Rangers Fans And The Scottish National Team...

[Thewhitesettler 2,711]

I used to go to Hampden park to watch Scotland. Remember seeing Colin Stein scoring four against Cyprus, or was it five? Stopped going after I got married, still watched them on TV, and supported them. Since 2012, the passion I had withered away, for the football team, and has now almost gone. Watched the Poland game, in between flicking channels to see how the German team were doing against the paddies. I really only wanted Scotland to qualify because it would, more than likely, mean that the Irish would be out.

Found it very difficult to cheer on Naismith, Whittiker, Brown, and one or two others, that were in the Scotland team.

Never found any difficulty cheering on Scotland, along with the Princess Royal, in the rugby world cup. Now there's a Scotland we can be proud of!

[plumbGER 24,518]

I'm in between armchair fan and don't care - I'll watch them if the game is interesting but wouldn't change plans to ensure I seen them generally.

I have never been as in to Scotland as I am Rangers (which goes without saying for my generation I think) but seeing Brown as Scotland captain does irk me (mainly because he's a bad footballer who is a cardboard hardman and constantly is embarrassing to watch).

I can understand the annoyance of our supporters who can't make the distinction between sfa/fans of other clubs etc who wish harm on us but I try to differentiate the team from them.

So I'd like Scotland to win but I don't get upset about it - I also want England, Wales and Northern Ireland to do well and I'm particularly happy for the latter as we have so many Rangers Supporting lads from over there who love their team and will have a cracking time next summer

GM

I was with you up until the last bit mate,don't get me wrong i can see where you are coming from,but i couldn't give a fuck for Wales or England.

To the point i dislike them.

Love to see Ulstermen win tho and their qualifying campaign was a joy to watch,even with Windsor park under developement the fans still managed to create a fantastic atmosphere to spur the team on.

Back on topic,i used to go to the Scotland games but the tartan army repulse me,now i just about keep up with the results and what sticks out to me is that we seem to be going backwards since we adopted the approach of the Irish in the 90's by using the grandparent/parent ruling and filling the team with non-Scotsmen.

Just my opinion and it can probably be shot to peices as i don't care that much that i would research the topic.

[RFC55 108,905]

BTW I know a few tims who hate international.football don't like Ireland and find the behaviour and general fashionsense of the TA a huge riddy

[JRodgA2k8 542]

Anyone who thinks less of fellow fans because they support their national team is just not right in the head at all....

[saintbob1969 1,459]

Majority of Rangers supporters clearly not bothered if other Rangers supporters support the national team.

When we lost to Georgia the qualification was over, hopeless.

[GOAT 30,449]

I despise International football. Maybe I'd feel different if circumstances were different, but there's a lot of hatred and bitterness towards Rangers over our clubs Britishness, and the Tartan Army despise everything British.

Other than that I don't see the attraction in cheering on a team full of Scott Browns, Shaun Maloneys, Steven Naismiths whilst sitting next to sheep shaggers and cheering on the same team. It just does nothing for me.

I enjoy watching the big tournaments, i.e. the world cup, the european championships as a football fan, but if I could close down international football for good right now, I would.

I've been to one Scotland game in my life, and it was at Ibrox in 1998. My school took me, they played Denmark. I was more looking forward to seeing the greatest footballer ever to grace Scottish football that night, and that was the prince of Denmark himself, Brian Laudrup. He scored the only goal aswell.

[RFC Eagle 4,888]

Been a fair bit of abuse and bad feeling flying about between Rangers fans the last few days (and the last 4 years or so to be fair) over the Scotland football team.

Interested to gauge where the majority sit...

Can you amend your non-inclusive poll to include Rangers fans like myself and many many more who aren't Scottish! You do remember that Rangers are an inclusive club unlike elements of the Tartan trannies?

[GOAT 30,449]

I mind getting a freebie (wish I never took it) for the Scotland vs France game that Caldwell scored in

After the game I went back into the Langside Hotel where th guys that gave me the ticket were and there was a couple of Rangers fans in the group saying a few years previous they were at Celtic park when we won the league but beating France that day topped it

Rangers fans my arse

These are the so called Rangers fans that some people like to tell us is a plenty in the tartan army

Beating France topped winning the league at your biggest rivals?

