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He posted this after saying he was supporting celtic for Sunday... Interesting read
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Thread: Stan Collymore on the old firm
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28-01-2015 01:35 PM #1
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Stan Collymore on the old firm
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28-01-2015 01:39 PM #2This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
He's wrong in his summery of Celtc.
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28-01-2015 01:42 PM #5This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
It's usually followed with name calling which is fine, references to "Ally pumped ya burd" which I find genuinely hilarious and more exotic Roman Catholic slurs (I'm Church of England) .
Old clips of an interview at Ibrox I did (went to watch Rangers v St Johnstone when Gazza/Coisty were there) are doing a roaring trade on the retweet circuit, as it rightly suggested at the time that I had a soft spot for the club going back to early teens.
So why the love in for Celtic Football Club now?
Well, my mate, a Rangers fan , taught me the sash as a kid, extolled the virtues of being British and proud, and that Rangers Football Club were a beacon of this pride.
And then I started to read, learn for myself the history of the club, my Britishness, Celtic and came to a swift, quite embarrassing conclusion.
There is very little (Poppy tribute aside, as my family faught for my freedom of speech and my nation) to celebrate about Rangers in my opinion. Virtual sporting apartheid for many years, not allowing one part of the community to play for them was quite frankly a disgrace, and that alone, knowing all about how one group of people look down on another, would have been enough to move on from those Rangers "supporting " days.
Then I learned of very close links historically between some Rangers supporters and right wing nutters who follow Chelsea, who themselves extols the virtues of an anti black, anti immigrant, anti inclusion mantra. Not for me thanks!
But why actively then choose a fondness for Celtic?
A club founded by immigrants, actively encourages immigrants in its support ( don't worry, ****ers monkey chanting Mark Walters are ****ers, and I'm convinced in my own mind, from what I've seen that Celtic FC is way more inclusive than not,I'm not stupid). Is actively anti fascist an has embraced Catholic and Protestant footballers from year dot. In other words, a club who would have embraced my religion merely as a sportsman, not the disgusting apartheid that, if I were a Roman Catholic footballer wouldn't have allowed me in the 70's to wear a blue football shirt.
I don not support the IRA , so anyone trying that one can with respect **** off, I'm a proud English Republican, and that's where my Republican fervour lies, a Royal family is a relic of yesteryear, and again yesteryear rather than a bright tomorrow seems to be celebrated rather too much for my liking at Rangers.
I'll take stick for this and that's fine. I respect Rangers football club achievements, the many fine players they've had and the wonderful support given to Fernando Ricksen last week was truly touching.
But I don't like what Rangers stood for and in many ways continue to stand for, I feel closer and more aligned to what Celtic Football Club stand for.
I support neither, I support Aston Villa Football Club, but I've been asked the question many times on Twitter I decided to address it.
Stan
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28-01-2015 01:43 PM #6
Anyone who extols Celtic's "good values" clearly either hasn't read about their formation or chooses to ignore it. I'm sure everyone knows what part of their formation I'm referring to.
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28-01-2015 02:14 PM #7
Collymore is a bore. I love talksport, and listen to it all the time as I spend a lot of the time in my car driving round the country for work. Some of the presenters can be annoying (Darron Gough talks a lot of total crap and Adrian durham can be very abrasive) but most of them do have something interesting to say. However I invariably switch off when collymore is on. He never listens only talks. He drones on and on and appears to believe he is the smartest guy on the planet. What's worse though is he is opinionated about things he has no real knowledge of. That for me is the true sign of an idiot, having clear fixed ideas and beliefs about things you don't actually understand. If you don't know what your talking about..don't talk.
Rangers are deeply flawed…but in many ways so are Celtic. The worst thing is that Collymore is perpetuating the myth that when it comes to Scottish football then you have to decide whether you are in the Rangers or Celtic camp…in truth anyone with any sense, is in neither.
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28-01-2015 02:19 PM #8
Seems strange to make a point about his attitude towards the "poppy tribute" and then declare that Celtc represent what he stands for.
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28-01-2015 02:52 PM #10This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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28-01-2015 03:51 PM #12This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
You can't support Irish independence and terrorist groups in these modern times and claim to be truly inclusive. Their fans are contradiction personified.
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28-01-2015 03:57 PM #13
Stan Collymore knows nothing about the old firm and Scottish Football. He should stick to talking about things he does know, like attacking women.
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28-01-2015 05:00 PM #14
Stan Collymore is about as informed on Scottish football as my granny is. Was he pished when he trotted out that nonsense?
''It's always been just part of the culture. Growing up, for most working-class kids, is all about football, music or clothes. You might not have much money, but whatever you have got, you're going to look good.'' - Paul Weller
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28-01-2015 05:08 PM #15This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote"We know the people who have invested so far are simple fans." Vladimir Romanov - Scotsman 10th December 2012
"Romanov was like a breath of fresh air - laced with cyanide." Me.
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28-01-2015 05:10 PM #16
So he can make excuses for Celtic fans throwing bananas at Mark Walters but won't for Rangers fans being sectarian bigots. Hypocrite if you ask me.
I generally like Collymore but that article is very odd.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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28-01-2015 05:11 PM #17
Forgot to say that I don't mind Stan and his style of presenting. He doesn't come across as argumentative for the sake of it and I agree with a lot of his opinions and campaigns.
Those who are slagging him off might want to consider his ongoing illness. It doesn't excuse a lot of his actions but it goes some way towards explaining them.
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28-01-2015 05:21 PM #18This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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28-01-2015 06:08 PM #19
Ill informed people like Stan would be best advised to keep his mouth shut concerning this subject.
He's entitled to his opinion of course, but is drifting into dangerous territory here IMHO. It's not worth the hassle you could potentially end up with Stan.
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29-01-2015 01:32 PM #21This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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29-01-2015 01:45 PM #23
Celtic really are a horrible club with double standards and that is the reason why I hate them more than Rangers.
Rangers are what they are they do not pretend they have 'the best fans in the world' and the most moral club on the planet. Indeed Celtic are far from that. They had a go at LG for his Skacel slur saying he must be a Celt off the field. What about the actions of Stokes etc? What does being a 'Celt' of the field even mean? Not being racist but being pro IRA? They really are a strange bunch. Strong hatred for all things Celtic.
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29-01-2015 01:57 PM #24
I have never liked Collymore. I was in the Auld Alliance pub in Paris in 98 with many of the TA when Stan cam in and became jealous of his then girlfriend, Ulrika Jonsson, joking along with Ally McCoist and Ewan McGregor among others Scots celebrities. Stan lost the plot and started assaulting Ulrika - kicking her in the head when she was on the floor. It took a group of us to chuck him out of the pub.
He is a prize plum and his reasoning for preferring Celtic just proves how big a prize plum he is.
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29-01-2015 02:53 PM #25This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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29-01-2015 06:16 PM #27
I like Collymore as a pundit. I might not agree with everything he says but he gives an opinion. More than the 'sit-on-the-fence' Michael Owen types. He gets dogs abuse on twitter from UKIP morons and worse. One brain dead fascist actually called him racist for talking about the Black Country!
"Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.' - Paulo Freire
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31-01-2015 07:32 AM #28
Anyone involved in Scottish football can see for themselves that they are 2 cheeks of the same arse. He can go to
The old firm game on Sunday and see for himself, both a re bigoted and vile in their own way.
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31-01-2015 08:01 AM #29
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They seem to like us , it's a small percentage of our support like them due I'd guess to Anti Hun sentiment.
I personally hate both
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