TGP Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 29 minutes ago, stocky said: i see you managed to get Hello.................. Hello into a thread well done Unintentional stocky I assure you. I've no time for club allegiances when it's Scotland time. All together I say. Thanks for commenting mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocky Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 1 hour ago, TGP said: Unintentional stocky I assure you. I've no time for club allegiances when it's Scotland time. All together I say. Thanks for commenting mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newryrep Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 you want to go to the Aviva frequently, there are that many rounds of applause before games for mostly people that most people have never heard of I was half wondering if Jessica Fletcher should be called in to investigate people connected with the FAI dying I barely remember a game where the wasn't a round of applause Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu101 Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Yeah, this is a daft idea. Sure he was an Northern Irish fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 9 hours ago, Toepoke said: Is it not big fish, little fish, cardboard box? That's the one I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenfrewBlue Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 34 minutes ago, Stu101 said: Yeah, this is a daft idea. Sure he was an Northern Irish fan. His nationality is irrelevant. He was on the way to a Rangers game, so any commemorative event should be at the next Rangers home game, if at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu101 Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 13 minutes ago, RenfrewBlue said: His nationality is irrelevant. He was on the way to a Rangers game, so any commemorative event should be at the next Rangers home game, if at all. Agreed completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 15 hours ago, Debian said: I wasn't aware he was N.Irish - regardless, I would say no to Saturday. St Johnstone have said they are going to do something when we play them on the 26th for it though. Saw that. Bloody embarrassing. My club's support have some amount of fuds these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainmac1 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 5 hours ago, Ormond said: Saw that. Bloody embarrassing. My club's support have some amount of fuds these days. This was confusing me a bit. By the time that game comes around Rangers will have played 2 others games since the guy died. We play them in their next game actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tam4ritchie Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 What about the two people killed in a car crash in Dumfries and Galloway on Saturday? I think they were 49 and 55, we could applaud then two. In fact there was probably people of all ages from one to ninety died somewhere on Saturday, so we could just have applause from the 1at to the 90th minute. I was slated for being disrespectful because I didn't support a minutes applause for the Rangers fan that died. But the ones ( IMO) being disrespectful are those that put one life above others. Unless you know him or have some attachment then there's no need to show any more respect to him than any other person you don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Boyd Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 A football fan on the way to a football game in Scotland lost his life. A minutes silence by fellow football fans would be a nice gesture to show solidarity as football fans. Some things are bigger than club allegiances. Most of the clubs across Scotland made nice statements of condolence which as a Rangers fan was much appreciated. We should be united as Scotland supporters regardless of the club we support. Such a gesture could go a long way to bringing our support together. It has been more fractured in recent times than I remember it ever being in the past. I would happily observe a minutes silence if this terrible tragedy had happened to a fan of any other club in Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernscum Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Hopefully we can will be in the middle of a loud TA singsong with us being in awe of the performance on the pitch when the 39th minute arrives! Then, those who wish to applaud, can applaud. Those who wish to sing, can sing. Those who wish to stare at their mobiles, can stare at their mobiles. Everyone's happy...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tam4ritchie Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 (edited) 52 minutes ago, Kris Boyd said: A football fan on the way to a football game in Scotland lost his life. A minutes silence by fellow football fans would be a nice gesture to show solidarity as football fans. Some things are bigger than club allegiances. Most of the clubs across Scotland made nice statements of condolence which as a Rangers fan was much appreciated. We should be united as Scotland supporters regardless of the club we support. Such a gesture could go a long way to bringing our support together. It has been more fractured in recent times than I remember it ever being in the past. I would happily observe a minutes silence if this terrible tragedy had happened to a fan of any other club in Scotland. He was in his way to a football match involving Rangers. If I was a Rangers fan or it happened to a Motherwell fan on the way to a have then I'd expect my club to have a minutes silence/applause before or during the next home game. Same thing if it happened on the way to a Scotland hand I'd expect the Sfa to organise something as well as the club he supported. Someone on Facebook Tamb said they'd be taking a Northern Ireland flag to Saturday's game to pay his respects. To whom does he think he'd be paying them to? Also when I asked if the guy was from the Republic of Ireland and a Celtic fan or an England fan of he'd take a flag of any of those he never replied. We are becoming a nation of attention seekers and grief junkys, leave the grieving to his family and friends and leave any football tributes to his club. Edited October 5, 2016 by tam4ritchie None Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 (edited) 55 minutes ago, Kris Boyd said: Edited October 5, 2016 by thplinth usual TAMB Quote madness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 56 minutes ago, Kris Boyd said: A football fan on the way to a football game in Scotland lost his life. A minutes silence by fellow football fans would be a nice gesture to show solidarity as football fans. Some things are bigger than club allegiances. Most of the clubs across Scotland made nice statements of condolence which as a Rangers fan was much appreciated. We should be united as Scotland supporters regardless of the club we support. Such a gesture could go a long way to bringing our support together. It has been more fractured in recent times than I remember it ever being in the past. I would happily observe a minutes silence if this terrible tragedy had happened to a fan of any other club in Scotland. Absolute nonsense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 1 hour ago, tam4ritchie said: What about the two people killed in a car crash in Dumfries and Galloway on Saturday? I think they were 49 and 55, we could applaud then two. In fact there was probably people of all ages from one to ninety died somewhere on Saturday, so we could just have applause