The Football.....

[Slick]

Or we could just leave our national sport as it is, thank you very much.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Or we could just leave our national sport as it is, thank you very much.

We could, but IMO the game at the top level has become a bit boring in recent years. Women's football or youth matches are something I will watch for ninety minutes because they are more open, Premier League and internationals I am lucky to last a full half.

 

[Slick]

We could, but IMO the game at the top level has become a bit boring in recent years. Women's football or youth matches are something I will watch for ninety minutes because they are more open, Premier League and internationals I am lucky to last a full half.

Could not disagree more. The game still attracts punters week after week in record numbers. Lower league, junior and Sunday league could probably do with more support but nothing a redistribution of wealth wouldn't fix. The last thing I would want to see is turning the game like American football. I couldn't think of anything worse. Thankfully, whilst intelligence at the top is in short supply, there is enough to recognise that. Who didn't enjoy the Scotland v England international. I wish we could play them every week.

 

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[Joey Shabadoo]

This is glorious. It's traditional in Scottish football for the Daily Record to print disparaging stories about whoever Celtic or The Rangers are playing next so it's no surprise that they went into overdrive when it became a possibility that Celtic could be playing Linfield. According to them it was the equivalent of the Pope's XI being forced to play in the streets of Mosul against the ISIS All Stars.

Anyway, Linfield have responded with a huge bucket of telts - http://www.linfieldfc.com/latestnews.aspx?id=17709

 

[AndyRM]

Good for Linfield. I hope the "paper" and Miller get hammered.

 

[J1888]

This is glorious. It's traditional in Scottish football for the Daily Record to print disparaging stories about whoever Celtic or The Rangers are playing next so it's no surprise that they went into overdrive when it became a possibility that Celtic could be playing Linfield. According to them it was the equivalent of the Pope's XI being forced to play in the streets of Mosul against the ISIS All Stars.

Anyway, Linfield have responded with a huge bucket of telts - http://www.linfieldfc.com/latestnews.aspx?id=17709

'...any further attacks on the good character of this Club ' that's a f*cking laugh and a half.

 

[Sixmile]

'...any further attacks on the good character of this Club ' that's a f*cking laugh and a half.

How come? Please explain.

This is glorious. It's traditional in Scottish football for the Daily Record to print disparaging stories about whoever Celtic or The Rangers are playing next so it's no surprise that they went into overdrive when it became a possibility that Celtic could be playing Linfield. According to them it was the equivalent of the Pope's XI being forced to play in the streets of Mosul against the ISIS All Stars.

Anyway, Linfield have responded with a huge bucket of telts - http://www.linfieldfc.com/latestnews.aspx?id=17709

The nonsense spouted about my club is nothing short of ridiculous. We've had to stand up against such false press coverage in the past and will again. Unfortunately when such nonsense is clearly lies, the paper will print a tiny apology on page 37 or wherever where no one will see it and the damage to the club and its fans has already been done. I travel the length and breadth of this country and beyond to follow Linfield to watch football as do thousands of fellow fans. I'd rather not play Celtic as all the baggage that comes with Scottish football is like what you would've found here in the 70s and 80s. Thankfully the majority of supporters here have moved on.

 

[J1888]

How come? Please explain.

This should just about cover it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linfield_F.C.#Sectarianism_and_violence

 

[User6179]

Aberdeen's Joe Miller wins a header against the Allies in no man's land Christmas 1914. 'After the game, we were targeted' says Joe

 

[AndyRM]

 

[AndyRM]

 

[Sixmile]

This should just about cover it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linfield_F.C.#Sectarianism_and_violence

Congratulations on your extensive research. Is it 1948 or 1979 you're referring to specifically? In case you didn't realise we've had serious societal issues spanning 'the troubles' which largely has been confined to history. The fact that football here survived those days is a small miracle in itself.
We've a proud 131 years of footballing history but you'll let a handful of historical wiki stories cloud your view of thousands of people in 2017.

Dig hard enough and you'll find a few stories from every club up and down Ireland and UK over their 100+ years of history. I'll not tar all Celtic, Rangers, Liverpool, Leeds, Millwall or whoevers fans with the same brush even though every club has an element. Go to a match, get first hand experience, stop reading the tabloids and form your own opinions.

 

[AndyRM]

I've just twigged that the "journalist" is Gordon Parks in the Linfield story, the same guy who slated us when we brought in a bunch of English kids last summer.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/opinion/sport/gordon-parks-kilmarnock-abandoned-duty-8335408

Fast forward to this year, and four Killie youngsters were called up to play in the Toulon Tournament (Kiltie got injured (again) so never played) - only Celtic had more.

 

[J1888]

Congratulations on your extensive research. Is it 1948 or 1979 you're referring to specifically? In case you didn't realise we've had serious societal issues spanning 'the troubles' which largely has been confined to history. The fact that football here survived those days is a small miracle in itself.

Tell that to Belfast Celtic.