kennie makevin

Precisely...we have two too many clubs in this country.

That cretinous flasher should get his own nickname.

No it isn't it's simply understanding that context can totally change how something is viewed. A Union flag fluttering in a country parish church in Kent in December being a totally different proposition from a Union flag fluttering from a tenement window in Bridgeton Cross in July is another example.

As ever it's all about context. Volunteers fighting for Irish freedom in the early years of the 20th century singing 'rebel songs' is clearly neither secterian nor offensive. Football supporters singing same songs in a Scottish football ground as we approach the middle of the 21st century is. Which is why they sing these songs.

Tell the Old Firm to leave, leave now and don't come back. We then dismantle their stadiums brick by brick, aluminium sheeting by aluminium sheeting and build decent low rise social housing in their place. Probably won't make a blind bit of difference to the kind of result we saw last night but by God Scottish football and, more importantly, Scottish society would be a far far better and more decent a sport to enjoy and a place to live.

Do explain what is remotely relevant about Irish rebel songs at a football match in Scotland in the 21st century please.

Bear

Well it is for the rest of us

He doesn't want to talk about it.

The last truly great Celtic side was 69/70 and the top Dutch side that year utterly horsed them (as did the top Dutch side a year later). They were as good as the top Portuguese side that year tbf. All three leagues have dipped in quality since then so it may be meaningless .

'A 2 hore race' - you got that right !!!

Whoever says that money can't buy happiness should read this joyful post. This gentleman is a cheering, smiling, shouting, jumping up and down repudiation of the sour notion that financial muscle and it's ceaseless and ruthless application somehow devalues success. What arrant wishy washy wokery nonsense that is !!

As it's a given that Celtic/Rangers fans are the top two when it comes to glory hunters who might the least glory hunting fanbase be ?

Your own career being all that matters to you is the very definition of being a raging Tory.

A pedent writes: "Northern Ireland isn't part of Britain"

Interesting that the programme notes express concern that 'the front rank' for the upcoming game against England at Wembley 'is lacking in power' . Well that front rank put 3 past England.....!!!!!

Rogers & Hammerstein or Marsden ? Who's to bless and who's to blame ?

Scottish football is shite..... utterly tedious, totally predictable shite !!!

"Plenty for 'Gio' to think about during the break" ..........has somebody subscribed my to Rangers TV without my knowledge. ??

Djokovoc and Stephen King are the best at what they do as a result of their talent and hard work not because they started out with obscenely more money than their competitors. The Beatles didn't swan about Liverpool in the early 60's, rising to the toppermost of the poppermost because they had twenty times the financial muscle of Gerry & The Pacemakers. Celtic, on the other hand , are the top club in Scotland due to their financial might allowing them to pay and buy the top players. Whether you consider that financial power to be the result of prudent housekeeping and clever business acumen or the result of fanning the flames of secterian bigotry and reaping in the proceeds along with their soulmates at Ibrox, is merely a matter of opinion. To non Old Firm fans this is so obvious as to be beyond debate. If you support Celtic or Rangers you understandably refute that point of view. It's all about 'we want it more', 'we never stop' , 'we are the people ' etc etc etc. Who's correct ?? Non Old Firm fans of course !

I'm thinking maybe competitive sport isn't really for supporters of Rangers & Celtic.

Of course, the classic 'why are you upset that your cat got ran over, lots of other cats get run over as well ' line of argument beloved by Old Firm apologists .

For a certain vintage Bernard Cribbens will always be associated with Jackanory. Then Wombles, then 'Right Said Fred'

Careful, you're risking the attentions of the P&B House UnIrish Activities Committee with that kind of comment.

My fear is that somewhere within BBC Sport Scotland Nick McPeat is getting strips torn off him for daring to insinuate that Celgers or Rantic winning the league isn't a result of their overarching brilliance and astonishing ability of such godlike managers as Gerard & Postegoclu.