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I'm afraid that would be me! I'll get back to you shortly right or wrong as he's running out of time I'm afraid. That said I won't stoop to a level were one Rangers supporter describes other Rangers supporters that have different opinion as morons.

No, morons will be morons regardless of which team they support. I'll refrain from offering my hand in brotherhood to a few individuals on this board, thank you.

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This article is enough for me to wonder what goes on behind the cloak of Septic...hmmmm !!post-66932-0-57742900-1363199881_thumb.j

He didn't half put the boot in.
" Celtic was a big mistake for me, that's for sure. Celtic never understood me ,

and I for sure never understood them. It was a club with an image which was full

of its own self importance and role in the world. The club was going through a

troubled time and when manager John Barnes got the sack, my days there were

numbered. It's hard to say this but I feel that I have to point out that Celtic,

certainly at that time did not react well to people who they did not consider

were 'one of them". I am Jewish and proud of my religion and background, Barnes

and Ian Wright felt the same as me, and they were quickly ostracised when

results went against us. After one midweek game which we lost, Wright and Barnes

were subject to really disgraceful racial abuse in the car park. It was at that

point I knew I had to get out. I found it really disconcerting having to play in

front of a huge crowd where many fans had PLO flags and celebrated terrorist

actions. They were backing an organization which, after all, wanted the

destruction of the State of Israel. How could I give one hundred percent for

such a club with an ethos like that?

The Celtic Rangers games were utter madness, and I had to remind myself for

which club I was playing! I always stood up for the sovereignty of the nation

and the right of law. Celtic seemed to be going for the opposite, by supporting

terrorist groups from Spain, Ireland, the Middle East and Africa. It was

crazy!".

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Here is the full statement and not the photo shop version ....

But as what's already been said, it doesn't look genuine - just looks like a photo with some writing posted over the top of it. Not even photoshopped, bitmapped!

Berkovic lifts the lid on latent racism at Celtic Park by Robert Miller.

The years have may have rolled by, but Eyal Berkovic retains the looks and spirit

of a man which belie his thirty six years. Sitting relaxed in the rustic

tranquility of his spacious villa in the outskirts of Tel Aviv, Berkovic

radiates a certain calm and peace which is at odds with his colourful, and at

times tempestuous career as a professional footballer.

"Looking back, football has been good to me and my family. It has enabled us to

achieve a standard of living that would not have been possible had I followed my

original path as a chartered accountant. I was pretty academic at High School

and good with numbers. My father especially wanted me to go into business and

establish myself with a reputable company. He saw football as nothing more than

a diversion from my main focus in life. Years later, he recognizes that I made

the right call, though the old man would never bring himself to admit that I was

right and he was wrong!".

Within Israel Berkovic remains a controversial figure with his constant, and at

times acerbic criticism of Israeli football in general, and the national team in

particular. Just about every major figure in that sport has received the sharp

end of Berkovic's vitriolic tongue.

" Look, I am not proud of what I have said in the past, but the fact is somebody had to speak out.

We were amateurish in the past and were led by people who as they say in

England, "could not organize a piss up in a brewery". In recent years Israel has

become a far more professional team and that is seen in our results. Nobody and

I repeat nobody, likes coming here, as they know they will get a tough game. I

would like to think that by putting my head above the parapet, I have in some

way helped address the deep seated problems that beset our team".

Berkovic's career can serve as a paradigm for foreign players and their growing

influence in the English Premier League. He moved from team to team and from

North to South with alarming regularity.

" My arrival in England coincided with the big bucks from SKY television and for

that I will always be grateful. We literally saw our salaries double overnight

and with the right agent, we were able to command excellent wages operating from

a position of real strength. I think that you have to realize that a

footballer's career is relatively short and you have to make your money while

the sun shines."

Berkovic is convinced that the SKY money has been a force for good in football

as it has helped make the Premier League the best in the world. It can offer top

salaries and can therefore attract the very best from all over the world.

He spent two troubled years outwith the EPL and it is at this point that his

mood changes as the conversation takes an unexpected and dark path.

" Celtic was a big mistake for me, that's for sure. Celtic never understood me ,

and I for sure never understood them. It was a club with an image which was full

of its own self importance and role in the world. The club was going through a

troubled time and when manager John Barnes got the sack, my days there were

numbered. It's hard to say this but I feel that I have to point out that Celtic,

certainly at that time did not react well to people who they did not consider

were 'one of them". I am Jewish and proud of my religion and background, Barnes

and Ian Wright felt the same as me, and they were quickly ostracised when

results went against us. After one midweek game which we lost, Wright and Barnes

were subject to really disgraceful racial abuse in the car park. It was at that

point I knew I had to get out. I found it really disconcerting having to play in

front of a huge crowd where many fans had PLO flags and celebrated terrorist

actions. They were backing an organization which, after all, wanted the

destruction of the State of Israel. How could I give one hundred percent for

such a club with an ethos like that?

The Celtic Rangers games were utter madness, and I had to remind myself for

which club I was playing! I always stood up for the sovereignty of the nation

and the right of law. Celtic seemed to be going for the opposite, by supporting

terrorist groups from Spain, Ireland, the Middle East and Africa. It was

crazy!".

As if to underline Berkovic's anger, was the fact that shortly after his

departure from Celtic, (the man who released him) Martin O'Neill signed John

Hartson who had assaulted the slight Israeli at a training session when both men

played for West Ham. Even a quick glance on youtube years later, does nothing to

dampen the sheer brutality of the unpremeditated attack on Bekovic.

"The signing of somebody like John Hartson by Celtic did not come as a surprise

to me. It was a marriage made in heaven. The fans finally had found somebody who

embodied everything they stood for, and I for one was not astonished that he

went onto become a cult figure at their club."

As for tomorrow's derby in Glasgow, Berkovic will be tuning in to watch the game

though it comes as no surprise at all to learn that he will leaning towards the

blue side of Glasgow tomorrow. Berkovic, like him or loathe him, usually gets

the big decisions right.

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even if he did say it - should he not have done some basic research about the company he was joining before taking the money and trousering it? its not rocket science to check up on your employeers

"Join Al Qaeda! hours of endless fun in the sun!"

They were in for another Israeli pre-season. And if you've ever been to Israel, the very first picture, at the entrance in their holocaust museum is the fucken pope.

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Just flicked through this - so the quote is real after all? I've seen it a few times but never as part of the unabridged interview quoted above & every time it's surfaced the bheast has never been far behind in an attempt to rubbish it.

Another thing which appears to annoy the bheast, something I seen in the discussion section of some football story concerning us (obviously most of the comments were left by the unwashed) was a point someone had raised asking why ra sellik fly the tricolour above porkhead & emblazon it on their strips/trackies/teeth? Obviously the replies came in about "histry 'n culchur n'at" - the reply back was along the lines that they should really fly the Union Jack then - as until the 1919 Irish war of independence the entire isle came under the Union flag so they should display that instead if they wanted to be historically accurate & the tricolour was only there to appease the republican sympathizers and really has fuck all to do with anything...

Something to remind them of if the mood takes you, they somehow don't appear to appreciate it very much :craphead:

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To be fair, it's in General Football & Sport - these are people who've tried their damnedest to bury our Club recently & a mild case of "get it up ye" does them good once in a while :sherlock:

That was my intention from the off !!

Thank you

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Sure my auld Grampa's got a VHS tape I used to watch all the time when I was younger. The bastard certainly knew which team he was playing for when he scored at Ibrox on it (tu) done some stupid fucking chicken celebration iirc.

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