Though would YOU consider Belfast as being in Ireland?

 

If you don't want him then you can claim the Dublin Loyal, a collection of muppets who hold their prize giving evenings up North just in case someone shouts at them in the Capital.

He was a cúnt.

Bit of a knob

No harm to him but what a bollox he is. I have little doubt in my mind he went out that day with the sole intention of causing trouble, I'm glad it sounds like he was unsuccessful. 

Isn't it ironic "Rangers Billy" aka a ybig forum member with a second profile , resurfaces when there's drama on one of the threads involving Celtic?

 

What do they think of every Irish international that plays at Ibrox being roundly booed for example?

 

My friend is a massive Rangers supporter living in Donegal. It was passed down from his father, like the rest of his family. They were originally from Glasgow but moved here. His youngest brother was born in Ireland and supports both Rangers & Ireland as much as the other.

I know what you mean though about people doing it for the craic, one person back home wore a Rangers jersey just to rise celtic fans like myself.

 

its a tad strange for any irish person to start supporting Rangers in the first place. A club that has an open hatred for everything irish, but then again there are a lot of strange people about

 

thats conceivable then to be fair, if the family are originally from Glasgow and it was passed down

The chap I use to hang around with was a sap! - but we were only 16 and he use to drink McEvans larger as well.

I have no idea what possessed him to support Rangers but he did.

I've a feeling he may have done it as a wind up but I am also sure he got bullied a lot.

He was the bullying type - fat, Rangers fan, sh*te at sport etc..

Surely youre taking the piss?

 

 

A chap on a forum I used to post on was a big UCD, Ireland and Rangers fan. I think Dublinger was his username. He said his old man was a Rangers fan and it was passed down to him. One of my mates was also a Rangers fan, his Grandfather was Scottish and all his family were Rangers fans. He stopped following them after his first visit to Glasgow.

 

or every rangers player (or player our fans thinks played for rangers!) getting booed when they play for their country in lansdowne? 

 

Know 2 lads in Galway who are Rangers fans.

 

2 of my mates were over for that too. They got the tickets in that uefa lottery thing and were in the rangers end! They were drinking with rangers supporters all day and night and had a great time with them!

 

(theyre not rangers fans themselves, but do hate celtic!)

 

They actually didn’t know how bad the riots were until the next day on the tv, and were surprised as they didn’t think it was that bad on the day!

 

Have another mate who supported rangers as a kid. Wasn’t to wind up anyone, just because they were winning and were good to watch I’d guess (time with mcccoist,hateley,etc). He always wore his rangers jersey on the green in the estate playing football without anyone saying anything to him! (must admit I enjoyed watching rangers that time too – theyd a great battle with leeds in Europe then too!!)

 

the gist of the story is correct. in fact i dont think that it was until the PA made the correction that he got any cheer.

 

pat on the back for non booing of scotland rangers players. probably the first time in years this happened at lansdowne, if it did.

The fella i know didn't support Galway united or got o Ireland away games so I dont think your thinking of the same person...

Anyway this fella only supported Rangers purely for the wind up and attention, So i don't know if he could be really described as a true fan.

You need to brush up on your knowledge  I can stay here all day and post up fact after fact , link after link if you want.

http://forum.rangersmedia.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=217185" rel="nofollow - http://forum.rangersmedia.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=217185

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0asWhyP1Fso&feature=related" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0asWhyP1Fso&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyNU608RuF4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyNU608RuF4

Do you not remember Rangers no signing Catholics policy? Now don't tell me that wasn't just a cover up to not sign Irish players , a club who has openly adopted "No Surrender" , Rangers in total haven't had more than 8 Irish players on their books in their history etc etc yet another clueless post from a person who knows f**k all about Scottish football!

Plenty of Rangers fans kicked up over the signing of Alan Smith "the fenian" so iv'e seen him called.

But seeing as we're all Irish fans is booing Paul Green and Paul McShane not worse than the odd "Celtic fan" booing an ex or current Rangers player if there happens to be one on the opposing team?

 

never heard either being booed.

 

it was never an "odd" celtic fan booing rangers players. in fact a load of northen celtic fans turned up to the match last year against the north with the sole purpose of abusing the norths players. was unfortunately right beside them

Green was booed (not deafening boo's now) where i was sitting for the Czech game.

But there was only one Rangers players on the pitch when Ireland played the North , this was not an Old Firm game you see those "Celtic fans" were at the game as Ireland fans , so in fact it was Irish fans booing Northern Irish players. 

I posted up a comment in the previous page highlighting that , but did he reply no. When you have an answer the majority won't write back because they have no answer to give back , which shows up their lack of knowledge on the subject.

Why do they bother 

I see Suarez gets booed at every ground he plays at, and I am sure other players gets booed as well. (Awaits chorus of Suarez is a ****s etc..)

It's not behavior I engage in but I've no issues with it.

Its just to have a go at Celtic really , you pull any of the Celtic haters up or prove them wrong and they don't reply very sad really.

It is certain.

How many foreign players were moving to British clubs in the 80s ffs , thats a petty reason.