Beating Queen of the South on Saturday should top beating anyone with Scotland if you're a Rangers fan.

I don't have a problem with people who support Scotland, it's their choice, but see anyone that puts their national team ahead of their club team, they are no supporter of Rangers.

[Sket 13,610]

Couldn't be any less interested in the national team now,never used to be that way though.

I absolutely hate the 'tartan army'. They are Rangers hating scum bastards,can't understand why any Rangers fan would want to go and stand shoulder to shoulder with them. Fuck them.

[DeanMK 4,670]

Watch Scotland on occasion. Don't really like the international break. Prefer watching Rangers.

Also, I voted yes. Seen someone mention they'd rather people like me didn't go to games due to this. My response to that would be to tell you that you're a narrow-minded halfwit who really needs to remember that Rangers above everything else is a football team who can be watched and supported by anyone with a love for the game. Supported Rangers for as long as I can remember as did my Dad and his Dad before. But I'm not silly enough to let that support cloud my judgement when making decisions on matters that don't relate to 22 men kicking a ball about for 90 minutes.

[GOAT 30,449]

Watch Scotland on occasion. Don't really like the international break. Prefer watching Rangers.

Also, I voted yes. Seen someone mention they'd rather people like me didn't go to games due to this. My response to that would be to tell you that you're a narrow-minded halfwit who really needs to remember that Rangers above everything else is a football team who can be watched and supported by anyone with a love for the game. Supported Rangers for as long as I can remember as did my Dad and his Dad before. But I'm not silly enough to let that support cloud my judgement when making decisions on matters that don't relate to 22 men kicking a ball about for 90 minutes.

Well this narrow minded halfwit would like to remind you that you follow a team steeped in Britishness. You don't deserve to follow this club.

[TBagalag 721]

Never mind hating the national team, I have a long term hatred for the nation itself. I have no pride in being Scottish so why would I consider supporting the national side.

[Redwhiteandblue 3,330]

Im not Scottish so I couldn't give a fuck. I don't particularly give a shit about international football as a whole and nah, I couldn't care less if other Rangers fans want to support them.

So you won't be cheering on NI in the Euros?

Aye right.

[DeanMK 4,670]

Well this narrow minded halfwit would like to remind you that you follow a team steeped in Britishness. You don't deserve to follow this club.

Glad to hear you agree with my first impression that you're a narrow minded halfwit. And your judgement on who deserves to support Rangers will not stop me going to games.

[WadeWilson 4,670]

Why even ask the question?

This place is full of weird cunts who, if they said what they say on here in public then there would be a queue waiting to toe their tiny, wee, bitter bollocks.

The queue would be headed by the full-bloodied boot of Graeme Souness and if that didn't do the job of sterilsing the bitter wee bastards then here comes the rest:

