#JPZ5CdZkGcacLvDR.97

Very sad in the year 2016 in a so called civilized society.

When you strip it down it is plain old tribal violence associated with religion.
It will only stop when the mothers teach their children to stop hating.
 
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