Falkirk Twidiot outs The Rangers pal as author of Union Bears ‘Bash-a-Fenian’ post

Meet Jamie, the Union Bear trying to stir violence against Celtic fans and players

After yesterday’s post about the Union Bears and their walk before the “match with the Fenians”, which incited violence against Celtic fans and players, you might have expected those smart fellows to keep their cards close to their chest.

But then you’d have reckoned without the smarts of “Falkirk Fan”, Dave, and Jamie “from Fife”.

Responding with a number of “crying laughing” (pishing myself) Emojis, Dave decided that the post, quoting the call for “dark clothing” was so comical that he felt compelled to say to the previously unnamed Jamie:

“JamiepRFC wit have you done”

Jamie replies further down the thread:

“Everybody has to dress like the rainbow now, the meltdown because the dark clothing is unbelievable we’ve worn dark clothing for 5 years in our section”

The punctuation is Davie and Jamie’s.

(Note, the post only referenced the call to wear dark clothing to highlight the idiocy of the flier.)

Left, Jamie who created the flier inciting violence and, Right, Dave,
who exposed him. (No payment has been received from Stone Island)

You can follow the threads for yourselves, presuming that neither Dave, nor Jamie have “protected” their accounts.

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Both have been asked directly if Jamie was, as seems clear from the dialogue, the creator of the flier calling for the march, with images of someone in a Celtic shirt being kicked in the head.

Dave claims to be a Falkirk (not Rangers or, presumably, The Rangers) fan, who likes Ajax and then claims to support Celtic, Bohemians, and St Pauli while having the Union Jack and flag of Israel on his profile page.

He later claims that Jamie is a good “Fife c*unt”, though it has been impossible to verify more than a third of that statement, thus far.

However, let the last word about Jamie go to Dave.

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Why The Rangers and Police Scotland must take action against the Union Bears

Incitement to attack Celtic players and fans shows they are dangerously out of control

At the best of times they're unpleasant – a “permanent embarrassment and an occasional disgrace,” as one journalist famously said of the club they commemorate.

They set out to offend and sometimes achieve the notoriety they are seeking with the crudest displays of anti-Irish and anti-Catholic bigotry.

The Union Bears are a  group of people who you wouldn't leave alone with sharp objects, never mind an egg and a microwave,

But, when those who are motivated by little other than being noticed and don't get the attention they crave, they can quickly move towards becoming dangerous.

And that appears to be the case with their fans' march before Celtic visit Ibrox on Sunday (or the “match against the Fenians”, as they put it).

Forget the obvious copycatting of the Green Brigade with their Corteos – no one has a monopoly on walking the highways (and many of the Union Bears are will be experienced street-walkers).

But the banner calling on supporters to take to the streets “in dark clothing” carries a clear incitement to violence against Celtic supporters and/or players.

The “Goodnight, Green White” has a silhouette image of someone wearing a green-and-white hooped jersey being kicked in the head, which could only reasonably be interpreted as encouraging physical assaults.

This should particularly concern the Scottish Football Association, given the number of  incursions by fans of The Rangers in recent years, especially in light of the rioting at Hampden after the 2016 Scottish Cup Final.

There can be no excuses for Rangers continuing to accommodate this group of dangerously out-of-control thugs and Police Scotland must take all necessary measures to prevent threats to public safety.

The time to act on that is now, when the incitement is so explicit as it is with the Union Bears' poster.

Waiting until after the called-for assaults have taken place is not an option.

Ironically, as many will be aware, the image they chose to adapt is a famous one with Anti-Fascist Action (AntiFA) groups for years (you can read about its origins here) but it's not the first time that extreme right-wing hate groups have missed the irony of their own messages.

But, while the march has, as with most Union Bears activities, been met with mockery, the potential consequences are serious.

There is no place for this in football and there is no place for this in Scotland.

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Extreme excitement at The Rangers shows they know they can't touch Celtic

You only have to watch the reactions of fans of The Rangers as their black ball comes out of the bag, signalling a Scottish cup semi-final against Celtic to realise, that our domestic football world is unipolar.

Supporters of Tranmere Rovers might exude similar excitement, if drawn against Liverpool but a better comparison would be with Accrington Stanley.

You see, the people are guaranteed their big day out. They know they can “get the battle fever on” (© Jock Wallace) and eye-poppingly spew bile about which legend-in-the-making is going to nail whichever Celtic player is commanding their immediate irrational hostility.

In truth, the post-liquidation Ibrox club of Warburton, Caixinha and Murty hasn’t quite lived up to its ancestors in demonstrating the art of kicking seven shades of biological waste material out of their opponents.

Sure, they signed Bruno Alves and, yes, he looks like a bad-ass mudda but generally, they haven’t been quite as cynical on the field as Rangers were famed for until 2012.

But the frothing fans have, if anything, got worse. It’s something akin to the British Empire mentality.

When Britain was successfully running roughshod over countries across the world, you would hardly imagine that its supporters felt they had much to prove. They were on top of the world and retained an arrogant presumption that it would always be that way.

Now that the empire is consigned to history, however, those who never accepted that fact are more aggressive than ever in pretending that things are as they were. Talking up their chances of having a square go with Vladimir Putin’s Russia, etc.

But the reality is that Britain will never seriously compete for supremacy of any kind again and that any realignment of Scottish football is unlikely to feature a duopoly of Glasgow clubs.

And that’s why fans – and players – of The Rangers were cheering being drawn against Celtic in the cup. They’ve got a little confidence after a string of modest results and they think that they are back in the big time.

And that means Celtic.

Fans of very few Scottish Premiership clubs would be celebrating at drawing any team. The “big draw” is the stuff to excite small clubs who will relish the chance to be the talk of the country for a day. And, maybe – just maybe – they’ll give the big bhoys a bloody nose.

It’s comparable to the excitement Celtic fans used to feel when drawing Barcelona – but being skelped by Barcelona quickly grew tiresome and, while every dog inevitably has its day, The time when The Rangers emerge as a major power in Scottish football is not yet upon us.

While the papers will stoke the anticipation of the tie, the reality is that in footballing terms it’s probably the kindest that Celtic could have hoped for.

Aberdeen and Kilmarnock would have been more dangerous and the fewer times we play Motherwell with their tactical violence the better.

Kilmarnock and Hearts have already beaten Celtic this season so, logically, there is a possibility of The Rangers emulating them if we don’t play to top form.

But that’s the point – if the Celtic players perform close to their best, we will win.

And the dogs, who feel they have been thrown a bone, will have to wait for another day.

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