andyg83
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Anyone mind st etiene? Had to be the steepest top tier I have seen.
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I know it was in the stairwell.
Wouldn't sit front row again tbh
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Meant to ask folk who were in North stand what they thought of the front barrier.
I have to say that I found it really low in comparison to other grounds.
I mind a guy fell off during the of 'shame game'. Seeing it on Friday I am not surprised.
The lad beside me was leaning over it a few times to see below and I found myself grabbing his jacket as he was drunk. Sweaty palms thinking about it.
Must have been about 900mm high. I am sure most stadia are taller.
When I heard the tragic news I wondered if someone had fallen off.
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I told the lads round me to pipe down about mcgeady and I am no celtic fan.
Some took it too far tbh. Time to let it go.
I suspect that home games against England ni and roi bring out some folk that wouldn't otherwise be at our games.
Add much as I like the Irish I would rather play them away or not at all.
Friday wasn't a typical tartan army vibe. I found it far from menacing but not normal.
That said the celebrations were fairly epic when it went in.
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Shut the thread please. Embarrassing.
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I agree with andyg83.
I'm talking from personal experience of meeting scores of cracking Irish folk over the years.
I spent a few of those years working and studying in France meeting lots of different nationalities but the Scots and Irish tended to become the closest social bunch of friends (along with the Dutch).
Go anywhere and I bet the Scots and Irish have the most in common and meet and socialise together more than most.
Great people IMO.
through drink maybe.
I think the humour as well. We have the ability to laugh at ourselves which some countries don't.
It is funny that when you travel the Irish and the scots naturally gravitate to each other and end up being friends.
There must be something in it. Happens too often for it to be a coincidence.
So yes I do view them as our Celtic cousins. Doesn't mean I want them to win at sport all the time but I can empathise with them more than most.
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ditto. plus Wales.
I don't agree. I think the scots and Irish are more similar than any other of the home nations. We have a great deal of shared culture and shared history. Sometimes it hasn't all been friendly but there is definitely a connection between the peoples.
Try googling the origin of the terms scots and you will soon see.
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Throughout the whole game last night and everything that's been discussed today, that is the first time the word catholic has even entered my mindset. Can't agree with that.
Agree with this. Nothing to do with religion.
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Wallopers in any support I'm afraid. Both the irish and Scots but the majority as sound as a pound
What both supports have a reputation for in the past is self policing it's about time we started practicing this again
That's the point of this thread. How do we clean up this element of the support.
I honestly thought we had left this sort of thing behind.
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I love the irish and tbh slightly envious of them with regards to their culture, scotsgary1 you need to chill out, no need for the name calling we are cut from the same cloth, never understood the west of scotland mentality.
This times 100
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I didn't notice anything near me (JS Upper 444), but I have noticed that there seems to be more 'infighting' at most of our games. Since 2007 it has gradually got worse, most of the folk I used to go with have stopped going because of this(or results.....or me haha). Seriously worries me, especially as the ticket prices etc are watering our fanbase even further.
This is the reason my cousin has packed it in
You sound like a nice lad.
Calling all Irish gypos? Classy
I heard a guy behind me calling them pikeys. I had a quiet word with him and he stopped. No time for this sort of thing. People need to have a bit of respect for others. Some think at a football match any abuse goes.
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How do we stop this stuff though?
Is there anything the fans groups can do to encourage better behaviour.
You wouldn't have dreamed about anything like this only a few years ago. How do we nip this in the bud?
I wouldn't expect any abuse in Dublin to be honest. I think this game attracted a certain element to it.
Fingers crossed Tuesday goes off without a hitch.
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It seems a worrying trend.
Not used this at Scotland games.
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Was it just where I was sitting but the noisiest our fans were were when booing McGeady (before we scored). I'd have preferred a more positive channelling of our support myself. Sure feel free to boo him but would have preferred more noise backing our own team. Also our support was a tad reactionary last night as in Ireland fans made some noise then we felt the need to respond instead of us getting the songs in first.
I thought that as well.
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A few guys on the Irish forums saying they had really bad experiences in our end last night.
Coins thrown, sectarian abuse and general foaming at the mouth abuse.
I had a word with a guy who took the McGeady stuff too far and was shouting 'pikey' at him. He was fine when I pointed out that there were Irish in our end and that we should have some respect regardless.
Got me thinking about a Macedonia game where my mate and I had a word with guys swearing constantly and shouting abuse. The Spain game also had a guy behind me shouting 'daygos'.
There was also a minor skirmish in the south stand between two Scottish guys.
Think we need to watch it. I have noticed a few more idiots in the last few years. My wee cousin has stopped going because of it.
What are everyone's thoughts? Would be keen to hear from the Irish lads in our end for their view.
One thing I would say that when the goal went in the atmosphere visibly changed and got better.
Was it the tension and the Mcgeady angle?
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I meant did they enjoy their trip. Hope they did. Irish people are some of the best around.
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So how did the Irish get on then?
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I may have been one of the first to comment that this choice of ground would IMHO attract a bigger than usual away support. I said it 'matter of factly' without giving much of shit one way or the other TBH... This thread however 'says' something else.
You are desperate to see sectarianism in every comment aren't you? Why don't you accept that the original thread was topical.
The only person trying to degenerate the thread is Helen and her nonsense.
Next you will be calling me a Jackeen.
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That's brilliant
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Great post - if you need a ticket for Dublin give me a shout.
Can you get me one?
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Your right. Everything will be fine. It's just a one off, won't be a regular occurrence. This is just one set of fans doing the decent thing and helping the other lot out to watch their team. I'm certain the Irish lads will be glad to help any TA who want a home end ticket for the game in Dublin.
Imagine a country that was worried about the ta causing trouble. You would laugh them out of town. Heaven knows what the Irish are thinking
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I would actually be really annoyed if these lads were refused entry.
They have been shafted by their own FA. Let them enjoy the game.
Hope we beat them though!
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Plenty of our supporters were helped in the past by away fans and even the away teams FA's in getting tickets. We can't keep doing this away from home and then get uppity about the rare occasion when away supporters want to watch the game amongst us in Glasgow.It's just for one game, it's not the end of the world.Helping Irish fans get tickets in our end will stand us in good stead with them for the game in Dublin, plenty of them would be glad to help the TA get home end tickets there I'm sure.The Rep. of Ireland supporters are a well behaved bunch who have a terrific reputation away from home. There's nothing to worry about.This perhaps would have happened on a much lesser scale if the SFA had offered reasonably priced tickets which would have meant more Scotland fans and given the Irish a larger ticket allocation.
100% agree with this. You would think they were coming over to batter us
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I can relate a lot with this. I have been Glasgow regular since the Scotstoun move. It would seem so much better than visiting a football ground. Good pies, cold beer and decent rugby. Atmosphere can be quiet but no worse than fir Park so I can live with it.
Warriors have such a great club culture. It reminds me of gong to football abroad. Bars and food places ' stay open after the game. So relaxed.
Football needs to get its act together big time.