You're no some champion of the people, just a fanny who thinks football and politics are intrinsically linked.
Yep. The authorities tell somebody not to do something - so they do it anyway and then when the club or national administration gets punished they blame everyone but themselves. Farcical.
It's only a football forum, calm down To think football or sport in general is free of politics is nieve Arresting people for being political just because it's at a football ground is worrying Something else racists do
The rebel flag's resurgence came long after the Civil War After the Civil War ended, the battle flag turned up here and there only occasionally -- at events to commemorate fallen soldiers.So, when did the flag explode into prominence? It was during the struggle for civil rights for black Americans, in the middle of the 20th century. The first burst may have been in 1948. South Carolina politician Strom Thurmond ran for president under the newly founded States Rights Democratic Party, also known as the Dixiecrats. The party's purpose was clear: "We stand for the segregation of the races," said Article 4 of its platform.At campaign stops, fans greeted Thurmond with American flags, state flags -- and Confederate battle flags. But desegregation progressed. As it passed milestones like the Supreme Court ruling on Brown vs. Board of Education, which gave black American children access to all schools, the Confederate battle flag popped up more and more. http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/24/us/confederate-flag-myths-facts/index.html
It's the battle flag of Robert E. Lee's army unit While it wasn't the Confederate states' official flag, the battle flag was flown by several Confederate Army units. The most notable among them was Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.And even Lee distanced himself from divisive symbols of a Civil War that his side lost."I think it wiser moreover not to keep open the sores of war," he wrote in a letter, declining an invitation by the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association. There were no flags flown at his funeral, Confederate or otherwise.
Glasgow police and the Scottish Government employing tactics used by their counterparts in Soweto in the 80s
If you're getting a ticket for the European game you'd better get a move on. There's less seats available as there'll be a delegation from Amnesty International there making sure the Green Brigade are not mistreated.
Speaking of banners, not sure the England women's football team thought theirs through properly please log in to view this image
A Unicef appeal for clean, fresh paint to make poorly constructed banners with half-baked political messages on them.
It takes a special type of fanny spanner to compare taking banners off fans at a football match with Civil Rights, Appartheid etc. This has made my day
Aye but Catholic Celtic fans are the blacks of Scotland. That's the way Mindy and his ilk honestly see it.