from the 1at to the 90th minute. I was slated for being disrespectful because I didn't support a minutes applause for the Rangers fan that died. But the ones ( IMO) being disrespectful are those that put one life above others. Unless you know him or have some attachment then there's no need to show any more respect to him than any other person you don't know. I wondered where you were. Go have a read of the closed threads in football related. FFS I was taken aback at the ferocity of response from folk who I am pretty sure had zero connection with the chap who died. People are fecking mental. Being accused of attention seeking and having personal abuse thrown at you by raging spittle gobbed idiots for pointing out 'attention seeking'... aye ok then ya bams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted October 5, 2016 Author Share Posted October 5, 2016 1 hour ago, Kris Boyd said: A football fan on the way to a football game in Scotland lost his life. A minutes silence by fellow football fans would be a nice gesture to show solidarity as football fans. Some things are bigger than club allegiances. Most of the clubs across Scotland made nice statements of condolence which as a Rangers fan was much appreciated. We should be united as Scotland supporters regardless of the club we support. Such a gesture could go a long way to bringing our support together. It has been more fractured in recent times than I remember it ever being in the past. I would happily observe a minutes silence if this terrible tragedy had happened to a fan of any other club in Scotland. No one gives a flying feck what team he supports. Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tam4ritchie Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Does anyone know if tescos, Morrisons, sainsburys etc are having a tribute for the Asda driver killed in Saturday? Where do we draw the line, if an Irish Chelsea fan died in his way to a game do you think Wembley would or should have a tribute? Sorry but not for me, stuff like this is more for the people participating than the person that died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, Kris Boyd said: A football fan on the way to a football game in Scotland lost his life. A minutes silence by fellow football fans would be a nice gesture to show solidarity as football fans. Some things are bigger than club allegiances. Most of the clubs across Scotland made nice statements of condolence which as a Rangers fan was much appreciated. We should be united as Scotland supporters regardless of the club we support. Such a gesture could go a long way to bringing our support together. It has been more fractured in recent times than I remember it ever being in the past. I would happily observe a minutes silence if this terrible tragedy had happened to a fan of any other club in Scotland. So we need to have a minutes silence at every game after fan dies then ? Also the guy in question had some really nasty opinions about Muslim immigrants and Irish Catholics, and was prone to sharing online articles from the neo-fascist Britain First movement. We don't need this ridiculous minutes silence at all. 2 hours ago, tam4ritchie said: He was in his way to a football match involving Rangers. If I was a Rangers fan or it happened to a Motherwell fan on the way to a have then I'd expect my club to have a minutes silence/applause before or during the next home game. Same thing if it happened on the way to a Scotland hand I'd expect the Sfa to organise something as well as the club he supported. Someone on Facebook Tamb said they'd be taking a Northern Ireland flag to Saturday's game to pay his respects. To whom does he think he'd be paying them to? Also when I asked if the guy was from the Republic of Ireland and a Celtic fan or an England fan of he'd take a flag of any of those he never replied. We are becoming a nation of attention seekers and grief junkys, leave the grieving to his family and friends and leave any football tributes to his club. FFS. Hope the stewards take it off him. Let me guess what club that guy supports ........... Can someone tell me just what was so special about his particular guy ? I don't remember the calls for a massive commemoration when that lad fell to his death at the Celtic Park game vs Ireland. Edited October 5, 2016 by ErsatzThistle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bzzzz Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Was there no a minute's silence for him at the England game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debian Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 10 minutes ago, ErsatzThistle said: So we need to have a minutes silence at every game after fan dies then ? Also the guy in question had some really nasty opinions about Muslim immigrants and Irish Catholics, and was prone to sharing online articles from the neo-fascist Britain First movement. We don't need this ridiculous minutes silence at all. FFS. Hope the stewards take it off him. Let me guess what club that guy supports ........... Can someone tell me just what was so special about his particular guy ? I don't remember the calls for a massive commemoration when that lad fell to his death at the Celtic Park game vs Ireland. There was a minutes silence for Nathan McSeveney at the England game, and also I know we had one at the Rangers Alloa game the following day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted October 5, 2016 Author Share Posted October 5, 2016 5 minutes ago, Bzzzz said: Was there no a minute's silence for him at the England game? 4 minutes ago, Debian said: There was a minutes silence for Nathan McSeveney at the England game, and also I know we had one at the Rangers Alloa game the following day. And rightly so. A Scotland fan died at a Scotland game 4 days previous. A completely different situation to a Northern Irishman dying on the way to a game of football that just happened to be being played in Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Whilst there was a small tribute to the lad that died at Celtic Park, I certainly don't recall any kneejerk "something must be done" gimmicks put about by people online. And Nathan McSeveney at least did not share the xenophobic beliefs that Mr Baird did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bzzzz Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 8 minutes ago, Parklife said: And rightly so. A Scotland fan died at a Scotland game 4 days previous. A completely different situation to a Northern Irishman dying on the way to a game of football that just happened to be being played in Scotland. Agree 100% I'd suggest this is best left to the club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geed Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 1 hour ago, ErsatzThistle said: So we need to have a minutes silence at every game after fan dies then ? Also the guy in question had some really nasty opinions about Muslim immigrants and Irish Catholics, and was prone to sharing online articles from the neo-fascist Britain First movement. We don't need this ridiculous minutes silence at all. FFS. Hope the stewards take it off him. Let me guess what club that guy supports ........... Can someone tell me just what was so special about his particular guy ? I don't remember the calls for a massive commemoration when that lad fell to his death at the Celtic Park game vs Ireland. Saw this also, some of things shared on facebook page was not very nice about burning refugees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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