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Larry David said:
Both sets of fans seem to think they’d be title challengers if they joined the English league. Forgetting the fact that they’d have to persuade players to live in Glasgow. Also forgetting that their previous honours would be completely redundant in attracting players, barring Celtics European Cup I suppose
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Most Celtic and Rangers players tend to live around Loch Lomond, Stirlingshire and even Edinburgh, not in Glasgow itself although there are some very nice parts of Glasgow.
I think if they were given access to the TV money in the EPL they might both do OK in England but it’s never going to happen anyways.
 
Celtic in particular are not going to give up the sweet gig they have now for the chance to maybe become a decently big club in the prem. As interesting as the notion is.
 
Larry David said:
Both sets of fans seem to think they’d be title challengers if they joined the English league. Forgetting the fact that they’d have to persuade players to live in Glasgow. Also forgetting that their previous honours would be completely redundant in attracting players, barring Celtics European Cup I suppose
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There’s been talk of the two Scottish clubs playing south of the border for some time. I do wonder though, what makes either club think they could bypass the promotion system and join the English premier league.

When Wimbledon had their identity crisis and MK Dons were born the die hards started their own club from ground zero and AFC Wimbledon have had to work their way through the leagues.

Any “big” club from Scotland would surely have to begin their Scottish to English league transition in at at least tier five as the Dons did; but saying that I would not welcome either club into the English league due to the stain of sectarian hatred they both carry, and that neither bans or fines can get rid of. True there will be supporters of both clubs that are above that sort of nonsense and themselves are appalled by it and themselves would love to rid themselves of the brain-dead’s; but it seems that the reality is that the culture is entrenched in far too many for that to happen.
 
Dennis The Menace said:
There’s been talk of the two Scottish clubs playing south of the border for some time. I do wonder though, what makes either club think they could bypass the promotion system and join the English premier league.

When Wimbledon had their identity crisis and MK Dons were born the die hards started their own club from ground zero and AFC Wimbledon have had to work their way through the leagues.

Any “big” club from Scotland would surely have to begin their Scottish to English league transition in at at least tier five as the Dons did; but saying that I would not welcome either club into the English league due to the stain of sectarian hatred they both carry, and that neither bans or fines can get rid of. True there will be supporters of both clubs that are above that sort of nonsense and themselves are appalled by it and themselves would love to rid themselves of the brain-dead’s; but it seems that the reality is that the culture is entrenched in far too many for that to happen.
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Agreed, many English clubs like to get involved as well. Chelsea and Millwall off the top of my head have Rangers links, it’s all pathetic and completely archaic nowadays
 
AG67 said:
Most Celtic and Rangers players tend to live around Loch Lomond, Stirlingshire and even Edinburgh, not in Glasgow itself although there are some very nice parts of Glasgow.
I think if they were given access to the TV money in the EPL they might both do OK in England but it’s never going to happen anyways.
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Just the thought of handing either Glasgow side’s Celtic or Rangers EPL money makes my blood boil. Every season clubs in the EPL fight to maintain their status on the gravy train and ever year three sides lose their battle and are relegated; in the Championship they too are annually slogging it out to reach the pinnacle even via the play offs and every year there is heartbreak.

Yet Celtic and Ranger dream of a passport to the EPL. It’s a joke!
 
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Larry David said:
Agreed, many English clubs like to get involved as well. Chelsea and Millwall off the top of my head have Rangers links, it’s all pathetic and completely archaic nowadays
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I’ve never really understood this need to have a Scottish team thing, though I know many people in England that do, and that’s fine if you are of Scottish parents; otherwise I don’t understand it and that includes the Tottenham Aberdeen friendship.

The Chelsea Rangers link was always more to do with the NF and the BNP that had strong links with both sets of fans but I wouldn’t say that was true of all English supporters that chose to support Rangers be they Millwall or whoever else.
 
Dennis The Menace said:
I’ve never really understood this need to have a Scottish team thing, though I know many people in England that do, and that’s fine if you are of Scottish parents; otherwise I don’t understand it and that includes the Tottenham Aberdeen friendship.

The Chelsea Rangers link was always more to do with the NF and the BNP that had strong links with both sets of fans but I wouldn’t say that was true of all English supporters that chose to support Rangers be they Millwall or whoever else.
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My family are all from Glasgow so I’m a Celtic fan because they are, absolutely nothing to do with religion, I’m Jewish. Many English fans follow rangers because they are pro Britain, it’s odd
 
Couldn’t agree more that, as others have said, if Celtic and Rangers were to be admitted to the English League system they should start at the bottom of the pyramid.
Highly unlikely to ever happen and I don’t even think it’s an issue that either club is currently concerned with.
 
Larry David said:
My family are all from Glasgow so I’m a Celtic fan because they are, absolutely nothing to do with religion, I’m Jewish. Many English fans follow rangers because they are pro Britain, it’s odd
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Yes, I think they like the fact that the Rangers lot fly the flag of the union and sing the Royal English national anthem: I could find nothing more off putting myself, except the same sectarian crap spouted by the Celtic lot. It’s very very rare to hear monkey noises at English football grounds today so we can live in hope that one day Scotland will catch up!
 
The UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body (CEDB) has announced the following decisions:

Match: UEFA Europa League play-off first-leg match between Legia Warszawaand Rangers FC (0-0), played on 22 August in Poland

Charges against Rangers FC:
- Racist behaviour (sectarian chants) - Art. 14 of the UEFA Disciplinary Regulations (DR)

Decision:
The Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body has decided to order a partial closure of the Rangers FC stadium during the next one (1) UEFA competition match in which Rangers FC will play as the host club, for the racist behaviour of its supporters. Rangers FC shall inform UEFA of the sector(s) to be closed, which shall at least comprehend 3,000 seats. The Scottish club is ordered to display a banner with the wording “#EqualGame”, with the UEFA logo on it.

When I was young I had no sense
I bought a flute for 50 pens
The only tune that I could play
Was fuck the Pope an the IRA
 
Eli said:
Not condoning it far from it but Celtic scum are just as bad.....
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JohnH said:
I remember a friend of mine buying a Rangers/Tottenham hat many years ago outside WHL.
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A guy I knew mentioned Rangers once and at the time half & half scarfs, hats etc were on the go and it was Chelsea that he was all for why we were ever in the equation I don’t know? Fuck me bearsden Rangers forum and the chav equivalent have tributes to each other!
 
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