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Lesser greens v Irish Sevco (maybe)
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19-06-2017 11:28 AM #1
Possible fun and games on 12th July
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19-06-2017 11:43 AM #2
Linfield v Celtc in Belfast on 11th or 12th July? Good grief
Part of me wants Linfield to win their tie and set up a pummelling off Celtc but it would probably be best for everyone if they lose to the San Marino team.
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19-06-2017 11:50 AM #3
The game will be moved. Celtic playing a loyalist team in Belfast could single handedly start a riot.
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19-06-2017 12:20 PM #4
Celtic playing away in Belfast on 12th July would be quite simply hilarious. I'm sure the 12th July is a holiday over there aswell? :
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19-06-2017 01:24 PM #9
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19-06-2017 04:05 PM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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19-06-2017 04:09 PM #12
I would suggest that should this result in a riot then both teams get kicked out to be replaced by the winners of their respective 2nd tier leagues. Thus keeping the Champions league meaning intact.
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19-06-2017 04:14 PM #13
There's no way Linfield should play Celtic in Belfast on 12th July; there will be more than enough craziness on the streets already. Public safety has to be the top priority.
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19-06-2017 04:40 PM #14
I say let them get on with it. If they want to cause trouble over events that occurred hundreds of years ago let them. Has no impact on my or my family's life so couldn't care less what the bigoted idiots do to each other. With any luck it will make them see how embarrassing they all are. Probably not though.
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19-06-2017 06:38 PM #15This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Celtc did play in Belfast recently in fairness albeit against Cliftonville so presumably on safer turf, as it were.
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19-06-2017 06:45 PM #16This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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19-06-2017 06:48 PM #17
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19-06-2017 07:30 PM #18This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
It should be pointed out at every opportunity how backwards and stupid sectarianism is as often and at as high profile a level as possible to dissuade people and make them realise how the majority from the outside looking in think about it all. Then policed heavily with a low tolerance for trouble after that for those that don't get the message.Mon the Hibs.
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19-06-2017 07:32 PM #19
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19-06-2017 08:19 PM #20
It defies belief that in this day and age a team from one country playing a team from another country on a certain date should raise any questions. What kind of an intolerant world is that to live in.
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19-06-2017 08:26 PM #21
Ach, there'll hardly be any Celtc fans there anyway (assuming linfield get through) . All the flights from Glasgow to Belfast + the Stranraer ferries were booked up by huns months ago!!
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19-06-2017 08:31 PM #22This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
They shut the Stranraer port and moved it to Cairnryan a few years back
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19-06-2017 08:38 PM #23
The Linfield chairman has apparently met with the Celtc (sic) executives over lunch after the draw was made, and they've agreed it won't be the 'glorious twelfth' (I think it's the 'Battle of the Boyne' Bank Holiday, according to my iPhone!)...it'll most likely be the 11th, and possibly with an early kick off...
No matter what way you cut this, playing it in Belfast even proximate to that date is a powderkeg waiting to go off. Factor in the current tensions surrounding the Conservative/DUP alliance threatening the Good Friday Agreement, and add in the uncertainty of a possible hard border between the Republic and Northern Ireland following the Brexit negotiations and you have a proper perfect storm.
Mon' the San Marino minnows?Madness, as you know, is a lot like gravity. All it takes is a little push.
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19-06-2017 08:44 PM #24
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As an interesting aside, Hibs Ladies are in the draw for the Champions League qualifying groups this Friday. One of the group hosts they could draw is Linfield.
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19-06-2017 09:31 PM #25
Surely they could switch the ties around so that Celtic have the home game on the 12th July and Linfield are at home the week before/after.
Linfield v Celtic is always going to attract a bit of controversy no matter when it's played but to have it on either the 11th or 12th July is just asking for trouble.
I can't believe the police would allow this either.
UEFA keeps certain countries apart in qualifying groups due to ethno political tensions, why couldn't they do the same thing here?
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19-06-2017 09:45 PM #26This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I dare say the arguments for separating the teams goes out the window when they're the same country. Besides, there's precedent in the past for teams who are at risk of being embroiled in sectarian violence playing each other in Europe - didn't Rangers end up playing Shelbourne on neutral ground?Last edited by Sylar; 19-06-2017 at 10:11 PM. Reason: Initial wording suggested I was calling Shelbourne sectarian - not my intention at all!
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19-06-2017 09:53 PM #27Elephant StoneLeft by mutual consent!This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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19-06-2017 10:09 PM #28This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Incidentally, it's not the first time UEFA have done this, and the last time it happened (funnily enough) featured a tie between Linfield and Shelbourne in Belfast: https://www.theguardian.com/football...wsstory.sport9Madness, as you know, is a lot like gravity. All it takes is a little push.
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19-06-2017 10:15 PM #29Elephant StoneLeft by mutual consent!This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Hope the matches are televised though
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19-06-2017 11:18 PM #30
No danger the Irish polis let this game go ahead on the 11th July they have their hands full as it is during this week without every Celtic fan in Ireland descending on Belfast for a bevy and a sing song
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