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Nope, just ban people who use religion to cause trouble.

And nothing for the rest of the world? I might be wrong but I don't know another place where religion influences professional football to the degree it does in Glasgow. Get back to me when you've figured out the difference between religion and politics. Nice attitude btw. I know the difference between them. In this case though it's religion, not politics. in some parts of the world, on some occasions they are the same thing, this is one of those occasions. I would say that applies more to Ireland than Glasgow mate. Religion seems to be more predominant there. Just a personal opinion though.

And nothing for the rest of the world? I might be wrong but I don't know another place where religion influences professional football to the degree it does in Glasgow. Get back to me when you've figured out the difference between religion and politics. Nice attitude btw. I know the difference between them. In this case though it's religion, not politics.

And nothing for the rest of the world? I might be wrong but I don't know another place where religion influences professional football to the degree it does in Glasgow.

You think they fought in WW1 for them? It was a stupid imperialist war that turned a generation of young men into cannon fodder, not some abstract-idealist good vs evil bullshit. More of a German family feud really.

What a load of bilge. a) It's not even a majority of Celtic supporters doing this. Just a few people with a banner. b) What's "religion" got to do with it? Anyway, I don't agree with what the banner says, but I'm quite attached to the notion of free speech. a) No it's not. Have you been to one of either Celtic or Rangers matches? If you had you would be able to comprehend the size of the problem. b) Everything when you follow football and live in Glasgow

Celtic plan ban for anti-poppy protesters Celtic aim to ban those found responsible for a giant anti-poppy banner displayed at the weekend. The protest unveiled on Saturday read: "Your deeds would shame all the devils in Hell. Ireland, Iraq, Afghanistan. No bloodstained poppy on our Hoops." Celtic issued an apology for any offence caused and will launch an investigation aimed at banning the perpetrators from home games. All 12 SPL clubs will wear poppies on their shirts next weekend. Scottish Premier League chief executive Neil Doncaster confirmed that the governing body would also investigate the matter. These incidents do need to be investigated and they are going to be Scottish Premier League chief executive Neil Doncaster "It's clearly regrettable that a weekend of so much excitement on the pitch has been dominated by reporting of events off the pitch," said Doncaster in relation to the banner at Celtic Park and crowd trouble during the Edinburgh derby. "We have invited comments from Celtic, Hibernian and Hearts on the back of the weekend's events and are awaiting the reports of the match delegates." A section of Celtic fans have long campaigned against the wearing of poppies. But Doncaster said it was now an established practice in the SPL for all clubs to wear poppies on their shirts on the weekend of Remembrance Sunday. "We would welcome the fact that Celtic have moved quickly to apologise," he said. "I would also point out that all 12 of the SPL clubs will be wearing poppies on their shirts next weekend in support of Poppy Scotland for the third year in a row." Doncaster would not be drawn over whether the banner was a breach of stadium rules forbidding political demonstrations but added: "There have been a number of instances of inappropriate behaviour at games. "These incidents do need to be investigated and they are going to be." MY SPORT: DEBATE Give your reaction to this story Celtic responded to the controversy by issuing a statement which said: "The actions of this small minority have no place at Celtic Park and, clearly, we apologise for any offence caused." A spokesman later added: "The club is currently carrying out an investigation into this matter. When it is concluded, it is the club's intention to ban those identified as responsible from Celtic Park. "Celtic fans have rightly earned a magnificent reputation for their positive behaviour and backing of the club. "It is extremely disappointing that the actions of a small minority have embarrassed Celtic and tarnished the club in this way." The charity Poppy Scotland described the banner, displayed during the 9-0 win over Aberdeen, as "disrespectful". http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/9168655.stm Being over in Oz I've just seen this now, so apologies if it's already been covered. For me, this is the biggest reason why Celtic and Rangers should never be allowed into the PL, religion has no place in football whatsoever. Also, I was under the impression that poppy thing was for the 1st WW and armistice day, not Iraq or other wars?

