http://www.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/3216433/Celtic-fans-blasted-for-raising-anti-poppy-banner-at-Aberdeen-game.html

All the managers in British football wear the poppy around Veterans' Day, November 11th, which commemorates some of those who died in World War I - those fighting for Britain. Many fans of Glasgow Celtic, who come from Irish backgrounds, sympathise with those who died on the other side - so they protested against poppymania with banners which read "Ireland - Iraq - Afghanistan - no bloodstained poppy on our hoops" (hoops meaning the green and white colors of Celtic's team uniform). The press reacted hysterically, calling this reasonably intelligent comment 'hate' from a bunch of 'louts'.

And the team beat Aberdeen 9-0, a record result in the Scottish Premier League.