Charlie Adam

Sandy Archibald

Sammy Baird

John Barker

Jim Baxter

Alex Bennett

Jim Bett

Ian Black

James Bowie

Kris Boyd

Ralph Brand

Kirk Broadfoot

Bobby Brown

George Brown

John Buchanan

Chris Burke

Tommy Cairns

Eric Caldow

John Cameron

John Campbell

Peter Campbell

William Chalmers

Davie Cooper

Sammy Cox

Tully Craig

David Crawford

Andy Cunningham

Christian Dailly

Ally Dawson

Jerry Dawson

Matthew Dickie

Billy Dodds

Jock Drummond

Jimmy Duncanson

Gordon Durie

Ian Durrant

Barry Ferguson

Derek Ferguson

Ian Ferguson

Jimmy Fleming

Jim Forrest

Tom Forsyth

Jimmy Galt

Neilly Gibson

George Gillespie

Andy Goram

Jimmy Gordon

James Gossland

Richard Gough

Donald Gow

John Gow

Dougie Gray

John Greig

David Haddow

Robert Hamilton

Tom Hamilton

Charles Heggie

George Henderson

Willie Henderson

Colin Hendry

David Hill

Alan Hutton

Tommy Hyslop

John Inglis

Colin Jackson

Sandy Jardine

Allan Johnston

Mo Johnston

Willie Johnston

Derek Johnstone

Stewart Kennedy

David Kinnear

George Law

John Little

George Livingstone

Thomas Low

Alex MacDonald

Robert Main

James Marshall

Robert Marshall

John May

Bob McAuley

Stuart McCall

Neil McCann

Peter McCloy

Ally McCoist

Ian McColl

Andrew McCreadie

Lee McCulloch

Allan McGregor

Hugh McHardy

Hugh McIntyre

James "Tuck" McIntyre

Bobby McKean

Tom McKillop

Ronnie McKinnon

Alan McLaren

Ian McMillan

Moses McNeil

Bob McPhail

Dave McPherson

John McPherson

David Meiklejohn

Jimmy Millar

Jimmy Millar

Kenny Miller

David Mitchell

Alan Morton

Tommy Muirhead

Ian Murray

Steven Naismith

Robert Neil

Jimmy Oswald

Derek Parlane

David Provan

Gavin Rae

Willie Reid

Billy Ritchie

William Robb

David Robertson

John Tait Robertson

Maurice Ross

Eddie Rutherford

Alex Scott

Jock Shaw

Bobby Shearer

Jimmy Simpson

Alex Smith

Dave Smith

Jimmy Smith

Nicol Smith

Finlay Speedie

Jimmy Speirs

James Stark

Colin Stein

Scot Symon

Steven Thompson

Kevin Thomson

Willie Thornton

Tom Vallance

Alex Venters

Willie Waddell

John Walker

Lee Wallace

James Watson

David Weir

Steven Whittaker

Davie Wilson

Willie Woodburn

Tom Wylie

George Young

No further debate needed. Internet fandangos would get their baws booted from real Rangers and Scotland men.

Continue to keep yer geggies shut in public around true Scots, or become the eunuchs you crave to be. Simple.

[Gooseman 889]

Too many people tar the national side with the same brush as the SFA. I don't care if someone does or does not follow the national side, I am a no voting scotsman and I'm proud of that fact. Rangers are my club and always will be.

[GOAT 30,449]

Glad to hear you agree with my first impression that you're a narrow minded halfwit. And your judgement on who deserves to support Rangers will not stop me going to games.

Good for you, I can only imagine your hatred and disgust when the majority of our support sing pro-British songs. It must really get under your skin.

There's other football supporters that these songs get under their skin aswell, they don't support Rangers surprisingly enough.

[GOAT 30,449]

Why even ask the question?

This place is full of weird cunts who, if they said what they say on here in public then there would be a queue waiting to toe their tiny, wee, bitter bollocks.

The queue would be headed by the full-bloodied boot of Graeme Souness and if that didn't do the job of sterilsing the bitter wee bastards then here comes the rest:

No further debate needed. Internet weirdos would get their baws booted from real Rangers and Scotland men.

At least you do irony.

[DeanMK 4,670]

Good for you, I can only imagine your hatred and disgust when the majority of our support sing pro-British songs. It must really get under your skin.

There's other football supporters that these songs get under their skin aswell, they don't support Rangers surprisingly enough.

But then that's you assuming I'm this union-hating patriot that wears a kilt and sings Flower Of Scotland every night before bed. That assumption would be inaccurate. I wanted to see Scotland governed by people who aren't so detached from life outside of London.

I can't believe that on a football forum we're talking about politics dividing a support.

[BL11 33]

Go to some games, will always support Rangers and Scotland because I have always done so.

Some Scotland fans are wanks, but some Rangers fans are wanks too.

First Rangers game was in '87, same year I went to Hampden to watch Scotland vs Brazil... and it's been like that ever since.

[DeanMK 4,670]

Go to some games, will always support Rangers and Scotland because I have always done so.

Some Scotland fans are wanks, but some Rangers fans are wanks too.

First Rangers game was in '87, same year I went to Hampden to watch Scotland vs Brazil... and it's been like that ever since.

You don't deserve to support Rangers...

[GOAT 30,449]

You don't deserve to support Rangers...

That depends on whether he voted for independence, not whether he follows his national team or not.

[BL11 33]

You don't deserve to support Rangers...

I see what you did there!

[DeanMK 4,670]

That depends on whether he voted for independence, not whether he follows his national team or not.

I'm surprised you're able to differentiate between the two.

[BL11 33]

That depends on whether he voted for independence, not whether he follows his national team or not.

What has politics got to do with it? I voted but it had literally nothing to do with Rangers so I don't see the correlation?