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Are the RST planning to hold any sort of protest or even issue a statement over this?

There are a few bigots on this list but I ain't one of them. I take it from your post that you have no problem with C*ltic fans waving Irish flags to celebrate their culture? A lots of Scots do have a problem with their two biggest clubs waving the flags of what they see as other countries. Especially, flags that are associated with the two sides of a bloody conflict that took place just across the Irish Sea. I have no problem celebration our Scottish, protestant culture but once again it is being hijacked by people trying to push their own unionist/loyalist political agenda, or is the name of the day and its timing just a coincidence?

I would agree and think it would be a massive own goal, leave us open to accusations of hypocrisy and give the press a field day. Spot on. What ever happened to Follow, Follow saying that if we tried to be an Ulster club in Glasgow we would look as stupid as the Dhims?

their level is excusing and accepting child abuse, we're nowhere near that thank you very much. We are if we use child abuse as an opportunity to score points over a rival football club

I heard it was interesting at the Pig n Whistle in Brisbane, where the Brisbane RSC watch the games. A few Irish backpackers were in the pub waiting for the start of the Gaelic Football coverage, which started straight after the Old-Firm game and weren't happy with the result

At least we can agree on something, and not just the name of the Club I wandered round their Stadium last year. In fact I saw Rangers beat them in 1969 as a lad. And yes, why should they not celebrate their Basque/ Euskari culture? But why should we not celebrate our Scottish Protestant/ Presbyterian Culture? Or is that bad? Bigotted? Glad that we can agree on something. Also we should never let the "everything about Ireland is wonderful and progressive mob" forget that Ireland was one of the few countries to send volunteers to fight on the side of Franco. The priests even blessed them before they left I don't have a problem with us celebrating our Scottish Presbyterian culture but far to often that is used as an excuse for anti-Catholic, anti-Irish bigotry. Often it is also seen as being interchangeable with a loyalist/Unionist culture, which isn't the case.

Placing a geographical restriction on who can play for a club isn't nesacerrilly discriminatory but it can be. Take Yorkshire County Cricket Club as an example. For years they had a policy of only playing Yorkshiremen, which was fair enough. Where it became discriminatory was when it was used as an excuse to avoid playing people of Asian decent even though they had been born in Yorkshire - on the grounds that real Yorkshiremen (ie white Yorkshiremen) had parents that also came from Yorkshire. As far as I know Athletic will play any Basque born player regardless of ethnicity or religion, which I don't think is discriminatory. The fact that we as a club contributed to the poisonous sectarian divide in Scottish society by not signing catholics is a dark chapter in our history. And before anyone comes on and says that there wasn't such a policy etc etc., why did WVB got such a great reaction when he answered the thread about if you owned Rangers by saying, he would get rid of all the Beads (ie catholics) and this was normal service being resumed? Oh dear oh dear. The lengths some bears go to to attack our Club. We don't need enemies although we have many. It would also help if you could work out how the 'quote' thing works. Your comment about 'a geographical restriction' betrays a complete ignorance of equal opportunities issues. As for sectarianism, yes it exists and has existed for some time, but our Club's Ethos was Protestant and Unionist for a long time and our signings reflect that fact. Like septic's ethos was rc and irish republican and their signings reflect that fact. As for your comment about our so called policy, why not answer the question instead of referring to some stranger in the internet? What was the policy? How did it become a 'Policy'? How was it enforced? Try dealing with the facts, not the shite you are spoon fed..... How so? Inside the UK we have geographical restrictions on certain entitlements, students from England pay top up fees if they go to a Scottish University while those from Scotland don't and non EU students pay even higher fees, but I haven't seen this challenged on the basis of equal opportunities. As for the policy, any one who has followed Rangers for more than 20 years knows it existed. If it didn't why the fuss about Mo Jo? Why did we use to sing: "One team all prodies" and "It's magic you know, Rangers and Catholics don't go"? The book Fear and loathing in world football has quotes from Rangers Board members in the 60s and 70s defending the policy. So if there wasn't a policy why were they defending it?

