| Celtic.... 23:34 - Aug 25 with 8323 views | loftus77 |
Forget (Glasgow) Rangers - I suspect the whole of the west of Edinburgh (and far beyond) has just died laughing. And good on them. [Post edited 25 Aug 23:38]
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| Celtic.... on 06:37 - Aug 26 with 5787 views | Konk |
It was very funny. Btw, I have never met a Hibs fan who didn't at least strongly dislike Celtic. A lot of people think there's some sort of bond between the two clubs, but there really isn't from Hibs perspective. |  |
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| Celtic.... on 06:39 - Aug 26 with 5769 views | Wegerles_Stairs |
Unfortunately it just shows where football is in 2026. The first British team to win the European Cup, famously with a team born within 30 miles of Parkhead, can't even get through a qualifier and will certainly never win the competition again.
Just like Aston Villa were forced to sell many of the team that got them into the competition and were spanked 4-0 at the weekend.
A tedious, overhyped sport at the highest level, and the disparity is only getting worse as the big clubs get richer. | | | |
| Celtic.... on 06:46 - Aug 26 with 5761 views | BexleyHoop |
| Celtic.... on 06:37 - Aug 26 by Konk |
It was very funny. Btw, I have never met a Hibs fan who didn't at least strongly dislike Celtic. A lot of people think there's some sort of bond between the two clubs, but there really isn't from Hibs perspective. |
Is this because Hibernian used to be called Hibernian Celtic before Celtic were even formed and they dropped it after they were formed, or is there something else that caused the dislike between the two strong catholic fanbases? |  | | |
| Celtic.... on 07:31 - Aug 26 with 5646 views | Konk |
| Celtic.... on 06:46 - Aug 26 by BexleyHoop |
Is this because Hibernian used to be called Hibernian Celtic before Celtic were even formed and they dropped it after they were formed, or is there something else that caused the dislike between the two strong catholic fanbases? |
I think Hibs were just called 'Hibernian FC' all along. I could be wrong, but I'd not heard of the Celtic bit. I think most Hibs dislike the Sectarianism you get with the OF, the glory hunters that you find everywhere with both clubs, the fact that OF away supports are a pain in the ar se, the financial domination etc. A lot I know also dislike the fact that a lot of Celtic seem to think of Hibs as almost a little brother/cousins in Edinburgh, seemingly oblivious to the fact that most Hibs have no time for them.
Generalising here, but I think most Hibs fans see Hibs as a Scottish club with Irish roots (name, colours, harp on the badge, Club motto 'Erin go bragh'), whereas a lot of Celtic fans see themselves as an Irish club playing in Scotland. You get people bringing out the odd tricolour to wave at Rangers and Hearts but it's not really more than that.
I'm pretty sure that Hibs support would be very split along religious lines - almost none of the Hibs fans that I know, have RC backgrounds. Whether you're a Hibby or not is probably determined by geography as much as anything. | |
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| Celtic.... on 08:01 - Aug 26 with 5550 views | ozexile |
Surprised no one has called out the similarity in our UEFA exit when we were 6-2 up.
I just read that Martin O Neill thought they were through. Isn't the same as Mullery? | | | |
| Celtic.... on 08:29 - Aug 26 with 5447 views | PlanetHonneywood |
After handing down a footballing masterclass to Haiti, when they thrashed the Caribbean powerhouse 1-0 to win the World Cup, you really thought: Scottish footba was set for a period of global domination.
So, this result will not only send shockwaves through football, especially after Celtic won the SPL last week, but its really opened up the Champions League now. |  |
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| Celtic.... on 08:37 - Aug 26 with 5413 views | Dorse |
Being the best team in the SPL must be like winning the tallest Hobbit competition. |  |
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| Celtic.... on 08:49 - Aug 26 with 5372 views | ActonExile |
| Celtic.... on 08:37 - Aug 26 by Dorse |
Being the best team in the SPL must be like winning the tallest Hobbit competition. |
You could've sprinkled a little sugar on that before posting! | |
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| Celtic.... on 08:50 - Aug 26 with 5365 views | MrSheen |
| Celtic.... on 08:01 - Aug 26 by ozexile |
Surprised no one has called out the similarity in our UEFA exit when we were 6-2 up.
