Glasgow Rangers In Poland (Poznań)

GlasgowSteven:

This is true.... to an extend, Celtic are a Scottish club with strong Irish roots, roots we are still proud of today, but always has been and always will be a club for all of the people.

Celtic have never ever been Exclusively a catholic club, in-fact some of our greatest servant's were Protestants, including the clubs greatest ledgend, the immortal Jock Stein and Celtic have signed players on their merits as a footballer from day 1 rather than their creed colour or religion..

Jock Stein was so immortal that Celtic would not give him a place on their board as he was a Protestant. They only offered him a junior position.

Rangers on the other hand, had a policy of not signing catholics from their first days, a policy that was still in place till as late as 1990 when they signed the first high profile catholic in Mo Johnston

Completely untrue. Rangers were never formed to be a Protestant only club. This did not come into effect until around the 1930's and even then Rangers were never Protestant only. There have been many Catholic players over the years. As you stated, Mo Johnston was the first HIGH PROFILE catholic and not the first catholic player.

further more the have only had 1 catholic manager in their history and this came only 2 years ago with the signing of Frenchman Paul Le Guen.

Which means what exactly? Given the very small percentage of the population of Scotland that are Catholic, I do not think it is unreasonable that Rangers have only had one Catholic manager.

To go back to an earlier point made, Celtic enjoy a great support in Ireland because the Club was formed by a Catholic brother (Walfrid) in 1888 to help the poor any needy in the east end of Glasgow, which was mostly populated by the immigrants from Ireland at that time. and now in 2008 most if not all Scottish catholics (only 700,000 in a country of 5million) have roots dating back to Ireland.

Celtic may enjoy a great support in Republic of Ireland but they do not in Scotland. In fact, the majority of Scottish people are becoming more aware of how Celtic have been a disgrace to Scotland mainly due to their support of the IRA terrorist organisation and their cover up of a child sex abuse scandal. Jock Stein played a huge part in the cover up of this scandal at the time. The following link gives much more detail of Celtic's shameful past. http://ifyouknowtheirhistory.blogspot.com/

but i have lived in Dublin for a few years, and other teams like Manchester Utd and Liverpool enjoy a better "support" in football terms, people here though have an emotional tie to Celtic.

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MatthewPyeThreads: 1 Posts: 3 Joined: Feb 20, 08	Feb 21, 08, 07:37 / #
I recently moved to Poland and not only do i think i might be the only Scottish person in Poznań, i feel that because of Artur Boruc i might be the only Glasgow Rangers fan in the city to... Hope someone tells me this isnt so

GroundedThreads: 4 Posts: 117 Joined: Jun 2, 07	Feb 21, 08, 08:07 / #
Sorry to but it seems polish have soft spot for celtic. At least the ones over here do due to some polish players they had/have Shouldnt support any of the two IMHO anyway. Support your local team or St. Mirren :)

MareGaeaThreads: 45 Posts: 5,527 Joined: Feb 6, 08	Feb 21, 08, 08:08 / #
MatthewPye wrote: Hope someone tells me this isnt so I'm telling you, it is like that. Face it. You are the only Glasgow Rangers fan, not only in Poznan, but also in the whole of Poland and Europe for that matter. :) M-G (is there something like scottish football?)

PolsonThreads: 15 Posts: 2,812 Joined: May 9, 07	Feb 21, 08, 08:21 / #
Hei Matt, you may not be the only Scottish person in Poznań...But don't know about football fans though ;) Let's support Lech Poznań, they're currently 3rd, after Wisła Kraków (1st) and Legia Warszawa (2nd)...Hehe Both Celtic and Rangers have good teams...isn't one of the "problems" the religion (again) of the fans ? The Celtics are Catholic while the Rangers are Protestant...i may be totally wrong, dunno ;)

brian buchanah	Feb 21, 08, 08:58 / #
dont worry matt. you are not alone,,i am half scottish and half polish ,but support celtic.i am going over topoland in may,to a place called lomza,but the team is not that good. good luck in poland.brian

PiorunThreads: - Posts: 741 Joined: Nov 11, 07	Feb 21, 08, 09:21 / #
MatthewPye wrote: i think i might be the only Scottish person in Poznań Now that’s hard to believe. As an old Polish joke goes: Who are the people from Poznań? They are Scots banished to the Islands for being too extravagant. So you see Scots and Poznaniacy are One and the Same.

tornado2007Threads: 20 Posts: 3,497 Joined: Jul 11, 07	Feb 21, 08, 10:07 / #
HAY I'm A BLUE NOSE TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE ARE THE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!

szkotja2007Threads: 38 Posts: 2,544 Joined: Dec 29, 06	Feb 21, 08, 12:31 / #
Grounded wrote: Support your local team or St. Mirren Good advice. Queens Park, Partick Thistle etc Welcome to the forums by the way.

jayndoughbreeThreads: - Posts: 1 Joined: Feb 11, 08	Feb 21, 08, 16:25 / #
theres not a team like the glasgow rangers ;)

GroundedThreads: 4 Posts: 117 Joined: Jun 2, 07	Feb 22, 08, 02:50 / #
jayndoughbree wrote: theres not a team like the glasgow rangers ;) Thank god!!!

