A bit of point scoring against myself here... 30 signs you are London Irish... 1. You travel on an Irish passport despite the fact it means getting hold of your parents birth certificates and require the patience of a saint whilst waiting for it to be processed in Dublin. 2. Despite not having an Irish accent you use phrases such as ‘craic’, ‘grand’, ‘giving out’ and ‘feckin’ eejit’ when talking with non-Irish people. 3. You can put on an Irish accent which sounds more convincing than your parents – who have Irish accents. 4. You stand for Amhrán na bhFiann despite your Irish language skills being limited to telling people to ‘póg mo thóin’. 5. You had nightmares as a child after being told countless stories about the Banshee. 6. You had no idea what the road you grew up on looked like for the first 16 years of your life during the summer because you were sent back ‘home’ as soon as school finished. 7. You cried, or tried to hide when it was time to leave Ireland at the end of the six weeks – questioning the sanity of your parents who swapped flowing green fields for life in a concrete jungle. 8. You envied your cousins in Ireland who had a longer summer holiday than the six weeks you got. 9. Your father, grandfather or an uncle has done, or still works in construction. 10. At least one of your parents walked to school without any footwear and the journey gets longer every time education is brought up in conversation. 11. You do not support England in any sporting event especially the World Cup despite the fact they are almost certain to win. 12. English people on hearing your accent are bemused by your reluctance to support the Three Lions. 13. You have experience of travelling to Ireland on a budget airline only to find that once across the water your baggage failed to reach the same destination. 14. The Euro will never be as cool as the Punt. 15. You can hold your own playing pool as you spent so much time in pubs during your six week summer holidays. 16. You know the history of Ireland better than your parents. 17. You get called a ‘Plastic Paddy’ by Irish people in Britain so feel the need to educate them on the birthplaces of Ãamon de Valera, James Connolly and John Aldridge. 18. You burn in the sun and smile in the rain. 19. You get into Gaelic Games during the summer (when the soccer season is taking a break) but only if one of your parents comes from a county actually capable of winning the hurling or football. 21. London GAA – no longer a joke for you 21. You’re planning to visit Ruislip next season as London are no longer a joke. 22. You grew up with a copy of The Irish Post in your house plus at least one copy of a regional paper from back ‘home’ such as the Mayo News. 23. When you have a child of your own born in Britain you make sure they are photographed in something green early on out of fear that the Queen might be celebrating something and a friend buys a T-shirt with the Union Jack all over it. 24. You used to be an altar boy but now only enter a church for weddings, funerals, christenings or possibly Christmas. 25. You know the British-born players who qualify to play for Ireland long before the FAI and Giovanni Trapattoni used to. 26. You can sing at least three rebel songs with such gusto that your neighbours fear an uprising. 27. You have a fondness for Celtic which gets bigger when they are drawn in the Champions League in a group containing AC Milan, Ajax and Barcelona. 28. You have a friend called Ciaran, Brendan, Patrick or Sean. 29. You believe the Bible Code Sundays can read your mind when seeing them play live. 30. One day you hope to go back ‘home’ and stay there until you are pushing up daisies.
Pud , is the claim, in that closed thread 'Blackgate ...' by Albatross, true - that you are "A FORMER RANGERS FAN"?
Yes..one hundred per cent. A clever ploy by me to become Celtic mod...from the BBC 606 , days, through spn to now, 5 years of posting on football forums as pud the Celtic fan... Mwwwaaaaahhhhaahhhhaaahhhaaaahhhaaaa.
He said that you were a "self-confessed" one. I just wondered if it was true and if so, why you had changed your allegiance ... no big deal - was just interested?
Why not? Thanks for it anyway. Mine was a serious question in any case and I'm disappointed in Albatross making such a false allegation. That's nasty ... I had thought he was a serious, if somewhat over-enthusiastic, hun destroyer.
I've never heard of anyone changing allegiances from Celtic to rangers or vice versa...if Celtic ever disappeared, I'd follow English, Spanish or German football more closely
A mate of mine was in a band. They put out this on a t-shirt please log in to view this image It represented who the band are pretty well. In that they are like a C(k)eltic Sex Pistols. Obviously the text was trying to reclaim that word. Sorta like the desert rats or whatever. Although it's just a jibe, it is something I'm very interested in.... I guess I can't say it doesn't bother me because in internet language that means it bothers me... Unless I'm double double bluffing. Or double double double bluffing. The truth is, my identity is not something that has ever troubled me. I've always defined myself in the same way and didn't give a **** what others said... but it is a topic I like to discuss because close friends and family living the same experience reflect things in a slightly different way.... Very boring for you, I'm sure. Not for me.
Back to the point of the thread; I think I'd follow the new club but accept it was a new club and not pretend otherwise.
Well, apart from the following? Pre-war Tom Dunbar (Celtic 1888–1891, Rangers 1891–1892, Celtic 1892–1898) Allan Martin (Rangers 1891–1892, Celtic 1895–1896) George Livingstone (Celtic 1901–1902, Rangers 1906–1909) Alex Bennett (Celtic 1903–1908, Rangers 1908–1918) Tom Sinclair (Rangers 1904–1906, Celtic 1906–1907) Robert Campbell (Celtic 1905–1906, Rangers 1906–1914) Hugh Shaw (Rangers 1905–1906, Celtic 1906–1907) Willie Kivlichan (Rangers 1905–1907, Celtic 1907–1911) David Taylor (Rangers 1906–1911, Celtic 1918–1919 wartime guest) Davie McLean (Celtic 1907–1909, Rangers 1918–1919) Scott Duncan (Rangers 1913–1918, Celtic 1918–1919 wartime guest) James Young (Celtic 1917–1918, Rangers 1917–1918) Tully Craig (Celtic 1919–1922, Rangers 1923–1935) Post-war Alfie Conn (Rangers 1968–1974, Celtic 1977–1979) Mo Johnston (Celtic 1984–1987, Rangers 1989–1991) Kenny Miller (Rangers 2000–2001, Celtic 2006–2007, Rangers 2008–2011) Steven Pressley (Rangers 1990–1994, Celtic 2006–2008) Mark Brown (Rangers 1999–2001, Celtic 2007–2010)
stylistically rather than content wise. Johnny Rotten was a big influence on 2nd generation London Irish kids as he was one himself. Fuse that with the Pogues who were a punk band in the first place and you get this lot.
It wouldn't be the same... And we wouldn't let it happen... But what Rangers could and should have done was to start the new club as a homage to the original ideals of the old club. Those lads with their dream or whatever. Apart from it being nonsensical pretending to be the same club, they are now slaves to it. Whoever holds the reins, they'll have to follow follow forever more. That is one of the reasons that New Rangers will never ever challenge at the top. I could only imagine if Celtic did ever get wiped out, the fans would fight for the heart and soul of the club and we'd end up with a side following the original ideals of Celtic.
