topcat(The most tip top) Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 22 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said: Indeed. But if anyone else points out this exceptionalism, they're sectarian bigots. not necessarily for instance 1 hour ago, Ron Aldo said: The important point that I think we can all agree on is that Celtic fans are a bunch of fuds. ^^^ Vile Sectarian Bigot 59 minutes ago, MarbellaDEE said: In the interest of fairness it’s worth mentioning that Rangers fans also fall under this bracket. ^^^ Not a Vile Sectarian Bigot At least I think that's how it works 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 1 hour ago, Arch Stanton said: St. Mirren players were doing a huddle all throughout the 94-95 season, a year before Sellick started doing it. Of course I'm sure some other side were doing it well before that, just that they weren't on live TV every week to publicise it. Yeah, Dunfermline definitely did it in the 95-96 season after Norrie McCathie died, as a way of galvanising the players before the first game after his death and it continued for the rest of the season, as did retiring the number 4 for the rest of the season with 12 used instead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 24 minutes ago, Salvo Montalbano said: Yeah, Dunfermline definitely did it in the 95-96 season after Norrie McCathie died, as a way of galvanising the players before the first game after his death and it continued for the rest of the season, as did retiring the number 4 for the rest of the season with 12 used instead. The earliest example I could find was Llanelli RFC against New Zealand in 1972 but it probably goes further back than that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camer0n_mcd Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Comparing a tifo for a guy that had over 200 games for Aberdeen to Rangers fans repeatedly bringing a Nazi flag to games 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 3 hours ago, Swello said: Surely it's just cringey pish imported from American sports? It was the Golden Girls who invented the huddle. Celtic are copycats. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 5 hours ago, Arch Stanton said: St. Mirren players were doing a huddle all throughout the 94-95 season, a year before Sellick started doing it. Of course I'm sure some other side were doing it well before that, just that they weren't on live TV every week to publicise it. I started playing basketball in 1981, and a pre-match huddle was an established thing then. As per below. 5 hours ago, Swello said: Surely it's just cringey pish imported from American sports? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judy Murray Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 22 hours ago, velo army said: Celtic fans calling that "the huddle" and claiming it as their own, when they saw Poznan fans doing it and copied it, will never fail to rip my knitting. They copied it from Man City who copied it from poznan. It’s the worst thing ever. “Not just a club” levels of revisionist unimaginative shite that those professional victims lap up 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 1 hour ago, Judy Murray said: poznan 9 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: poznan It's a proper noun! (Said the grammar police.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 7 hours ago, camer0n_mcd said: Comparing a tifo for a guy that had over 200 games for Aberdeen to Rangers fans repeatedly bringing a Nazi flag to games Lovely. Spoiler Diving c**t. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 1 hour ago, Dunning1874 said: It ended 0-0. That'll teach them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 11 hours ago, Dunning1874 said: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 12 hours ago, Dunning1874 said: What in the name of lumping f**k is that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 On 08/10/2024 at 08:32, Arch Stanton said: St. Mirren players were doing a huddle all throughout the 94-95 season, a year before Sellick started doing it. Of course I'm sure some other side were doing it well before that, just that they weren't on live TV every week to publicise it. I started watching football in 1994-95. Genuinely thought the huddle was something Celtic have been doing since long before I was born. Stole the Irishness from Hibs and the huddle from St Mirren. Joke club. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennie makevin Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 22 minutes ago, DukDukGoose said: I started watching football in 1994-95. Genuinely thought the huddle was something Celtic have been doing since long before I was born. Stole the Irishness from Hibs and the huddle from St Mirren. Joke club. ......YNWA from Liverpool, 'more than just a club' from Barcelona.....the list goes on. I'm sure there must have be an original thought from Celtic directors, players and supporters since 1888 but, other than fetishising secterian emnity for material gain, I can't think of any. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 5 minutes ago, kennie makevin said: . I'm sure there must have be an original thought from Celtic directors, players and supporters since 1888 but, other than fetishising secterian emnity for material gain, I can't think of any. They stole that from the first iteration of Hibs. Of course here in Edinburgh that kind of thing was perfectly acceptable in the '80s Spoiler by which I mean 1880s 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life on Marrs? Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 Did Tony Mowbray not introduce the huddle to celtic when he was a player in the mid 90s? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 (edited) 15 hours ago, DiegoDiego said: It's a proper noun! (Said the grammar police.) Obviously Poznan the place is a proper noun but isn't the dance/ritual/activity/whatever a common noun. Just as "Derby" is a place but the "Dundee derby" is a football match Which would mean @Judy Murrayis banged to rights but @Sergeant Wilson might be off the hook Edited October 9 by topcat(The most tip top) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 50 minutes ago, DukDukGoose said: I started watching football in 1994-95. Genuinely thought the huddle was something Celtic have been doing since long before I was born. Stole the Irishness from Hibs and the huddle from St Mirren. Joke club. Celtic players started doing a huddle on the pitch before kick off at the start of the 1995-96 season, under captain Tony Mowbray who was deputising for an injured Paul McStay. I don't think it was copied from St Mirren, more likely from the USA. Celtic fans only call their backs-to-the-pitch thing the huddle because they want to pretend it's not a copy of the Poznan, which it obviously is and was recognised as such when they started doing it. If it were genuinely in honour of the players' huddle they would obviously be facing inwards. Their mythology around all this is just typical attention-seeking twattery. As for the Poznan, I don't understand the point of going to support your team and then ostentatiously not watching, other than as a protest. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 9 minutes ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: Obviously Poznan the place is a proper noun but isn't the dance/ritual/activity/whatever a common noun. Just as "Derby" is a place but the "Dundee derby" is a football match Which would mean @Judy Murrayis banged to rights that might be off the hook Being sent to coventry, hitting a panenka, wearing wellington boots, eating a hamburger or a danish pastry or a sandwich... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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