Rangers are bigger than Scottish football

[monkey magic]

Let's face it. When anyone thinks of Scottish football, all they'll think of is our European runs of the last few seasons. We alone have revitalised and re-energised the Scottish game, sending the co-efficiency points soaring in the process. Our supposed nearest domestic " rivals " are an endless embarrassment to Scottish football in European competition, and rely on intimidation and harassment of officials to pick up trophies in Scotland. Rangers have put Scotland back on the European map, but will be shown no gratitude in return.

 

[Salsabear]

Let's face it. When anyone thinks of Scottish football, all they'll think of is our European runs of the last few seasons. We alone have revitalised and re-energised the Scottish game, sending the co-efficiency points soaring in the process. Our supposed nearest domestic " rivals " are an endless embarrassment to Scottish football in European competition, and rely on intimidation and harassment of officials to pick up trophies in Scotland. Rangers have put Scotland back on the European map, but will be shown no gratitude in return.

They can ram their gratitude right up their collective hoops.

Fuuk the lot of them.

 

[Beach Bear]

Agree completely. We carry the game here.

 

[justice1]

 

[Fuertebear55]

Totally agree the rest of Scottish football is an embarrassment but something we have to learn to live with no matter how unpalatable.

 

[jones65]

We were getting served up this shyt less than four year ago

Brown calls on other sides to pull their weight in Europe

The Celtic skipper said it's getting 'harder and harder' to qualify for the elite stages.

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[adidasler]

Let's face it. When anyone thinks of Scottish football, all they'll think of is our European runs of the last few seasons. We alone have revitalised and re-energised the Scottish game, sending the co-efficiency points soaring in the process. Our supposed nearest domestic " rivals " are an endless embarrassment to Scottish football in European competition, and rely on intimidation and harassment of officials to pick up trophies in Scotland. Rangers have put Scotland back on the European map, but will be shown no gratitude in return.

So Espanyolification didn't happen?

 

[Captain America]

That's quite amazing.

 

[beowulf]

Rangers beat Scotland 5-0 in John Greig's testimonial so that is conclusive proof we are bigger.

 

[mossybear]

That's quite amazing.

And embarrassing for them.

 

[TQ3]

 

[TerryMunro]

Celtic can only win by removing their only competitors and antagonising the refs with their authorities and media on tow. Rangers will always be looking for the betterment of football whilst that bastardised team will always be wanting a race to the bottom. The rest just want a piece of the pie and since they have the authorities they will fall at their feet to get their little piece.

 

[adidasler]

Rangers beat Scotland 5-0 in John Greig's testimonial so that is conclusive proof we are bigger.

Do you have the starting 11s to hand?

 

[beowulf]

Celtic can only win by removing their only competitors and antagonising the refs with their authorities and media on tow. Rangers will always be looking for the betterment of football whilst that bastardised team will always be wanting a race to the bottom. The rest just want a piece of the pie and since they have the authorities they will fall at their feet to get their little piece.

Great post btw, 100$ bang on the nail.

 

[beowulf]

Do you have the starting 11s to hand?

I was at that game as well, but Scotland more or less had a full team out, was supposed to be a pre-1978 world cup work out for them.

 

[ShieldhallBear]

I wish we could move to a joint euro league. I think we’d do fantastic in it with our fan base and could see good football, rather than 11 man defences every week, with pure hatred and bile spewing from opposition fans and sometimes players.

 

[adidasler]

I was at that game as well, but Scotland more or less had a full team out, was supposed to be a pre-1978 world cup work out for them.

I assume Gemmill and Macari played. What about young Souness?

 

[Salsabear]

That's quite amazing.

It even more amazing that it’s never highlighted out with here.

 

[FifeBlue]

Well said, Sir. Quite a summation there.

 

[adidasler]

I wish we could move to a joint euro league. I think we’d do fantastic in it with our fan base and could see good football, rather than 11 man defences every week, with pure hatred and bile spewing from opposition fans and sometimes players.

I genuinely hate Scottish football. It's full of bitterness, jealousy and paranoia - All one-way, negative emotions that just rip the enjoyment out of anything good.

 

[Eastern province bear]

So Espanyolification didn't happen?

Brilliant - dirty feenyin bees !

 

[bullen an la]

it's a pity there isn't a club co-efficient instaed of a country one.

 

[wee bud's pit boots]

So Espanyolification didn't happen?

I don't think you caught onto the concept.

 

[beowulf]

I assume Gemmill and Macari played. What about young Souness?

We need to get a Rangers stato on for the teams.

 

[adidasler]

I don't think you caught onto the concept.

Damn. Thats a shame.

 

[150EdmistonDrive]

I genuinely hate Scottish football. It's full of bitterness, jealousy and paranoia - All one-way, negative emotions that just rip the enjoyment out of anything good.

This. It has has gotten worse in the last 10 to 15 years, how can this have happened.........

 

[adidasler]

This. It has It has got worse in the last 10 to 15 years, how can this have happened.........

