Scottish Celtic Fans

Our numbers have dropped  a lot though for the last 2 campaigns   We had better away support under Stan (although the economy rather than the manager might be the explanation). 

We had 6,000 in Prague midweek in 07.

We brought almost 40,000 to Paris in 04 - appreciate a lot of factors like tickets freely available, saturday game etc but it was some crowd.  I don't recall Scotland bringing that many to the continent for a qualifier.

I'd say they have more away support recently but we would have had more for most of the previous 20 years.
 
The TA are better organised - proper travel clubs etc

Tartan Army sound bunch of lads most of them and a lot of them arae scotland first and foremost and prefer if club shirts are left at home which in the main is what happens with them.  They do travel in great numbers and considering they have not qualifed since 98 they get great numbers.

Not as many from Glasgow as from places like Stirling, Inverness, Aberdeen etc. 

Baldrick wrote: Tartan Army sound bunch of lads most of them and a lot of them arae scotland first and foremost and prefer if club shirts are left at home which in the main is what happens with them.  They do travel in great numbers and considering they have not qualifed since 98 they get great numbers. Not as many from Glasgow as from places like Stirling, Inverness, Aberdeen etc.

it seems to be the same with england where the top premiership sides fans dont seem to follow the national team.
I was at wembley a few years ago the united fans were singing "You Can Stick Your England Up Your Arse"

Del-Piero wrote: irishmufc wrote: Baldrick wrote: Tartan Army sound bunch of lads most of them and a lot of them arae scotland first and foremost and prefer if club shirts are left at home which in the main is what happens with them.  They do travel in great numbers and considering they have not qualifed since 98 they get great numbers. Not as many from Glasgow as from places like Stirling, Inverness, Aberdeen etc.  it seems to be the same with england where the top premiership sides fans dont seem to follow the national team. I was at wembley a few years ago the united fans were singing "You Can Stick Your England Up Your Arse" But isn't there a divide between the supporters from the north & south? Some supporters from the likes of Liverpool, Manchester, North-East etc. wouldn't give a damn about the national side in contrast to those based in London

i thanked ya by accident there but ya there is a north south divide.i think at the england the united and liverpool players tend to get on better with each other.one of the lads posted before that its fans of the lower league english teams that go to the national side games.

The SFA years ago had had an orange element to it which probably put alot of celtic fans off the team understandably but its probably not the case nowadays

samscafe wrote: What has changed, however, is Rangers fans now seem to support England and have stopped going to Scotland games.  Watching Scotland is now a much more pleasant experience.

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gspain wrote: We had 6,000 in Prague midweek in 07. We brought almost 40,000 to Paris in 04 - appreciate a lot of factors like tickets freely available, saturday game etc but it was some crowd.  I don't recall Scotland bringing that many to the continent for a qualifier. I'd say they have more away support recently but we would have had more for most of the previous 20 years.   The TA are better organised - proper travel clubs etc

Newryrep wrote: colemanY2K wrote: Newryrep wrote: reabhloid wrote: colemanY2K wrote: After living in Scotland for 7 years I can tell you that most Celtic fans don't really care too much about the national team. This is particularly the case the closer you get to Glasgow. The tartan army is a big attraction for fans outside the old firm as they know their clubs have little chance of being in the spotlight unlike their national team who used to regularly qualify for tournaments....that said they have the best (in terms of numbers) travelling support in the qualifiers. They take 3 or 4 times more fans than we do to away games. and they can sing their national anthem like there is no tomorrow..!   And what nationality entitles them to play for the scottish football team ? Scottish    dont think so, as far as FIFA is concerned their nationailiy is British Their eligibility comes under  the singular nationality clause  in which your nationality entitles you  to play for more than one team ie British   Saint Tom wrote: colemanY2K wrote: After living in Scotland for 7 years I can tell you that most Celtic fans don't really care too much about the national team. This is particularly the case the closer you get to Glasgow. The tartan army is a big attraction for fans outside the old firm as they know their clubs have little chance of being in the spotlight unlike their national team who used to regularly qualify for tournaments....that said they have the best (in terms of numbers) travelling support in the qualifiers. They take 3 or 4 times more fans than we do to away games. not true - numbers are broadly similar. understandable that our numbers are down for the last campaign though   dont think so Tom, they travel in  bigger numbers than we do. they took 8000 to Prague 2 years ago to watch a 4 6 0 formation half of them with out tickets and they havent qualified for anything since 98 ?   when the last time we took 8000 ? Paris in a WC play off

Edited by colemanY2K - 21 Apr 2012 at 9:33pm

Most Scots based Celtic fans that I've met follow the Republic of Ireland.

Landon Donovan wrote: samscafe wrote: Landon Donovan wrote: samscafe wrote: What has changed, however, is Rangers fans now seem to support England and have stopped going to Scotland games.  Watching Scotland is now a much more pleasant experience.       Horse manure   What do you know?  You've been shown up to be a clueless bawbag. Bawbag?