25 Jul 2015 13:54:12
It's a world of fun for every hun, it's Halli- Halliday- what a goal!

1.) 25 Jul 2015
25 Jul 2015 15:59:32
Nice!!

2.) 25 Jul 2015
25 Jul 2015 16:41:09
Isn't "Hun" a racist term?

{Ed001's Note - never understood why it has become used as anything other than a compliment. The Huns were a highly advanced civilization made up of a polyglot of small tribes who joined together to make a great culture.}

3.) 25 Jul 2015
25 Jul 2015 19:31:20
Oops Ed you will have GAZ1,fab1 and DH88 choking on their supper. Mistakenly like most Celtic fans (and bears) they will have thought it was a very derogatory term. Never mind lads I'm sure you will come up with something "more suitable" for us.

{Ed001's Note - it just shows the ignorance of people that it has been used that way, similar to the term barbarian, when barbarians were just anyone that wasn't Roman, many of which were as or even more advanced than the Romans. Mind we call people Neanderthals as well, when they had a larger brain than us, so they were likely to be more intelligent, so it should hardly be used in the way it is.}

4.) 25 Jul 2015
25 Jul 2015 20:18:32
So you take a swipe at people being presumptuous and forming an ignorant opinion Mannering by being presumptuous and forming an ignorant opinion yourself. Yeah that showed me???

5.) 25 Jul 2015
25 Jul 2015 21:41:27
Well do pardon me GAZ1 I thought there was sufficient levity in my post to not cause offence but obviously sensitivity is not dead in football banter sites.
I would say lad though if you dish it out in the "informative" way you do you should expect an occasional riposte in mild disagreement.

6.) 26 Jul 2015
25 Jul 2015 20:34:26
Not sure if there is a definitive reason for the word 'hun' used to describe Rangers and their fans. My belief was always that it was in reference to the connections to the Hanoverian dynasty and Protestantism. There was once a report from a game in England describing the fans as ' marauding huns' or words to that effect. Who knows?

7.) 26 Jul 2015
25 Jul 2015 21:05:11
Celtic fans were called Huns before Rangers fans in the 40s and 50s.

8.) 26 Jul 2015
25 Jul 2015 21:34:45
Barbarians were people who did not speak Greek. The Greeks said their speech sounded like "barbar" - so they called them ' Barbaroi'.
I know - I really should get out more!

{Ed001's Note - that is not why we use it in the sense we do though. We use it in the sense we do because of the Romans, though you are correct that is where it initially came from, before the Romans adopted it in Latin. Quite odd that the Romans adopted it, when they were actually technically barbarians themselves.}

9.) 26 Jul 2015
25 Jul 2015 23:29:39
does the "F" not relate back to some sort of warrior but its offensive same difference as hun if i'm honest.

i just don't understand how celtic fans get away with glorifying terroist organisations etc yet rangers get hammered for signing songs against them. not trying to say that either is correct just that a level playing field is required as both are not appropriate.

10.) 26 Jul 2015
25 Jul 2015 23:55:21
Good for you Mannering!

11.) 26 Jul 2015
26 Jul 2015 00:06:51
Fill your boots on ripostes mannering and be very sure I can come up with something far "more suitable". :)

12.) 26 Jul 2015
26 Jul 2015 12:11:30
It was used after Rangers fans tore up Leeds (similar) to Manchester and as the above poster mentioned the following day the local paper described the fans as huns.

13.) 26 Jul 2015
26 Jul 2015 14:47:30
Ed you are very knowledgeable you should apply for the Chase as a chaser.

{Ed001's Note - I don't even know what that is mate, sorry. Not sure if that is an insult or not? I just like history and useless facts. My head is full of useless information that is only any good for quizzes really.}

14.) 26 Jul 2015
26 Jul 2015 18:16:09
A great quiz show on stv at 5pm hosted by Bradley Walsh. The chaser being the man with the knowledge.

{Ed001's Note - oh ok, never seen it. Not sure they show it out here, and if they did I probably wouldn't understand what they were saying.}