Yeah, I should have said it's a fairly recent thing.

I've been following Rangers since the 70s and generally had respect for the whole thing until the last decade.

 

[Dylanbear]

That somehow always has me welling up with pride.

 

[Est1872]

We're a fucking monster of a club and that is with the limitations that hold us back.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Do you have the starting 11s to hand?

https://partickthistleahistory.wiki...sentative-honours/1978-rangers-v-scotland-xi/

No idea why it’s on a Thistle wiki, but there’s a team listing on the bottom right of the paper cut out there

 

[Bluenote]

Let's face it. When anyone thinks of Scottish football, all they'll think of is our European runs of the last few seasons. We alone have revitalised and re-energised the Scottish game, sending the co-efficiency points soaring in the process. Our supposed nearest domestic " rivals " are an endless embarrassment to Scottish football in European competition, and rely on intimidation and harassment of officials to pick up trophies in Scotland. Rangers have put Scotland back on the European map, but will be shown no gratitude in return.

I suspect that the vast majority of other clubs in this country despise our progress in European competition. Their envy isn't a good character trait.

 

[McQueen]

I’m using that.

 

[GazzaG]

And embarrassing for them.

It's not, because Europe doesn't really matter to them.

If you'd told them in 2012 Rangers would have four years outside the top division but Aberdeen will be champions each year, they'd have taken that.

 

[tazzabear]

So Espanyolification didn't happen?

No, it did not.

 

[adidasler]

https://partickthistleahistory.wiki...sentative-honours/1978-rangers-v-scotland-xi/

No idea why it’s on a Thistle wiki, but there’s a team listing on the bottom right of the paper cut out there

Brilliant mate. Solid team right enough.

 

[Wilbour]

I suspect that the vast majority of other clubs in this country despise our progress in European competition. Their envy isn't a good character trait.

They are all born losers and always will be . Continually biting the hand that feeds them.
They exist they don't live. %^*& them all.

 

[Bounty Hunter]

Would love to leave Scottish football and let it rot

 

[Zwingli'sSausages]

When they last won a knockout tie in Europe, my eldest wasn't 2 yo yet and my youngest was a few months from being born. They are now both at University


And they had a free run at Europe for years, the shitcnuts that they are.

 

[vinnie]

Bet365 could do with that! They must be running out now

 

[tampabear74]

I wish we could move to a joint euro league. I think we’d do fantastic in it with our fan base and could see good football, rather than 11 man defences every week, with pure hatred and bile spewing from opposition fans and sometimes players.

do not forget the managers & coaches who piss and moan after every game about some crap or other

 

[Valleyloyal]

They can ram their gratitude right up their collective hoops.

Fuuk the lot of them.

And their foreign flag!

 

[academical]

Do you have the starting 11s to hand?

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Almost full strength Scotland team that qualified for Argentina 78. Just Rough and Dalglish missing.

Macari was sub, but he wasn’t a Scotland regular then. Nor was Souness.

 

[CheltBlue]

Win the Europa, hand in our resignation from Scottish football the next day! And I'm serious BTW. Strike while the iron is hot so to speak. We could take Man Utds place in the super league (that's a joke).

 

[Treble Kings]

I was at that game as well, but Scotland more or less had a full team out, was supposed to be a pre-1978 world cup work out for them.

In April, ffs..?

 

[Luca Stroppi]

The thing is most fair minded Rangers fans didn’t want Scottish football turned to complete and utter shit, history shows when Rangers are thriving generally the Scottish game tends to be in good health too and even when we’ve been having hard times like we did in 2012 there was a financial windfall for the lower leagues with our participation and huge fan base but the hatred from within Scotland ramped up by a vile mhedia awash with pro sellick poodles and shitebags too afraid to go against the hate fest against us allowed the absolute joke of a one horse league and trophy haul for Celtic as meaningless as you get except latterly and that’s being kind due to us being back up though clearly still in recovery from what we’d been through.

 

[Rev Paisley]

So Espanyolification didn't happen?

Not to us, there’s time yet for that mob

 

[Ever Ready]

Europe aside remember how the SPFL came about.
Over a hundred years of the Scottish Football League and it's abandoned to merge with the pussies of the SPL after one season of 'sell out Saturdays' didn't work out and they needed a share of the Alloa's and Stranraer's Tv money that we attracted.

 

[Ciro]

We are Scotland’s Premier Sporting Institution and lighting up European football.

 

[Bearsden Bear]

I was at that game as well, but Scotland more or less had a full team out, was supposed to be a pre-1978 world cup work out for them.

I was there, still have my main stand ticket stub costing 1.50, and it was 5-0, going on 12.

Robert Russell ran that game from midfield that day, but the press insisted that Scotland had the best midfield in Europe.

 

[Carsons pen]

I know it would never happen, and it's peoples choices but imagine the power us fans had boycotted certain away ground in the spfl.. it would show that we as a club and fanbase are needed in this backwater which is scotland