Scottish Football authorities bottle it again!

**MurrayfieldHibs** · 16-02-2015 03:14 PM

WTF?????

http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/c...gs-and-banner/

**Smartie** · 16-02-2015 03:23 PM

Scottish football authorities in appeasement shocker.

UEFA are wrong about many things but their hard line on the unacceptable conduct of these two clubs is to be applauded. Really puts the SFA or whatever it is now to shame.

**JeMeSouviens** · 16-02-2015 03:25 PM

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WTF?????

http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/c...gs-and-banner/

Utterly pathetic. Soon as UEFA took an interest in the stuff the SFA/SFL/SPL had ignored forever, the Huns cleaned up their act big time.

The New Huns have taken us right back to the worst old ways of their predecessors but won't have UEFA to worry about for a long time yet.

Scottish football really is run by utterly spineless idiots.

**WillowbraeHibby** · 16-02-2015 04:07 PM

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Utterly pathetic. Soon as UEFA took an interest in the stuff the SFA/SFL/SPL had ignored forever, the Huns cleaned up their act big time.

The New Huns have taken us right back to the worst old ways of their predecessors but won't have UEFA to worry about for a long time yet.

Scottish football really is run by utterly spineless idiots.

Have to agree with you there.... Sad state of affairs.

**NAE NOOKIE** · 16-02-2015 04:34 PM

Goodness, what a surprise. Clubs get punished by UEFA all the time for stuff outwith their control. If the ref gets skelped by a 50p piece next Saturday at ER I bet Hibs would get sanctioned for it.... even though there is sod all Hibs could do to stop it.

In that semi the 'no Pope from Rome' song could clearly be heard ...... a more bigoted song doesn't exist ... the SPFL reaction ... nowt !!!

***Jack*** · 16-02-2015 04:56 PM

As it was the semi of a national cup at Hampden is it not the responsibility of the folk running that competition to ensure banners flares and such like don't get into the stadium?

If wasn't OF stewards on duty (although it was probably the same individuals).

The SPFL aren't going to find themselves at fault or guilty are they?

***renato*** · 16-02-2015 05:19 PM

Simple solution here.

Any sectarian singing and / or banners or flags and it's a blanket ban of all home supporters at their next home game. Post that, if it happens at the next game then it's a 2 game ban for home supporters and so on.

Lets see how long it continues when a) the club loses income from c30k supporters per game and b) the Neanderthals don't get to see their favourites on an ever extended basis.

Elephant Stone · 16-02-2015 05:33 PM

Thank God for our robust and impartial main stream media, which will be all over this.

**Weststandwanab** · 16-02-2015 05:36 PM

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Simple solution here.

Any sectarian singing and / or banners or flags and it's a blanket ban of all home supporters at their next home game. Post that, if it happens at the next game then it's a 2 game ban for home supporters and so on.

Lets see how long it continues when a) the club loses income from c30k supporters per game and b) the Neanderthals don't get to see their favourites on an ever extended basis.

Far too sensible it will never work.

***Seveno*** · 16-02-2015 05:41 PM

Can anyone tell me why there was the flag of the Republic of Ireland showing in the Hibs support at Ibrox last Friday ?

***Malthibby*** · 16-02-2015 05:42 PM

Institutional corruption, not just spineless. Those at the SFAAPL whatever are so desperate to get there precious
Rantic back that they'll ignore anything that casts them in a bad light.
Really, really, want The NewHuns to finish 5th.

**~~Deansy~~** · 16-02-2015 05:44 PM

'Now the league body has said both clubs took the precautions that were expected ahead of the game and could not be held liable for the events at Hampden' - what precautions exactly did either of the 'Old S*um' take (if indeed, any ?) ?

**NadeAteMyLunch!** · 16-02-2015 06:02 PM

Pathetic. Spineless ********s in charge of our game

**emerald green** · 16-02-2015 06:08 PM

Nothing new here. Same old, same old.

**HUTCHYHIBBY** · 16-02-2015 06:13 PM

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Can anyone tell me why there was the flag of the Republic of Ireland showing in the Hibs support at Ibrox last Friday ?

Surprised you've not landed any big fish with that post yet.

***Juice-Terry*** · 16-02-2015 06:13 PM

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Can anyone tell me why there was the flag of the Republic of Ireland showing in the Hibs support at Ibrox last Friday ?

Try somewhere between five and ten.

***hibbymac*** · 16-02-2015 06:13 PM

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Can anyone tell me why there was the flag of the Republic of Ireland showing in the Hibs support at Ibrox last Friday ?

I would guess it was there because a Hibs supporter took it with him/her.

Does it have any relevance to the OP ??

***Malthibby*** · 16-02-2015 06:17 PM

We know why the question's being asked - bit difficult to give it the big anti-sectarian thing when we have
folk who think waving that thing is any different.

