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To the law abiding citizens of Glasgow, especially if you are a Rangers fan, it has been brought to our attention that it may not be a good idea to socialise in the centre of Glasgow this weekend. The unsavoury element of the Celtic support, the Green Brigade, have a visitation from a faction within the Feyenoord fan base arriving this Thursday and staying for their match against Aberdeen game on Sunday, 1st of March.
The 120 Feyenoord fans that are arriving are not planning a friendly visit going by social media communications. There are threats of smashing up Glasgow this weekend and attacking “Huns” in Sauchiehall St. The Green Brigade are inextricably linked to this visit as shown below.
November 7, 2018 Vanguard Bears As sure as night follows day, when former Celtic Boys Club chief Jim Torbett was found guilty for a second time of several counts of sexual abuse of children, a certain section of the Celtic support took to Twitter in rage, but not at Torbett, or their own club for their conduct at the time and right now, but at.
There has been extensive planning behind this visit to the point where venues were booked to hold events, initially Victoria’s nightclub and after that was cancelled the Kellar Bar in Queen St.
Vanguard Bears are not the only ones to notice the potential for trouble this weekend. Police Scotland are aware and we believe have advised the Kellar Bar to cancel the event for the fear of the disorder it could cause. These undesirables are now scrambling to find a venue to host the event, with club owners now realising that their venues licence will be at risk.
As for the match on Sunday it is no coincidence that both sets of fans see Aberdeen fans as a target for trouble. There is no love lost between the Dutch fans and their North East counterparts after Aberdeen fans caused trouble at last year’s UEFA league qualifiers in Holland. Combine that with the Celtic fans hate of them and the picture is complete.
Whilst it may seem an unlikely partnership, it is clear that both sets of groups have the same vile hatred for certain religious groups. If their graphics are representative, both groups show their hatred of those of the Jewish faith and that of Protestants, or “Huns”, using their sectarian terminology.
They have shown again on social media that they intend to cause trouble and shame the club that has no shame for the umpteenth time.
As mentioned before, one of the organisers of the meeting is a Paul Lee (@St.Sixtus on twitter). Lee is a Celtic Green Brigade member and a Feyenoord fan. He spends his days on twitter spouting his bile against Protestants and The Queen. He has in excess of 76,000 tweets to his name, ranging from the moronic and unsavoury to the sectarian and hate-filled.
Given that Police Scotland are aware of the events that are planned for this weekend we are surprised that if they are monitoring social media (as they claim they do) that they haven’t taken action against Paul Lee on the basis of his tweets. It would seem he wishes to pass his bigotry and hatred onto his son, who plays for Partick Thistle. Lee thinks it’s acceptable to tweet a picture of his son heading to play for Thistle’s youth team with the words “Partick Thistle IRA” alongside.
So, Rangers Fans and the people of Glasgow, you have been warned by us, even if the Police or the media don't want to warn you. Then again they seem far too busy trying to sully the name of our club for singing songs than warn you of potential trouble and violence.
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One should not be surprised at two startling developments in the crazy obsession of the sevco-ists this week, namely the relevations that Celtic CEO Peter Lawwell has been agitating for further punishment of Rangers with regards to EBTS, both in 2012, and several weeks ago.
It seems that Rangers being demoted to the bottom division, losing a squad of full international players, being fined while in Administration, being penalised points in the 2011/2012 season, with the result effectively handing Celtic both a free run for 5 years at the title, and 5 years riches of the champions league is not enough.
You'd think Celtic would realise how lady luck has smiled on them, since they stopped their own EBT usage (without punishment I may add), and since former Celtic Chairman (and friend of Dawn Primarolo) John Reid's friends at HMRC moved the goalposts on tax, at the same time that Govt owned Lloyds bank, were attempting to strangle the club.
Like most Rangers fans, I detest what David Murray did to the club, how he operated our tax arrangements, and how he left us vulnerable to forces looking for an excuse to damage or kill Rangers, however, it is those forces who will not rest and those forces who appear to have reached the end of the road, so are looking for any avenue to damage a resurgent Rangers.
The throwing of Stewart Regan under the bus by Lawwell and Neil Doncaster for not being stupid enough to pursue a non-case against Rangers on use of EBTs following the final EBT judgement, is not surprising, however, we should not forget that the final five way agreement was signed by Regan while incomplete (as revealed by VB), meaning that those present in the room after he left are responsible for the small print that mandated Rangers should face no further punishment, including Doncaster, and SPL/SPFL lawyer Rod McKenzie.
The desperate act to try and find a case elsewhere by the SFA on Rangers UEFA application in 2011, looks very much like a sop from Regan to Lawwell to placate the hordes, and I expect, like several other ill thought attacks on Rangers, that this will fail.
Lawwell, of course, was careful in 2011 not to be a public face of the moves to demote and punish Rangers and it is now clear as we all knew that he was instrumental in this fight.
I have no issues with a CEO looking out for the best interests of his business, and clearly Lawwell believes any successful attack on Rangers is a success for Celtic, however, lets kill any pretence that Sporting Integrity is in any way relevant to this, other than to show it's the exact opposite of what Liewell and his friends are indulging in.
Lets also not forget that, while Rangers were 'out of the way', Celtic's sponsorship takings, ticket sales and tv takings reduced significantly. If this is how acting in your own interests ends up, I'm not clear why Lawwell is revered as a great business man. He is, in fact, a snide cowardly bully who doesn't like a fair fight.
As the SFA's Tony McLennon begins his futile investigation in to Rangers UEFA application in 2011, it indicates clearly that historical conduct in Scottish Football is open to be investigated and punished.
Therefore, it's time we asked when the following are going to be fully investigated;
* How many coaches at Celtic Boys club have now been charged with child sex offences, who from the club was involved in keeping issues silent, and what is going to be done about it. Let's not forget, that Penn State in the USA were stripped of all trophies for the period they had failed to act. While this was later reversed following legal action, it certainly indicates a more appropriate priority.
* How and why did so many Celtic employees become members of movie tax avoidance schemes shortly after joining Celtic?
* Where did the payments in to these schemes on behalf of these employees come from?
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* Were there payments in to players' bank accounts not documented on their salary slips?
* How was Robbie Keane's salary funded? Newspaper reports at the time, carried boasts of Dermot Desmond paying Keane's salary himself. Could Celtic not afford him? Was this declared anywhere in Celtic's accounts? Was this declared to the SFA or SPL?
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* Were Roy Keane and Thomas Graveson paid directly by the club?
I'm sure we could go further back, and question the promises made by Celtic to Paul Elliot that resulted in an out of court settlement too?
Scottish Football stands at a crossroads. Do we tie up the game in historical issues for years to come, while potential sponsors conclude that the whole thing is a basket case, and we sink further and further behind all of our competitors? It's beginning to look that way.
Should Rangers turn the other cheek to move the game on? The quick answer is No. All avenues for attack require to be closed off before this can happen.
There is no other option than for Rangers to fight fire with fire.
by 1972 |