The New Statesman (19 March) had a review of a new book entitled Celtic: a Biography in Nine Lives, which was written by Kevin McCarra, a journalist and a Celtic fan.
The review was written by Simon Kuper, a Financial Times columnist and author of The Football Men. In it he said:
Some Celtic fans took their embrace of Irish Catholic identity to extremes. At an Old Firm game in 1993, I stood amid Celtic fans who chanted in praise of the IRA: 'Ooh, aah, up the Ra, say ooh, aah, up the Ra!' That day, the IRA blew up two children in Warrington. McCarra says similar chants are still heard today ...
This is a strange post Nelson. This kind of chanting is digusting and offensive, but as a Catholic who follows Rangers (does that blow your mind?) I've heard plenty of the same trashy chants at Ibrox. Why do you not post about these?
ReplyDeleteI often post about things I come across in the press and this was one of them.
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