Stephen Malkmus

The level of Old Firm acceptance on here is truly sad to see. Hopefully over time this fades out from our support. The main thing is that I hope we aren't shy in verbally and physically harrassing any green and white specimens who choose to sit in our end at the final.

13 hours ago, tm4tj said:

Glad you could join us then Stephen.

Don't fret, I certainly shan't be making a habit of it. This place almost has less finger-on-the-pulse energy than a Charles Bannerman Courier column.

Not half as slow as the assortment of duffers on here.

On 5/10/2023 at 11:43 AM, DoofersDad said:

You presumably object to supporters of those clubs because of their bigotry, yet by saying that those with sympathies for those clubs are not welcome here, you demonstrate a level of bigotry of your own.

Just to be clear, are you equating bigotry against legally protected characteristics in law with "bigotry" against people who have made the choice to follow a football team? A very strange stance to take unless the original post has touched a nerve. Why would that be?

On 5/3/2023 at 9:05 AM, DoofersDad said:

Of course, Celtic fans would argue that they have 50,000 season ticket holders and several thousand on a waiting list, so why should they miss out on a final and the opportunity for the Treble just so that thousands of ICT "fans" who rarely if ever make the effort to go to games can attend?  I have some sympathy for that argument

Interesting.

On 5/10/2023 at 10:11 PM, DoofersDad said:

I'll enjoy the occasion and I will enjoy the atmosphere of a nearly full Hampden despite it being mainly a wall of green and white.  I expect us to be soundly beaten, so anything positive about the team's performance will be a bonus. Whatever the outcome, the day will last long in the memory

Very interesting.

On 5/10/2023 at 1:44 PM, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

What about Aberdeen ? Or Clachnacuddin ? 

Aberdeen fans are also not welcome. Clach fans are covered by my original post.

I've noticed a couple of posts on here recently where the posters could be construed as harbouring sympathies or loyalties to one of either Celtic or Rangers. Just a reminder that if Celtic and Rangers are your big team, then you are not welcome in the home end at the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium. Thank you.

Full credit to Billy Dodds for coming out in midweek and getting Morton telt

Wonderful stuff.

That's unfortunate, just need to get the next one

The message is that we're ******* massive

Yasss! Sending out a message today!

An intelligent winger, a number 10 and a back up centre back just in case Broadfoot gets lost after going on one of his random forward runs

Their ground looks like it was built in the 15th century. Small club.

Seen us lift the cup already, not bothered 

Looks like we've totally broken Kilmarnock FC according to their forum:

9 minutes ago, Jack Waddington said:

Unfortunately, that won't be happening any time soon. According to Louis Lockhart (not sure if he's on CTO, but he was one of the leads in the move) that this was the fans approaching the club for a move, rather than the other way round.

So it's all being self policed, and everyone who's up for being on their feet and belting it out for the full 90 is welcome, you don't need to be associated with anyone in the Young/Vocal Team, just turn up.

They should start a gofundme or something for flags and flares and stuff. I'm sure the monied old codgers on here would be happy to contribute generously.

The west stand sounded great on tv and looked like a decent turnout there. Pity the location doesn't show on tv but at least the players felt it which is the main thing. Shift it behind the goals and we're on to a winner.

No need for lengthy consultations etc., this isn't HS2. The club would only have to send a few letters and make a few calls at almost no cost to have something a lot better in place by the start of next season.

It should be the first 10 rows of the section directly behind the goals. Offer anyone who currently has a season ticket in that area a subsidised season ticket if they move to another section in lieu of people who want to create an atmosphere. 

Anyone heard back from Ayr regarding a refund for the stream?

Some of the football we were playing in the first half yesterday was excellent - I feel that we tend to panic and play more low percentage passes when we are chasing a win (or equaliser as v. Arbroath) which actually makes it less likely that we will score. We need a bit more composure in those situations. This focus on Duku is a bit strange - he only has a small portion of the game to make an impact and usually it's when we're playing a bit more erratically as I just mentioned. We're going to click soon and will start scoring goals - I hope Dodds persists with the current front 4. Also, I thought Allardice was fantastic yesterday; a really intelligent, gritty player. 

Even if we end up winning it, we're not going to run away with this league so any week where we gain points on the team above us is a good one.

Any football top probably costs less than a fiver to make (including labour costs and materials) so the retail prices will always be inherently ridiculous regardless of the design.

On a brighter note, I would say that we have made progress as a fanbase on these issues generally. There have been a few decent and thoughtful posts in this thread.

Just take a look at this grim thread from 2007 to see that we're moving forward slowly: 

26 minutes ago, lightlamp2 said:

Sorry but people living in caravans are not a race.

The courts have held that Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers are protected against race discrimination because they’re ethnic groups under the Equality Act.

2 hours ago, Alan Simpson said:

A fair bit of white guilt going on here poor kingy and the other fella be away demonstrating against the hated whitey! 

Police Scotland better get themselves organised before the demonstrations against the quality of your posts start.

1 hour ago, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

Fontaine - the Gypsy abuse started off as banter and was largely accepted by the Dungwallers. They sang "I would rather be a gypsy than a Tink" back to us. In this modern society is that racial abuse ? In Englandshire I have witnessed similar stupid stickers from other ethnic perspectives.

I'm sure the Ross County fans weren't offended, but that's not really the point. To take a topical example, if the team formerly known as the Washington Redskins were playing the Chicago Bears and the Bears fans starting chanting "dirty Indian ********" at the Redskins fans, the Redskins fans probably wouldn't be too bothered. But can you imagine being a Native American at the game or watching on TV?

Anti-traveller racism is clearly a problem in the north of Scotland (see below from prominent elected representative and crap linesman, Douglas Ross) and some of our support have played a part in perpetuating that in the past.

https://twitter.com/leomiklasz/status/1288900494996496385?s=20

The problem is that if it is condoned it inevitably leads to it being viewed as acceptable behaviour amongst a minority of our support and therefore our community in other situations. For example, take this incident where Romanian players were abused purely on the basis of where they were from. The judge didn't view it as banter and rightly so: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/inverness/835394/caley-thistle-football-fan-banned-from-every-ground-in-the-uk/

One upside of us not having to play County in recent years is that this sort of thing hasn't got an airing. There's plenty of scope to give them stick without resorting to stuff like this. Just focus on cuddly Uncle Roy.

3 hours ago, Alan Simpson said:

...hardly overrun with BAME up here...

Yet there is still racism in our community:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/2243678/activists-claim-removal-of-black-lives-matter-posters-from-bridge-is-evidence-of-subtle-racism-in-highlands1/amp/

Not to mention our own fanbase's history of anti-gypsy abuse.

The actions of a small minority of protesters pale in comparison to the injustice wrought on these groups for hundreds of years, and doesn't devalue the points the wider movement are making.