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Why are there Palestine flags at a (huge) Scottish football stadium?

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Celtic football club has long been associated with it's sympathies for Irish republicanism and independence. 60,000 turned up to tonight's Champions League game against Athletico Madrid and there was a sea of Palestinian flags waving the whole game through. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Suella Braverman.

The club was founded in the late 19th century by Irish Catholic immigrants in the east end of Glasgow. Many had been disposed from their land and/or faced economic hardship as a direct result of British occupation and rule. Both before and after the club's foundation, the Irish in Scotland were treated as second class citizens by many in the local Protestant population.

Celtic quickly grew to be one of the two dominant clubs in Scotland and has a huge fan base both in Scotland and elsewhere. Their fans remain true to the historical memory of shared injustice inflicted on Irish people by the British ruling class.

They have empathy too.

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The gane was a 2-2 draw, btw.
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beermepleaseM
just gonna throw this in here...i'm a whitecaps supporter (mls football...or soccer as we call it across the pond) ryan gauld is a scottish national and is one of our best players...great player!
Burnley12341-45, M
@beermeplease He went to Portugal as a young rising star but couldn't break through at Sporting Club but then improved massively.

The Whitecaps did well to get him because there was a lot of competition for his bosman signature.
Burnley12341-45, M
@beermeplease Scott airfield (ex Burnley player) turned out a few times for your NT. It was a delayed swap transfer with the chief engineer on the starship enterprise who (unlike Arfoekd); was a Canadian acting as a Scotsman.
beermepleaseM
@Burnley123 he's a beast...even though he missed 2 penalty kicks against lafc in the last game of the season...lol. he scored on every single one in previous matches..now we are heading into the playoffs and we play lafc in a best of 3 series...i'll be going to the match when they are here. we are in la saturday and they come here the following sunday.... mls sure isn't epl or bundes league etc but it's miles better than what it used to be. try and check it out if you can.
Burnley12341-45, M
@beermeplease Maybe I will. If I support you guys as a second team, you might start playing like Burnley are this season.
beermepleaseM
@Burnley123 uh oh... you guys are -16 0n goal differential...we finished at +7...can you be a tottenham. mc, arsenal, liverpool fan and send some better karma my way?.... lol i know you won't but kudos for following your team..鉂わ笍