[thechat] Celtic vs Chelsea at Seattle en Espanol
William Anderson
neuro at well.com
Fri Aug 6 07:34:33 CDT 2004
Martin Burns wrote:
> [snip]
>
> Someone tried to make a claim for most senior Scottish teams, citing:
> 1) Hearts
The Jam Tarts, or the Jambos.
> 2) Celtic
The Cellic, or the Bhoys, or the Tims, or the Lions (the '67 team only)
> 3) Rangers
The Gers, or the Huns
> 4) St Johnstone (only senior UK team with a J in the name, trivia fans)
The Saints
> 5) Raith Rovers
The Rovers (original, huh?)
> 6) Hibs
The Hibees!
> [snip]
> But Celtic and Rangers are actually early examples of national football
> brands, simply because of their sectarian past - you still get buses
> leaving pretty much every town and city in Scotland (and NI too) to go
> see them play, supporting along sectarian lines. The clubs themselves
> have (mostly) grown past the sectarianism. Too many of the fans have
> not, sadly.
... fucktards that they are. :(
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