merry xmas

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Welshnutter, a small correction if I may. I was in front of the trouble and a mate of mine saw it all. Our usual singers having decamped over the other end of the ground to sing in the stands, a fairly large group of guys took up the challenge to respond to Salford and did a good job all game after some tidy noise from the Reds. Then a small group of OUR teenagers started singing and shouting football chants pretty much in the ears of a group of Salford lasses. One of these girls snapped and clouted a teen, which signalled the start of a small scuffle. Fair play to our marshalls though. They knew where the trouble started and herded the Crusaders fans of that area away, even though the majority caught in the herding were innocent. It took the gloss off the win a little for me. We have the beginnings of a good history, you and us. 5 Meetings. 3 wins to you, 2 to us and the extra win was only by a penalty kick in the dying seconds of the grand final. Against each other we are pretty level and I hope both sides consider it a derby of sorts. I also hope WE can keep a lid on the stroppy exuberance of some of our kids to avoid any further unpleasantness. Good luck to you guys for the remainder of the season and congrats on taking Leeds

what an inbred , can anyone make out what he is saying , answer on a postcard please

Smithy being Welsh I'll translate:
He had a great time drinking with the sociable travelling Salford fans, but did not like the scuffle on the terraces, suggesting those fans were a r s e h o l e s. I had a slightly different view of it and suggest that the instgators were a small number of OUR teen fans. Anyway, it was dealt with quickly and effectively by the marshalls and should not be allowed to mar an otherwise great (for us) game. Great humour in defeat by your lads though.

Oh a further correction though. I've had more information. It seems the women were getting it in the neck because the woman with the free hands kept goading the boys about the Bridgend suicides. Given their ages and that I knew one or two of them, I believe they will have at least known a few of the kids that ended their lives.
That being the case - though I don't condone violence unless EVERYONE is up for it - the b i t c h had it coming.
Still glad to see the rest of you though.

cheers for that , and good luck for the rest of the season

i did not see the incident but heard the sirens later. i parked on that pub behind the ground, near tescos and had great banter with the locals. We stood near some locals in the 2nd half, who all game talked about something else rather than rugby and when the salford fans near the bar sang. they just shouted drunken abuse.

I was really really suprised by the amount of cocks that celtic have watching them, some of them were getting rather fresh!!

Ave it,

funnily enough, some of our crowd are saying the same about some Salford fans too. I know I saw one big thung-beast hurling abuse and threats, right up until we took the lead. But he was being a d1ck before the match too. I had the pleasure of standing close behind him in the ticket queue. Info I've seen is that the ground manager's report has been sent to Salford and that 'fans' from both sides are facing bans.

Let's just agree that both of our teams have some c0cks following them and not let their idiocy ruin our game.

In and around the ground the only thing I saw close to kicking off was one group of Celtic supporters goading everyone wearing Salford colours on the way out... One bloke snapped and offered to take it one step over. The Celtic lot just carried on giving him more whilst backing away. Having said that, I saw what I think was a few afters of the main incident on the car park and the Salford fans I saw involved... Well, let's just say it's no surprise. The club were a little lenient towards him last time he was involved in anything, especially considering punishments handed out to other supporters on the same day. We'll see what comes of it this time...

Still, the rest of the weekend was quality and 99% of the Celtic fans I came across were good company.

just got back and the only trouble I saw was the chap at the station who I moaned at for locking up the station at 8.00pm even though trains ran to midnight. Then he buggered off early, from a great start we just went to pot, Ratchford was wasted in the centres and I know Myler was not his usual self but if some of our fans get on his back his game will suffer, but he needs a good partner and once again he did not have it in Smith. Too many dropped balls and poor passing nobody seemed to know if there was a gameplan.
Anyway i have had a great weekend in Swansea even the Red Arrows turned up and to I managed to burm my head it was so hot on Sunday, the only problem Swansea's one way system even the locals can not work it out.
Heres to next year in Neath not as far to travel.

Newport I think pev

48 hours on the beer at least I knew it started with N and was in Wales

GT now you come to mention it, I saw those tools in the stand near the shop goading people on the way out. I don't claim to know all our supporters but I never saw those donkeys before. There were about 8 of the weren't there? Saw them back down from two Salford lads who weren't being aggressive. Just questioning their attitude. Since the bits of aggro during Hull, I hope we are not gonna attract punchy goons to our club.