…does my head in!
I am sitting here, listening to fireworks going off, because Rangers have won the league. Now…just to clarify…Rangers is a “new” club because the previous Rangers went into administration and got liquidated. So effectively this is their first win. But ohhh no…according to them, they have broken Celtics 10 league wins in a row.
Anyway…fireworks. In March. My dog is terrified.
Scottish football is not about football, but about Rangers and Celtic.
Religion not sport.
Which one is Proddy and which one is Papist?
I went to a Scottish football match once when I lived in the UK. It was one of the most miserable and dank spectator experiences I have ever had. THe whole place seethed with anger and you felt that violence was going to explode any …and every second. And all under a unwelcoming, soggy, cold sky that felt like it almost resented you for being alive. I don’t even remember who was playing. I just couldn’t wait for it to end so I could leave. Nobody in that ground looked happy and nobody looked wealthy. Quite the opposite. The ground and the people in it looked down at heel and poor. So maybe football is their life. Or am I over analysing it. ?..Dunno. My hosts seemed to enjoy it though. 
Rangers are Protestant, Celtic are Catholic.
You are not over analysing it Keezoy, its a pretty accurate description. Its a sad event all around, normally ending in violence.
Was this an East Fife v Cowdenbeath derby by any chance Keezoy?
I can’t stand it either.
Just to add…I’m reading that the Scottish FM congratulated the team on their win, and there is a huge crowd of fans being escorted around Glasgow.
Escorted by the police.
No masks
No social distancing.
Congratulated by the FM
Lockdown is over.
To be fair this violence is not confined to Scottish football. Take a look at the YouTube video of the welcome the Man City team bus got when they arrived at Anfield in 2018. That was real violence.
Please don’t get me wrong Pixie. We loved Scotland. We drove from Cornwall in the south to Inverness and enjoyed every mile. The Scots were, by and large very hospitable; as, I must say were the English and Welsh. Edinburgh was delightful. We made a point of going to Perth and having a look because I spent my teenage years living in it’s namesake in Western Australia. The two cities could not possibly be any different so it was very curious being in a place called Perth like the one in Scotland. 
It was just the football. I don’t know why they bother. I made the mistake of calling it “soccer” and I thought I was going to get knifed. Scary. 
To be honest mate I have not the faintest clue who it was between. I vaguely remember one team being in very dark blue or black and the other in green…with a splash of red maybe?..What I can tell you was that it was 1985. It was near Glasgow but not in the main part. MOre of a suburban grade match I think. The ground was pretty small; Maybe 5 -6 thousand people tops. It was not what one would call a “good” area. Pretty down at heel, poor looking place. The name “Carlton” rings a faint bell. Only because I think I thought of Carlton in Melbourne. That’s where the people who took us to the game lived. Carlton?..Colton??..somehting like that. It was cold, wet and very tense…:shock:
You’ve got me stumped there Keezoy. I can’t think of a Scottish team with green and red colours offhand.
Haha. Ad I said I could be wrong Scot. I was concentrating much more on not looking at anybody the wrong way and not getting nutted. 
The guys I was with had mouths on them. I was not keen on getting dragged into a blue. We took the same crowd to a rugby match between Scotland and Australia in Sydney while they were here. They nearly got us killed there!..Total gentleman but they tended to get pretty sketchy when they had a skinfull.
I am so glad Scotland gave you a wonderful experience. We are naturally very friendly and welcoming to everyone. 
If they took away the football, and replaced it with sunshine, it would be the worlds most popular place ever, in my opinion! But I’m biased…
Pixie, I saw it on the news, it was disgusting, all those selfish folk only thinking of their own enjoyment, as you said no masks, no distancing…it’s this sort of behavior that keeps us in lockdown
Paula, there was even a selfie taken with a policeman who was in a group of say, 4 or 5 fans. No masks again - but to even have the police in a selfie was just shocking! They are supposed to be laying down the law, not breaking it themselves! I was so annoyed.
I am not a football fan by any means but for perspective violence and football seem to go hand-in-hand pretty much globally, not just here in the UK.
Brazil’s Flamengo fans are widely accepted as being among the worlds most violent fans as are Athletico Madrid’s but the very worst of all tend to be eastern European.
Celtic and Rangers meet on Sunday 21st. :shock:
I know…its going to be bedlam, I imagine.
Sorry Pixie, I got my date wrong. It is a week later 