I'm living in Perth (been here nearly 2 ears)and watched the match as well, it's alright to watch is Aussie rules once you understand it, it was a good match too. Aussies shorten every word you can, only they normally put o on the end, whereas we normally put y or ie on the end. In this case they've gone with Pie instead of mags. Although the 'Pies' have a lot of things in common with us, they are more like Manure in the fact that either you support them or hate them. I think about 90% of Oz was wanting a St Kilda win last weekend. Should be another good match this weekend as they've turned over extra tickets to the fans - 40,000 to each club instead of the 25,000 they both received for the first match. Funny place this as well, Western Australia is very AFL, 'soccer' orientated, SA is AFL, Victoria is VERY AFL, then NSW is rugby league and a bit of union and AFL and Queensland is very league union dominated. Absolutely obsessed with sport though and will compete over anything.

Can't think of any he struggled with

Yep. Some people want to remember that we've just come back up with a few of the players who took us down. We are limited in what we can do, Blackpool was bad and yes Hughton is still learning, but to slate most of our players is waaaayyy over the top. The fact is, is that Stoke finished in a decent position last season, the were well organised and in several areas were better than us. The scary thing was how easily the game was turned, teams will line up and defend like that against us at home and let's face facts, against some, we'll struggle to break them down. What we need to do is to forget about the Carling cup and the FA cup and just keep our minds on the league - 33 points left to go as far as I'm concerned, that's all I want from this season. Anyone who wants 'entertainment', go and watch a movie. We need to keep getting behind them, anyone who was booing today at the ground needs to keep a fucking lid on it, what did they expect, Europe?

Would be surprised if the did that, can see them doing the same again until about the 70th min when they'll bring Delap on and bombard our goal for the last 20 or so to get a draw.

As much as I enjoyed the match, Horne was just ridiculous. It was as if there regular commentator hadn't turned up and they'd just walked into the pub round the corner and asked the first bloke they saw in a blue shirt.

He was just as bad, i can't decide who's worse today him or Marriner. Horne, without a doubt

Marriner blind, Horne was just plainly biased.

According to Horne Newcastle don't deserve to win the game as Everton have had a 'spell'

According to the commentators the non penalty was karma for the penalties they should have had. Also bush head was shrugging Williamson off when he elbowed him in the face. This commentary is making the match unwatchable

The commentary is so biased it's untrue. All the way through the first half it's been like listening to an Everton supporter in the stands commentate. I laughed at that like. "Shaded". Ridiculous punditry.

Atwell is the worst ref I've seen since Brian Coddington. We will finish with ten men because of him

Defo williamsons fault for goal, Perch had to come across and cover although he didn't do a very good job Williamson should have been there. Ref is that Stuart Atwell who, if I remember correctly was complete shite last season. He also looks like he is about 15 years old.

And fox comes on just as they score, fantastic. Shite defending.

f***ing Foxtel, what do we pay these bastards for? To f*** it up, like durr obviously

No Mr Icke I don't work at TH. They are mostly good lads just trying to do jobs with office politics and wankers getting in the way. Just like everyone else I suppose.

Neil is a decent bloke, he was doing a job under very trying circumstances especially when Anal was around. I know for fact that he tried in vain to do decent stuff on Shepherd but was either threatened by the club or Oliver ran to his boss. Luke Edwards and Neil were the best of the bunch there, unfortunately people like Ryder play the political game and stay on. Think you're right though, we will end up with only the one paper, I've heard the same rumor too. Looks like Sunderland uni is the place for ex Thomson House hacks.

Summed up perfectly.

So Hughton doesn't care about getting us promoted? Not sure how you managed to come up with that. Read the bit in bold again and you'll see that I was saying that they've probably discussed the matter, but Ashley would have probably had the final say. It might not be that way, but going on past events, there's a high chance that's what happened.