Do you know more Rangers fans or Celtic fans?

More us or them fans that you know

  • Rangers

    Votes: 1,436 92.2%

  • Them

    Votes: 86 5.5%

  • other

    Votes: 36 2.3%
  • Total voters
    1,558
OohAhHuistra said:
Usually where a few from my RSC go before the bus, either there or Tam Bain for me before bus
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Watched most of our Europa group games in SG’s first season in Aitken’s.

Never been, but is the pub next to the court in Camelon Bear friendly?

I’m sure I’ve seen people getting picked up by a bus before.
 
Zwingli'sSausages said:
Watched most of our Europa group games in SG’s first season in Aitken’s.

Never been, but is the pub next to the court in Camelon Bear friendly?

I’m sure I’ve seen people getting picked up by a bus before.
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I think it mostly bear friendly mate With as you said a bus leaving from there I’m sure and one just down at the Mariner bar, although if I recall correctly it’s a bit of a dump mate
 
Ibroxkev said:
Know more Rangers fans but the most surprising thing for me these days is the number of guys that aren’t into football at all.
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That is what people forget when talking about the "What about the primary schools?!?"

The reality is that most kids don't support ANY Scottish team - they either don' bother or they support Man City/Barca/Arsenal etc. ANY non denom primary school will have a majority for neither rather than either.
 
Definitely more of us than them but do know a few of them through work, family partners and long term friends

Dont mind being friends with someone who just happens to support a different football team than me. There but for the grace of god and all that. my mother tells me of her cousins that would have been baptised Catholic and gone to catholic school but for the priest refusing to marry their parents due to the woman not being catholic. From that day forth he swore no child of mine will ever set foot in a chapel. So it was CofS and non-denom school. Had things been different most of my mums side could have been Celtic due to their background and school.

Old and mature enough to look beyond football allegiance as a basis for friendship. Some of the biggest arseholes I know claim to support the same team as me
 
I'm from East Ayrshire, so not many about. Plenty of them in Uddingston, but any I know are mostly fiends of friends and quite distant.
 
Blast from the past!


I definately am friends with more Rangers fans than any other club.
Living in England this leads to having mates who support Reading, Villa, Arsenal, Leeds, Manchester United, Liverpool… football is a theme off conversation but not a reason for it. As you get older then you meet folk through your kids’ school or activities so it becomes a wider cross-section.

I’m not necessarily friends with folk because they are Rangers fans - we are typically friends because we have things in common and enjoy each others company.. but I definitely met most Rangers fans through that connection - be it supporters club, FF, going to matches and friends of friends in that context.

Loads of acquaintances who are Rangers fans.

Have a few friends & family who support Them.. generally avoid talking about football with them though.
 
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Followbear93 said:
A bit of a debate, always remember King saying that " we could miss a generation of fans"
theirs no way of seeing who has the larger fan base, we can argue all day with them but i'd like to know if you know more Rangers fans or them?

Unfortunately adding family and friends up its more them than us in my circle, was wondering what yours is?
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You're moving in the wrong circles.
 
Depends how you define know?

Up til I went to Uni I barely knew any of them, due to the schooling system. Couple of random ones in high-school and that was it.

Now, my mates are all Rangers fans. My girlfriends family support them but aren't the bitter type. Work is probably split 50/50
 
Can honestly say I have nothing in common with any of them and never want to be in any of their company. Only time i speak to them is in a working capacity and and it’s strictly work only

I have no desire to ever socially involve myself with any of them
 
Since I retired several years ago I have absolutely no contact with Celtic Fans. I am also lucky to live in a small estate that does not contain one of the unwashed families.
 
Sadly I probably have more in my work than there are of us but in my friend group it’s mostly Bears
 
I always actively avoid the smellies cannot abide the bheast's. I have a much more pleasant day this way, every contact on WhatsApp are Rangers or Rangers minded.
 
toobl said:
Definitely more of us than them but do know a few of them through work, family partners and long term friends

Dont mind being friends with someone who just happens to support a different football team than me. There but for the grace of god and all that. my mother tells me of her cousins that would have been baptised Catholic and gone to catholic school but for the priest refusing to marry their parents due to the woman not being catholic. From that day forth he swore no child of mine will ever set foot in a chapel. So it was CofS and non-denom school. Had things been different most of my mums side could have been Celtic due to their background and school.

