weeyin Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 1 minute ago, wellgirl said: Someone offered me 100 quid for my season ticket on skippy Sunday. I declined Random Celtic fan I met on the bus. Win - win there. Keep and remember the game for ever. Sell it, and you get a hundred quid and the tears of a Celtic fan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistandshout1983 Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 Skippy Sunday someone offered me £100 for my season book I politely declined , so glad I did Was a big fan of Scott McDonald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yabba's Turd Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 On 3/2/2025 at 6:50 PM, FirParkCornerExile said: He was excellent in his first period but he was still terrible for bumming up the Old Firm. Mind you I think had it not been for the tragic death of Phil O'Donnell he may have jumped ship to Hearts. He does deserve credit for the way he handled the tragic death of Phil O'Donnell. He doesn't. watch the interviews back, he's whoring himself for the Scotland job, lip service to his employers at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuwell2 Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 Well that was a day at work, managed to catch every Rangers fan who told me they would stuff us on Saturday, job done I can now spend the rest of the week chilling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 gaun yersel Andy. Ably backed up by GD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santheman Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 1 hour ago, Richie said: Yeah Halliday is quite decent. He's always good on the podcasts and SSB. Also think the last few games are up there with some of his best in a Motherwell strip. He's always been a good player it's just that we weren't using him in his best position. He was berated for slowing things down by continually turning back on himself and killing any momentum we had going forward but it now looks like he was only following orders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirParkCornerExile Posted March 4 Report Share Posted March 4 No one will convince me the team hadn't had enough of Kettlewells tactics. https://www.glasgowworld.com/sport/football/motherwell-fc/no-rangers-fear-approach-inspired-motherwell-win-ibrox-fir-park-5014227 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted March 4 Report Share Posted March 4 No doubt. When you're a professional footballer it must be demotivating having to sit in and and/or hit long balls, ending every game with 30% possession. The thing is, it looks like the scouts managed to identify some decent players - we just didn't play to their strengths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted March 4 Report Share Posted March 4 Re: Halliday he definitely appears to have upped his game since Wimmer took over, all of a sudden he is showing more effort and workrate. He did well on SSB last night too so full marks for that. I’ve always loved how he gets up the noses of the “I hate Rangers more than I like Motherwell” section of our fanbase and if he’s playing well that will happen all the more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted March 4 Report Share Posted March 4 1 hour ago, MJC said: Re: Halliday he definitely appears to have upped his game since Wimmer took over, all of a sudden he is showing more effort and workrate. He did well on SSB last night too so full marks for that. I’ve always loved how he gets up the noses of the “I hate Rangers more than I like Motherwell” section of our fanbase and if he’s playing well that will happen all the more No Motherwell fan hates Rangers more than they love Motherwell. Some hate Rangers more than they hate Celtic though, and that seems to get up your nose, or at least under your skin enough to make comments like that. Halliday is playing better because he is being used properly in a system that he can contribute to. I think we can all unite and get behind that, no? 😘😘😘 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mio Posted March 4 Report Share Posted March 4 1 minute ago, joewarkfanclub said: No Motherwell fan hates Rangers more than they love Motherwell. Some hate Rangers more than they hate Celtic though, and that seems to get up your nose, or at least under your skin enough to make comments like that. Halliday is playing better because he is being used properly in a system that he can contribute to. I think we can all unite and get behind that, no? 😘😘😘 This Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted March 4 Report Share Posted March 4 1 hour ago, joewarkfanclub said: No Motherwell fan hates Rangers more than they love Motherwell. Oh yes they do. It’s a small minority though, granted, but there are definitely some in our support whose dislike of Rangers outweighs their love of Motherwell. I’ve been at Fir Park enough times and heard enough comments about enough players and read enough comments on here and other social media to know that there are some in our support who absolutely DO hate Rangers more than they like Motherwell. Anyway we’re going off topic here so I’ll leave it at that and apologise to the Admin team for the temporary derailment of the thread. