I agree 100%. I lived in Glasgow and have family there; for me, the club’s supporters made me feel very welcome in Scotland. Proud to be a Celt. HH

Good for you!

And what part of Glasgow are you from?

Seamus

Does it bother you if he isnt from Glasgow?

I’ve been to Celtic Park to support my team, along with thousands of other Irish supporters who travel to Scotland to see the bhoys. Brilliant club with super fans, I’d recommend a trip..

I’d also recommend a cheaper trip to your local league of Ireland club.You should try it!

Not if your local league club is sh1te, no obligation to spend your cash on something that doesn’t appeal to you. The onus is on the local league club to draw the crowd

Celtic dominated for at least the first 70mins

Get a life Patrick,
Go support your darling rangers, but I doubt they even televise division 3 SPL games.

Brilliant Gareth you have just let everybody know how dumb you really are. There is no division 3 SPL. There is a division 3 SFL however. SFL = Scottish Football League; SPL = Scottish Football League. Are you beginning to get the picture?

And there it is..more hypocrisy

Well said Patrick…not sure where he got you were a Gers fan from that one comment. Very perceptive!

Well you knew what league Gareth was commenting on, hun.

Nothing more than was expected Sean…clowns never fail to amuse me.

If one of those big boys were to swap leagues with Celtic for five years they wouldn’t be as big as Celtic is now

Your not Scottish then?

Can you not read?

Can’t spell either.

I highly doubt that is true. Juventus is not the type of Club that would match fix…………

Liverpool is it tomorrow night D’Angelo? You’ve had a busy midweek ;)

Because we have an intrest in football in general. By your standards should only Celtic and Juventus have watched the game tonight.

Thierry Henry – Martin Johnson – Neil Back. Kettle pot black my friend.

Valid point Jason….Bar Johnson….Cant be having him at all.

Apart from a few stand out players the League of Ireland is fairly diabolical which partly explains why so many Irish support Scottish and English clubs. If the standard of Irish football became better then of course more people would go to games and support Irish teams as passionately as those across the water

There in lies the problem. People who won’t go to games are in turn depriving the club of gate receipts. These gate receipts would pay higher wages for better players. But as I said catch 22, no fans, no big players

The problem that precedes people not going to games and hurting the ticket sales is finding the reason(s) why they are choosing not to go of which there are many. It’s not just football, Irish sport in general is behind the times and leagues behind our nearest neighbours have. I feel coaching has to improve from the grass roots level and maybe then Irish sports people and teams will become more successful. Look at the GAA for instance. Firstly I am not a fan of either hurling or football but the coaching given to kids from the time they are in senior infants right the way up to senior level is excellent. Maybe if out other sports bodies took a few pointers it could improve Irish sport in a major way

Don’t know why people are red thumbing him. He’s right. The general standard of coaching at 6 or 7 in Ireland is atrocious. There are exceptions, but generally we are about 70 years behind other countries.

So what your saying is coaching in Irish sports is excellent (GAA) and coaching in other shite sports (soccer) is poor , that’s ok so

Im so very pleased for you that you are delighted and that you relish other people’s misery, how very wonderful for you. I am genuinely gutted tonight but it cheered me up immensely to discover that you are delighted. I have nothing against the hibees but, in fairness, i don’t think you know what you’re talking about.

Not a Celtic fan,but the club were founded by a Mayo man in 1888,although,I’d imagine a lot of Celtic ‘supporters’ don’t even know the history

Neither do you.
A priest from Sligo.

And there’s a memorial to him in Ballymote public park. My young lads were fascinated.

Close enough,and you’re out anyway

Don’t think any sligoman would agree. And I’m not a Celtic fan.

An absolute FACT. Red thumbs from those ignorant of the truth obviously!!!!

Hibs were founded in 1875 , 13 years before Celtic and had already won a trophy the Scottish Cup in 1887. Fact.

Research the demise of Donegal Celtic and the subsequent surge in support of Glasgow Celtic if you want to know about Irish support for the hoops of Glasgow..

