Of course the Irish Flag has political meaning but there really isnt much that uefa or the sfa could do about it or with the unuion flag at IbroxMax B Gold wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 2:29 pmThe UEFA rule is just stupid like many of their rules and is a bit of an earner.tuffers#1 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 2:13 pmYou do know that Celtic were fined by uefa for there fans waving palestinian Flags don't you..Max B Gold wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 1:01 pm
I'm not ignoring it. I just think it's a non point. Lots of Irish and Palestinian flags not to mention the flag of the Spanish Republic can be seen at Celtic Park. But nobody would say there will be none of those flags on the Cup if Celtic lost because that would be an unacceptable thing to say about a Scottish club. Now apply that to Spurs.
Yet Israeli flags at Spurs have never bought any kind of fine & must be seen as a political statement as the palestinian ones were by UEFA.
As for the Irish flags at celtic park , they are clearly not political as it is a nod to the fact that the club originally started out as a charitable way to feed starving children most of whom were children of irish immigrants although not exclusively.
Not convinced that the Irish flags displayed by Celtic fans don't have political meaning. The one on the main stand probably performs the function you describe. In the 50s the SFA tried to have it removed.
However the UEFA FINE was because the game in question was against Israeli team Happoel ( i think) .
So surely any israeli flag flown at spurs with no israeli player in your side should mean a fine would be correct as a flag of king david can only be described as a politically related flag ?
Not that it would bother me personally but if its in the rules then surely those rules ahould be enforced everywhere in uefa games.
P.S i notice you used the hyphonated spelling of Anti-Semite , is there a reason for this as opposed to antisemite . Is there a specific reason used for the hyphonated use of the word ?
I remember reading something about it but have forgotten what it is mewnt to imply