Old and mature enough to look beyond football allegiance as a basis for friendship. Some of the biggest arseholes I know claim to support the same team as me
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this is the most rational response i've saw so far

i think the seperation was worse when i was younger as generally back in the 80s you had the their schools and our schools as no one saw them as non denominational back then so i never really knew any of them at all. As I grew older and travelled for a lot of years, did bands gigging for years and our lead guitarist was one of them that i met in colleeg, and one of the nicest blokes i've known to this day

they are for the most part are every bit the same as i was and i remember that being a bit of a culture shock at first when i met him in college as my dad had been quite adamant of his hatred towards them, i mean our passion together was music and we didnt watch old firm together but it was always banter for the most part when i was getting older, especially as we shat all over them for as many years as we did that im only getting the bad side of it this last decade or so

But because we became good friends it meant when getting band members or ppl from my side or his side came in it was more a mix of both sides of support, and apart from a few f**k nuggets (on both sides) it was always mainly the love of music that kept us going. Don't do as much music due to family/kids these days, just on occasion heading up to sit in one of the man caves for a wee strum or the odd recording, but football aside... was zero difference for the most part

either way its been 24 years since we met in college and still keep in touch to this day, gave me a bit of an insight as my dad wanted him kicked out the house when he found out when he came back to mine after college one day, maybe its just my own experience but as the generations go on.. it seemed to be getting better a wee bit but i think it depends on who you meet

edit: in fairness i say the music was a big reason, but i was a big fan of having a toke up until about 11 years ago unil the kid came and that was a big factor in why we were all so friendly for sure B-D
 
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I only know one family member (a turncoat female cousin who married into filth) that's from the evil side.

Grow up with not a single Tim/celtc supporting friend.
(Some may remember my hair bear thread).

In short, it's not even close.


20 year relationship with a catholic (born) lady with no interest in football or religion. Don't know if that counts. :)
 
Followbear93 said:
A bit of a debate, always remember King saying that " we could miss a generation of fans"
theirs no way of seeing who has the larger fan base, we can argue all day with them but i'd like to know if you know more Rangers fans or them?

Unfortunately adding family and friends up its more them than us in my circle, was wondering what yours is?
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You need a new circle.
 
I dont mix with the celtic supporting community over here in NI. No interest at all in interacting with them.
Only ever had the misfortune of working with one of them. Predictably enough, an absolute prick of a boy
 
The most I know that support them, are a handful in my work. Outwith work, there are none that I can think of, that I socialise with. Thankfully none on the family side of things either.
 
I've a few family members who support them but other than that I genuinely don't have a single Celtic-supporting person in my life. I live in England now though so I barely know any Rangers fans down here either.
 
The strange thing is i know two r c ranger supporters but loads of so called non r c scum followers .I think that i have the record for knowing the most r c followers .
 
Followbear93 said:
A bit of a debate, always remember King saying that " we could miss a generation of fans"
theirs no way of seeing who has the larger fan base, we can argue all day with them but i'd like to know if you know more Rangers fans or them?

Unfortunately adding family and friends up its more them than us in my circle, was wondering what yours is?
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I used to know a good few but after 2012 I ignore them as they became sanctimonious insufferable bastards and revelled in our situation nope hope they suffer a similar fate but only ten times worse
 
Where I grew up, I knew both us and them well into adulthood and it was ok. A few of them, however, showed their true selves after 2012. That thing about the mask slipping is true. I don't speak to them anymore.
 
butch70 said:
I used to know a good few but after 2012 I ignore them as they became sanctimonious insufferable bastards and revelled in our situation nope hope they suffer a similar fate but only ten times worse
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Exactly this for me too. Was a pretty even split, watch the games in each others houses etc and it was all good, honest banter between us all but the vitriol over the years since 2012 and moving not long after I've dropped them all and better off for it. Sore losers, even worse winners and completely oblivious/willfully ignorant of their own club and fans shortfalls, and that was just the better ones I knew.
 
Spart7 said:
Exactly this for me too. Was a pretty even split, watch the games in each others houses etc and it was all good, honest banter between us all but the vitriol over the years since 2012 and moving not long after I've dropped them all and better off for it. Sore losers, even worse winners and completely oblivious/willfully ignorant of their own club and fans shortfalls, and that was just the better ones I knew.
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That’s exactly how it transpired for me.
 
Not trying to be ultra staunch but I don't associate with any of them. Had to work with some of them and kept them at arm's length. Since retiring I have nothing to do with them, also helps when you live in a town without as much as an RC primary school in it.
 
We’ve got the bigger support. 60/40 us in Glasgow.

Outside Glasgow they’ve got nothing compared to us.

I associate with non of them.
 
Amongst old pals in Glasgow it was 70/30 in favour of us. I left pretty young for London though and barely met any Scottish football fans in my 5 years there

Since then been around Asia and the US, meet the odd Rangers fan expats at bars for the games. But living away from Scotland is pleasant, I can’t imagine having to interact with rabids in day to day life
 
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