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I know both Celtic and Rangers fans who are very nice people, I think it is important to say not all fans of those clubs are the bigots they are sometimes portrayed to be. However they both have large numbers of followers who are. To argue which is worse is dancing on the head of a pin.
Like you, I have friends on both sides of the divide. Most of them are brand new, but like every teams' support, there's an element who seem happy to bring disrepute to their club and themselves.
 

Thats what i said too tbh
Aye, but you highlighted Celtic fans/Green Brigade singing about Lee Rigby, (which is out of order in my opinion), but no criticism of Rangers fans/Blue Order singing songs about the Irish famine in which approx 1,000,000 people died? Only you will know your reasons for thinking one is fine, but the other is "going too far".
 
Aye, but you highlighted Celtic fans/Green Brigade singing about Lee Rigby, (which is out of order in my opinion), but no criticism of Rangers fans/Blue Order singing songs about the Irish famine in which approx 1,000,000 people died? Only you will know your reasons for thinking one is fine, but the other is "going too far".
I know what you mean, but that song along with others is banned at ibrox but i get your point
 

As someone who lives near Manchester, I can personally attest to the destructive powers of Rangers fans

They tore that City to pieces

Literal rivers of pish everywhere

Events like that in fact is where the "Hun" nickname comes from

Mistakenly it's attributed as a sectarian slur, but it actually has it roots based in the idea that Rangers supporters are like a rampaging hoard who take over wherever they go, just like Attila's Army

In fact, Celtic supporters also used to be called that name for the very same reason. It's only in really in the post-war years that it's become an exclusive Rangers term. Back in the day, both sides of the Old Firm were known as "Huns", because they were both equally capable of tearing your town apart on a whim

I think that just stands to show why most people outside the fish bowl tend to see the Old Firm as very much two sides of the same coin...

Just to clarify here Mikey, but in NI the term hun definitely has sectarian connotations. It's more the intent than the origin. There are plenty of responses the rangers fans have which have the same connotations of course.

I know plenty of old firm fans. It's very hard not to here. And 95% of them are great folk and I'll not have a bad word to say about them. But boy are they all totally deluded about football. Celtic fans think they should be challenging in the CL and would be about 3rd in England. Equally I know rangers fans who are utterly convinced they are still going to win the SPL this year lol
 

Why hasn’t McCoist got a shout wasn’t he Walters anointed one before the old Rangers went to the wall?

I think McCoist did an horrendous job during his last stint as manager

Bought a bunch of journeyman dreck that he didn't need to buy when the club was in League Two and One, before failing spectacularly to gain promotion during his one season in the Championship

For Rangers to be successful going forward they need to develop their own players through the youth set up. McCoist won't do that. He'll go out spending money he can't afford for players the club don't need
 
Open letter from El Mundo Newspaper 2007.


PLEASE, DON'T EVER COME BACK AGAIN

Dear Rangers supporters- never come back to Barcelona again. And not because your players themselves aren’t a legitimate team. No, it’s not because of that- the Nou Camp frequently hosts teams who are lazy, boring, who only defend, who run and kick their opponents, and who shouldn’t be in elite competition. On top of this, Rangers merely defend, run at the opposition and play dirty. Their defenders are butchers, their midfielders, heavy-footed; and their strikers just stand there like the furniture.

But even apart from the footballing aspect, the best thing would be for Rangers never to return to Barcelona, because every time they do, they make a mess of the place. 35 years ago, you (the Rangers supporters) destroyed the seats at the Nou Camp. This time we have enjoyed no less than 48 hours of brawls, provocation, rackets, fights and common drunk women throughout the whole city, which you have fouled however you pleased.

Stay at home and vomit in your own living-room, urinate in your sitting-room corners, fight with your neighbours, the Celtic supporters (who deserve a prize just for putting up with you) and foul the streets of Glasgow instead. Don’t come back here again, because it is not a laughing matter. And, by extension, don’t play in the Champions’ League either. You are not at that level neither in a sporting nor human sense.

There are noisy groups of supporters who, although they drink vast amounts of beer, make friends at the same time. But you? Not you, because everywhere you go, you turn into a rubbish tip. You are undesirables. And so are those who fraudulently sell, or “rent out” their tickets. These people screw Barca over, because they trade their season tickets illegally. And in doing this they cause massive annoyance for other members of the club. A true Barcelona fan would not re-sell their ticket for the match. If you are not going to the match, give it to a family member, or you could even use the 'Seient Lliure' service (an automated ticket service used by some Spanish clubs including Barcelona).

From now on, the responsibility lies with UEFA and the club itself to ensure who the ticket is sold to. The best thing for all of us would be that you as a supporter, in a moment of lucidity, decide not to travel if you do not have tickets. As that is never going to happen, those who sell the tickets illegally must be brought to justice. But the best thing would be if we never had to play Rangers again.


(Printed in El Mundo, 8/11/2007)
 

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