Sorry I mean’t Belfast Celtic.. forced out of Irish soccer in 1949 by sectarian hatred, many supporters turned to Glasgow Celtic instead.

So?

David, anyone who is a genuine supporter of the club already knows when, why and how the club was formed so give over about the hibs nonsense. Date of formation is not the fundamental factor in a person’s love for and following of a football club. FACT.

The Hibbies turned their back on their Irish roots long ago, because its a relatively unpopular section to be involved with in lowland Scotland.

David knows nothing of Scottish football and its fans .google is a great tool.
Don’t understand why so many Irish people(mostly EPL fans)constantly ridicule Celtic fans.
I’m just back from the game last nite and as usual the fans were exemplary.
Atmosphere was amazing and the banter before,during and after the game between us and the juve fans was amazing.
Pity about the result but as any Celtic fan will tell you.were
Faithful through and through.

One thing I do know about Scottish football is that it is Shit , the fact that people want to see Celtic playing in England tells us everything we need to know about Scottish football . Don’t need Google to know that fact. #rubbishleague

Why does it bother you so much.
You don’t have to watch it.
Seems sad that your blinded by the hype in the “big leagues”.

Did you do the counting?

Great way to win more people to the LOI, state they’re not ‘real football supporters’. How about focussing on the positives of the league and maybe people would be more inclined to go

People wont go because of the quality of football (although its not that simple) the quality of football cant get better because people don’t go. Its an irreversible problem that stems in part from the GAA being the sporting focal point of community and regional pride across the country.

I’ll give you an example, how often do players move from GAA club in their own county? Very rarely and if they do a massive stink is made, how many move from local football clubs? Quite a lot every season, this has a knock on effect in the mindset at large which doesn’t allow local club to grow and form an identity with its own community.

Ha what a sap.

Grrrr I support Celtic because I hate Protestants.

No it is about supporting a football club. putting your dreams and faith into the hands of 11 men and supporting them through thick and thin. its about the great feeling of winning and that horrible feeling when loosing. having a chat with mates about the game and a bit of banter with supporters of other clubs.
I wouldnt execpt you to understand that as I highly doubt you support a football club. you just love to stir up a bit of controversy while failing to take into account all the genuine supporters who are just in it for the football.

And you are an expert on this because…?

fizi I reckon Juve could actually win it out..

Jamie: ok remember my words in May :-)

ok you’re on!

Only if the red thumbs could actually talk:-)

99%? Quit trolling

Rangers were indeed british until they self destructed.

Lorraine you don’t have a clue what you are talking about, which is evident from your posts throughout this article.

Rangers have nothing to do with what happened at Celtic park last night and from my own experience as a season ticket holder of some twenty five years I think they still reside in Glasgow, which if I am not mistaken is still part of the British Isles.

I have many friends and family who support Celtic and have done for years…it has never been about religion for us. We will leave that to the small and feeble-minded people on here. It’s about true rivalry on a football pitch. I texted my brother last night to slag him but at the same time congratulate them on a game well played. He was at Celtic Park last night…were you?

I despise all the thinly veiled supporters of both clubs who say they love their club and its not about religion when it clearly is the case.

Hypocrisy is alive and well unfortunately. Until it all stops there will always be bigotry.

Mac, I’m not going to lower myself to your level. I know exactly what I’m talking about. The only statement of fact I made in my posts was in relation to the fact that Rangers were a british club until they imploded (so I can only assume it was this which touched a raw nerve with you). I was merely responding to the worst joke in human history…. no other reason. You are completely correct, rangers had nothing to do with the game last night…. did I say otherwise? I have been to Parkhead many times and to many european away games. My husband was at the game last night, we couldn’t both afford to go…… and your point is?? I must say, your post made me so bloody angry. I am NOT in any way bigotted, I love watching football, I couldn’t care less about all the sectarian bulls**t that comes with an element of the Celtic support and I can assure you that I have never uttered the words of an IRA song or anything resembling one.
And I’m still gutted about the result.