There is a well known saying of ‘When in Rome’ but the middle class, upward young professionals from Bearsden Rugby Club know better, as their father’s told them.
There is a great middle class pretence to bundle all the bigotry stuff at the door of the scruffy working class types from Partick, Drumchapel or god forbid Larkhall or Kilwinning.
As anyone with knowledge of the cultural anti-catholic attitudes throughout Scotland will know there is no class divide.
The Crawford, Farquar and Cameron hate filled bigots of Bearsden and Milngavie are usually just a bit smarter and more discreet than their cousins Billy, Bobby and Gordy who are a few Council Tax levels removed.
Sometimes though Farquar and Hamish aren’t quite as clever as they seem to think they are, in this case twitter user Dayner.
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— Dayner (@WhiskyQueen89) March 18, 2018
Bearsden rugby club on the jersey of the bloke on the left and embarrassing pathetic idiocy https://t.co/ffEnr9IO8C
— John Beattie (@BBCJohnBeattie) March 19, 2018
What a great advert for Scotland. When will the small minded bigots learn. Should be named and shamed.if that indeed was a Bearsden Rugby Club member he should never be allowed on a rugby park again. Rugby does not need this kind of behaviour https://t.co/8lR9aRl732
— Thomas kieran (@Creightongla) March 19, 2018
Abhorrent beviour Sir – We live in an inclusive society and real Scots are accepting to All regardless of gender, race, religious beliefs. Hope this individual is reprimanded and expelled from having ANY affiliation with the good name of Bearsden Rugby Club
— Mike (@bhoysbest) March 19, 2018
That’s the private education system for ye. Bearsden Rugby club have taken down FB page. Described as taking rugby and beers around the world. ie drunken arseholes
— Concomitant of Impecuniousness (@chrisshields10) March 20, 2018
Every time I have set foot in a rugby club I hear anti Catholic comments.
Lenzie
Cumbernauld
Bearsden
Are the worst three in that order— Steven Brennan (@Brennan62Steven) March 20, 2018
Looks like OBFA will have to be reintroduced to stop the sectarianism at Rugby. Bearsden Rugby Club being represented in sectarian bigotry in ROME. The toffs hide their bigotry better, but it’s sti there. Unspoken & unacknowledged, but like the iceberg under the water. https://t.co/gIGBuhndIi
— Kev R ???????????????????????????? (@kwr66) March 19, 2018
After capturing some rugger high jinks on his phone Dayner (Whisky Queen 89) decided to share on twitter.
BBC Scotland rugby man John Beattie discovered the video in which one of the bigots reveals that ‘F*** the Pope’ is the most memorable phrase in one of their catholic hating anthems.
This week Dayner and his chums will be back home at their respectable jobs, in their middle class housing estate getting on with their usual life’s, keeping a lid on the hatred that inspires them. They may even work alongside some people that they hate.
Since the video was released there hasn’t been a comment from Bearsden Rugby Club, perhaps the lads over in Rome were just exporting one of their favourite in-house party pieces.
Rather than apologise and disown their fan in Rome Bearsden Rugby Club has taken down it’s facebook page, perhaps if you know one of their sponsors they can use their influence and enforce some Diversity Training?
