Bluedell

It WAS the Billy Boys: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/article1937649.ece I've seen the video and it was TBB and it was this that he was criticised for singing. What is wrong with the Sash anyway? Why would he have to resign because of that? I remember all the reporting at the time and he was criticised for the "Up to our..." line, and that is why he resigned. This is just an attempt by the BBC to criminalise the Sash.

Of course the final decision rests with the ref, but the linesman was in a far better position and says he saw Bougherra kick the keeper in the face he can't ignore it because it's the best information that he has. He has to go with the linesman. The ref was running towards the 18 yard box, and although I'm not a ref, he seems to have been in an OK position.

Can we blame Dougal? If he gets told by his linesman that Bougherra deliberately kicked the keeper in the head he has no alternative but to send him off. The linesman was in a far better position and the ref had no alternative but to send him off.

Played well during the first half. Didn't notice him in the second.

I'll repeat again. It wasn't the Sash. it was the TBB.

Incorrect. It was TBB.

I loved this comment from another forum "What about a day for the Morecambe cockel pickers"

A Rangers fan, who was convicted of breach of the peace after singing part of the 'Famine Song' at an away game, has appealed against his conviction. William Walls, 20, was found guilty of the offence, aggravated by religious and racial prejudice, at Kilmarnock District Court in December last year. He was put on probation for 18 months and given a football banning order. The song refers to a famine which killed an estimated one million people in Ireland during the 1840s. Rangers FC has asked the team's fans not to sing it. It includes the line, "The famine's over, why don't you go home?" which Mr Walls was seen to sing at the match. Although he only sang that one line from the song, the police match commander told the original trial that fans who heard it would know the rest of the words. 'Nothing racial' Mr Walls' defence counsel for the appeal, Donald Findlay QC, said his client had not committed a crime in singing the line. "There is nothing at all that could in any way be said to be racist or racially motivated about those words," he said. In her report to the appeal judges, Sheriff Iona McDonald said Walls was clearly aware of the impact of the song. The song was clearly racist, she said, as it referred to people of Irish descent being told to return "home". Mr Walls, from Cambuskenneth in Glasgow, was sentenced for singing the song and shouting sectarian remarks during a match at Kilmarnock's Rugby Park last November. The appeal was heard at the Justiciary Appeal Court in Edinburgh on Friday. Appeal judges said they would give a ruling at a later date. Mr Findlay said the views expressed in the song were political, rather than religious or racial. "This is not about whether the political element is logical, rational or justified - that is neither here nor there," he said. Referring to remarks made by Mr Walls which led to the charges, Mr Findlay said: "The reference to '******' is not a religious remark. It is in fact a political observation. "Its origin is entirely political and relates to the quest for a non-British, united Ireland." Mr Findlay compared his client's actions to an English person singing a song to Scots about historic battles their country had lost to England. "The individual would be perfectly entitled to express that view because it is a historical fact. He added: "The people who over-reacted might be guilty of a breach of the peace, but not the person singing it." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8052569.stm Some common sense at last.

Like S_A, I thought it was a wind-up. I actually went into Celtic's website to verify that it wan't. So it's absolutely nothing to do with Scotland or Britain? So the cross is a symbol of trying to keep Catholics away from Protestants? No, it's not, and just by saying it doesn't make it so. I understand that a study of the Scottish census figures will show if you consider the numbers of Irish-born respondents and the dates. Most people fleeing the famine went to America or Lancashire in England. Ah yes, Michael Davitt. A member of the secretive Irish Republican Brotherhood, the template for the 20th century Provisional IRA, who was 24 when he was imprisoned as a convicted "Fen'ian" felon for terrorist activities. It explains a lot when the club are still honouring the name of a convicted terrorist, and why they take no action against the thousands who were belting out their IRA dittys last weekend. So how do Celtic celebrate their diverity? EVERYTHING is Irish related. They don't celebrate their Scottishness, their Britishness, nothing. They only have one way of thinking. As for a club which is open to all? One of their biggest lies. Why did it take around 100 years for celtic to appoint a non-RC director? An administrative error perhaps? The proportion of RCs in the Celtic team prior to 1990 shosws that they concentrated on signing RCs. They couldn't stick to it exclusively given that only 17% of the population of Scotland is RC, so they had to widen their signings.

What Gribz said.

The linesman couldn't have been in a better position, as can be seen in the screenshot.

Over the line.

Totally agree. This problem with Boyd and Velicka has been obvious for a while, and we were always going to struggle at some point before the end of the season. Smith has to take a large part of the responsibility.

That wonderbra was worth every penny. :devil:

Taken in Porto apparently, perhaps when Celtic played Boavista in the SF of the UEFA cup.

I'm far more nervous now than I was before Saturday. By tonight I don't even know if I'll be able to watch the game.

A huge loss. We will miss his pace. Gazza, FFS.

I'd agree. The F.T.P was the loudest it's been since its reintroduction. Time for the song to be binned for this and another reason. It's part of an era that's been and gone and we should get another anthem for the team to come on to. S_A, there's a difference between coming up with an argument as to why the Pope's policies are evil (both theologically and morally) and therefore telling him what you think, and a gratuitous F.T.P which smacks of bigotry. I'm sure there are creative ways that people could come up with to slag off the pope through songs, but the F.T.P during STB or at the end of the Sash aren't that in any way, and should be binned instantly.

I got a personal phone call from SDM, thanking me for renewing, and offering me a job as CEO. Nah, I wish. Still waiting for my letter.

What is largely being ignored are the pro-IRA songs that were being sung, both inside the ground and outside, as they walked past the police. The "Oh, ah, up the RA" seemed to be shouted by the whole stand, not just one "idiot".

I think he is trying to make out that his flag is in support of the IRA that existed between 1916-1923 and took part in the Easter uprising. However that's certainly not clear from his flag and any reasonable person would assume that he's showing support for the sectarian terrorist organisation that considers itself a direct continuation of the original one.

Or HBOS authorised person?

Perhaps that's why there are strong rumours that our CEO is set to be replaced?

It could be something to do with the JJB deal? Not sure if it was perhaps renegotiated at that point? Perhaps the deal is crap and we aren't announcing it? It does seem strange that there has been silence about it.

And he's also a liar: