Scottish Football

[Oldgregg86]

I go to rovers games now with a lad I met at a madness gig. Been coming with me for a few years now. When we played Newcastle this year , on the way back he casually just throws in he spent a couple of years travelling up and down watching Gretna. Told me a story of how they went through the leagues and had a doctor up top banging goals on for fun (can’t remember his name). I don’t have any affinity to the Scottish league but his stories of that sounded really fun.  Since then I always said to myself when the kids leave school etc I’m going to go and try and do the grounds up there just for the craic .

 

Rangers and Celtic are two massive clubs . There’s no doubt about that. The rangers fans were the nicest set of fans I’ve ever met when we went up there. 
 

The standard of the league is the standard of the league. It shouldn’t be disrespected for that. 

Edited May 17 by Oldgregg86

[Ewood Ace]

9 hours ago, Upside Down said:

Perhaps if the droves of Celtic and Rangers plastic glory hunting fans actually supprted their local clubs instead of following those two around maybe the Scottish league wouldn't be so diabolically bad.

The clubs themselves may not be Mickey Mouse but the majority of their fans certainly are.

One question, there are hundreds of clubs in Scotland that a person who claims Scottish heritage could support so why is it that you picked Celtic? Why not Falkirk or Cowdenbeath or Hearts or Dundee?

As far as I'm concerned you support your local team, regardless of how shit they are. That's what real fans do.

It is the same in England. I live in the South West and the majority of football shirts you see are Man Utd and Liverpool. It is the same every country in fact, the most successful clubs attract the most supporters.

Also Scottish football has the highest attendances per capita in Europe.

4 hours ago, Oldgregg86 said:

I go to rovers games now with a lad I met at a madness gig. Been coming with me for a few years now. When we played Newcastle this year , on the way back he casually just throws in he spent a couple of years travelling up and down watching Gretna. Told me a story of how they went through the leagues and had a doctor up top banging goals on for fun (can’t remember his name). 

Kenny Deuchar.

Edited May 17 by Ewood Ace

[Upside Down]

1 minute ago, Ewood Ace said:

It is the same in England. I live in the South West and the majority of football shirts you see and Man Utd and Liverpool.

Also Scottish football has the highest attendances per capita in Europe.

Kenny Deuchar.

They're all cut from the same cloth. Plastic glory hunters.

[47er]

On 12/05/2024 at 00:44, Ewood Ace said:

But it is a legal fact regardless of you finding it sad or not. The club that operated under the trading name The Rangers Football Club PLC was liquidated, the new club operates under the trading name The Rangers Football Club Ltd. 

 

If Venkys finally decided to declare Rovers  bankrupt and Rovers fans + a consortium decided to form Blackburn Rovers 2025 and play in blue and white halves, would you back them or would you say that's legally a different club and I'm have nothing to do with it?

[joey_big_nose]

Scottish football really needs a third club to step up and compete with Rangers and Celtic. Once you have three on a similar level things can improve a bit (Portugal, Netherlands are three club dominated countries). The gulf is so huge through... probs Hearts are the next best supported but they only get crowds about a third of the old firm. 

[Ewood Ace]

1 hour ago, 47er said:

If Venkys finally decided to declare Rovers  bankrupt and Rovers fans + a consortium decided to form Blackburn Rovers 2025 and play in blue and white halves, would you back them or would you say that's legally a different club and I'm have nothing to do with it?

Firstly as a company the club would be liquidated not declared bankrupt, secondly it is a just fact that it would legally be a different club and just on Rangers they were liquidated because they owed tens of millions to HMRC.

1 hour ago, 47er said:

would you back them or would you say that's legally a different club and I'm have nothing to do with it?

A hypothetical question and my answer would be dependent on various factors. But it would not be the same Blackburn Rovers that was founded in 1875 and has such a great history.

Edited May 17 by Ewood Ace

[K-Hod]

It’s just a weird thing that Celtic use to have over Rangers to me.

They play in blue, at Ibrox and they’re still called Rangers. Ergo, three letters aside, it’s the same club.

Definitely doesn’t warrant the amount of discussion it’s had here, or over the years, Christ.

[Ewood Ace]

2 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

It’s just a weird thing that Celtic use to have over Rangers to me.

They play in blue, at Ibrox and they’re still called Rangers. Ergo, three letters aside, it’s the same club.

Definitely doesn’t warrant the amount of discussion it’s had here, or over the years, Christ.

Whether you like it or not the law is the law and The Rangers Football Club PLC was liquidated and is no more.

As for Ibrox remember what the Court of Session said about that a few years back. Also let's not forget not only did the old Rangers cheat the tax man they also cheated their way to titles as well.  

[K-Hod]

3 minutes ago, Ewood Ace said:

Whether you like it or not the law is the law and The Rangers Football Club PLC was liquidated and is no more.

