I thought that the signage at Ibrox yesterday was especially tragic.
It would appear that they’re constantly trying to convince themselves that the events of 2012 somehow didn’t happen.
Oh dear…
This constant referencing of the Old Firm to drag in Celtic would be considered creepy if an individual exhibited it.
The Sevco High Command and their klanbase just can’t seem to accept that it’s over, that it ended ten years ago.
Look, rivalry between clubs who share the same city is entirely normal.
However, this Old Firm stuff from Ibrox is more Alex Forrest than Nottingham Forest.
The shock and grief of 2012 have led the Ibrox klanbase to believe in transclubstantiation.
Of course, many of the shills in the Stenography Corps are fully aware that what was on the front pages of their newspapers after the CVA was refused was the forensic truth.
Shamefully, along with the Grey Brigade in the Parkhead boardroom, they believe that the Ibrox pound is vital for the game’s financial health.
A Celtic employee had to have his head stitched yesterday because his employers put him in close proximity to the Ibrox klanbase.
I’m not hopeful that the Parkhead regime will finally consider the social cost of playing along with the pretence that Rangers didn’t die a decade ago.
If the original Rangers are still alive then here is a list of folk who are still waiting for their money.
That transclubstantiation is a very handy bit of mythology.
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Personally, I don`t think the word transubstantiation, in respect for people of faith,
there are some about, you know, should ever be used flippantly.
However, for anyone who chooses to use the new version, surely something that is
transformed from the ordinary to the miraculous relates more to Celtic this season than Old Firm Sevco. I really don`t see how transclubstantiation can be related to this season`s turnaround for the worse from them.
Just let them use the Old Firm term since they love it so much. Donate it to them free of charge. Tell them that it is obsolete, that it died with their club. Tell them we won`t need it, nor will we be using it Make it so that everyone will eventually connect it to them and them only. Call them Old Firm Sevco or, even better, Old InFirm. Keep hammering into their minds, I won`t say brain, and the minds of their
bigoted media lackeys that they and they only are the Old Firm and welcome to use that title if they want. Encourage it even. Always use it when referring to them.
Do the same as Paisley did with the `Sinn Fein IRA` brainwashing. Brainwash the world now into associating the Old Firm with them, the old and infirm.
Old Firm Rangers 1 – Celtic 2 looks OK to me.
Great article Phil. I work in a dangerous environment where a hard had is compulsory personal protective equipment (PPE). It has saved me and others from injury, of that there is no doubt. I know it’s ridiculous and I think I’m being flippant, but perhaps it’s time for our touchline staff to do the same at Ibrox. By the way, Celtic needs to come out and refute the continuity myth. No “Old Firm”, no 150 years, no 55 titles. “Rangers” are dead.
Actually you’re NOT being flippant. THAT is an absolutely brilliant idea! If the Celtic backroom staff turned up at the next Ibrokes game wearing hard hats the press would be over it like flies round a SHITE! Point out that the last time they played there proved that Sevco can’t guarantee their safety. It would attract attention everywhere, and be mortally embarrassing to their Board. It might even make UEFA sit up and watch them a bit more closely.
Apologies Phil, I of course meant that your piece is far more articulate than the way I try to put my point across. Best Wishes The Bhoyo.
I’m pretty certain that when they were approached by Lawyers about “potential compensation” for abuses carried out many years ago…their defence was…That was the old club…therefore we do not accept liability.
If I’m wrong about that …then Mea Culpa.
But if I’m correct…then isn’t that a blatant admission that the new club will not be held responsible for the actions of the old club…which means …??
It’s got me baffled.
Oh and its worth repeating…
Our Club’s attitude towards “The O++ F+++ ” set up…stinks to high heaven.
The Board is a disgrace…and should either man up….or ship out.
I await with interest their response to the shocking incidents which took place on Sunday.
It was really sad looking, wasn’t it.
The “triumphal arch” at the end of the tunnel, which only featured their logo, looked like it had been knocked up that morning from off-cuts from B&Q. I bet the paint was still wet.
“The laddies doth protest too much, methinks!”
If the OLD FIRM props were a way to challenge the Sydney Cup organisers it may just backfire.
Aussie Lawyers will not be slow in saying that these images have never been used in their 10 year existence….courts then confirm death in 2012….
Aye. It really could backfire big style.
One guy on the Four Boys Had A Dream site in referencing the bottle throwing incidents said that if it had happened in a European fixture then Rangers would be facing a stadium closure. He is absolutely right but surely this should also apply to domestic matches. Or are there different rules in Scotland where these things are tolerated?
