Respect For Our Fallen

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It has become commonplace to use a minutes applause to celebrate contributions by those who have died to mark their contribution to the particular sport. It may be an appropriate way to mark this contribution, but in our view it is inappropriate to mark their death. A minutes silence is the appropriate and dignified way to mark the passing of any person and offers an opportunity to remember the life of that person in a dignified way.

Recently, in every football ground in Britain, people stood in impeccable silence to remember the fallen those who had given their young lives to ensure that we had freedom. All except one the Scottish football authorities allowed Celtic Football Club to mark Armistice Day with a minutes Applause. This allowed certain Celtic Football Club fans to disrespect the act of Remembrance with impunity, by staging a subsequent walk-out, and avoided the embarassment of a pre-planned disruption of the silence.

We, the undersigned, believe that the football authority was wrong and that Celtic should never have been able to allow some of their fans to disrespect the remembrance of our fallen in this way. We object to it ever being repeated.

586 Signatures

  • L M Campbell
  • Peter Marwick
  • dennis beck
  • Billy Ferguson
  • DAVID BARR
  • Trevor Cleland
    • Comments
    • My grandfather gave all for Freedom....not ignorance
  • Julian Kirk
    • Address
    • Walton Highway, Norfolk. PE147DL
  • Mr Thomas Donnelly
  • Alexander Mackie
  • Gordon Caldwell
  • JimIrvine
  • John Miller
  • alvan ditchburn
  • gavin bruce
  • robert price
    • Comments
    • recpect the fallen with silence not applause
    • Address
    • u s a.
  • norman allen
  • bob davis
    • Comments
    • way to go
  • tom simpson
    • Comments
    • About time !!
  • Alistair Duff
    • Comments
    • The applause is not respectful and should never be used instead of a minutes silence. If Celtic fans can't respect a minutes silence then they should be exposed to all the world.
  • Gary McLean
  • Peter Hull
    • Comments
    • Celtic FC`s actions this past Novemver were Scotlands shame.
  • Allan Davidson
  • Adrian Murphy
  • David McAllister
  • Alan Douglas
    • Comments
    • a one minutes silence isn't much to ask for our freedom on a yearly basis!!!!
    • Address
    • N Ireland
  • Bill Alexander
  • Allan McFadyean
    • Comments
    • clapping on armistace day is unacceptable
  • Bill Milroy
  • brian hyndman
    • Address
    • belfast northern ireland
  • Willie Smith
    • Comments
    • a minutes silence is more respectful to our fallen hero,s
  • gibby mooney
  • BERNIE DOCHERTY
    • Comments
    • have they no compassion for all the celtic fans who died
  • James Matear
    • Comments
    • PLEASE, honour our war hero's.
    • Address
    • New Jersey. USA
  • Andy Spence
    • Comments
    • ignorance
  • Stuart Robinson
  • f patterson
    • Comments
    • all in wasaga beach agree
  • john kirkpatrick
    • Comments
    • as was
  • bob guthrie
  • John Findlay
    • Address
    • Wasaga Beach Ontario Canada
  • George McCaughey
    • Comments
    • Don't break from tradition because some fans might cause embarrassment
  • Therese Ferguson
  • eric smith
    • Comments
    • digraceful
  • Sean Livie
  • Stuart Aikman
    • Comments
    • I think it is disgraceful that a minutes silence cannot be observed to remember the life of a recently deceased member of a team or for fallen soldiers in the line of duty defending or fighting on behalf of their country. It is an absolute shame. Shame on those that cannot observe the minutes silence!
    • Address
    • В
  • john alexander mclennan
    • Comments
    • totally agree
    • Address
    • 1199 hamilton road london
  • Jim Murray
    • Comments
    • Silence is the proper and only way to honor our fallen
  • Sandra Hawthorn
    • Address
    • Toronto, Canada
  • D McColl
  • Alan Mckee
    • Comments
    • Absolute disgrace but should we be surprised after all their pro republican antics over the years, they are quite prepared to accept things british when it suits their pockets but show utter contempt for our forces and our queen, ship them all to a war zone and see how brave they would be then.
  • David Williams
    • Comments
    • Good luck.
    • Address
    • Liverpool.