Villa v Celtic Friendly

[dave.woodhall]

Make it annual, and stage it in turns.

[Sunny Villa]

I struggle to understand that if anyone puts forward some reservations about this insane idea. The whole thread locking charade comes .

The simple fact is that outside of this little fraternity and the Brigada bunch .

It does not sit right , lets split the proceeds between Stan and tbe  Victims  from that night.

I am sure the Celtic lot wont mind . As you all say they are a decent bunch

[TheSandman]

Lets ignore the politics and think about what is important - Stan and his illness and the fellow sufferers who will be helped. I have my views on the politics but it is completely irrelevant in this scenario. This is all in an excellent cause and it is absolutely diabolical that some people on here cannot see past these petty issues.

I think that the friendly is an excellent idea, especially if it is done over two legs with hopefully packed Villa and Celtic Parks.

[MonsXI]

Sunny do us a favour leave the Brigada out of this.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

I fully respect the feelings of anybody for who the game does not `sit right`. I would suggest their best course of action is simply ignore the whole thing and stay away from any game organised. It would be a friendly and not a competitive fixture after all, so you will not be missing anything. If large numbers of people really feel uneasy about this idea they will not go, voting with their feet and thus reducing the attendance. For those who on principle could not go, please feel free to donate £19 direct to Lukaemia research or any other good cause as you see fit, or not.

[villanic]

I struggle to understand that if anyone puts forward some reservations about this insane idea. The whole thread locking charade comes .

The simple fact is that outside of this little fraternity and the Brigada bunch .

It does not sit right , lets split the proceeds between Stan and tbe  Victims  from that night.

I am sure the Celtic lot wont mind . As you all say they are a decent bunch

Give it a rest, it's comments like this that will get this thread locked and most likely the reason the game would be difficult to put on.

This thread is about a game to show are respect to Stan and raise some money for leukaemia charities and nothing else.

[We Love You]

I struggle to understand that if anyone puts forward some reservations about this insane idea. The whole thread locking charade comes .

The simple fact is that outside of this little fraternity and the Brigada bunch .

It does not sit right , lets split the proceeds between Stan and tbe  Victims  from that night.

I am sure the Celtic lot wont mind . As you all say they are a decent bunch

What's Brigada got to do with anything? We haven't commented on this, anything that makes money for Petrov i will personally be happy with, wether its v celtic, bulgaria or sutton united.

[newtonsballs]

Make it annual, and stage it in turns.

I do like this. We could all wear our Villa/Celtic scarves and Support Stan T shirts (got mine yesterday). Using management speak, JFDI, and see what transpires - I'll attend along with my son.

[pauliewalnuts]

I struggle to understand that if anyone puts forward some reservations about this insane idea. The whole thread locking charade comes .

The simple fact is that outside of this little fraternity and the Brigada bunch .

It does not sit right , lets split the proceeds between Stan and tbe  Victims  from that night.

I am sure the Celtic lot wont mind . As you all say they are a decent bunch

FFS. Can you please just leave the political stuff out of this thread?

That's why we locked it. It wasn't a charade. It was because in a thread about raising money for a good cause, people (you, mostly) were banging on about politics - this is the least appropriate of threads for that.

If you want to discuss the poltiics of Ulster and Celtic, start a thread on OT for it, please.

So, I'll ask again, not here, please.

[Chico Hamilton III]

I do like this. We could all wear our Villa/Celtic scarves and Support Stan T shirts

I've still got my half Villa, half Celtic ski hat that was all the rage on the Holte in the early 80s

[garyfouroaks]

I know that I am swimming against the tide on this. I don’t expect others to agree with me, and I respect the views of those who think a Celtic friendly is a good idea.

I do think that some clear thinking is required. This is not  a money issue for Stan, or his family, they are well provided for. Using his illness to raise awareness about Leukemia is a worthy cause in its own right – but not more so than the excellent work that we already do for Acorns Trust.

Stan’s illness as a catalyst to raise cash for leukemia  research is fine, all donations welcome. But Celtic football club, and their support, carry far too much baggage for me and are unnecessary, and inappropriate, partners for a Birmingham football club.

[pauliewalnuts]

Half an half hats - eightiestastic!

Somewhere in the Birmingham area, I reckon someone has about 2000 of them left over from flogging them in 1988.

[Irish villain]

FFS If Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness can from a coalition government together in Northern Ireland Aston Villa can play Celtic in a friendly.

[Concrete John]

I know a lot of Celtic fans, both here and in Ireland, and I think the political side of things is being played up way too much, which is all I'll say on that side of it.

The game, quite obviously in my opinion, is simply a fantastic idea.  The two legs, with an all stars game first, would just add to it.  Stan doesn't need the money himself, but between us and Celtic that's around 100,000 tickets to be sold, and they will all go, at £19 a throw, plus whatever other fundraising ideas they can put together.

It's a real no brainer for me!

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

FFS If Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness can from a coalition government together in Northern Ireland Aston Villa can play Celtic in a friendly.

This