Placing a geographical restriction on who can play for a club isn't nesacerrilly discriminatory but it can be. Take Yorkshire County Cricket Club as an example. For years they had a policy of only playing Yorkshiremen, which was fair enough. Where it became discriminatory was when it was used as an excuse to avoid playing people of Asian decent even though they had been born in Yorkshire - on the grounds that real Yorkshiremen (ie white Yorkshiremen) had parents that also came from Yorkshire. As far as I know Athletic will play any Basque born player regardless of ethnicity or religion, which I don't think is discriminatory. The fact that we as a club contributed to the poisonous sectarian divide in Scottish society by not signing catholics is a dark chapter in our history. And before anyone comes on and says that there wasn't such a policy etc etc., why did WVB got such a great reaction when he answered the thread about if you owned Rangers by saying, he would get rid of all the Beads (ie catholics) and this was normal service being resumed? And I guess you don't think Atletico are adding to the 'poisonous' Spanish-Basque relationship? They are Athletic. They only time they were called Atletico was when the fascist Franco banned all non-Spanish names for football teams. Now there was someone who poisoned the Basque - Spanish relationship Given his antics it's hardly surprising that a Basque club has chosen to celebrate it's culture in the way it has done I suppose having a Scottish national team that only fields Scots is poisonous to the Scottish - English relationship

I always liked the Canadian national anthem. Remember going to the Maple Leaf in London on Canada Day, the entire street was full of people singing it

Don't wory by the time of the next Olympics, Scotland will have voted for indpendence. The only pity is that out taxes will have subsidised the excesses of Lord Coe and 'so called' Red Ken. As opposed to the £11billion per year we are taking of the rest of the UK? Moronic doesn't even begin to describe your uber Scotch stance How is pointing out the excesses of the London Olympic and the waste of tax payers money uber Scottish? Boris has been banging on about it ever since he became mayor. I lived in London in the run up to the bid and opposed it because it was a waste of money that could be better spent directly regenerating the deprived areas of London rather than blowing it on building a stadium that will be the future home of the mighty O's. Well 1st of all it'll generate money that may or may not make it profitable. Second of all we have been awarded the commonwealth games that the UK tax payer will contribute towards. I honestly can't believe someone I respect bemoaned the fact that Scottish money will go towards a UK event after all we have benefited as being part of the UK. I'm not complaining about Scottish tax payers paying for the London games, I'm complaining about tax payers across the UK, including London, paying for it.

Don't wory by the time of the next Olympics, Scotland will have voted for indpendence. The only pity is that out taxes will have subsidised the excesses of Lord Coe and 'so called' Red Ken. As opposed to the £11billion per year we are taking of the rest of the UK? Moronic doesn't even begin to describe your uber Scotch stance How is pointing out the excesses of the London Olympic and the waste of tax payers money uber Scottish? Boris has been banging on about it ever since he became mayor. I lived in London in the run up to the bid and opposed it because it was a waste of money that could be better spent directly regenerating the deprived areas of London rather than blowing it on building a stadium that will be the future home of the mighty O's.

That's all you are. And if Admin don't ask you to leave with a polite banning then I'll need to reconsider posting here, there's only so tolerant you can be towards guff like this tattie muncher. I don't doubt for a second that some bears hold reservations about unionism etc. But threads like these invite the tarriers out in to the open like a lamp does a moth. Here's a shining example Declan. Know this. Even if Scotland becomes another state in the European Union and i pray it doesn't, Ulster will always remain part of the UK Don't want to put word in the mouths of the other posters but I think that when he said he was a republican he ment that he supported the abolishion of the monarchy, not that he was an Irish Republican.

Don't wory by the time of the next Olympics, Scotland will have voted for indpendence. The only pity is that out taxes will have subsidised the excesses of Lord Coe and 'so called' Red Ken.

Same here it was 78. We should have won the European Cup that season