According to Wikipedia, the definition of sectarianism is bigotry, discrimination, or hatred arising from attaching importance to perceived differences between subdivisions (different groups) such as different religion, class, regions, ethnic group or political support. Sectarianism is happening all over the world right now. In places with poverty, places with great wealth. We in Scotland do not know much about sectarianism, however what we seem to connect it with is the current situation in football. There is Celtic a predominantly Catholic team who play in the east end of Glasgow. Their rivals Rangers a predominantly protestant team who are situated in the west end of Glasgow. The sectarian divide between the two teams started a long time ago back in the late 19th century when the Irish potato famine occurred some Irish families were forced out of there country. The Irish diet was mostly potatoes back then, so the Irish moved over the Irish sea to Scotland. The Irish mainly moved to Glasgow, Partick and Motherwell. Scottish workers meanwhile, were not happy with their wages and were threatening to quit their jobs over this dispute, but the Irish at that time were happy with any wages so the owners of the factories, shops, and other businesses sacked the Scottish workers and replaced them with the Irish. It caused animosity and disruption between the working class of scotland and the famine stricken Irish. This made the Scots unhappy as they were forced to move home or apply for a job that they had no skills in. The Bill The Offensive Behaviour At Football and Threatening Behaviour Act 2012. The Act was introduced by the government in 2012 due to a lack of respect for each supporter within a team (groups within one team, I.E Celtic with their ultras group The Green Brigade, and the other home fans) and supporters of the opposition. The songs were mostly sung by the two teams in Glasgow, Celtic and Rangers. The songs involved I.R.A