I was absolutley disgusted yesterday when sky sports dubbed out the celtic "supporters" singing pro ira songs during the minutes silence at Falkirk!

The minutes silence is to honour our war dead and these small minded idiots must have had a relative that served in at least one war so why cant they behave themselfs for one minute???

Then to make matters worse there is not one thing in any the papers showing this scum up for what they really are!

I was a guest at Falkirk on Sunday, after attending my local remembrance service to honour all of the fallen (whom include my own relatives in WWI and WWII) and I must comment on what happened inside the stadium. There was one audible shout from the area containing the Celtic supporters and one equally audible shout from a supporter in the "home" section.

As a neutral at the game, whose leanings have always been towards Rangers, the behaviour inside the stadium was good. It should not however be confused with the actions of the 40 -50 "protestors" who stood outside the ground and could cleaarly be heard singing a song during the minutes silence. I was sitting very close to the Celtic directors and, I think it was their CE, one in particular was shaking his head in disgust.

Unlike some, who look to balance up or try to look for the moral high ground, I have researched the protest song and understand it is not "pro-IRA", so we should dispense with the sensationalism.

It is a great shame that the loudest voice was from a large rotund and balding Scotsman who was indulging in his right to free speech about an innocent Irishman, whilst the rest of us were trying to observe similar respect to countless innocent millions of many nationalities in the world wide recognised way of silence.

In my humble opinion, Celtic, should have come out beforehand to underline their stance on this protest. I would have had a staff member outside taking note of what was going on and it is unfortunate that these people deem it neccessary to embarrass their own club.

All of which brings me to a final riposte on the original thread when we are treated to the real feelings of the post where these supporters are referred to as "scum". It defeats the purpose of your outrage to then stoop to that level of commentary. I travel to most away games in Europe following Rangers and I think the phrase "people in glass houses" comes to mind.

I was appalled, yet not surprised, by the events in Europe last week, but I also looked forward to the weekend with equal trepidation, for as sure as night follows day, as some Celtic fans make some noise to disrupt the minutes silence on remembrance Sunday (which all of a sudden has become important in the last few years to the mainstream media and dedicated non thinkers - reason I call them this? how many actually attended a "real" remembrance service on Sunday?) there would be a queue of morally outraged supporters of other teams letting loose with their opinions from afar.

I am in a privelaged position to enjoy hospitality at many sporting occasions involving Scotland's big two and I lose faith in society at each gathering with the tit for tat illinformed nonsense in the continual pursuit of oneupmanship.

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I was also disgusted by the Celtic supporters utter disrespect for the minute silence. I was equally upset at Sky sports decision to dub it out and brush over this sickening incident.

If you want to hear an uncut version of the disgraceful antics follow this link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc5ZS3QRJ7Q

Surely the club has to take some responsibility for their fans actions.