What section have they been given? My nephew and Sister in Law sat next to them last year and want a move away due to the GB's intimidation towards the fans around them.

They have been giving the area 111, where they have always been, well I think that is the area.

It's good that people that won't sing move away, it's good for both sets of people. More room for singers to get an atmosphere and good for people that don't want to sing, they have an area where people aren't jumping around them.

Win win

what do you mean by "section was given", GB will acctually have control over who can be there? how does this work?

They have been giving the area 111, where they have always been, well I think that is the area.

It's good that people that won't sing move away, it's good for both sets of people. More room for singers to get an atmosphere and good for people that don't want to sing, they have an area where people aren't jumping around them.

Win win[/quote]


Anything I saw about the Green Brigade will be taken with a pinch of salt but I can assure you the reasons they want to move have nothing to do with singing and more to do with threats, abuse and intimidation aimed at fellow Celtic fans. Most if not all the Celtic fans I talk too say the same about the GB, yeah they improve the atmosphere but their attitude is that if you're not for them and doing exactly as they are doing then you're against them. My nephew contacted Celtic to voice his concerns over the GB and was told that he wasn't alone in complaining so I'm a bit surprised they made the section official, he was holding off to see what was happening with the GB section before renewing his seat so I'd better phone him and let him know.

I believe they have control of who gets tickets for area 111, which is good as people who are known singers won't be stuck in the middle of nowhere.

I don't know what is going on with the stewards in the area, they don't have control of stewards but I guess because Celtic have giving them the area they may get less hassle from stewards.

here it's just that gate 5 is only for people who buy season tickets, so most people who come every game are also the singers.

Celtic games are very different from Hapoel games. Unlike the old days most season
ticket holders don't sing that much. With this new 'laws' for area 111 people with season tickets can sing, without pissing off people around them that don't want to sing. People without season tickets that want to sing and be in area 111 can go into area 110 which is next to area 111. This is good as it spreads people out around the curve making it look better.

I really think it's a win win.

A group at Celtic called 'Rude Bhoys' have split up and most of their members have come into area 111, also the 'Shamrock Bhoys' have moved to area 111. They won't display their name banner at home games but will travel together to away games. Only the 'Comrades' and 'Jungle Bhoys' haven't moved to area 111, the 'Jungle Bhoys seem to be all but died now.

Yes, the GB will have control over who is in their section. In the last week or so, everyone wanting to be part of it, had to hand in their season ticket renewal forms to GB members who will then arrange for these people to be relocated to the GB section. I think the demand will far outstrip the supply here.

Did you get in?

I wonder if the club will give over areas to the GB, maybe area 110? If area 111 works out well then I can see bright things in the future.

Seems not everyone is happy about the Green Brigade section



http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol ... -move.html

Is the first fan suggesting the Green Brigade are sectarian?

Why would the vast majority be happy to move?

It's from the Sun, that says it all, that rag is no more than toilet paper.

It's in a few newspapers so I guess they're all lying

GB needs to leave alone Celtic fans.They need to talk.No changhing seats needs to be done.I am not sure if GB is sectarian.They said that there are Antifa,but sectiran means nationalism(religion natinalism) and Antifa are not sectarian.So who knows.

Really I couldn't give a fuck about Celtic fans that go to The Sun and cry. The Sun is a peice of populist pish. After The Suns Hillsborough 'story' aswell as the years of casual racism, they can go fuck themselves, Justice For The 96!



Eh? The Green Brigade are Celtic fans



No, seats do need to change, so what if some people don't want a change, why don't they stand up and sing if they like area 111 so much.



You read to much of Ginzberg's post's



Sectarism has nothing to do with Nationalism, sectarism is when you hate someone of a different sect of a religion. I guess you are putting Nationalism into it as you look at 'The Troubles' in Ireland.

It was the Celtic fan who insinuated the GB were sectarian not me, it's quite an exact remark to make so he must have had his reasons for doing so. And as I pointed out the story ran in most other newspapers and not just the Sun so you're, "It's only the Sun" argument doesn't hold up does it.

Now can you answer me why you think the GB's presence causes so much ill feeling among the general Celtic fan population, they must be doing something to upset so many people on a regular basis?