**banarc7062** · 16-02-2015 06:29 PM

Surely from the mouths of the "Top Brass" they have provided the acceptable response to any claim aimed at Clubs about flag waving or unacceptable singing.......The Clubs took all reasonable steps to prevent blah blah blah. Sure to get away without any punishment or they will be shown up as the one sided group of idiots if a punishment is handed down.

**The Pointer** · 16-02-2015 07:03 PM

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Can anyone tell me why there was the flag of the Republic of Ireland showing in the Hibs support at Ibrox last Friday ?

This is something which makes me go radge.

A couple of times at ER I've told the erse waving it to stop it and I've had to be held back from being rather more forceful. It's the flag of a foreign state more liable to be seen at Parkhead, but waving it at Ibrox is purely to incite the knuckledraggers. Someone ought to educate the laddie.

**MurrayfieldHibs** · 16-02-2015 07:15 PM

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Thank God for our robust and impartial main stream media, which will be all over this.

I may be wrong but I suspect that you may be extracting the urine....

**CB_NO3** · 16-02-2015 07:17 PM

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This is something which makes me go radge.

A couple of times at ER I've told the erse waving it to stop it and I've had to be held back from being rather more forceful. It's the flag of a foreign state more liable to be seen at Parkhead, but waving it at Ibrox is purely to incite the knuckledraggers. Someone ought to educate the laddie.

Nothing wrong with waving a tri colour IMO. I am glad it winds you up.

**Pretty Boy** · 16-02-2015 07:20 PM

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This is something which makes me go radge.

A couple of times at ER I've told the erse waving it to stop it and I've had to be held back from being rather more forceful. It's the flag of a foreign state more liable to be seen at Parkhead, but waving it at Ibrox is purely to incite the knuckledraggers. Someone ought to educate the laddie.

What if the guys waving it at ER are Irish? I knew a few guys who used to travel over from Dublin once a month to ER and they always had a tricolour with them. They probably wouldn't have appreciated someone 'going radge' at them. No different from the lads who have the big Polska Hibs Polish flag in the East.

I'm more than aware the flags at Ibrox are there for one reason only but there's a few Irish regulars at ER in my experience.

**Pete** · 16-02-2015 07:26 PM

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This is something which makes me go radge.

A couple of times at ER I've told the erse waving it to stop it and I've had to be held back from being rather more forceful. It's the flag of a foreign state more liable to be seen at Parkhead, but waving it at Ibrox is purely to incite the knuckledraggers. Someone ought to educate the laddie.

If that's the way you behave at ER then I hope you have your season ticket taken off you.

**Andy74** · 16-02-2015 07:27 PM

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This is something which makes me go radge.

A couple of times at ER I've told the erse waving it to stop it and I've had to be held back from being rather more forceful. It's the flag of a foreign state more liable to be seen at Parkhead, but waving it at Ibrox is purely to incite the knuckledraggers. Someone ought to educate the laddie.

There's nothing inherently wrong with waving a flag. An Irish flag when the name of the club means Irish is not that controversial.

It's the attitudes like yours that equate it with something different that is the problem.

***blackpoolhibs*** · 16-02-2015 07:27 PM

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Simple solution here.

Any sectarian singing and / or banners or flags and it's a blanket ban of all home supporters at their next home game. Post that, if it happens at the next game then it's a 2 game ban for home supporters and so on.

Lets see how long it continues when a) the club loses income from c30k supporters per game and b) the Neanderthals don't get to see their favourites on an ever extended basis.

The authorities are too frightened of both clubs to make a real effort to eradicate this, we will be stuck in the last century for ever in my opinion while we continue with this way of thinking.

Elephant Stone · 16-02-2015 07:27 PM

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We know why the question's being asked - bit difficult to give it the big anti-sectarian thing when we have
folk who think waving that thing is any different.

No Pope of Rome
No chapels to sadden my eyes
No nuns and no priests
No rosary beads
Every day is the 12th of July

No one should have any objection to these words cause someone in the Hibs end on Friday had the flag of the Republic of Ireland, the country whose name we share, whose imigrants founded our club and whose national emblem is on our badge? Please tell me you are joking and I've had a woosh. Please. Please. Please.

***Kato*** · 16-02-2015 07:37 PM

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This is something which makes me go radge.

Two questions.

Do you go radge a lot?

Do you point when you go radge?

Do you point a lot?

Do you go radge, or point, when someone says they are gong to ask you two questions but goes over the limit?

**OsloHibs** · 16-02-2015 07:41 PM

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Simple solution here.

Any sectarian singing and / or banners or flags and it's a blanket ban of all home supporters at their next home game. Post that, if it happens at the next game then it's a 2 game ban for home supporters and so on.

Lets see how long it continues when a) the club loses income from c30k supporters per game and b) the Neanderthals don't get to see their favourites on an ever extended basis.