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Feb 23, 08, 16:12 / #
He has moved to Larissa in Greece last I heard don

Polish_ManThreads: - Posts: 15 Joined: Feb 23, 08	Edited by: Polish_Man Feb 24, 08, 08:23 / #
Yes, Żurawski moved to Larissa. And scored in first match (1:0 against AEK Athens, and his team won). (proud :P) He was born in Poznań and started to playing football in Lech Poznań. And, yes, don is right: We in Poznań hate Legia. I don`t like Boruc, but i think is one of the best goalkeepers in the world. But, i realy want to see good European football team in Poznań.

JustysiaSThreads: 15 Posts: 2,869 Joined: Oct 14, 07 MEMBER	Feb 24, 08, 08:30 / #
my man supports glasgow rangers :)

Arise_St_GeorgeThreads: 15 Posts: 572 Joined: Mar 8, 08	Mar 13, 08, 07:03 / #
Come on Rangers! Kick the Celts' arses!

don	Feb 23, 08, 16:04 / #
Artur Boruc is from Legia Warszawa (Legia Warsaw). Here in Poznan we really dont like Legia (we hate Legia to be honest). So don't worry we aren't big Boruc fans ;] We like Maciej Zurawski. He is from Poznan, but he doesn't play in Celtic already, so don't worry we have nothing against Rangers in Poznan :) Sorry for my English

GlasgowStevenThreads: - Posts: 31 Joined: Feb 7, 08	Mar 11, 08, 09:52 / #
we i support the Famous Glasgow Celtic

GroundedThreads: 4 Posts: 117 Joined: Jun 2, 07	Mar 11, 08, 10:10 / #
GlasgowSteven wrote: we i support the Famous Glasgow Celtic well noone is perfect hu? :)

KowalskiThreads: 12 Posts: 619 Joined: Sep 13, 06	Mar 13, 08, 08:19 / #
The Holly golie please stop the huns

scotjockThreads: 4 Posts: 81 Joined: Jan 12, 07	Mar 13, 08, 10:08 / #
Mon the Hoops!!

Arise_St_GeorgeThreads: 15 Posts: 572 Joined: Mar 8, 08	Mar 14, 08, 06:24 / #
Come on the Gers!

Guest	Apr 3, 08, 11:57 / #
most of my great friends in poland are rangers fans

GlasgowStevenThreads: - Posts: 31 Joined: Feb 7, 08	Apr 3, 08, 13:48 / #
Guest: Today, 11:57 #21 most of my great friends in poland are rangers fans Dont hold it against them....... they are not only the unwashed but also the uneducated.

King SobieskiThreads: 7 Posts: 1,106 Joined: Jan 22, 07	Apr 3, 08, 22:14 / #
Polson: Both Celtic and Rangers have good teams...isn't one of the "problems" the religion (again) of the fans ? The Celtics are Catholic while the Rangers are Protestant...i may be totally wrong, dunno ;) yeah, i think that is why celtic are big in ireland as well.

GlasgowStevenThreads: - Posts: 31 Joined: Feb 7, 08	Apr 4, 08, 10:06 / #
King Sobieski: Polson: Both Celtic and Rangers have good teams...isn't one of the "problems" the religion (again) of the fans ? The Celtics are Catholic while the Rangers are Protestant...i may be totally wrong, dunno ;) yeah, i think that is why celtic are big in ireland as well. This is true.... to an extend, Celtic are a Scottish club with strong Irish roots, roots we are still proud of today, but always has been and always will be a club for all of the people. Celtic have never ever been Exclusively a catholic club, in-fact some of our greatest servant's were Protestants, including the clubs greatest ledgend, the immortal Jock Stein and Celtic have signed players on their merits as a footballer from day 1 rather than their creed colour or religion.. Rangers on the other hand, had a policy of not signing catholics from their first days, a policy that was still in place till as late as 1990 when they signed the first high profile catholic in Mo Johnston further more the have only had 1 catholic manager in their history and this came only 2 years ago with the signing of Frenchman Paul Le Guen. To go back to an earlier point made, Celtic enjoy a great support in Ireland because the Club was formed by a Catholic brother (Walfrid) in 1888 to help the poor any needy in the east end of Glasgow, which was mostly populated by the immigrants from Ireland at that time. and now in 2008 most if not all Scottish catholics (only 700,000 in a country of 5million) have roots dating back to Ireland. but i have lived in Dublin for a few years, and other teams like Manchester Utd and Liverpool enjoy a better "support" in football terms, people here though have an emotional tie to Celtic.