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Stall Posted March 4 Report Share Posted March 4 2 hours ago, MJC said: Oh yes they do. It’s a small minority though, granted, but there are definitely some in our support whose dislike of Rangers outweighs their love of Motherwell. I’ve been at Fir Park enough times and heard enough comments about enough players and read enough comments on here and other social media to know that there are some in our support who absolutely DO hate Rangers more than they like Motherwell. Anyway we’re going off topic here so I’ll leave it at that and apologise to the Admin team for the temporary derailment of the thread. Assume the same is true regarding your regular rants about the other arse cheek then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted March 4 Report Share Posted March 4 2 hours ago, Big Stall said: Assume the same is true regarding your regular rants about the other arse cheek then? Rangers are his big team, nobody in west Centre Scotland ever believes you when you say i just support Motherwell or Partick or St Mirren etc. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted March 4 Report Share Posted March 4 2 hours ago, Big Stall said: Assume the same is true regarding your regular rants about the other arse cheek then? My dislike of Celtic doesn’t outweigh my support of Motherwell. If a player or manager is wearing our colours giving their all for us then that’s all I care about. The team they support doesn’t matter. That’s the difference. 15 minutes ago, Spiderpig said: Rangers are his big team, nobody in west Centre Scotland ever believes you when you say i just support Motherwell or Partick or St Mirren etc. So, you’re accusing me of being a Rangers fan yet in the very next sentence bemoan that in this part of the world nobody believes you when you say you support a non-Old Firm club?? With attitudes like yours from a non-OF club fan what chance does anyone have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted March 4 Report Share Posted March 4 1 hour ago, MJC said: So, you’re accusing me of being a Rangers fan yet in the very next sentence bemoan that in this part of the world nobody believes you when you say you support a non-Old Firm club?? That's because the non ugly sister's fans are very much in the minority and the blue and green hoardes refuse to accept any other reality than Billy's or Tim's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Stall Posted March 4 Report Share Posted March 4 1 hour ago, MJC said: My dislike of Celtic doesn’t outweigh my support of Motherwell. If a player or manager is wearing our colours giving their all for us then that’s all I care about. The team they support doesn’t matter. That’s the difference. To be honest, i didnt think otherwise. What seems very strange however is that you are absolutley sure some of our fans hate Rangers more than they love Motherwell...... but yet you spew venom (rightly or wrongly) at the other arse cheek and dont stop to think it could be viewed in the exact same way...... A bit of self awareness mate goes a long way 😉 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mio Posted March 4 Report Share Posted March 4 1 hour ago, Big Stall said: To be honest, i didnt think otherwise. What seems very strange however is that you are absolutley sure some of our fans hate Rangers more than they love Motherwell...... but yet you spew venom (rightly or wrongly) at the other arse cheek and dont stop to think it could be viewed in the exact same way...... A bit of self awareness mate goes a long way 😉 I actually don’t think it’s purely football related. I think some of our pro union thinking supporters think that when some of us have a go at Rangers and their Union Jack waving, god save the king, drum bangers, that they take this as a personal slight on them and their beliefs. i think we have a large number of pro Scotland/ pro independence supporters at the club and for some reason a minority of our pro union fans think some of us are pro Celtic……. Speaking as a pro independence supporter,(sorry if that annoys anyone) I can’t stand either Rangers or Celtic, but I do get a bit of sick in my mouth when I see the butchers apron (Union Jack) But I do think anyone who has the urge to post on this forum clearly does so as they are Motherwell fans through and through and I don’t believe anyone hates teams more than they love our side…. As that’d be mental. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well_said Posted March 4 Report Share Posted March 4 20 hours ago, wellgirl said: Someone offered me 100 quid for my season ticket on skippy Sunday. I declined Random Celtic fan I met on the bus. Memories like that are priceless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted March 4 Report Share Posted March 4 1 hour ago, mio said: I actually don’t think it’s purely football related. I think some of our pro union thinking supporters think that when some of us have a go at Rangers and their Union Jack waving, god save the king, drum bangers, that they take this as a personal slight on them and their beliefs. i think we have a large number of pro Scotland/ pro independence supporters at the club and for some reason a minority of our pro union fans think some of us are pro Celtic……. Speaking as a pro independence supporter,(sorry if that annoys anyone) I can’t stand either Rangers or Celtic, but I do get a bit of sick in my mouth when I see the butchers apron (Union Jack) But I do think anyone who has the urge to post on this forum clearly does so as they are Motherwell fans through and through and I don’t believe anyone hates teams more than they love our side…. As that’d be mental. That’s a very good post with alot of good points. And you may well be right about politics playing a part in some people’s thinking with regards to foootball. As much as I hate it and don’t get it, that happens in this country and some people just cannot separate the two. What I would say to counter your argument though is that I think there are also some in our support who perceive any criticism of Celtic or someone stating a dislike of them more than Rangers as being pro-Rangers/pro-Union/pro-Orange order and (perhaps most ludicrous of all) anti catholic. I can’t speak for everyone but my dislike of Celtic is based on football, my own experiences of them and the way their supporters act and the attitudes they display. It’s not driven by politics or religion. Finally, while I have to admit that you are very much one of the posters on here whom I base my “hate Rangers more than they like Motherwell” at due to your previous posts about how you were never a fan of Stuart McCall due to your dislike of all things Rangers despite him doing well with us and how you wouldn’t want Barry Ferguson at FP watching a game never mind being involved in managing us, I have never believed that this was down to you being pro-Celtic. I just think some of your posts suggest you were a ‘Rangers hater’ first and foremost and a Motherwell supporter second. