Aston Villa v Celtic Pre match

[Rory]

I just don't understand what they think using the word 'terrorism' will achieve other than alarming Villa fans and local residents, and making Celtic fans feel profiled.

[VillaTim]

Whatever the result, heading back into Brum after the game is going to make an interesting couple of post match pints .

[jon collett]

I just don't understand what they think using the word 'terrorism' will achieve other than alarming Villa fans and local residents, and making Celtic fans feel profiled.

May be a legal requirement for road closures?. They do say it is a continuation of the existing counter terrrorism strategy.

[eamonn]

Anyone Brighton-based watching this in a pub tomorrow?  Doubt we'll be first choice in most pubs outside Brum and Glasgae.

[Rory]

I just don't understand what they think using the word 'terrorism' will achieve other than alarming Villa fans and local residents, and making Celtic fans feel profiled.

May be a legal requirement for road closures?. They do say it is a continuation of the existing counter terrrorism strategy.

Yeah fair point, maybe.

[Pat McMahon]

The anti terrorism stuff was mentioned in a. Statement by the police I saw earlier.

I suspect that like the Ajax and Olympiacos matches the only people who will be able to enter Witton lane from Witton island will be Celtic supporters. This wasn’t the case against Bayern or Juventus (and I doubt against Bologna although I was in North Stand then)

I met my nephew at the North stand gates as usual for the Olympiacos game. I felt it was low key and we were all mixed together on the train to Witton, and I walked up to the ground from Witton island They were exuberant but friendly and it felt like the police picked up on that.

[Percy McCarthy]

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Were any of you at the infamous friendly v Rangers in 76?

I was walking through town at 7 in the morning after an all night party in Moseley. Saw coaches coming off Spaghetti junction, full of rabid Scots banging the windows and offering us out. Decided to give it a miss. Few of my mates saw me after the game and filled me in on what had happened. Quite a few Dads went to the City centre that evening looking for payback. Tony Butler on BRMB was imploring people not to go out for revenge. Looking back, I’m amazed Villa arranged that friendly. Rangers had caused mayhem at Elland Road and St James Park in other so called friendlies . It is of note though that the Blues had played a friendly the week before against Celtic, and although there were a few arrests, pretty normal for those times, there was nothing like the mayhem we were subjected to.

a Blues mate of mine had a knife waved in his face on the Tilton v Celtic.

They were leaping back and forth over the small fence between the Tilton and Kop like they were possessed by demons and well drunk

In 25, I do hope this won't be happening.
There was footage of Rangers fans in the Man Utd home end, but I'm not sure what level of trouble occurred at that match last week. Or incidents in and around the area linked to the football supporters.

There will be tight security for this match tomorrow then.

Not just within the club security and intelligence that are made aware of prevent troublemakers but plainclothes officers I would suspect.

Best not to speculate or discuss this however a little insight on these things (people will start thinking that steward or fan by me are they a police officer) as best to have an element of ignorance for general football fans not being aware of thinking of these things.

Their job is to be using gained intelligence  to prevent and keep safety, but the majority of football matches will not have too many undercover there would be several each match for certain games as well as personal security for certain attendees.

Read a few lines before realising it was from you lot.

There’s nearly always trouble with Rangers, mainly because they’re religious nutcases. The vast majority of prisoners in America identify with one non-existent sky fairy or other. Atheists make up a tiny proportion of the prison population, suggesting they’re almost always decent, law-abiding citizens, devoid of magic where their brains should be.

Sorry for any offence, other god-botherers.

[Rory]

I

Were any of you at the infamous friendly v Rangers in 76?

