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Celtic Submari - A new model of football relationships based on affection and respect not hatred bitterness and sectarianismΒ will appeal to all those interested in the power of goodness, decency, integrity, and friendship to make a positive difference in a complex world through football.
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The book explains how an invasion of Vila-real by 10,000 Celtic supporters in 2004 created a set of circumstances that has led to a lasting friendship between supporters of Villarreal and Celtic. This friendship is unique in world football and offers the wider football world a model of camaraderie and togetherness that shows how football can be a force for good.
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Celtic supporters everywhere can take pride in the story of how their example of friendship and good behaviour in 2004 inspired the formation of the Villareal Celtic Submari Supporters club. The Celtic Submari club has proved to be an extraordinary example of the way in which decent people can help others through football and friendship.
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Celtic Submari also explores why the subsequent visit of Glasgow Rangers to Vila-real did not result in a similar outburst of mutual friendship, but saw instead Rangers fined for the poor behaviour of some of their supporters.
This book investigates the cultural differences between Celtic and Rangers supporters which explains their different behaviours abroad.
It offers an enhanced understanding of some of the elements of the elements of the sectarian sourness that so scars Scottish football even to this day. And makes it clear that there are faults and problems that need tackled on both sides of this divide.
It puts forward radical solutions drawing on the Villarreal Celtic Submari model. It shows why and how both Celtic supporters and Rangers supporters need to learn from the model practiced by the Celtic Submari if Scottish football is to eradicate its sectatarian sickness.
