[ENG] Premiership 2009/2010 (19 Viewers)

[Red]

I did some googling, and apparently it has something to with the roots of the British royal family.

Rangers are considered a British/Protestant club (to Celtic being Irish/Catholic), so they have the Queen as the symbol of their beliefs.

They were Germans, weren't they?

Yes.


Other main theory relates to Hun being the term used to describe Germans during the Wars, so Rangers took the place/name of the hated enemy.

 

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[The Curr]

Where?

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[Delle Alpi]

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Thanks for the link

 

[JBF]

Rangers are considered a British/Protestant club (to Celtic being Irish/Catholic), so they have the Queen as the symbol of their beliefs.

So the majority of Celtic fans are Irish or the founders of the club are Irish?! :confused2

 

[The Curr]

They were founded by an Irish priest.

 

[The Curr]

Wiki:

Celtic have a historic association with the people of Ireland and Scots of Irish extraction, who are both mainly Catholic and Leftist. Traditionally fans of rivals Rangers only came from Scottish Protestant backgrounds and were supporters of British Unionism. As a result both clubs attracted the support of opposing factions in the political difficulties of Northern Ireland, which intensified the rivalry in Scotland.

 

[Red]

So the majority of Celtic fans are Irish or the founders of the club are Irish?! :confused2

It is Catholic more than Irish.

They have Irish fans because of the Catholic links.

A lot of it goes back to the number of Catholic Irish immigrants to Glasgow there were.

 

[JBF]

They were founded by an Irish priest.

Wiki:

Celtic have a historic association with the people of Ireland and Scots of Irish extraction, who are both mainly Catholic and Leftist. Traditionally fans of rivals Rangers only came from Scottish Protestant backgrounds and were supporters of British Unionism. As a result both clubs attracted the support of opposing factions in the political difficulties of Northern Ireland, which intensified the rivalry in Scotland.

It is Catholic more than Irish.

They have Irish fans because of the Catholic links.

A lot of it goes back to the number of Catholic Irish immigrants to Glasgow there were.

Aha...thank you all for the explanation.

 

[Alen]

Rangers are considered a British/Protestant club (to Celtic being Irish/Catholic), so they have the Queen as the symbol of their beliefs.

Isn't it sad that Scotland's two biggest clubs don't even consider themselves Scottish?

 

[Red]

Isn't it sad that Scotland's two biggest clubs don't even consider themselves Scottish?

Both those clubs do want to be seen to consider themselves Scottish.

It's the rest of the country that wants to disown them.

 

[king Ale]

Are Celtic and Rangers the most hated clubs all over Scotland excluding Glasgow?

 

[Red]

Yes.

 

[JBF]

Are Celtic and Rangers the most hated clubs all over Scotland excluding Glasgow?

Yes.

Interesting.

 

[Red]

Just in the same way that Juve has fans all over Italy.

 

[RavaneVialli]

Yes.

Is it true that's because of the fact they're beating the shit out of all the other scottish clubs year by year?

 

[The Curr]

It's always going to be the way with the most successful clubs.

 

[Red]

Is it true that's because of the fact they're beating the shit out of all the other scottish clubs year by year?

Partly.

They also win because they have a bigger fan base so they have more money.

 

[RavaneVialli]

Celtic is quite popular in Poland too, due to reasons similar to Irish links and especially since Polsat Sport has been broadcasting SPL matches for few years now.

 

[JBF]

Partly.

They also win because they have a bigger fan base so they have more money.

So you wish Alex Fergusson never left huh!

 

[Red]

Celtic is quite popular in Poland too, due to reasons similar to Irish links and especially since Polsat Sport has been broadcasting SPL matches for few years now.

Because of Boruc?

So you wish Alex Fergusson never left huh!

That would never have been practical. He'd done all he could and needed a new challenge.

Ferguson and his captain, Willie Miller, spend the early 80's refusing offer from Rangers. Ferguson supposedly even rejected a move to Barca before accepting the Man Utd job.

Bigger things like the Bosman ruling and changing to 3 points for a win ended the possibility of real competition for the foreseeable future.