kennylanglea
Well-Known Member
In this country?
Virtually none.
Worst it's ever been.
Virtually none.
Worst it's ever been.
You are forgetting we send thousands to all the away games that's all the help these Rangers haters require.we are our own worst enemies. Why we allow our players on loan to st Johnston or the like is beyond me. We should do nothing to help other clubs out. We should remain respectful and do what we need to do but we shouldn't be doing any favours after the way we were treated
There are a few in my local, both Hibs and Hearts fans even a couple of token yahoos, who can have a normal talk about football with acceptable banter.None whatsoever.
I don't even bother discussing football with anyone other than Rangers fans like myself,it just isn't worth the grief.
The last two decades have seen a shift in Scotland to make Unionism and by default Rangers into a toxic social and political element.
It hasn't totally found favour nationally, and has probably had its high water mark if you consider the nation as a whole.
However, inside football itself, there is different and far more extreme demographic, driven by Roman Catholic political influence that finds favour with those louder nationalist types who frequent many of the smaller clubs.
To hate Rangers is almost the same as hating the English.
We are the default lightening rod that brings together both the '19th Century Terrorist' hatred of the British State and the 'small minded Jock' hatred of the English.
All in one handy sized football community and club package.
On the other hand, down here in England eyes have been opened by events in Scotland over the same period.
English people can now distinguish the sort of Scot that votes SNP from those of us who don't harbour insane grudges borne of our own failures now also nurtured by Irish Republican historical hatreds.
Inside English football Rangers are recognised as a British club supported by citizens who share the same values as other British people, and the club are seen as welcome by ordinary English working people, who have woken up to the poisonous reality of Terrorist FC.
Outside of those second generation Irish RC types of left wing journalists (and there are plenty of them in England as well), most English people aware of football culture will no longer put up with terrorist associations nor forgive any so called 'craic' surrounding them.
The world has become too dangerous to give any ground on this subject, and there is no culture south of the border amongst working people to make allowances in this area.
The Filth have been found out and are no longer welcome.
The next decade will be interesting.
Rangers may have lost some footing in Scotland, but in the wider scheme of the UK we are in a better position, and if there are openings down south, I suspect it is us and not the Filth who will get the real sincere and welcoming invitations.
I would say there might be more than we see on the surface
Remember that Scottish clubs have been intimidated and bullied by Lawwell, Celtic and his media puppets for some time. After a while that level of whitewashing and bullshitting starts to tell on the third parties - they must be royally fucked off at being used as Liewell's wank sock