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Random #Beertography - https://t.co/JxkTV1edxM and other pics. @celticfc. Beer Villain. Travel. Rock, Punk, Metal. & other inane ramblings!

South Africa Katılım Ocak 2014
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Hoptical@HopticalA·
@NUFC Interesting. I'm sure there will be loads of posts on 'farmers league', 'shouldn't be in the competition', etc. etc. Tough at the top. The 'best league in the world' getting some fucking hammerings the last 2 nights.
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k9_reaper | T.I.A
k9_reaper | T.I.A@k9_reaper·
As unfortunate as it is, this sums up South Africa rather well.
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Ash Müller@Askash

I finally took a tour of Ponte City. For years I’ve driven past it, written about it, spoken about it, and used it as a reference point whenever the conversation turns to Johannesburg, urban decay, or the rise and fall of great cities. But I had never actually been inside. Ponte City opened in 1975. 54 storeys. 173 metres tall. For 48 years it held the title of the tallest building in Africa, only losing it to a tower in Egypt that beat it by just a few metres. At its peak, around 1,000 people lived here. At its lowest point, nearly 8,000 people were packed into the building without proper water or electricity, and Ponte was labelled Africa’s first vertical slum. The stories from those years sound unreal. Entire floors used as brothels. Trash piled up inside the hollow core to the 14th floor. It took three years to remove the waste, and over twenty bodies were found during the clean up. Trucks couldn’t reach the site, so workers carried everything out by hand. Since 2014, the internal windows have been welded shut to stop people throwing rubbish into the centre. The building was refurbished before the 2010 World Cup, and today around 2,000 people live there. When I arrived for the tour, my guide warned me not to panic if I heard a loud bang. Residents sometimes throw nappies or trash out of the windows. Not exactly the welcome you expect when entering one of the most famous residential towers in Africa. And yet, walking inside, I was surprised. Biometric access, 24-hour security and over 480 cameras monitoring the building. Just past the turnstiles was a box full of house keys on the floor. A simple system so school kids can collect their keys and go home if their parents are still at work. We went up to what used to be one of the penthouse suites. Today it’s a shared entertainment space for residents. Baby showers, birthdays, after-work gatherings. The view from the top is incredible, and also a little heartbreaking. In the 1990s, this exact penthouse could be rented for about R800 a month. Four bedrooms, two lounges, sauna, jacuzzi, braai area, fully furnished. From there we went to the community centre, where volunteers help children with homework after school. Downstairs, there’s convenience retail for residents. Fruit and veg shop, takeaway, butcher, tailor, pizza place. A small ecosystem keeping the building alive. Then we went to the centre - Ponte’s famous hollow core. Built on a slope, the circular design made structural sense, but standing there feels like standing inside a monument to everything that went wrong in the Johannesburg CBD. Cold metal stairs, dark concrete and echoes bouncing up fifty floors. And then, a bang. Someone threw a full bag of rubbish into the middle of the core while we were standing there. My guide didn’t even flinch. “They clean every day,” he said. That moment was really profound. Because you can install cameras, weld windows shut and hire security. But if people don’t respect the place they live in, nothing really changes. Standing inside Ponte feels symbolic of what happened to Johannesburg. A city that was once ambitious, modern, proud. Then hollowed out by neglect, mismanagement, and people who stopped believing the space belonged to them. And yet, Ponte refuses to die. The building recently went up for auction. It’s still unsold, which tells you someone believes there’s even more value left in it. The tour ended in the underground parking with rows of cars - some working, some abandoned, some stripped down to nothing but shells. Ponte is not just a story about urban decay. It’s a story about what happens when a city loses control and what it takes to build that control back. And walking out of Ponte that day, I couldn’t stop thinking that Johannesburg and Ponte City have something in common. Both were once symbols of possibility and both went through years that nearly broke them. Yet, both are still standing, waiting to see if the people inside are ready to rebuild again.

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The Ibrox Channel Podcast
The Ibrox Channel Podcast@TheIbroxChannel·
Love the revisionism over the years. 2016 wasn’t that long ago. Despite the assaults and trouble, wasn’t it classed as ‘over exuberance’ at the time? (because it wasn’t Rangers fans who started it)….. There’s good and bad within all football teams support, however this whole ‘It’s all Rangers’ has to stop.
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Bear from the North@Northernger

@heraldscotland needs taken to task by @RangersFC hierarchy for printing these lies & banned from the stadium until a full front page apology is issued. This includes any freelancers that provide content to them.

