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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Ireland v England has always been a flashpoint. And yes I remember Lansdowne; saw it on the telly. Disgraceful.
I think usually the Celtic thing is when they play Rangers is it not? The Old Firm Clash (literally) and that's all about the old chestnut, Protestants v Catholics. I'm not familiar with the antics of Celtic supporters, but yeah, I was talking about those supporting the national Irish team.
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Not just Rangers, for example they've booed and chanted through minutes silences when not playing Rangers before, and once threw so many bananas on the pitch at a black player the game actually had to be stopped to clear all the fruit off.
Yeah the Old Firm is rooted in religious bigotry but not so much now imo, any sectarian policy doesn't exist at Rangers any more, half their players are Catholics. It is more to do with identity (British or Irish) and politics, Rangers being the pro British club of the establishment and monarchy, Celtic being the 'rebel' club founded for Irish immigrants. Lots of things overlapping in it all, especially since the referendum and Rangers financial trouble, its quite interesting I think.
The ROI were good at the Euros, as were the Welsh and the NI supporters. England not so much