tornado2007Threads: 20 Posts: 3,497 Joined: Jul 11, 07	Edited by: tornado2007 Apr 20, 08, 09:30 / #
I'm listening to Rangers, who are about to beat St. Johnstone on the way to the scottish cup final along with the three other trophies they are going to or have won already, that will be four, not a bad season :):):) We are the people

GlasgowStevenThreads: - Posts: 31 Joined: Feb 7, 08	Apr 23, 08, 08:48 / #
tornado2007: I'm listening to Rangers, who are about to beat St. Johnstone on the way to the scottish cup final along with the three other trophies they are going to or have won already, that will be four, not a bad season :):):) We are the people i like that in a person tornado, someone who come has total belief in their team! although it is a pretty bold statement, given that we (Celtic) won the last OF game, and are currently at the top of the league!! ( games in hand arnt necessarily points in the bag) with a helluva lot of fitba to be played yet... but ye had the balls tae open you mouth and say what you did, and i like that. I just wonder will your mouth be open just as wide when they very words are being rammed back down your throat..... say hello tae 3 in a row!!

kevThreads: 2 Posts: 10 Joined: Nov 4, 07	Edited by: kev May 28, 08, 13:14 / #
This may help if you can translate........ http://www.rangerspoland.home.pl/

kevThreads: 2 Posts: 10 Joined: Nov 4, 07	May 28, 08, 13:57 / #
GlasgowSteven: This is true.... to an extend, Celtic are a Scottish club with strong Irish roots, roots we are still proud of today, but always has been and always will be a club for all of the people. Celtic have never ever been Exclusively a catholic club, in-fact some of our greatest servant's were Protestants, including the clubs greatest ledgend, the immortal Jock Stein and Celtic have signed players on their merits as a footballer from day 1 rather than their creed colour or religion.. Jock Stein was so immortal that Celtic would not give him a place on their board as he was a Protestant. They only offered him a junior position. Rangers on the other hand, had a policy of not signing catholics from their first days, a policy that was still in place till as late as 1990 when they signed the first high profile catholic in Mo Johnston Completely untrue. Rangers were never formed to be a Protestant only club. This did not come into effect until around the 1930's and even then Rangers were never Protestant only. There have been many Catholic players over the years. As you stated, Mo Johnston was the first HIGH PROFILE catholic and not the first catholic player. further more the have only had 1 catholic manager in their history and this came only 2 years ago with the signing of Frenchman Paul Le Guen. Which means what exactly? Given the very small percentage of the population of Scotland that are Catholic, I do not think it is unreasonable that Rangers have only had one Catholic manager. To go back to an earlier point made, Celtic enjoy a great support in Ireland because the Club was formed by a Catholic brother (Walfrid) in 1888 to help the poor any needy in the east end of Glasgow, which was mostly populated by the immigrants from Ireland at that time. and now in 2008 most if not all Scottish catholics (only 700,000 in a country of 5million) have roots dating back to Ireland. Celtic may enjoy a great support in Republic of Ireland but they do not in Scotland. In fact, the majority of Scottish people are becoming more aware of how Celtic have been a disgrace to Scotland mainly due to their support of the IRA terrorist organisation and their cover up of a child sex abuse scandal. Jock Stein played a huge part in the cover up of this scandal at the time. The following link gives much more detail of Celtic's shameful past. http://ifyouknowtheirhistory.blogspot.com/ but i have lived in Dublin for a few years, and other teams like Manchester Utd and Liverpool enjoy a better "support" in football terms, people here though have an emotional tie to Celtic. Member Posts: 40 Joined: Feb 7, 08 Quote

scotjockThreads: 4 Posts: 81 Joined: Jan 12, 07	May 30, 08, 09:10 / #
Kev, You're a bawbag, keep your bile and denial in your own home, there is no place for your comments on this board. Use some Ranker board where the scum have adopted Nazi salutes. Hail hail and 3 in a row.

F15guyThreads: 1 Posts: 230 Joined: Jan 14, 08	May 30, 08, 09:30 / #
scotjock: You're a bawbag What's a bawbag, please?