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David Griffiths@Erudite4Unity·
@lanzarote64 He's been a poisonous presence in Scottish football since the day he arrived.
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Hoptical@HopticalA·
@Rainmaker1973 What the fuck. I had to buy one to eat in Thailand! Coulda got $50 🤦🏼‍♂️
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Massimo@Rainmaker1973·
Legend
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Born As Ghosts🇵🇸
@joe72rangers You need to interrogate your own thought process fella - Religion? Can you remind me about who's blood your up to your knees in. Should be easy to recall given it rings out around the stadium I assume you go to once a fortnight
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Hoptical@HopticalA·
@moonman1873 Pretty mild compared to throwing flares into stands, attacking players and coaching staff, attacking cops and stewards, singing the same songs as usual, bringing balaclavas etc. Of course you know that, thick bastard!
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Colin Armstrong
Colin Armstrong@moonman1873·
Seems he was cool with his son seeing fellow supporters invade the pitch, attempt to destroy the goals, vandalise seats, spray graffiti about "killing all huns" and mocking 66 supporters who died in the same fixture 55 years ago. Selective offence again and always.
Celtic FC News Room@cfcnewsroom

Graham had taken his young son along to the match expecting a memorable experience. Instead, he described a situation that quickly became frightening for many families who had travelled to the game. He said:(Clyde 1 Superscoreboard), “I thought the atmosphere was good apart from some selected song choices throughout the match. But the scenes at the end were absolutely ridiculous. “I’ll not take my wee man back to it, it’s just not worth it. When it all kicks off, I’ve just grabbed him because you see a flare coming into the Celtic side. “I went into the concourse where the canteen is and there are other kids there, they are all in tears. They hear banging upstairs and think it’s Rangers fans trying to get in and they were petrified. “I was given two tickets and thought it would be great to go with the young man and experience Scotland‘s biggest game, where the old allocation is back and I’m thinking it’s going to be a good day. “Worst decision I’ve made I wish I never went. What I saw at the end of that game was absolutely horrific. “There are grown men running about with balaclavas on… grow up.”

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Hoptical@HopticalA·
@knoxy1982 Shaddup, you have absolutely no idea what teams do when they win the league!
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Jamie Knox@knoxy1982·
Going by what Sellik fans are saying, if Hearts were to win the League, say at Parkheid, it’s all good for a wee Pertay in the 18 yard Box at the Hearts end!
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CaptainDandy@StevieG1978·
Saw a thing earlier with Ally McCoist strongly condemning the carry on yesterday and the hated that exists. Anyone got that video of him and Souness in the Ibrox changing room singing about being up to their knees in Fenian blood? Because that would be hugely awkward.
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Hoptical@HopticalA·
@Craig10M Hahaha, scared of what, winning fuck all every season! 🤡 We're laughing at you.
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Hoptical@HopticalA·
@NaeBull @CelticFC Huns and their so called 'squeaky clean', image. Fucking morons the lot of them. 😂🤡
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nicoraskinssocks@raskinssocks·
@TomCook55986923 Aye exactly. Rivalry or not, there’s no excuse for it spilling onto the pitch and turning into chaos. Celebrate be ragingwhatever but once people start getting assaulted it’s gone too far Doesn’t matter what side of Glasgow you’re from, that sort of carry-on is bang out of order
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nicoraskinssocks@raskinssocks·
Rat bastard spitting on disabled fans. Absolutely vile behaviour. Anyone doing that isn’t a fan they’re just a scumbag embarrassing their own club. Ban them for life and be done with it. There’s rivalry in football but targeting disabled supporters is beyond pathetic.
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Hoptical@HopticalA·
@tarmac1888 @BoJaM1872 That's the only reason he posts complete pish. He's just farming engagement. I mean, I'm sure he is semi retarded, but that's his game.
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JMcG 🍀@tarmac1888·
@BoJaM1872 So they came out of the stand then? Thanks. Smashing boards 😂 cry more. Worst team in years and you still couldn't beat us. Blue tick boy
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BoJaM 🇬🇧@BoJaM1872·
So who comes running on to the pitch first? That isn’t celebrating btw.
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Hoptical@HopticalA·
@LefaAddenes Is the pub still going? I know the brewery closed!
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Hoptical@HopticalA·
@rangersnews15 Look at the size of Nygren's left peg! 🤣 You can't really be this stupid?? 🤡
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Davey@daveymartin72·
@BanterSpud @Kitson67 Looks like the ball has already left his foot here. The frame before is just as Forrest hits it and he’s off
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