Wee boys and football tops

[Bellshill_Bear 1,105]

Proud dad moment.

My wee boy is 6 and stays with his mum who’s family are Scum fans. I have been trying his whole live to show him the right way, teaching him songs and buying him Rangers tops and he was always into it. 

Over the last 2 years his scum uncles have been winning the battle as we had been singing celtic songs and claiming to be a celtic fan. I was fucking raging but what can you do at that age. 

This morning I decided to stick a Rangers top on him because all you see anywhere you go is scum tops, don’t know if it’s just bellshill but all you get is scum tops everywhere and the odd Rangers top, how can you compete if the trend is to where a celtic top? Even proddy schools in bellshill have more celtic tops, we need to become good and cool again so that my kids will have the same experience supporting Rangers as I did, I was always the majority. Kids can’t deal with not fitting in.

anyway, stuck the Rangers top on him and instead of protesting he was proud as punch and was showing everybody it.

made my day! I will take him to his first game this season and hopefully start the journey I thought fatherhood was going to be. Enjoying the famous with my boy by my side.

WATP

[Scottywellhousetb 50,466]

Nice post but all this scum tops everywhere and lost generation nonsense is vastly over exaggerated, see plenty of wee bears where i am wearing our colours, retro tops from years back and current tops, met my neighbour in Morrison's last night and his wee boy had a blue t-shirt on with I support Rangers and whoever is playing celtic written on it, sometimes I feel we feed the trolls with the propaganda that is their goal. 

[Courtyard Bear 41,357]

Keep fighting the good fight mate, and if that doesn’t work let us know where his uncles live. 

[Inigo 32,526]

Good man. Always said any self respecting Rangers fan should sell their child into slavery if they become a mhank.

It's true about the strips. Was in Queens Park the other day and I must've seen 15-20 mhanky strips and not a single Rangers outfit. Now, some of them were on adults, which is pathetic as fuck unless you're playing/going to the fitbaw (and I'll push to wearing it on holiday or in the hoose too), but most were on wains. The minute the new strip comes out folk should be buying it for their kids.

Just like the electronic billboards advert, it makes a big psychological difference. At the moment there's no denying that it feels like they're the bigger supported club in the West.. We need to sort that out to avoid any chance that it could become a truth rather than just an impression.

It's not the first time I've heard there being more sellic strips amongst wains from non-denom schools. WTF is that all about? Needs sorting.

 

[Walter-of-Smith 566]

Good stuff man. My daughter is 9 and has been proudly wearing the Gers kits since she was a baby.

When we go for a kick about with a football she always says "I'm going Rangers"

I've noticed there are alot of glory hunter septic fans around. People who never wore the rancid colours are all of a sudden out in force these past few years. Makes me sick.

 

[Inigo 32,526]

A family member of mine that goes to a Catholic school (but who's being taught to favour Rangers) gets bullied at school because of it. You're left in a situation of making the decision whether to keep on with the Rangers influence and have them be bullied, or give it up so they have an easier life. 

This is one small issue. In mhanky schools wains are marginalised if they show those leanings, which doesn't happen the same way if wains are sellic fans in non-denom schools. Which benefits that club. Quite important when there's more mixing than there used to be.

[SeparateEntityMyArse 53,714]

6 minutes ago, Scottywellhousetb said:

Nice post but all this scum tops everywhere and lost generation nonsense is vastly over exaggerated, see plenty of wee bears where i am wearing our colours, retro tops from years back and current tops, met my neighbour in Morrison's last night and his wee boy had a blue t-shirt on with I support Rangers and whoever is playing celtic written on it, sometimes I feel we feed the trolls with the propaganda that is their goal. 

Just because that's what you see doesn't make it true, or true elsewhere.

Do you have kids, do you help coach youth football? I've got 2 lads, both at non denom school, and there's more scum fans in their classes than Rangers. At their 5 aside birthday parties my 2 are always wearing Rangers but plenty times have been the only ones compared to plenty scum.

At our boys club all the wee beggar school kids support them and wear their tops loads, very few wee bears by comparison. Think there's 3 Rangers ST holder kids compared to 12 scum ST holders in the age group I coach out of 30.

There is plenty accuracy in what the OP is saying about strips, and we need to get success again and strips on sale as too many potential wee bears support the winning teams for feel good factors be it the scum, city, made it or whoever.

[SeparateEntityMyArse 53,714]

Good stuff OP. Never give in, it's a fight worth fighting.

[ZZed 4,510]

As soon as we put them back into second place for 2 season the glory hunters in septics support will fall away and they will stop buying the manky strip. A successful Rangers and wee boys and girls will want to identify with that and the Gerrard factor may come into it in young minds.

[1690tamRFC 5,001]

20 minutes ago, Scottywellhousetb said:

Nice post but all this scum tops everywhere and lost generation nonsense is vastly over exaggerated, see plenty of wee bears where i am wearing our colours, retro tops from years back and current tops, met my neighbour in Morrison's last night and his wee boy had a blue t-shirt on with I support Rangers and whoever is playing celtic written on it, sometimes I feel we feed the trolls with the propaganda that is their goal. 

Fucking right mate, I live in Clydebank and as much as it’s a tarrier shitehole there are plenty of bears and plenty young guys wearing our tops which is good to see. Definitely not as one sided as cunts would believe 

[Inigo 32,526]

Just now, ZZed said:

As soon as we put them back into second place for 2 season the glory hunters in septics support will fall away and they will stop buying the manky strip. A successful Rangers and wee boys and girls will want to identify with that and the Gerrard factor may come into it in young minds.

Why are they getting the choice in who they want to identify with?

