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05/23/2005: "Belfast soccer riots"

There were riots in North Belfast today following the Rangers & Celtic games [Rangers won the Scottish title, or rather Celtic threw it away conceding two goals in the last 2 minutes against Motherwell]. These sort of people [the rioters] are thick on so many levels. A couple of points for you uneducated fools: 1. Rangers & Celtic are Scottish teams; 2. It's only football. Sad gits.

Here's a related article I just happened across ... "Soldiers, sashes and shamrocks: Football and social identity in Scotland and Northern Ireland"