Great stuff, Phil – made me think of the words of John Archibald Wheeler, “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity”. Of course the difficulty rests with the Ibrox support, and the opportunity is ours. We can now clearly demonstrate that we are not half of anything: where they throw glass, let us throw flowers, preferably Easter lilies. One of the best stunts ever pulled by Celtic fans was after the Sevco support wrecked the toilets at Celtic Park, and we took air fresheners and scented candles to Ibrox. The Hampden semi offers the perfect platform for something similar that emphasizes that we are the good guys.
This would a great way of showing.
I remember fondly the visit to Ibrox after an away game against Boavista qualified us for the Uefa final. Not simply the fact that we won the game but I loved the way our fans dressed up in sombreros carrying beach balls & lilos showing that we were on our way to Seville. No need for antics that will attract criticism and adverse comments about our behaviour because we’re better than that.
Often a genuine genius isn’t recognised immediately. This is NOT one of those times. You are 100% correct. John Lennon would approve. Make love, not war. Now before anyone gets ANY wrong ideas I’m not suggesting that you out and shag the first willing ……………. Think I might just leave it there!!!
transclubstantiation… that’s good that is.
It’s not good!! It’s absolutely brilliant!! There’s a right few Sevconian history deniers I’m going to use that on. Plagiarism IS a genuine form of flattery when used appropriately. Just so we don’t go legal again!!
I fear that they might not grasp the theological nuance…
It is only plagiarism if you do not acknowledge the provenance.
However, I’m sure that you will state where you first read it.
Jesus!! The barman, who to be fair collects degrees, got it in nanoseconds. The sevconians are still trying to work out if I swore at them!!
Just to make certain. Can I please use it.
By all means, use “transclubstantiation” in the way that I coined it here.
Just namecheck the author. i.e. myself.
Have done and will do. It really should be entered into some class of dictionary somewhere.
Actually jumped the gun. Used it in front of of one of my favourite barmen. He’s in real danger of having a wee urinary accident.
The media and the SFA and Police Scotland are complicit regards the incidents on Sunday at Ibrox.
The media and SFA have allowed the same club myth and allowed the new entity born 2012 to play the victims .
Police Scotland done nothing as they rampaged through George Square and we have saw police Escort the Union Bears through the streets of Glasgow .
We also have SKY sports etc telling the world about the fantastic atmosphere at Sundays game.
What exactly do sky find fantastic about incessant sectarian singing ,racism ,and bottles and other stuff being thrown at players .
One good thing is the rest of the world saw this and showed what a rancid institution that club is and a fan base which is a blight on society .
Hope you’re not looking for an argument!!
If you look at the bottle incident and hart is telling the ref then the ground staff gone on look behind the goal on security still sitting 5 mins later still no police come to that area. Watch when the guy tries to come onto the park no stewards to be seen just luck one of the fans had the sense to stop him who knows what would have happened. Our players, staff and fans attacked from every side of stadium. From the very first minute of the match the singing again whole stadium.
My question is did sevco scrimp on security to save money?
Where were all the stewards and police is such a high grade game
Follow the money
Where they always are at the crumbledome, nowhere to be found. It’s common practice there for plastic bottles, food containers/pizza boxes etc, to be thrown at anyone taking a corner kick. Jota on Sunday!!
Regarding the bottle throwing etc. dont be surprised if Police Scotland,The Football authorities and rangers fc do absolutely zilch!
Dungcaster the Weasel has already washed his hands and passed the buck,
The SMSM refuse to name Sevco and its horde as the villians.
I noticed that myself mate
It must be sad, the only way to feel any importance is to try and attach themselves to another club that they claim to hate.
Strange bunch of people
Never actually thought of it in that kind of context. But you’re right. It’s beyond weird.
Great piece Phil. I’ve been saying the exact same thing but in a far eloquent way than you. The world was a far better and safer place without a team playing out of Ibrox whose followers believe that rules don’t apply to them as They are the People and they, for example, can therefore destroy George square etc in middle of a lockdown. Shame on Celtic for allowing this myth to continue.
Week on week though the number of people who are coming round to my way of thinking is increasing and fewer and fewer are missing the Derby. Yesterdays events will only add to the number of people who ask ‘Why didn’t we get rid of them when we had the chance and make Sevco play Sunday football against the likes of Gretna. Shame on you PL.
I’m more interested in who was responsible for the subliminal messaging before the game. Who came up with the idea for a ‘This city is ours’ canvas (with the emphasis on ours). If it’s ours, it’s not yours, all the while with Sloop John B playing over the tannoy system. Are the knuckle draggers smarter than we give them credit for?
This is just a shameless copy of previous Green Brigade banners stating ” This is our city and these are our colours ”
The huns haven’t got the intelligence to come up with anything original of their own.
It is even more ironic given that most of them don’t come from Glasgow, but Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and Norn Irn.
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Am I right in thinking that when the term “Old Firm” was first used it was certainly not intended as a compliment?
You ARE right.