Thank you Tom McB, no i didnt kno the existance of this website and i do appreciate you pointing it out to me.
it has been a brilliant read, it was actually a chapter from a book, ill have to get my hands on that book
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Police later admitted that in the two-year period between the two attacks, 38 similar assaults had taken place in the area, all directed at Catholics or those wearing Celtic colours.
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However the police do not feel there is a problem. In the second half of 1999, the author was told by Chief Inspector Kenny Scott, �There is currently nothing to suggest that there is any risk to supporters travelling to and from matches at Celtic Park.� This comment was met with incredulity by the Celtic fans as Bridgeton and Duke Street - both within a mile of Celtic�s ground - are seen as flashpoints for the worst of the violence. Fans find it hard to avoid these parts, as Bridgeton - an area with strong Protestant and Loyalist sympathies - is the nearest train station to the Celtic ground, and Duke Street is also a major transport route. It may be that the success of football club strip merchandising has contributed to the problem, as more people are wearing club strips now, so are easier to identify as a possible target, but it is a sad indictment of the city that a choice of clothing can mark you out for death.
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However the worst was to happen to another young Celtic fan, only 250 yards from where Liam had been attacked. 16-year-old Thomas McFadden had watched the game live on TV in an Irish pub close to Hampden Park, where the Cup Final was played. On his way home from the pub Thomas was attacked by three Rangers fans, two men and a woman, and received fatal stab wounds to the chest. He died in the street where he lived. Tragically and ironically his mother had not allowed him to go to the actual match because of her fears of violence. While Thomas lay dying, in another part of the city, Rangers Vice-Chairman Donald Findlay was caught on video singing sectarian songs about being up to his knees in Fenian blood, and other inflammatory songs like the Sash, Follow Follow and the Billy Boys, which is based around a 1930s Glaswegian anti-semite who tried to set up a Scottish Ku Klux Klan. Findlay, a holder of strong views, and one of the Scottish legal establishment�s more colourful figures with his appearance and strong, Conservative Party-backing views, never made any secret of his loyalty to Rangers. He once said that had never forgiven his mother for giving birth to him on St Patrick�s day, and he always chose to celebrate his birthday on 12 July, which is the celebration of the Battle of the Boyne, which was a battle fought between the Protestant King William and the Catholic King James over the future of Ireland. Findlay has also defended the murderer of Mark Scott and others involved in sectarian attacks, so he was familiar with how deep a problem it was in Scottish society. Also seen in the video are a few Rangers� players but the attention was on Findlay. There was outage from all sides. And not all in condemnation of Findlay. Some football fanzines published names and addresses of people believed to have handed the video over to the press and few people believed it was so Rangers fans could congratulate the video taker on exposing the incident.
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Some newspapers said that the fact that Findlay had sung these songs did not mean that he hated Catholics, it just showed that he did not like Celtic Football Club - even though the club is not mentioned in the songs.
Findlay resigned from the Rangers board, pleading that his behaviour had been �an error of judgement� but he has been told by David Murray that he is still welcome at Ibrox.
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To make it worse, Scotland tries to pretend there is no problem. When two Leeds United fans were murdered by Turkish fans in 1999, there were pages upon pages covering the incident - what had happened, what the background was, was it hooliganism or something else - no stone was left unturned. In Scotland, after an Old Firm murder, the traditional reporting has been a day�s coverage of the matter and over the next few days appeals for the murderer to be caught alongside pictures of where the person was attacked. There is no examination of the wider causes; no attention is paid to the social background; no-one asks why this is happening. The media - print and non-print - have found themselves in a bind over the matter.
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Cara feels that pointing fingers at one group of people is not going to help achieve anything, as there are attitudes on both sides.
Totally agree.
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�The facts are that most of this so-called �Old Firm hatred and violence� is a one-sided affair. Sure, Celtic supporters have no particular love for their rivals from Rangers and over the years there has always been some hooligan clashes between the supporters. But the latest acts of violence are not the actions of organised groups of hooligans on both sides. They are or at least appear to be the random acts of a group of Rangers� supporters whose hatred of all things to do with Celtic and Ireland knows no bounds.�
Totally agree, and it has to be recognised, (im i no way excusing unproper behaviour from my fellow supporters) but one side, the blue side, is much worse than us
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Dr Bradley also feels that the term sectarianism is thrown about without any real understanding of its sources and nature in Scotland. He feels it is a widely abused term, especially in the media, and this can actually lead to sectarian attitudes and judgements.
This was my point from the start, it is a wider issue, than what we are expecting or believing and honestly the word sectarianism is greatly missused.
thanks for that, keep showing me brilliant stuff like this
The banter's good 
