Rangers and Celtic

Religious bigotry is still rife in the West of Scotland and beyond, and in this part of the world it tends to personify itself with an allegiance to one part of the Old Firm or another. Celtic are the "Catholic" team, and Rangers are the "Protestant" one.

Their supporters still sing of the IRA and glorify it, or the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 and being up to their knees in fenian blood.

I have often blogged, in the old blogstead, about my disdain for that sort of lunacy, and even said, quite publicly that I have no time for either camp, and that's why I've always followed Partick Thistle Nil, the great Glasgow footballing alternative. Some Rangers supporters have never forgiven me! (Some even think I'm a Catholic priest!)

Again, at the weekend, they met and Rangers triumphed 1-0. I waited for the abuse to appear on my blog and I was not disappointed. One of the Neanderthals wrote, "F*** you priest and all your mumbo jumbo superstition. Now thats an accusation the Vatican can't handle."

Eh? I just want to go and watch football! These people simply show the world what we have to deal with under the surface of the most beautiful, trendy, vibrant and incredible city in the world. God help us!