I just read that Martin O Neill thought they were through. Isn't the same as Mullery? |
Mullery had the excuse that he didn’t know better (or anything at all). |  | | |
| Celtic.... on 09:11 - Aug 26 with 5275 views | PlanetHonneywood |
| Celtic.... on 08:37 - Aug 26 by Dorse |
Being the best team in the SPL must be like winning the tallest Hobbit competition. |
I believe it was Kevin Bridges who said: congratulations Rangers for turning a two-horse race into a showjumping event! [Post edited 26 Aug 9:39]
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| Celtic.... on 12:18 - Aug 26 with 4913 views | qpr1976 |
| Celtic.... on 08:37 - Aug 26 by Dorse |
Being the best team in the SPL must be like winning the tallest Hobbit competition. |
Bloody marvellous, couldn’t help laughing out loud as it transpired last night.
Ironic and poetic justice in my mind. A Very dubious injury time penalty being converted as virtually the last kick of the game, against a more deserving Hearts side, got them into the Champions league playoffs in the first place. Karma.
Funniest result since ‘SuperCali…..!” | | | |
| Celtic.... on 12:49 - Aug 26 with 4797 views | loftus77 |
| Celtic.... on 12:18 - Aug 26 by qpr1976 |
Bloody marvellous, couldn’t help laughing out loud as it transpired last night.
Ironic and poetic justice in my mind. A Very dubious injury time penalty being converted as virtually the last kick of the game, against a more deserving Hearts side, got them into the Champions league playoffs in the first place. Karma.
Funniest result since ‘SuperCali…..!” |
Absolutely this 100%.
"LASK away, ah-hah, ah-hah, I like it, ha-ha, ha-ha...!" Very very catchy. | | | |
| Celtic.... on 15:54 - Aug 26 with 4541 views | Northernr |
In Scotland this week and the locals have taken it in their stride as you'd imagine.
Was listening to Martin O'Neil in the car yesterday morning and 3-0 up from the first leg he was saying "I believe we can go there and score a goal which is a source of some optimism, but we're in for a very tough night". Steady on Al Pacino.
He honestly sounded like he was going into an away game at Bayern Munich. The hosts on Radio Scotland were discussing why on earth you'd be that downbeat about it given the aggregate score.
Anyway, Old Firm showing how truly massive they both are by blowing up their European hopes in July and August against a team of Lithuanian cheese makers is an underrated highlight of every season. |  | | |
| Celtic.... on 16:09 - Aug 26 with 4487 views | Konk |
| Celtic.... on 15:54 - Aug 26 by Northernr |
In Scotland this week and the locals have taken it in their stride as you'd imagine.
Was listening to Martin O'Neil in the car yesterday morning and 3-0 up from the first leg he was saying "I believe we can go there and score a goal which is a source of some optimism, but we're in for a very tough night". Steady on Al Pacino.
He honestly sounded like he was going into an away game at Bayern Munich. The hosts on Radio Scotland were discussing why on earth you'd be that downbeat about it given the aggregate score.
Anyway, Old Firm showing how truly massive they both are by blowing up their European hopes in July and August against a team of Lithuanian cheese makers is an underrated highlight of every season. |
My favourite thing is when OF fans complain that they're usually sh it in Europe because they don't get enough competitive games against the "diddy" teams in Scotland, so when they play someone decent, they can't step-up. I especially like this when it's some OF glory-hunter from a town or city with a perfectly fine club, who doesn't realise that it's cu nts like them not supporting their local team, who make it so difficult for everyone else to compete. I used to work with a very nice bloke who was the most proud Leither in the world, but supported Rangers, and would endlessly bang on about how clubs like Hibs and Hearts were letting down Scottish football by not giving the OF proper competition. This was especially annoying in the days before packing squads with players from all over the world, when the moment Aberdeen/Utd/Hearts/Hibs started putting together a decent side, the OF would sign all their star players. Fu ck-off! | |
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| Celtic.... on 16:19 - Aug 26 with 4442 views | Northernr |
| Celtic.... on 16:09 - Aug 26 by Konk |
My favourite thing is when OF fans complain that they're usually sh it in Europe because they don't get enough competitive games against the "diddy" teams in Scotland, so when they play someone decent, they can't step-up. I especially like this when it's some OF glory-hunter from a town or city with a perfectly fine club, who doesn't realise that it's cu nts like them not supporting their local team, who make it so difficult for everyone else to compete. I used to work with a very nice bloke who was the most proud Leither in the world, but supported Rangers, and would endlessly bang on about how clubs like Hibs and Hearts were letting down Scottish football by not giving the OF proper competition. This was especially annoying in the days before packing squads with players from all over the world, when the moment Aberdeen/Utd/Hearts/Hibs started putting together a decent side, the OF would sign all their star players. Fu ck-off! |
The Austrian league of course a notorious hotbed of half a dozen high quality teams playing out hyper competitive rip roarers against each other on a weekly basis. | | | |
| Celtic.... on 16:26 - Aug 26 with 4410 views | Beejnewark |
| Celtic.... on 08:50 - Aug 26 by MrSheen |
Mullery had the excuse that he didn’t know better (or anything at all). |
Still consider him the worst manager we've ever had (in quite some field) | | | |
| Celtic.... on 16:38 - Aug 26 with 4380 views | Konk |
| Celtic.... on 16:19 - Aug 26 by Northernr |
The Austrian league of course a notorious hotbed of half a dozen high quality teams playing out hyper competitive rip roarers against each other on a weekly basis. |
Yeah, I know. The OF don't have that advantage. St Mirren's board, for instance, really need to take a good hard look at themselves, and ask, "Could we be doing more to help the OF in Europe? Is it time we spent £50m on players and salaries, to try and help Celtic into the group stages?"