Sometimes think mhanky parents do a better job of indoctrinating their wee cunts. I don't agree with indoctrination generally, but I make this exception. Rangers fan parents need to up their game. I guess it's because the Catholic church has made them masters of indoctrination and keeping their flock at arms length from anyone else.

[.Williamson. 82,136]

The only issue we have with kids wearing our tops is we are possibly the worst club in Europe at releasing anything in the way of kits 

[Scottywellhousetb 50,466]

2 minutes ago, Sportingintegritymyarse said:

Just because that's what you see doesn't make it true, or true elsewhere.

Do you have kids, do you help coach youth football? I've got 2 lads, both at non denom school, and there's more scum fans in their classes than Rangers. At their 5 aside birthday parties my 2 are always wearing Rangers but plenty times have been the only ones compared to plenty scum.

At our boys club all the wee beggar school kids support them and wear their tops loads, very few wee bears by comparison. Think there's 3 Rangers ST holder kids compared to 12 scum ST holders in the age group I coach out of 30.

There is plenty accuracy in what the OP is saying about strips, and we need to get success again and strips on sale as too many potential wee bears support the winning teams for feel good factors be it the scum, city, made it or whoever.

Yes I have kids, 3, I'm honestly not seeing it at the levels you are, vast majority of my kids pals support Rangers, my own 3 go to Ibrox with passion and I take their pals when they can't make it, at work 90% at least, follow Rangers, and I base that on the young team coming through , I'm not saying there's not a problem with the amount of scum tops floating about, I'm just saying in my opinion it's nowhere near as bad as we make out, as parents we make the difference what way they go, drum it in and it sticks, as before when we had this same discussion a winning successful team helps no end, we all want the same. 

[35 Yard Dangerman 3,475]

Same with my area. There are more scum tops around here than i have ever seen before. Usually they are really old tops and on really manky/not quite right people but i still have noticed more of them nonetheless.

Still loads of Rangers tops kickin about too but i have a feeling that over the next couple of seasons we will see an explosion of our colours everwhere again. New manager, new strip, new players and back to winning ways. 

That'll do nicely.

[.Williamson. 82,136]

We sold out a record number of season tickets this year and if you go on Facebook/Instagram etc you will see a mad amount of kids that support us and fair play to them as they’ve experienced nothing but utter dross from us in their lifetime.

I would however like it if they stopped posting this kind of pish after every post they make “?⚪️??⚽️??“

[ZZed 4,510]

8 minutes ago, Inigo said:

Why are they getting the choice in who they want to identify with?

Sometimes think mhanky parents do a better job of indoctrinating their wee cunts. I don't agree with indoctrination generally, but I make this exception. Rangers fan parents need to up their game. I guess it's because the Catholic church has made them masters of indoctrination and keeping their flock at arms length from anyone else.

I am thinking of the glory hunters away from the west coast of Scotland (nothing a bitter as a west coast tim) and how kids like to follow a successful team, that's why Barcelona had strips every where 4 years ago but now Real Madrid strips are every where. Interestingly I have not seen a septic top in Preston for years but I do see people with Rangers tops on every now and then.

[.Williamson. 82,136]

You should tell your son to tell his uncles he wants to go see the bands and they need to stop shagging eachother 

[geronimoo 1,474]

39 minutes ago, Scottywellhousetb said:

Nice post but all this scum tops everywhere and lost generation nonsense is vastly over exaggerated, see plenty of wee bears where i am wearing our colours, retro tops from years back and current tops, met my neighbour in Morrison's last night and his wee boy had a blue t-shirt on with I support Rangers and whoever is playing celtic written on it, sometimes I feel we feed the trolls with the propaganda that is their goal. 

It is blown out if proportion, in my 41 years on this planet I've always noticed whomever was the league champions had more people kicking about with their clubs top on. 

I think winning the league makes people more aware and gets them pumped up, this leads to an uptake in club merchandise getting bought.

[35 Yard Dangerman 3,475]

2 minutes ago, .Williamson. said:

We sold out a record number of season tickets this year and if you go on Facebook/Instagram etc you will see a mad amount of kids that support us and fair play to them as they’ve experienced nothing but utter dross from us in their lifetime.

I would however like it if they stopped posting this kind of pish after every post they make “?⚪️??⚽️??“

Thats exactly why i stopped facebook etc man. Absolute brain damage. This is the only place i read or spend time these days.

[CoopsLaud 4,185]

Been in govan 3 year now and honestly cannae mind seeing a wean in a Rangers strip. Have seen fucking loads of scum tops on weans, always fucking passing the house they are. Have to say the adult ratio is no much different. Gutting man!

[Bellshill_Bear 1,105]

only the IRA surrender lads.

obviously the football tops thing will vary from town to town but anywhere I go mostly see scum tops.

im hoping that this orange top comes out and thats all you see.

 

[Bellshill_Bear 1,105]

15 minutes ago, .Williamson. said:

You should tell your son to tell his uncles he wants to go see the bands and they need to stop shagging eachother 

My son started singing “he’s Kieran Tierney” and without thinking I said “and he’s a paedo” 

my other 2 year old son started going about saying paedo, my mrs was like where the fuck did he hear that ?

[.Williamson. 82,136]

1 minute ago, Bellshill_Bear said:

My son started singing “he’s Kieran Tierney” and without thinking I said “and he’s a paedo” 

my other 2 year old son started going about saying paedo, my mrs was like where the fuck did he hear that ?

 

[Orange and Blue 1,173]

Don't let your boy join the Dark side mate. Your doing a great job sticking a Gers top on him. Keep up the good work mate

[watpnosurrender 274]

a good old history lesson about what these  taigy bastards stand for should work and deter anybody from them