Anyone but Celtic: Inside the culture that created the Lanarkshire Referees Association

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The four he has selected are Kyogo, Callum McGregor, Van Der Veen at Motherwell, Duk at Aberdeen … and Mark O’Hara at St Mirren. For a total of five. Walker: “Frank, I played for Motherwell and Hibs. We went to Celtic and Rangers, and there was steam coming out my ears with some of the decisions that went against us. When I played for Celtic, there were some decisions we got that I couldn’t believe we got them. We got them because of the crowd and I do believe there’s an element of human nature where you’ve got thousands screaming for whatever it is. There’s an element of being safe and there were some laughable decisions I got as a Celtic player. I played under Billy McNeill and played with Tommy Burns, I don’t think any of them believed there was anything untoward. I know there might be noises from people within the club that the SFA and referees have always been against Celtic. I don’t see it. Frank, I don’t believe our game is corrupt.” Barry F is one the biggest hun pr**ks of all time but that doesn’t mean you have to look for a flaw in EVERY single word he says – in this case what he said was perfectly reasonable and surprisingly NOT pro-Rangers as he didn’t even mention say TavPen as a possibility! If John Hartson or Chris Sutton et al others had said (and I bet you they have in the past said something) similar then you wouldn’t be questioning their IQ and writing an article criticising.

A complete wimp-out by Walker right at the end, after the guy has, again, raised the simple point on which his argument is based; the uncomplicated proposal that refs here should have to declare their football allegiances just as they do in England and elsewhere, a point Walker has made not the least attempt to engage with in spite of being challenged directly on it.But I draw your attention to an earlier incident in 2015 the Scottish cup Quarter final against Dundee Utd at Tannadice, VVD was sent off on the say so of the assistant referee for "violent conduct" which ruled him out not just the remainder of that match but the league cup final the following week! It was overturned but yet again a mason * trying to influence games! This is now part of the standard media argument, and it’s lazy, patronising guff. Because we’ve been successful there can’t be anything underhanded going on? Fortunately, Frank has the perfect response to this brainless line of defence. Barkas of course is a move that simply hasn’t panned out and had Gordon hung around at Celtic it wouldn’t have been a big task to take the gloves from the Greek ‘keeper. If he had his Celtic career may have lasted longer than it did – and Celtic’s concession of goals may well have improved last year.

Conspiracies' like this are very weak and can easily be disproved when you take into account the little things that Celtic and their warped followers choose to ignore such as them holding a UK record for penalties awarded in one single season, being allowed to win a Scottish cup final via a goal from a throw in which had been awarded the other way, or Lennon assaulting a referee yet only receiving a three match ban whilst a Hearts player who'd done a similar thing to a linesman got twice that, but why let the facts get in the way of a greetin faced, bonkers conspiracy that you've been essentially brought up to believe?These people that line up to mourn probably, bizarrely, for a couple of hours at least, forget their own troubles for a short time and probably will feel better/happier about themselves . Much in the same way as hun skelping makes us forget all our personal troubles for a short time. To me this mob sadness that brings some sort of joy looks weird to me but i bet our joy at hun skelping looks weird to those with no interest in football. On the other side of that maybe those who make childish banners also get some sort of weird joy from their efforts. It’s not something that i would personally do just as much as this mob mourning is not something that i will join in with. However there’s a bigger point here that most people seem to be missing. The mob that make these banners are harming our club and the very people they are ‘protesting’ against could, without a shadow of doubt, end our club as we know it if they really wanted. These people are powerful and can ruin anyone they wish…even football clubs. Give that some thought and let it sink in. Rangers are my team, never hidden that. Be strange to have someone working on Sportsound that didn’t support a team.

With the authorities determined to continue to keep things the way they were, this book comes at a time when reading it, and the other two in the trilogy, should rekindle the desire to fight for fairness in the game, and a complete clean out of those who have poisoned it over the years.

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One of the best weapons we have at our disposal is an understanding about how millions in this country view these people themselves. They are scorned by the liberal media and despised by the left. Guys like James O’Brien have routinely humiliated them in interviews and in the brutal dissecting of their ignorant, and at times abhorrent, views. They’ve spent the last few years pulverising people and companies and institutions into grovelling apologies or other subservient behaviour. They have forced huge corporations and folk with sterling credentials to fawn and bow.

If you’ve nothing nice to say, say nothing at all,” is the mantra of our enemies in the media. Hugh Keevins was the latest guy to trot that line out this morning. Mark my words everyone the closer Celtic get to 10 the same tactics employed by them in 98 will rear its heads again! They are a corrupt organisation and should be taken down! It’s all too easy to say that you blame the schools. But that’s just terrible, isn’t it? And where is Reo Hatate in that list? Where is the guy everyone thinks will be on the shortlist? you then go onto 2015 and you seen the pictures of the handshake with MacLean and Muir, it was yet again sweeped under the carpet, once Falkirk won that semi on the Saturday the Treble was 100% on for Deila and ronny was cheated out a treble lets not sugar coat it, it was blatant cheating.Gordon, as reported in the Edinburgh Evening News admits to a final season with the Hoops that was far from enjoyable, as he played understudy to Fraser Forster, before eventually deciding first club Hearts was a better option than the possibility of playing second fiddle to Forster again the following season.