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistandshout1983 Posted March 4 Report Share Posted March 4 Sadly we will never get away from the whole Celtic and Rangers thing , and the fact some of their fans label everyone in Scotland as us and them I must admit I am not biased , I don't care who beats either of them . Providing of course it is not affecting our result , or league position, was speaking to an Aberdeen fan in work recently who has exactly the same thinking Some enjoy friendly banter , others overstep the mark Lost count of the time I have been called the H*n word who can't afford the busfare Flipside of the coin I remember speaking to a Rangers fan a few years back , he said I think we should call you Timmy from now on , when I asked why Timmy ? The best response he could come up with was well anyone who doesn't support Rangers must be a Catholic , that was an eye opener moment at the way people are , he wasn't even kidding either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllyMax Posted March 4 Report Share Posted March 4 Apologies in advance, long winded post 🙂 I started going to Motherwell with my da' (because my old man was a 'Well fan when he was younger) in about 1972/3 and got my first season ticket (old main stand, 5 rows back, 5 seats in) in '75 for the start of the new 10 team premier league. A few games into the season, we played Rangers and the row in front of me was full of their fans. This was my first experience of them (aged about 12). A sat with my old man and we were sat between a couple of folk that some on here may know. Don St John, a disabled club singer and Andy Edgar (later to become Hamilton Accies photographer). Early in the game, Don called John Grieg a 'clown' and was harassed, threatened, had a punch swung at him and was told for the whole game that he was 'getting it' down the back stairs. Over the years, I've witnessed and ended up sadly getting involved in numerous and regular altercations with their fans in the main stand. Call it luck, call it whatever, but I've never actually had to deal with that kind of shit from Celtic fans. Don't take this the wrong way, I'm not saying they don't have cunty fans as well, i've just never had to deal with any. As a result of these experiences at a young age, it gave me a really deep seated hatred of them (chuck in the 95/96 cup semi for good measure). Celtic to me are just another team that I love seeing us beat, along with any other team we play but I have to admit I get that extra wee spring in my step when we pump the currant buns. None of this has anything to do with religion or background. If I followed a team cause of where I went to school i'd be a h*n and if I followed my pals from my childhood who i played football with up the park, i'd probably, on balance, be a tim. I'm neither. I'm a Motherwell fan and have inflicted the same on my kids 🙂 I certainly don't hate Rangers more than I love Motherwell and I certainly don't have any 'sympathies' for the other lot. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clackscat Posted March 4 Report Share Posted March 4 I was brought up in the 60s and schooled in a Rangers environment and I loved football. My first strip was a Rangers one, my first game attended was a Rangers one. I was oblivious to the other stuff around that (at first) but as I grew older and went to more games that changed, the culmination in that was a game v Hibs, sitting with my dad in the posh seats, (his bosses season tkts) while the smartly dressed guy in front with wife by his side stood up and called Pat Quinn every sweary anti catholic insult you could think of and nothing was said. I was 12 and can remember it as if it was yesterday, I never went back and drifted away from senior football until after a change of school in EK I met lads who were Well fans and found my spiritual home, 50 years later, still lifelong friends. I have a deep rooted dislike of Rangers and Celtic and everything both of them stand for. With the odd exception you cannot have a reasonable football discussion with fans of either, who view everything through their tinted glasses and cannot comprehend any other view. Deep as that feeling is I do not dislike either of them more than I love my club which stands for everything I believe in, and I believe all of us who take the harder road of supporting a 'smaller' club do so from that perspective. I honestly do not believe any Well fan hates either of the arse cheeks (detestable as they are) more than support our club; that is our overriding purpose. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted March 4 Report Share Posted March 4 Good post Clackscat. I detest both sides of the arsecheeks and have been abused by fans of both of them equally over the years. Neither set is worse or better than the other. That said, I have good friends who support both of them and are reasonable in their views. However much I detest them, that emotion doesn't come anywhere near matching my love for the Well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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