He better say why then, it would help the debate instaed of just saying "their sectarian".



Please can you show me? The Daily Record can fuck off, I bet they said something.



1) There is a small part of the support that don't like the GB, mostly because of Politics but the GB won't stop being Political because some people disagree with them. People need to know that the Green Brigade isn't one political group. There are Irish
Republicans, Anarchist's, Marxist's etc. People just see them and moan, I and I'm sure Green Brigade members couldn't care less with people with different political idea's moaning at them.

2) There are far more people within the Celtic support that support the Green Brigade than those how disagree with them.

3) the Green Brigade aren't pissing people off on a regular basis, where are you getting that from?

You'll have to read yesterdays papers for yourself to see the stories.

As for your last 3 points, I wouldn't say it was only a small part of the Celtic support that don't like the GB, from those Celtic fans I know they all have serious problems with them regarding not just their political views but their constant intimidation of fans around them, including members of my family who have the misfortune to sit next to them and have suffered the abuse personally. The general opinion is that the GB are just there to cause grief for the Stewards, with some sort of personal vendetta running against one or two Stewards, and voice their political beliefs, usually anti British, and that they have very little interest in the football game being played out in front of them.

I realise I haven't spoke to every Celtic fan about this, nor have you, but through talking to the fans I do know and reading via various sources there is a real problem between the GB and surrounding Celtic fans. Not every fan will get on but most will at least tolerate others views and opinions unless those views and opinions are considered outdated and extreme, perhaps the Celtic fans are wanting to leave the Troubles behind them and move on rather than have it dragged up again and again and again. In saying that it must be hard to do when the Celtic board constantly play up on the Irish/IRA thing.

It was with complete bemusement when I was told on Friday night/Saturday morning that an article (or articles as it turns out) was going to feature in the Saturday tabloid trash about this. I suppose with it being pre-season they are clutching at straws in terms of having negative stories to publish as this particular one would suggest but then again, this really is the norm for them.

Anyway, as far as I am aware, the Green Brigade have been given around 0.005% of the seats at Celtic Park to create an Ultras' section (yes, 0.005%!!). Obviously that means some of the people who have sat in the area being given to the GB will have to move and be accomodated elsewhere. Many will still be able to sit in the same section (111) or in one of the sections next to this i.e. hardly a stones throw away from where they previously sat.

Some are obviously upset at having to undergo this devastating and heartbreaking move away from a piece of plastic that they have grown so attached to but hey, needs must. Celtic Park is an absolute morgue overall and anything which can help change this can only be a good thing. Unfortunately some are more interested in their own self-interests than the greater good.

If anything shows our comrades on the continent how difficult it is to create the Ultra mentality in the country, then this surely is it.

You've been given 3 seats, I think your Seville calculator is broke

I also think your calculator is broken.

Ok, 0.5% (or 60,000 x 0.005 )

I don't do math CSC

GB doesnt have friendship with Ultras Hapoel right ?

Celtic close to signing South Korea's World Cup right-back Cha Doo-ri

• Former Freiburg player arrives in Glasgow today for medical
• New manager Neil Lennon steps up bid for Sol Campbell



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Cha Doo-ri will become Celtic's second South Korean player if he joins, linking up with the midfielder Ki Sung-yong. Photograph: Lee Jae-Won/Reuters Celtic are close to agreeing a deal to sign the South Korea right-back Cha Doo-ri. The 29-year-old, who has been playing for his country at the World Cup, said today: "Tomorrow I fly to Glasgow to undergo the medical check. Then I will have two weeks of vacation in South Korea."
Celtic sources have confirmed their pursuit of Cha, who left the German club Freiburg under freedom of contract at the end of last season. His other former clubs include Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt. The fact that he was born in Germany should eliminate problems for Celtic in obtaining a work permit. Cha's father, Cha Bum-kun, is South Korea's most famous football player of all time.
Celtic already have one South Korean player in the form of the midfielder Ki Sung-yong, who was widely praised at the World Cup. Both started on Saturday, when South Korea suffered elimination at the hands of Uruguay.
Cha's arrival would start a frantic transfer period for the newly appointed Celtic manager, Neil Lennon. He will this week step up his bid to sign another free agent, the former England international Sol Campbell, on a two-year deal. Hull City's Jimmy Bullard is also mulling over the offer of a year's loan at Parkhead.
Aberdeen's Charlie Mulgrew, a former Celtic player, is expected to return, with Kelvin Wilson of Nottingham Forest, Stoke City's Liam Lawrence, the Cardiff City midfielder Joe Ledley and the Manchester City's Craig Bellamy among Lennon's other targets.
There will be an equally busy time with players departing the club. Funds to aid Lennon's proposed overhaul of his squad would arrive from the widely predicted sales of Artur Boruc and Aiden McGeady, with a host of English clubs known to have an interest in the latter.