There was a limited number of foreign players allowed play per team also so to compare Irish and Spanish players at that time is nonsense.

 ?????? Who have Rangers genuinely tried to sign thats Irish , no media bullsh*t i want hard evidence as too what Irish players Rangers made bids for in the past 20 years. Bearing in mind you said "a number" of players.

A minority are you taking the piss? 

Rangers were always anti-Irish and anti-Catholic , funny how their biggest rivals were pro-Irish and supported by a majority Catholic fan base but were also open to Protestant players , fans and managers to join the club.

Rangers havent had 10 Irish players in their history to have togged out for them in a 130 years , now don't start comparing the likes of Doncaster or West Brom (for example) with Rangers when it comes to not signing Irish players because i'm not buying it. 

 

funny they only came to the match against the north. i sit in an area with season ticket holders and never seen these lads before or since. also, what has the celtic jerseys and flags they had got to do with supporting Ireland??

 

 

 

Roberto Baggio wrote: What do they think of every Irish international that plays at Ibrox being roundly booed for example?

 

this is the post that brought us on to booing players. cant have it both ways

So does an item of clothing define a supporter 

I could wear an Australian rugby jersey to the game against Bosnia , does that mean i'm not supporting Ireland 

Linfield jersey in the middle of the Nothern Irish support , what has that got to do with supporting Northern Ireland? Oh wait , there were Linfield players playing.

Darren O'Dea on the books of Celtic , not to mention Given and Keane are two ex Celtic players who could be the boyhood hero's of Celtic/Irish fans at that game. So is there any difference between a Linfield N.I. fan wearing his jersey with pride while still supporting N.I. , to a Celtic fan wearing a Celtic top with pride while supporting Ireland? Especially when there are current and ex players of both clubs on the pitch?

Did you also not think given the recession , some people may not have the money to buy both Ireland and Celtic jerseys or whatever jersey whenever they feel? 

P.S. in an ideal world i'd love if everyone would wear Ireland jerseys to the games , but an item of clothing doesnt always define a supporter! 

 

do you seriously think that celtic jerseys are worn by Irish "fans" because O'Dea was on their books or because given and keane played for them?? also, celtic shirts at Ireland matches long before the recession!

 

the reason celtic fans wear their jerseys to Ireland matches is that its another arena to show their celtic support. it has zilch to do with supporting Ireland in my view.

The fact Amoruso was the first Catholic captain in the clubs history which was barely 15 years ago shows what went on for years & years at Ibrox. Their anti-Irish , policy was brought in line with their anti-Catholic policy isnt that obvious?

They tried to sign Sheedy i'll give you that. But where is the proof of Rangers wanting to sign Andy O'Brien , iv'e never read or seen anything that backs that up tbh..

So just because Rangers have had one ex Irish international on there coaching staff in their history  should they be applauded or should it be seen as an achievement? 

 

08/09 season read that article 

http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/there-is-no-team-like-the-glasgow-rangers/" rel="nofollow - http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/there-is-no-team-like-the-glasgow-rangers/  

Alex Stevenson  1930s , Alex Craig 1910s , James McCauley 1900s played with Rangers all Irish , how convenient Rangers no Catholics policy was between the 50s and 80s when no Irish player was signed. Another flaw in your argument.

 

Scumbags as are the idiots who follow them 'for a laugh'.

Its a possibility even if its a minor one , but can you honestly prove to me i'm wrong? 

I know Celtic jerseys were seen for years and years at Ireland games  

So if i wore my Sunderland jersey to an Ireland game in Poznan , i'm not showing support for Ireland by being there 

 

Nail on the head, thought the atsmoshere was dreadfull, every asshole from a 300 mile radius was down at it soley to give abuse. funny they never made down on the sunday a few days later

And you can be fairly sure if we played up in Windsor, our players would be roundly booed and jeered. It's called rivalry.

One grew up in an Irish Catholic Family in Liverpool and the other was Irish born and bred , thats strange why they got booed at such a friendly club like Rangers.

 

A bit why Rangers fans attacked Shelbourne fans in Tranmere; they're Irish. How anybody from Ireland can sympathise with that mob of scum is beyond me.

But like can those morons be defined as genuine Irish supporting Celtic fans or just gimps looking for trouble by wearing Celtic tops?

I support Celtic but i only wear my Irish jerseys to Ireland matches.

 

We're a bit too nice in ireland to create an intimidating atmosphere

 

or any kind of atmosphere in the Aviva it seems

 

northern celtic heads coming down to dublin only for the match against the north has zero to do with football rivalry. if they cared about the Irish team so much then they would be here all the time but thankfully they are not. my brother had his under 10 kids with him at the match and the explitive and hate filled abuse was a disgrace and has no place at any sporting occasion. the word "rivalry" is used too much as an excuse for biggotry and hatred.

 

 

 

Funny you should mention this because a lad I know that plays on our football team only mentioned the fact that as a 10 year old boy he went to this game as his first Shels away game  and whereever they were after the game - they had a big spread on for a coach full of schoolboys etc...

Rangers fans came in and smashed up the whole place!

Not a truer word spoken.