page_title: Green Brigade
section_title: Poppy protest
hierarchical_section_title: Green Brigade / Poppy protest
caption_attribution_description: HI7Y0060
context_page_description: The Green Brigade are a Celtic F.C. supporter ultra group formed in 2006. They are situated in the North Curve corner section of Celtic Park.
context_section_description: At a match against Aberdeen in November 2010, the Green Brigade unfurled two banners with the words "Your deeds would shame all the devils in Hell. Ireland, Iraq, Afghanistan. No bloostained [sic] poppy on our Hoops." This protest was against the placing of the remembrance poppy on Celtic's shirt for the match against St Mirren on 11 November 2010.
  The Green Brigade cited civilian deaths caused by the Armed Forces in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as Bloody Sunday, highlighting that the Saville Inquiry report "confirmed that 14 unarmed civilians were murdered in Derry in 1972 by the Paratroop Regiment".
  The Glasgow Herald reported that in the weeks leading up to the incident, the Green Brigade had stepped up pro-IRA chants. Celtic has been investigated by UEFA in the past for alleged sectarian behaviour, including pro-IRA chants.
caption: Celtic players with poppies on their shirts, November 2010
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