Whilst hating to get caught up in the whole sectarianism debate no doubt the whole hipocrisy of the Irish diplomats making an official complaint regarding an 'inappropriate' song sung by Rangers fans will ignite debate from the followers of every Scottish club side.

How one complaint from a Celtic supporter has made national headlines is quite frankly a kick in the teeth to the majority of supporters who follow clubs outwith the Old Firm and have to hear 'party songs' from the fans of the Glasgow clubs whenever they play in their towns or cities.

Trying to complain about songs which question your clubs ancestoral history are fruitless and often end up with the complainant being warned about their behaviour rather than the masses who chant about events to which they have little, or more commonplace, no idea about at all.

Yes Rangers fans were out of line with their chant 'the famine's over why don't you go home' but is a chant of 'dirty orange b******' better? - now before Celtic fans and their paranoid minds start pointing accusing fingers I'm a supporter of Hibernian Football Club and couldn't really give a toss about the Hoops but fair's fair and this complaint simply ridicules the Scottish game.

For the Scottish Government even to give the diplomat a response stinks of desperation at ending a problem which has dogged Scotland and in particular the West of Scotland for decades.

Surely rather than pandering to the complaint of the poor wee soul who was offended the Government should instruct those from both halves of the Old Firm support who continue to sing offensive ditty's on their travel that they will be arrested and perhaps even enforce the Police to act upon sectarian singing.

As it stands it appears the Police force are quite happy to arrest an individual for sectarianism but will leave the masses alone.

Lazy Police work or orders from higher above?

You can answer that one.

As for the Irish diplomat - evidently you have nothing better to worry about than receiving a complaint from a football fan - I wonder if you offer the same service to all Irish residents in Scotland who have a complaint - maybe even about important issues such as housing or schooling - I doubt it.

And finally the Scottish Government - shame on you for taking this on board without even trying to eradicate the root cause.

Credit to Rangers FC for admitting 'In the days following the recent Old Firm match, the Club were made aware that a substantial number of complaints had been made regarding the singing of the chorus of a song known as 'The Famine Song' by our supporters at this match.

'Rangers Football Club approached Strathclyde Police for guidance on this matter, with a view to issuing a joint statement indicating that persons singing this song in future may face the possibility of arrest.'

Surprise surprise though - the Police force refused to comment and as usual will hide their head in the sand.

It says something when you get enough Celtic fans to complain about a very innocent football windup.

It says something about the people who didn't bin this too.

However, the biggest thing we have learned today is that Celtic really do have an unusually high number of bigoted, bitter, sectarian crackpots and are consumed by delusional and hypocritical persecution complex with no basis in reality.

Perhaps they should just go to this imaginary home and leave all decent Scottish people and football fans to enjoy their lives in peace.

As this Hibs fan said in an unusually rational post for that site:



It's strange that you've got to look outside Glasgow for some sense outside the Rangers support.

Every week that passes just proves the ever growing extent of the sectarian bigots and the twisted bile of Celtic. Oh they don't do such songs, aye right?

I think the Hibs fan ( ) PTB209 is posting elsewhere these days

absolute loser

Oh the irony.

I you hadn't already exposed yourselves as sectarian bigots of a particularly hateful kind, I would have payed attention.

You should have dided that at School

You should have dided that at School

It says something when you get enough Celtic fans to complain about a very innocent football windup.

Very innocent?

Aye right.

That's about as "innocent" as you are a Ross Fan

ALL THIS CAFUFFLE OVER A SILLY SONG!!!

Not that certain Celtic songs send some of your representatives into an apoplectic frenzy. Things were always likely to move this way

"Signs of the cross will break my bones, but racist songs will never hurt me!!!"

I can also tell you that I couldnae care if someone crosses themselves............even at Ibrox.

Shame that isn't a view shared by all the Hun fans.

It says something when you get enough Celtic fans to complain about a very innocent football windup.

It says something about the people who didn't bin this too.

However, the biggest thing we have learned today is that Celtic really do have an unusually high number of bigoted, bitter, sectarian crackpots and are consumed by delusional and hypocritical persecution complex with no basis in reality.

Perhaps they should just go to this imaginary home and leave all decent Scottish people and football fans to enjoy their lives in peace.

As this Hibs fan said in an unusually rational post for that site:



It's strange that you've got to look outside Glasgow for some sense outside the Rangers support.

Every week that passes just proves the ever growing extent of the sectarian bigots and the twisted bile of Celtic. Oh they don't do such songs, aye right?

Do you actually ever talk about football. Is your life so empty and boring that all you can muster up is sectarian pish?

I think you'll find it's you lot who reserve the right to be offended at every turn who started this particular petty pish as you so eloquently put it!

tic fans were giving it the usual BOTOB

The BOTOB relates to the IRA, not the Provisional IRA. The IRA of that era were heroes.

nice try to justify your drivel, is it sectarian to suggest that if people hate Britain, the The Royal Family and everything about the place that took the Irish in at a time of need, that if they don't like it they can always go home, where is the offence?

nice try to justify your drivel, is it sectarian to suggest that if people hate Britain, the The Royal Family and everything about the place that took the Irish in at a time of need, that if they don't like it they can always go home, where is the offence?

'Took them in'? The Irish had a perfect right to settle anywhere they liked.

'Took them in'? The Irish had a perfect right to settle anywhere they liked.

Still, I still think it's ironic to hear the sons of Irish immigrants singing "Go home, ya Huns" to the indiginous population.

Why did they, as they are so keen on telling us they are a Foreign land, and yes they did also aid the German U-Boats, so no we didn't need to take them in! But like the koo koo bird it takes another's nest and then tries to get rid of the nests inhabitants!

Why did they, as they are so keen on telling us they are a Foreign land, and yes they did also aid the German U-Boats, so no we didn't need to take them in! But like the koo koo bird it takes another's nest and then tries to get rid of the nests inhabitants!

They were British at the time, whether they liked it or not, so they had every right.

Still, I still think it's ironic to hear the sons of Irish immigrants singing "Go home, ya Huns" to the indiginous population.

They were British at the time, whether they liked it or not, so they had every right.

Still, I still think it's ironic to hear the sons of Irish immigrants singing "Go home, ya Huns" to the indiginous population.

I always assumed that song meant 'home' as in literally 'to their house' - sung to the losing team near the end of the game.

If it's to imply that they should go to Germany or something then that's quite offputting.

I always assumed that song meant 'home' as in literally 'to their house' - sung to the losing team near the end of the game.

If it's to imply that they should go to Germany or something then that's quite offputting.

Scottish education, you just can't beat it Did all Irishmen aid the German U-boats as you put it? Did some of them fight in the british forces? And what the f**k is a koo koo bird?

i thought you lot knew your history?

i think you'll find they were occupied at the time with no British Citizenship nor would they want it i suspect,

we Brits were good at that at the time, and whether we like it or not the riches we enjoy now and the buildings were paid for by occupation

i think you'll find they were occupied at the time with no British Citizenship nor would they want it i suspect, we Brits were good at that at the time, and whether we like it or not the riches we enjoy now and the buildings were paid for by occupation

i think you'll find they were occupied at the time with no British Citizenship nor would they want it i suspect, we Brits were good at that at the time, and whether we like it or not the riches we enjoy now and the buildings were paid for by occupation

In what way are these people indigenous?

Shame that isn't a view shared by all the Hun fans.

Maybe native would be a better word.

Or perhaps not.

Maybe "slightly less recent immigrants"?

OK Hieronymus, I know where this is leading.

Or perhaps not.

Maybe "slightly less recent immigrants"?