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    "the Clean Sweep"

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    I didn't want to make it too complicated for him so went with prem instead of having to explain it all over again, but you're right on the FA/FL trophy. Charity (Community) shield is in there. Div3 was Div4 when they won it but now it's league 2.

    So you call the old div 1 the prem cause that's the modern top tier equiv but refuse to do so in terms of us competing in tier 2 regardless of the semantics.

    "the Clean Sweep"

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    Leagues one and two aren't professional. If we're discounting non professional and regional competitions then loads of clubs have done clean sweeps.

    The top 4 tiers are national and at least semi-pro. I don't think it's unreasonable to discount fully amatuer regional leagues.

    Which clubs have done these "clean sweeps"? Something on a par with winning; Div 3 , Div 2, Div 1, Prem,FA Cup, League Cup, Challenge Cup?

    "the Clean Sweep"

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    As I said in the other thread, we now need to win the Lowland League for this accolade. Therefore, we should never get it.

    Hmm i think it's reasonable to discount them on the basis that they are 1. Regional & 2. Not Professional

    "the Clean Sweep"

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    There is only one league and two cups worth celebrating and the Championship and Challenge cup are not two of them in the bigger picture.

    I'd consider the "bigger picture" to potentially be a world record. How many teams around the world have won EVERY competition, from bottom to the top, the "clean sweep"?

    "the Clean Sweep"

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    Until the 70's the Scottish Football League Scottish First Division (which later became known as the SPFL Ladbrokes Championship) was the top tier in Scottish Football. Once the Premier Division began it became tier 1, the existing tier 1 became tier 2 and so on.

    Irrelevant to the point at hand.

    There is a 122 year history associated with the division we're currently in, show me where we are in the record books as winners?

    If we win the Petrofac cup this year and gain promotion via the play-offs then the 2nd tier of Scottish football will be the only one missing from the proverbial "Clean Sweep", as the official record books will show.

    "the Clean Sweep"

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    The highest division in Scotland. Until the Premier League began in the 70's, what is the Championship now was the highest division in the country.

    "The highest division in Scotland" and what we currently compete in, are 2 entirely different things, unless what Hearts won last season you put on a par with our 54 wins.

    It's a different competition, a different tier, regardless of what hunk of metal they give the players to get a photo with at the end of the season.

    "the Clean Sweep"

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    The top flight.

    BOOM. Fucking idiot.

    How simple can it be, the Clean Sweep is every available competition in the country. On 1 hand you're saying we've already won it, then on another lumping it in with "top flight".

    It's really this simple;

    We've won the top flight 54 times.

    We've won the 4th tier once.

    We've one the 3rd tier once.

    Hey Sheep, or goat or donkey or whatever fucking farm animal you want to be called, answer this;

    how many times have Rangers won the 2nd tier?

    "the Clean Sweep"

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    You are missing a Trophy that in it's time was as important as the League Cup or Scottish Cup. (I'll give you a clue; We are the record holders of it and will never be overtaken by the mhanks.) :pipe::21:

    That's actually an u17's tournament now so technically we could be overtaken by bheasts :o

    "the Clean Sweep"

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    The Scottish Championship trophy we've won more times than any other club in Scotland, 47 times to be exact. The only trophy in Scottish football we've still to win is the challenge cup.

    Wrong. Since our inception until the admin fiasco we had only ever competed in the top tier of Scottish football, winning it 54 times.

    Last season was the first year we've ever competed in the second tier.

    "the Clean Sweep"

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    In the 192122 season, Linfield FC achieved a clean sweep of all the domestic competitions they entered the Irish League, Irish Cup, County Antrim Shield, Alhambra Cup, Belfast Charity Cup, Gold Cup and the City Cup

    Aren't there lower leagues/divisions/cups?

    "the Clean Sweep"

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    The Rangers Trophy cabinet consists of (domestic):

    Scottish Championships

    Scottish Cups

    Scottish League Cups

    Scottish Division 3 Champions

    Scottish Division 2 Champions

    This season is our last chance (unless we fail to get promoted or are relegated in the future) to achieve "the clean sweep" of winning every available trophy, which is missing;

    Scottish Division 1 (Championship)

    Scottish Challenge Cup (Petrofac)

    How important is it to you we win "the clean sweep", and does anyone know if a "clean sweep" has ever been achieved before anywhere else in the world? (Celt*c sweeping between the 70's-90's doesn't count).

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