As for Ibrox remember what the Court of Session said about that a few years back. Also let's not forget not only did the old Rangers cheat the tax man they also cheated their way to titles as well.  

May as well agree to disagree on this one, as I don’t think we will ever agree!

[Dreams of 1995]

It is still Rangers and the Rangers of old

Anything else is just hand wringing nonsense for me. It is not the clubs fault their owners fell foul of the law. The fans are forever entitled to celebrate the history of Rangers and continue in the tradition of Rangers 

[sabino]

The Rangers died and the Pars survived.

COYP

[Claytons Left Boot]

On 17/05/2024 at 12:02, Upside Down said:

They're all cut from the same cloth. Plastic glory hunters.

We heard you the first time.

Don’t comment on stuff you know nothing about.

As I mentioned a few days ago, for someone who ‘doesn’t give a f*ck’ about Celtic, Rangers or Scottish football, you’re lingering on this thread like a bad smell. 

[Mattyblue]

Forget about those in England, the island of Ireland or in the USA, Australia with family ties etc.

But those hordes of folk across Scottish towns who fill coach after coach to Glasgow on a Saturday morning or their local pubs to watch OF games instead of supporting St Mirren or Raith Rovers etc aren’t glory hunters?

[Claytons Left Boot]

[Forever Blue]

Dundee derby is on Sky soon. Charlie Mulgrew on pundit duties. He’s still a beautiful man😍

[simongarnerisgod]

3 minutes ago, Forever Blue said:

Dundee derby is on Sky soon. Charlie Mulgrew on pundit duties. He’s still a beautiful man😍

his left foot is still arousing🥰

[simongarnerisgod]

the right winger from dundee utd looks very useful,miller thomsen

Edited August 4 by simongarnerisgod
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[Oldgregg86]

Well after watching two nil nils back to back yesterday that’s enough Scottish football for me this weekend

[Claytons Left Boot]

20 hours ago, Forever Blue said:

Dundee derby is on Sky soon. Charlie Mulgrew on pundit duties. He’s still a beautiful man😍

I was at Celtic Park yesterday for Flag Day and the Dundee Derby was on in the pub. Looked a great game and I’ve just watched the highlights this morning. End to end stuff, plenty of goals and a great atmosphere from both sets of supporters. Just want you want from a derby and a great advert for Scottish football.

[Lancaster Rover]

1 hour ago, Claytons Left Boot said:

I was at Celtic Park yesterday for Flag Day and the Dundee Derby was on in the pub. Looked a great game and I’ve just watched the highlights this morning. End to end stuff, plenty of goals and a great atmosphere from both sets of supporters. Just want you want from a derby and a great advert for Scottish football.

The bhoys were fantastic weren’t they, looks like Brendan is trying to right some of his wrongs from last year. Possession with purpose yesterday 

[Claytons Left Boot]

5 hours ago, Lancaster Rover said:

The bhoys were fantastic weren’t they, looks like Brendan is trying to right some of his wrongs from last year. Possession with purpose yesterday 

Yeah, they were on it from the off. It’s difficult against teams that play the low block and get ten men behind the ball but Celtic certainly found a way yesterday. Fast, fluid possession based football. One disallowed, one hit the bar and a few very good saves from their keeper. Could have been six or seven nil. 

[riverholmes]

Interesting story about Rovers former youth winger, Aaron Doran, who played for Inverness Caledonian Thistle for 13 years and suffered an ACL injury shortly before his contract expired this year. Scottish clubs don't include post-contract insurance for such scenarios, according to this Irish Mirror article, for players, so once Doran was out-of-contract, he needed to fund his own surgery - and required a crowd funding effort, including donations from former colleagues, to pay for it.

https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/soccer-news/irish-wingers-scottish-plight-highlights-33129100

Edited August 6 by riverholmes

[Gav]

On 05/08/2024 at 16:14, Claytons Left Boot said:

Yeah, they were on it from the off. It’s difficult against teams that play the low block and get ten men behind the ball but Celtic certainly found a way yesterday. Fast, fluid possession based football. One disallowed, one hit the bar and a few very good saves from their keeper. Could have been six or seven nil. 

Mate of mine, Celtic fan, text me on Saturday afternoon after Rangers draw at Hearts:

’That's the season over Gav, good luck next season’ 🤣

[Claytons Left Boot]

18 hours ago, Gav said:

Mate of mine, Celtic fan, text me on Saturday afternoon after Rangers draw at Hearts:

’That's the season over Gav, good luck next season’ 🤣

😆 yeah, Paddy Power ran an advert thingy saying they’d already paid out on all bets for Celtic winning the league in 24/25. I’ve googled it a couple of times and I’m still not 100% certain it’s a joke..😂

[arbitro]

I'm just watching the second biggest derby in Britain this weekend and seeing what is arguably the worst Rangers team I can remember. Celtic are so far ahead it's scary. And we certainly dodged a bullet by not signing Matondo. He looks like a little boy lost.