1st_Jan_1994 4,868 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 What's with the big Union flag in their end? you see it a couple of times in the build up to Common's fluke on the BBC highlights.Surprised Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Manticore* 1,893 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Are you watching in Black and White The flag I saw had the same pattern as the Union Flag, but it was predominantly red. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbria_blue 51 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 It's not a proper union flag though? Isn't it red, white and black? Not sure but I think it could be for their hooligan firm. When Hibs came to Carlisle for a friendly last summer, they had one aswell, that was green, white and black, that was really surprising! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st_Jan_1994 4,868 Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 Are you watching in Black and White The flag I saw had the same pattern as the Union Flag, but it was predominantly red.It was a Union flag, but one of them red and white ones to match the Aberdeen colours?I see Motherwell and Hibs fans with them too.I hear people saying it's mocking the union flag and others say they are still promoting the union flag in their own way.There's a Rangers one they sell at games too. Same idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st_Jan_1994 4,868 Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 It's not a proper union flag though? Isn't it red, white and black? Not sure but I think it could be for their hooligan firm. When Hibs came to Carlisle for a friendly last summer, they had one aswell, that was green, white and black, that was really surprising! It will depend on your interpritation.Especially as Rangers and Hearts have blue & white and maroon & white designs, respectivly - and they aren't afraid to fly the Union flag. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenose_72 198 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Spoke to a guy I know who is a sheepshagger and he thinks it could be a supporters club from down south. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st_Jan_1994 4,868 Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 Spoke to a guy I know who is a sheepshagger and he thinks it could be a supporters club from down south.That would probably explain it. Makes sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenose_72 198 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 They had the flag at Parkhead aswell I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbria_blue 51 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 It will depend on your interpritation.Especially as Rangers and Hearts have blue & white and maroon & white designs, respectivly - and they aren't afraid to fly the Union flag.Yeah, I've only ever seen that flag when they play Celtic so could it have something to do with winding the tims up? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbria_blue 51 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 It was a Union flag, but one of them red and white ones to match the Aberdeen colours?I see Motherwell and Hibs fans with them too.I hear people saying it's mocking the union flag and others say they are still promoting the union flag in their own way.There's a Rangers one they sell at games too. Same idea.It happens in England too, Sunderland and Newcastle have their own designs in their club colours. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st_Jan_1994 4,868 Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 Up again at corner of main stand lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gronaldo 38 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 It was a Union flag, but one of them red and white ones to match the Aberdeen colours?I see Motherwell and Hibs fans with them too.I hear people saying it's mocking the union flag and others say they are still promoting the union flag in their own way.There's a Rangers one they sell at games too. Same idea.It's just as legitimate/normal for them to have a Union flag as it is to wave a Scottish flag as far as I'm concerned. Sometimes Scottish/British nationalists seem to claim a monopoly on these things - i.e. they assume that the only people who ever wave Union flags are British nationalists - but at the end of the day it's still just the flag of the country we all live in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st_Jan_1994 4,868 Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 It's just as legitimate/normal for them to have a Union flag as it is to wave a Scottish flag as far as I'm concerned. Sometimes Scottish/British nationalists seem to claim a monopoly on these things - i.e. they assume that the only people who ever wave Union flags are British nationalists - but at the end of the day it's still just the flag of the country we all live in.Ermm, yes. I know that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gronaldo 38 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Ermm, yes. I know that.You know that, yet you created a thread saying you were surprised to see it? Fair enough. Point I'm getting at is that there shouldn't be anything political about waving a union flag. We might associate it with our club and Celtic might associate themselves with Irish nationalism, but for other teams it shouldn't be that way. For some reason in this country a lot of people have come to the conclusion that waving a Scottish flag is normal, but waving a union flag makes you some sort of extreme British nationalist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st_Jan_1994 4,868 Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 You know that, yet you created a thread saying you were surprised to see it? Fair enough. Point I'm getting at is that there shouldn't be anything political about waving a union flag. We might associate it with our club and Celtic might associate themselves with Irish nationalism, but for other teams it shouldn't be that way. For some reason in this country a lot of people have come to the conclusion that waving a Scottish flag is normal, but waving a union flag makes you some sort of extreme British nationalist.I'll simplify a bit as your seriously over complicating things here.It was very surprising to see Aberdeen fans have a union flag at Hampden. They would be the last lot I'd expect.However, it's a sad day when you need to be plesantly surprised at people flying the flag of their own country.You trying to tell me you weren't surprised in the slighest at the thought of some Aberdeen fans having a union flag at one of their matches? seriously? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobar 13,676 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I also spotted this when I was watching the game, there was an "AFC" banner just in front of it aswell? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 69 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 15,000 of them at hampden and only 12,000 fans in total at pittodrie tonight Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gronaldo 38 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I'll simplify a bit as your seriously over complicating things here.It was very surprising to see Aberdeen fans have a union flag at Hampden. They would be the last lot I'd expect.However, it's a sad day when you need to be plesantly surprised at people flying the flag of their own country.You trying to tell me you weren't surprised in the slighest at the thought of some Aberdeen fans having a union flag at one of their matches? seriously? I think you're looking for an argument where there isn't one here - it's just a point of discussion and I know exactly what you're saying. You're saying that because Aberdeen are closer to Celtic than us, it's surprising that they would have a union flag (something that's associated with us).What I'm saying is that there's a difference between football and politics. They (and other clubs) might want Celtic to win the league more than us, but that doesn't mean they have any link to the political drivel that comes from Celtic fans. Really the only club that buys into that nonsense is Celtic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st_Jan_1994 4,868 Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 I think you're looking for an argument where there isn't one here - it's just a point of discussion and I know exactly what you're saying. You're saying that because Aberdeen are closer to Celtic than us, it's surprising that they would have a union flag (something that's associated with us).What I'm saying is that there's a difference between football and politics. They (and other clubs) might want Celtic to win the league more than us, but that doesn't mean they have any link to the political drivel that comes from Celtic fans. Really the only club that buys into that nonsense is Celtic.I'm not saying anything of the sort, mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gronaldo 38 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I'm not saying anything of the sort, mate.Why is it surprising then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st_Jan_1994 4,868 Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 Why is it surprising then?They are the most pro-Jacobite, anti-English, Tartan Army type fans I've ever encountered.As I said, it shouldn't be something to congratulate them on (flying their own countries flag) however, it's still surprising to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Manticore* 1,893 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 It was a Union flag, but one of them red and white ones to match the Aberdeen colours?It's not a Union Flag though, no more than the Ikurriña is.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikurri%C3%B1a Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st_Jan_1994 4,868 Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 It's not a Union Flag though, no more than the Ikurriña is.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikurri%C3%B1aI don't think they know that for one minute.Same way as the blue equivilent that's sold outside Ibrox, people want it because it's a Union flag design. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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