I was walking through town at 7 in the morning after an all night party in Moseley. Saw coaches coming off Spaghetti junction, full of rabid Scots banging the windows and offering us out. Decided to give it a miss. Few of my mates saw me after the game and filled me in on what had happened. Quite a few Dads went to the City centre that evening looking for payback. Tony Butler on BRMB was imploring people not to go out for revenge. Looking back, I’m amazed Villa arranged that friendly. Rangers had caused mayhem at Elland Road and St James Park in other so called friendlies . It is of note though that the Blues had played a friendly the week before against Celtic, and although there were a few arrests, pretty normal for those times, there was nothing like the mayhem we were subjected to.

a Blues mate of mine had a knife waved in his face on the Tilton v Celtic.

They were leaping back and forth over the small fence between the Tilton and Kop like they were possessed by demons and well drunk

In 25, I do hope this won't be happening.
There was footage of Rangers fans in the Man Utd home end, but I'm not sure what level of trouble occurred at that match last week. Or incidents in and around the area linked to the football supporters.

There will be tight security for this match tomorrow then.

Not just within the club security and intelligence that are made aware of prevent troublemakers but plainclothes officers I would suspect.

Best not to speculate or discuss this however a little insight on these things (people will start thinking that steward or fan by me are they a police officer) as best to have an element of ignorance for general football fans not being aware of thinking of these things.

Their job is to be using gained intelligence  to prevent and keep safety, but the majority of football matches will not have too many undercover there would be several each match for certain games as well as personal security for certain attendees.

Read a few lines before realising it was from you lot.

There’s nearly always trouble with Rangers, mainly because they’re religious nutcases. The vast majority of prisoners in America identify with one non-existent sky fairy or other. Atheists make up a tiny proportion of the prison population, suggesting they’re almost always decent, law-abiding citizens, devoid of magic where their brains should be.

Sorry for any offence, other god-botherers.

You Buddhists, always causing trouble 😉

[Percy McCarthy]

^^ I like Buddhism because you don’t have to really believe in much except kindness. Buddha’s example was he was born rich and gave it all away after discovering poverty outside his palace. Then he went to live under a tree.

[Rory]

^^ I like Buddhism because you don’t have to really believe in much except kindness. Buddha’s example was he was born rich and gave it all away after discovering poverty outside his palace. Then he went to live under a tree.

I'm very interested in Buddhism and read a lot about it (I hope purpletrousers might confirm my keen interest, although I'm nowhere near as learned as he is) so you're preaching to the converted, brother Perce 🙂

[Percy McCarthy]

^^ I like Buddhism because you don’t have to really believe in much except kindness. Buddha’s example was he was born rich and gave it all away after discovering poverty outside his palace. Then he went to live under a tree.

I'm very interested in Buddhism and read a lot about it (I hope purpletrousers might confirm my keen interest, although I'm nowhere near as learned as he is) so you're preaching to the converted, brother Perce 🙂

You’ll both know more than me. I only know what wifey tells me.

[danno]

Ah the God debate got here too.  Wonderful.

I hope we win.

[Rory]

^^ I like Buddhism because you don’t have to really believe in much except kindness. Buddha’s example was he was born rich and gave it all away after discovering poverty outside his palace. Then he went to live under a tree.

I'm very interested in Buddhism and read a lot about it (I hope purpletrousers might confirm my keen interest, although I'm nowhere near as learned as he is) so you're preaching to the converted, brother Perce 🙂

You’ll both know more than me. I only know what wifey tells me.

Satyin is definitely the one to ask, but I don't consider Buddhism a 'religion' in the Western sense at all.

It's a school of thought that completely transcends 'our' (i.e. our inherited culture's) monotheistic models of duality between good/evil, punishment/reward, that pervade our religious traditions and our notions of ethics and morality.

But anyway, yeah. Sorry. Villa vs Celtic, haha.

[Rory]

Ah the God debate got here too.  Wonderful.

I hope we win.

Just to say that Buddhism has nothing to do with 'god'.

[danno]

Ah the God debate got here too.  Wonderful.

I hope we win.

Just to say that Buddhism has nothing to do with 'god'.

Cool is he the Celtic goalie?