RangersForever
Well-Known Member
Interesting post.A few recent posts and threads have got me thinking about our support: where we've come from and where we're going.
The Club was formed for the sheer love of football by passionate and ambitious young lads. We had no political or religious links (those came decades later, and admittedly, formed a large part of our identity throughout the 20th century), and simply wished to strive for footballing excellence in a fierce sporting rivalry with Celtic.
As a club in the 21st century, we've moved on. The world has moved on, and we now have a worldwide support from all walks of life.
If we want to stay true to our real roots, and grow as a global brand, shouldn't we focus more on the football and our founders, and separate ourselves as much as possible from this Old Firm nonsense?
IF Scotland does end up independent from the UK how would this change the Loyalist/Unionist aspects of our support? (Would it make us more inclined to express our Scottish identity, or would we look more outwardly?)
And finally, with so many kids from all over the world, including Scotland, being obsessed with the EPL, will this have an impact on our future support at home and abroad?
Will we still be selling 40-50 k season tickets generations from now?
In terms of football, we can now see a clear difference in Scottish and English football due to finances.
If Scotland is ever stupid enough to vote for independence then the country and it's population will be significantly poorer than it is now. This will feed through to the incomes of the Scottish football clubs. The obvious outcome of clubs having less money is that players will be sourced from within the country. This would have a negative effect on the standard of our football, for a significant period of time and possibly permanently. Question then becomes whether people are still happy to watch a lower standard of product in as large numbers as currently. I suspect they would as long as it is competitive, however we would be unlikely to be able to compete in Europe when the domestic product has taken a large step down in standard. So it would be domestic interests only.