I dont support Celtic from Scottland league but congratulations BOSTON -- The fans were on their feet at Fenway Park on Wednesday, yet this time is wasn't for the hometown Boston Red Sox.

Instead, it was for the first ever Football at Fenway match between Celtic F.C. of Glasgow and Sporting C.P. of Lisbon. Celtic won the contest on penalty kicks, 6-5, in front of 32,162.

"It was an interesting setup," Celtic manager Neil Lennon said. "The history and the tradition of the stadium as well, it is not as corporate as a lot of stadiums would be.

"It is a different kind of atmosphere and I think we enjoyed it. To come and play a football game here was quite unique."

Tied 5-5 in penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw over 90 minutes of play, Sporting forward Liedson then missed the sixth kick, sending the ball sailing high into the right field bleachers. Celtic forward Paul McGowan then placed the ball in the back of the net to break the tie and hand Celtic the win and the Football at Fenway trophy.

"We have good technicians, and they all fancy taking a penalty. Even some of the young guys do as well," Lennon said. "I was really pleased, because it could mean a lot later on in our season. We have players who are brave enough to take them. Overall, I was very, very pleased."

Before the penalty kicks, Celtic got on the board first. After a quiet first half, forward Georgios Samaras converted a penalty kick in the 71st minute after getting fouled in the box.

Sporting would not be outdone. In the 81st minute, forward Helder Postiga scored on a header in the box, tying the score at 1.

The pitch, which extended from the third-base line to the right-field bullpens, was smaller than a normal soccer field. While the width of 75 meters was the same, the length of the pitch was 98 meters instead of the usual 110.

Along with the size difference, the pitcher's mound was flattened and sod was placed over the majority of the infield.

"It was a little strange playing here," Sporting manager Paulo Sergio said. "We have the habit of the crowd being in line with the pitch and when I looked today, it seemed too long. I had the impression that to the left of me was too large. But it is a mythical stadium and I will, from here, become a fan of the Red Sox and be more curious about baseball."

While the grounds crew will restore the field before the Red Sox return next Friday, Fenway Park will be in better condition then expected. Rain and thunderstorms were anticipated during the match, but the only rain that fell came hours before it.

Even the chance of inclement weather didn't stop fans from attending. With the majority of the crowd rooting for Celtic, and the bleachers and field-level seats filled to capacity, the best seat in the house was atop the famed Green Monster.

"I think this is amazing. I am really impressed with the field. I am just loving it," said Sporting fan Mitchell Miskell from Duxbury, Mass., who had seats on the Monster. "I have never been to Fenway Park for a baseball game, but I know this is 20-million times better."

Rob Brule, a Celtic fan from Waterford, Conn., bought tickets the moment he heard about the event, and drove over two hours to watch the two teams square off.

"I think it is fitting that the game is at Fenway. There is no other place you would rather watch Celtic play," Brule said. "I will never forget this moment, and that I have been here the night that they played."

Quinn Roberts is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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Celtic fans could soon be welcoming their sixth new player of the summer as negotiations began with Maccabi Haifa for the £1.2million signing of Israel international Biram Kayal.

The Israeli club have confirmed Celtic have made an official approach for the 22-year-old holding midfielder who has 12 caps. As Celtic flew back from their pre-season tour of North America, chief executive Peter Lawwell was reportedly trying to thrash out the deal ahead of the signing deadline for the Champions League qualifier against Braga next week.

Maccabi president Jacob Shahar said: "Celtic have approached us about Biram but they are not the only club interested in him."

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Is he any good?