The Green Brigade returned to Celtic Park today for the visit of St Johnstone.
The popular fans group have been absent for almost three months after being wrongly blamed for crowd trouble at the Motherwell v Celtic match in December.
Despite intense media scrutiny none of those charged with damaging seats at Fir Park were members of the Green Brigade. Fifteen minutes before kick-off in today’s match a group of fans entered the south east corner of the Lisbon Lions stand and congregated behind a banner saying GREEN BRIGADE.
Following the trouble at Fir Park Celtic suspended a number of season-tickets in Section 111 with fans offered a refund of their money or a ticket to another area of the stadium.
Following the suspension of the Green Brigade the atmosphere at Celtic Park has dipped badly with the pre-Christmas matches against Hibs and Hearts particularly quiet.
Whether the Green Brigade are back on a permanent basis remains to be seen with news expected on their website.
With the drums rolling and chants back in place Celtic kicked off in the sunshine against St Johnstone with Leigh Griffiths partnering Anthony Stokes in attack.
Nir Biton also came into the side partnering Stefan Johansen in the centre of midfield with Georgios Samaras relegated onto the bench.
Eighteen minutes into the match Celtic took the lead through Anthony Stokes with the striker running towards the re-located Green Brigade to celebrate. Celtic started the match 18 points ahead of second placed Aberdeen who they face at Pittodrie on Tuesday week after Saturday’s trip to Tynecastle.
You seem pretty good at telling other people who just want to watch Celtic play football , what they should and shouldn’t be doing Peter. Perhaps if you were less of a sycophant and more of a supporter you’d realise just how pathetic you sound.
Tottaly agree. Please please please, Just keep to the Celtic stuff all the other songs can be sung somewhere else of their choosing.
bhoy67,
Son,read my reply to pjdivo,it applies to
you to.
Why go to CP ? Your hatred for the GB
must spoil the game for you ?
” More of a Celtic Supporter ? ”
I have had a season ticket fot 30 years.I
have been to more Celtic games than you
have had hot dinners. Nuff said.
Through my years of SUPPORTING Celtic
our support has always been as ONE.That
is all I want to see again.But people like
you ENJOY conflict with fellow suppporters.
You and your like,are the ones who sound
pathetic !!
…..welcome back you naughty..NAUGHTY Bhoys.
I have been going to games for 31 years and have been to more games than you have had hot meals, SON…
Which, by your logic, makes me more of a fan than you.
Why ask stupid questions and pretend they are valid points?
Why make assumptions (that no one else has made) about hatred for the GB spoiling peoples games?
“Why go to CP ?
Your hatred for the GB
must spoil the game for you? ”
The second line is not a question? but I enjoy your avant garde use of punctuation ?
“But people like
you ENJOY conflict with fellow suppporters.”
okay, you do realise you are “enjoying” conflict with supporters by telling them they ENJOY conflict,
you are a hypocrite?
Irony? Lol
Also, various supporters have spoken up about not being happy with the return f the green brigade and rightly so.
From my position of “more of a supporter” than you,
I would say they are “more of a supporter” than you as the do not condone of facilitate fractured sections of our fan base that bring trouble, fines and flares as well as ruining the good reputation of the good spirited, rule abiding, majority that truly are the heart and soul of Celtic football club.
The green brigade are like a toe of the celtic body of support,
a toe that functioned well untill it became infected with a bad attitude of rule breaking and rebellion for the sake of it.
Like any part of your body that gets gang green(brigade) it must be cut off to continue the healthy balance the rest of the body needs to survive.
er eh er,
Whoever you are, that is the biggest load
of shite,that I have ever seen posted on
here.
Lenny welcomes the GB back, if it is good
enough for hm, it is good enough for me.
Toodle pip,old bean
Ah Peter you need to calm down. You don’t know anything about me. I’ve been going to Celtic Park for a good deal longer than 30 years. Just so you’re clear – I have nothing against “anyone” supporting their team but the GB are all about attracting attention to themselves. They can’t be trusted to behave and when they bring politics into the stadium it flows contrary to everything Celtic is actually about.
bhoy 67,
Celtic and Politics don’t mix ?
Do you know your history ?
Why have you came on to Joe’s blogs,
to stir up trouble,because you are so unhappy with the reappearance of the
Green Brigade.
You and er eh er above,are in a minority
on here.Nearly all the posters are happy
to see the GB back.As is Lenny.
So crawl back into your cave.
Peter I know my history a lot better than those in the GB who are demeaning it. I’ll opt out of this discussion now as I can see you cannot accept an opinion other than your own. Just think on this my friend – the next time the GB cause trouble ( which they will ) you have nailed your colours firmly to their mast. Good luck with that.
bhoy,
Good that you are going back to wherever you came from.As you have
noticed, your opinion re GB, is NOT
shared by the posters on here.
Don’t be angry when you see them at
the game.Lenny wants them there,and
I value his opinion before a nobody like
you.
So toodle pip,old bhoy.