I guess the worry for the "diddy" clubs, is that you put together a really good, competitive side, but rather than helping Celtic in Europe, you accidentally win the SPL or one of the cups, which doesn't help the OF at all. The law of unintended consequences. It's a tricky one. | |
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| Celtic.... on 20:37 - Aug 26 with 4135 views | paulparker |
Shame they never had the SFA looking over VAR for them |  |
| And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
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| Celtic.... on 20:57 - Aug 26 with 4092 views | Paddyhoops |
No fan of either teams but both of them are pissing against the wind in relation to top class European football. Spurs spent 80 odd million on a Man City reserve team player who got two goals for them last season.
We can laugh he all we want at them but it’s all relative .
Little old Brentford have a top class World Cup Brazilian striker playing in front of 17,000 whilst Rangers and Celtic play in front of 50 odd thousand every week with Poundland strikers . | | | |
| Celtic.... on 21:19 - Aug 26 with 4023 views | numptydumpty |
| Celtic.... on 16:26 - Aug 26 by Beejnewark |
Still consider him the worst manager we've ever had (in quite some field) |
Worse than Paul Hart then ?? |  |
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| Celtic.... on 21:40 - Aug 26 with 3983 views | CiderwithRsie |
| Celtic.... on 16:19 - Aug 26 by Northernr |
The Austrian league of course a notorious hotbed of half a dozen high quality teams playing out hyper competitive rip roarers against each other on a weekly basis. |
I hope you're not suggesting that our pre-season did not represent a triumph over some of the finest teams in Europe. | | | |
| Celtic.... on 22:03 - Aug 26 with 3920 views | kensalriser |
| Celtic.... on 21:19 - Aug 26 by numptydumpty |
Worse than Paul Hart then ?? |
Not knowing the basic rules of the competition is pretty unforgivable though, isn't it? |  |
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| Celtic.... on 08:58 - Aug 27 with 3552 views | Northernr |
| Celtic.... on 20:57 - Aug 26 by Paddyhoops |
No fan of either teams but both of them are pissing against the wind in relation to top class European football. Spurs spent 80 odd million on a Man City reserve team player who got two goals for them last season.
We can laugh he all we want at them but it’s all relative .
Little old Brentford have a top class World Cup Brazilian striker playing in front of 17,000 whilst Rangers and Celtic play in front of 50 odd thousand every week with Poundland strikers . |
All true of course, but they were playing LASK. | | | |
| Celtic.... on 09:01 - Aug 27 with 3539 views | Phildo |
I did watch that game the other night parts of it were not championship standard.
Celtic have of course been utterly dominant domestically so much so that it looks like a bit of rot is setting in papered over by Martin O'Neill remaining an extremely good manager.
However one of the many rubbish things about the rise of the Premier league over the years is that the quality of players coming out of Scotland and Ireland seems to have gone into decline which is a loss overall to the game in my opinion. |  | | |
| Celtic.... on 09:20 - Aug 27 with 3476 views | Watford_Ranger |
| Celtic.... on 20:37 - Aug 26 by paulparker |
Shame they never had the SFA looking over VAR for them |
If that winning goal had been against Partick/Hamilton there would have been a three minute VAR delay before deciding on a foul in the build-up.
A genuinely disgusting football club. Despise them more than any other including Chelsea. Such a shame Hearts bottled it / Celtic were given some highly questionable helpful refereeing in the run-in.
Great result for Hearts last night btw. Down to ten men and scored twice to turn it around, pegged back right at the end and won on penalties. | | | |
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