2006-08-11 09:35:24 · 26 answers · asked by cooper 1 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ Scottish Football
well said nature boy. i am the same,we ar re people who cheer the boys in blue
2006-08-12 12:42:54 · update #1
To the idiotic minority, they will just despise each other for the sake of it. For the proper religious (and I mean church/chapel go'ers) they may totally disagree with each other but respect each other as living beings. For the rest of us, its a 90mins banter, whoever loses hides for a day and then it lookin forward to the next one.
2006-08-11 11:29:44 · answer #1 · answered by brian7mcdee 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know if I'd say love: but for most decent Old firm fans there is a grudgeing respect for the oppposition. Everyone in Glasgow and on its periphery: works or has friends who support the other half of the old firm and by and large most get on well together and enjoy harmless banter about football and religion.
There are however a small minority of fascists on both sides who are entrechend in small-minded and petty rivalries and are only happy to propogate a social divide between people that doesn't really exist for most ordinary individuals.
Old Firm match day is however slightly different and the passion of both sets of supporters is at its most vehement. Obviously, Celtic want to beat Rangers and vice versa: tensions do run high in the lead up and in the immediate aftermath though sporadic incidents of love breaking out do remain to be reported!!
Neverthless, in general Old Firm fans have more in common than anything that divides them and generally do get on well whether at work or in other aspects of their social life. This realisation has however has still to dawn for a minority in both sides and indeed for those unconnected to football in Scotland who are happy to judge both sets of fans as bigots.
2006-08-12 03:19:39 · answer #2 · answered by pauljosephmullen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do Man U and Man City fans love each other?
New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox?
Real Madrid and Barcelona FC?
Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles?
The Indian and Pakistani cricket teams?
Um, no.
2006-08-11 09:42:59 · answer #3 · answered by spacejohn77 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not all bad, just the sectarian element of hanger-on-ers - Rangers fans are among the best behaved in the world, they just enjoy seeing the hoops getting hammered - no different than Everton-Liverpool or the aggro between some London clubs...
2006-08-11 23:35:28 · answer #4 · answered by Paddy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The more mature ones appreciate that they need each other for commercial reasons. I also believe that they know what to expect from each other whereas a new rival may throw confusion into the works.
2006-08-11 09:44:28 · answer #5 · answered by David R 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course they do. <3<3<3<3
2006-08-11 09:41:57 · answer #6 · answered by Neil - the hypocrite 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is it they say about Celtic - Parkhead, Scotland's other national Zoo.
A mate of mine is a Blue nose through and through and he wouldnt even wear anything green.
2006-08-11 09:43:10 · answer #7 · answered by Mas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no the celtic supporters worship a roman pope and the rangers supporters remember king billy!!!!!!
2006-08-11 09:47:29 · answer #8 · answered by hellraisersteve 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my hubbys a celtic supporter his brothers a rangers supporter
they get on well
2006-08-11 09:43:38 · answer #9 · answered by ellejaybea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most grin and bear their differences but the eejits spit in the other's pint when the other goes to the lav.
2006-08-12 02:25:06 · answer #10 · answered by mairimac158 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