Fly the flag with pride.

[Guest scotranger]

I have been following with some dismay the utter stupidity of some of my fellow Scots as regards banning (in some quarters in Scotland) the union flag as apparently this would indicate support for Glasgow Rangers Football Club.The media would have us believe that demonstration of this particular flag adds to the current secterianism debate.What utter rubbish! Lets have a look at some facts regards the various flags.

The Union Flag also known as tha Union Jack when flown at sea, is the national flag of The United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. It is the current British flag and dates from the first of January 1801 with the act of the Union 1800 which merged the Kingdoms of Ireland, Scotland and England. The Union flag design contains the red saltire of St Patrick, the saltire of St Andrew and the cross of St George.

When one considers the the English flag dates back to 1277 and the St Andrews saltire actually dates back to 832 A.D. how mad it is to associate this with RFC sectarian problems. After all the Rangers club was not founded till 1873. The fact is that Rangers are both a Scottish and British and there should no question of a ban so FLY THE FLAG WITH PRIDE!

[Zappa 0]

If the tims think they're going to turn the Union Flag into something they can use to beat us with while they fly the Irish tri-colour including versions supporting terrorists they've got another thing coming mate.

[Zappa 0]

Can't remember if I already said it, but welcome to the forum btw.

[Guest scotranger]

Apparently our display of the Union flag is causing some offence to many Celtic supporters. They in turn could be accused of flying the Trycolour but you know fellow bears, nothing could be further from the truth and history tells us why.

The flag of Ireland was first introduced by Thomas Francis Meagher in the year 1848. It was also known as The Trycolour. Interestingly it consists of three vertical stripes, coloured green, white and orange. The green of Irelands flag represents a Gaelic tradition ( The phraise Erin Go Bragh translates from Gaelic as "Ireland Forever". The St Patrick's Battalion who fought in the Mexican war of 1847 used the Erin Go Brach Flag which shows the harp ( a political symbol of Ireland for centuries), with the Erin Go Brach Flags inderneath it. Here is the sting in the tail for the Celtic fans and supporters. The orange represents the supporters of William of Orange (Aye, King Billy). The white in the centre represents a lasting truce between the orange and green.

I am sure they would not be so inclined to wave the Tricolour if they knew anything about what it actually represents. So whats new? The future is bright - The future's Orange.

[Guest The Duke]

outstanding post scotranger mate. look at what is happening because David Weir had a message stitched onto his shirt. the scum are offended by everything and are going for the jugular, even our existence offends the filth. the bassas are on a roll and we need to fightback.

if this was Turkey they would be arrested for slandering the flag

[ian1964 10,879]

The fact is they are not offended by any of this,this is just them trying to harm our club by any means and they will continue to do so.

[craig 5,199]

Their mock offence will bit them hard on the arse. They currently have a feeling of infallibility due to their success in having us pilloried.

 

However, the UJ and now this congratulations message, could prove to be a major own goal by them.