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SQUABBLING Celts and bickering Bluenoses remind us pre-season in Scottish football is a myth to match Brigadoon.
No calls about tonight’s Champions League Final, not a sausage about the forthcoming World Cup qualifier against the Auld Enemy at Hampden.
However, plenty of Old Firm fans were queueing up to have a go at each other although
has had enough. He said: “I read the every day and I’m glad I no longer live in Glasgow when I see the small-minded comments of Celtic and Rangers fans. When are they going to grow up?
“I love Celtic and I’m glad Rangers are back in the Premiership but too many supporters of both clubs still live in their pathetic wee worlds. How about we all join together and back Scotland against England?”
Sadly Kevin, we’ll see Nicola Sturgeon, Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn all holding hands as they walk along Sauchiehall Street before that happens.
said: “The jealousy of Rangers fans who run down Celtic’s success comes across as dreamers who play Christmas records in June.” From elves to Alves in one easy step.
emailed: “What is it with the players Rangers are signing? Bruno Alves is 35. The government needn’t worry about care facilities in Scotland, just send them to Ibrox. Soon their team will only consist of OAPs with Zimmer frames.”
hit back via email: “A message to all those in green and white bumping their gums about Alves. Give me the choice between a player who says he will aim for the title and one who would be happy to finish in the top four and I know which one I would choose. It’s called ambition.”
said: “Eddie Easson said Rangers could be out of Europe before Alves kicks a ball for them. That may be true but Easson should know about early exits as his team are regularly put out of the Champions League. Even last season they were lucky to qualify for the group stage.”
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said: “In my celebrations of Celtic’s Treble success I left three signed shirts in O’Neill’s pub in Glasgow’s Merchant City on Saturday night. They were prizes for a charity auction and I feared they’d gone for good.
“Many thanks to the person or persons who handed them behind the bar for safekeeping. I picked them up on Sunday and would like to take those who were responsible for the good deed to lunch as a heartfelt thank you. The can put us in touch.”
was also feeling some Parkhead pain.
He said: “I’ve been trying to change my season ticket seat and Celtic gave us one day to make the switch. I phoned more than 100 times on Thursday from 10am-5pm. On a couple of occasions I even got to the front of the queue only to be cut off. Help!”
Thankfully, a couple of callers reminded us there’s more to Scottish football than Celtic and Rangers.
said: “Derek McInnes has taken Aberdeen as far as he can. He is losing a number of important players and there’s little chance of the Dons improving on where they’ve been over the last couple of years. The Hull City job has the name of McInnes written all over it.”
And said: “At least Neil McCann will now know what he has to work with at Dundee and, more importantly, what he hasn’t got. Let’s hope for a better season.”
Finally, darts fan was ruthless with his email: “Gary Anderson, the world No.2, and Peter Wright, No.3, humiliated Scotland at the World Cup of Darts by losing 5-2 to Singapore.
“Shameful to be beaten by 63-year-old Paul Lim and some other has-been. You’ve let a nation down.”
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‘Too many Celtic and Rangers fans live in their pathetic wee worlds. How about we all join together and back Scotland against England?’