Uncle Albert Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 (edited) A quick question, which may just be Glasgow-centric (it may not) Has anyone ever been asked who they support and upon giving the answer (in my case Clyde) been met with the retort, "aye but who do you really support?" (meaning Celtic or Rangers.) This is a real bug bear of mine, it's as if the whole of Scottish football is just the Old-Firm and no one else matters, with Old Firm fans not having the concept that you don't have to support one the so called "Big Two." It used to be funny on Old Firm Day in my local, with Celtic supporters at one side of the pub, Rangers fans at the other and the neutrals (Clyde, Queens Park, Thistle, Hamilton etc etc) standing in the middle at the bar. Just a thought!!! Edited July 20 by Uncle Albert 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullyWeeStonehouse Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 I’ve been asked that before and when I say Clyde they say either “aye, but who’s yer big team?” Or “if you’d to pick would you be rangers or Celtic?” I usually say I’d pick golf after Clyde! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Bully Wee Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 I just tell them the truth, that they are the cancer of Scottish football, you get all the money, publicity, buy the good players from other competing teams and bench them, take all the young talent to your academy's and never develop their true potential and they never get near the first team starting 11................. that normally goes down well with their blinkered sectarian bile. Listening to this shite for 6 decades really does dae ma heid in.. We are the famous Bully Wee and we paid all our debt back not like some fecking charlatans that screwed all the wee creditors to keep the big hoose open......my erse..... 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinburghBlue Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Often… and my reply would be 1 Stranraer, 41= Celtic/(old/new) Rangers 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawfielder Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 When I tell them I support Clyde , the next question is , but who do you support between Celtic & Rangers, answer is always , I hate the both of them equally. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachcomber Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 More of a Glasgow/ West coast thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 3 minutes ago, Beachcomber said: More of a Glasgow/ West coast thing. I had it in a pub in Montrose although admittedly the gentleman in question did have a west coast accent. When I told him I support Montrose (who play in blue) he insisted that Rangers must be my big team because I was wearing a blue jumper. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Manhattan Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 1 hour ago, Highland Bully Wee said: I just tell them the truth, that they are the cancer of Scottish football Aye, but who do you hate more? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 (edited) I’ve never been asked the ‘aye but who do you really support’ question. What invariably happens is when down in England, or abroad on holiday, and especially on cruise ships where there are a fair few crew members from the Balkans etc, it usually goes down the road of them automatically assuming you support an ugly…. Indeed, it went exactly like this in 2022 with a waiter from Montenegro. Fair play to the guy, made me laugh. ’Where are you from?’ ’Scotland’ ’Ahhh, so are you Celtic or Rangers?’ ’Neither of them, I supp… (never got the line out) ’No, don’t tell me, I know some Scottish football, let me guess… Hearts’ ’Nope’ ’Hibs’ ’Nope’ ’Aberdeen’ ’Nope’ ’Partick Thistle!’ ’Partick Thistle? Where did you get that one from?’ ’Ah, I see their crazy yellow mascot thing on TV once!’ ’OK you have one more guess’ ’Ayr United!?’ ’Ayr United! You know Ayr United?’ ’Yes, on another cruise I served a Scottish couple from Ayr’ ’I support St Mirren’ ’St Mirren? I hear the name, I think. I do not know, but now I add them to the teams I know!’ ’Good stuff. Who do you support?’ ’Partizan!’ (Me, pleasing him with my knowledge now…) ’They’re from Belgrade, Serbia. Don’t you support a Montenegran team?’ (He leans in to avoid a boss maybe hearing him..) ’No. Teams in Montenegro are shit. Sorry, my language!’ I missed a trick though. When I asked him who he supported and he said ‘Partizan’, I should have instantly replied ‘aye, but who do you really support’. Edited July 20 by pozbaird 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullyWeeStonehouse Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 24 minutes ago, pozbaird said: I’ve never been asked the ‘aye but who do you really support’ question. What invariably happens is when down in England, or abroad on holiday, and especially on cruise ships where there are a fair few crew members from the Balkans etc, it usually goes down the road of them automatically assuming you support an ugly…. Indeed, it went exactly like this in 2022 with a waiter from Montenegro. Fair play to the guy, made me laugh. ’Where are you from?’ ’Scotland’ ’Ahhh, so are you Celtic or Rangers?’ ’Neither of them, I supp… (never got the line out) ’No, don’t tell me, I know some Scottish football, let me guess… Hearts’ ’Nope’ ’Hibs’ ’Nope’ ’Aberdeen’ ’Nope’ ’Partick Thistle!’ ’Partick Thistle? Where did you get that one from?’ ’Ah, I see their crazy yellow mascot thing on TV once!’ ’OK you have one more guess’ ’Ayr United!?’ ’Ayr United! You know Ayr United?’ ’Yes, on another cruise I served a Scottish couple from Ayr’ ’I support St Mirren’ ’St Mirren? I hear the name, I think. I do not know, but now I add them to the teams I know!’ ’Good stuff. Who do you support?’ ’Partizan!’ (Me, pleasing him with my knowledge now…) ’They’re from Belgrade, Serbia. Don’t you support a Montenegran team?’ (He leans in to avoid a boss maybe hearing him..) ’No. Teams in Montenegro are shit. Sorry, my language!’ I missed a trick though. When I asked him who he supported and he said ‘Partizan’, I should have instantly replied ‘aye, but who do you really support’. I got the “Are you Rangers or Celtic?” question from a couple of Australian boys over in Germany while I was there for the Euros. You can forgive guys from outwith Scotland or the UK asking that, though. When I told him Clyde and we were in the 4th tier he looked shocked. I don’t think many fans go to A League games over there never mind lower league games. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachcomber Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 1 hour ago, Aidan said: I had it in a pub in Montrose although admittedly the gentleman in question did have a west coast accent. When I told him I support Montrose (who play in blue) he insisted that Rangers must be my big team because I was wearing a blue jumper. Haha thats mad, hopefully he'd had a few 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandmac Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 4 hours ago, Uncle Albert said: A quick question, which may just be Glasgow-centric (it may not) Has anyone ever been asked who they support and upon giving the answer (in my case Clyde) been met with the retort, "aye but who do you really support?" (meaning Celtic or Rangers.) This is a real bug bear of mine, it's as if the whole of Scottish football is just the Old-Firm and no one else matters, with Old Firm fans not having the concept that you don't have to support one the so called "Big Two." It used to be funny on Old Firm Day in my local, with Celtic supporters at one side of the pub, Rangers fans at the other and the neutrals (Clyde, Queens Park, Thistle, Hamilton etc etc) standing in the middle at the bar. Just a thought!!! every non old firm fan in scotland has had this id have thought.tedious in the extreme 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 When transiting the weege to go to away games it's a common question on the trains as there is always one cheek at home 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 I've always considered the question irrelevant as OF fans have already divided the rest of us into closet followers on the basis of which team we "pretend" to support and don't accept the two cheeks argument. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greendot Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 1 hour ago, Beachcomber said: Haha thats mad, hopefully he'd had a few I think it's a certainty that he only had a few ..........braincells! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUcal Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Aye, happened all the time growing up in Troon/Ayr. It's total old firm territory, blue side in particular. Goes hand in hand with "what school did you go to". Going to school in Ayr it was considered weird to support Ayr United. The assumption for most people that I interacted with was that I followed Celtic, as most (not all) of my pals did. "Aye but you must like one of them?" But aye, its largely irrelevant as OF fans have already decided which side they think you support, regardless of how completely uninterested you are in them. They live in a bubble. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityloon Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Was down in Liverpool watching football few years back and guy down there asks if im rangers or celtic a felt like saying there is other teams in scotland apart from the ugly sisters in Glasgow 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewartyMac Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Get this all the time, particularly when travelling down south. As soon as they hear the accent, some people are straight in with 'Rangers or Celtic?'. When I say 'Stirling Albion', after the few seconds of total confusion, that's when the inevitable tag line comes in of 'but who's your real team?' To which I answer 'Stirling Albion'. Then usually just walk away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 These days I get more "who's yer English team?" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyTuesday Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 I was in Majorca last week. Got talking to a couple of Glasgow fellas while watching the Euros final. "Who do you support then?" "Edinburgh City" <Laughter> "C'mon, who do you REALLY support?" <cue 5 minutes of explanation> On another point, what is it about Rangers and Celtic fans that feel compelled to wear their tops on the plane to and from Spain, on a big night out etc? Do these guys never have a day off ? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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