Calling Celtic and Rangers, as Glasgow Celtic and Glasgow Rangers.
I love Scottish football. As I have said before. I want all Scottish clubs to do well in Europe. I want the international teams to do well too.
But where I am unpopular with Scottish football fans, is that I do not mind calling Celtic, as Glasgow Celtic. And I do not mind calling Rangers, as Glasgow Rangers.
My view is that there are loads of teams call Celtic or Rangers, in football. And even more so there are loads of Celtics and Rangers in other sports.
For Celtic we have loads of teams called Celtic such as Belfast Celtic, Cwmbran Celtic, Lurgan Celtic, Bloemfontein Celtic. Surely it is respectful to all these clubs to point out Celtic in Scotland are Glasgow Celtic. Maybe even call them Scottish Celtic, if you have a problem calling them Glasgow Celtic. In basketball there is the Boston Celtics. In shinty there is Oban Celtic.
Plus Celtic is seen as a name for all the Celtic nations such as Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Cornwall.
Plus Rangers is an even more popular name. There is a Hong Kong Rangers. There is a FC Rangers in Andorra. There is a Rangers in Nigeria.
In the Scottish leagues alone there is Berwick Rangers, Cove Rangers, and Brora Rangers FC. In England there is Queen's Park Rangers, and Concord Rangers, as well as a host of other teams called Rangers.
There is even a Rangers in New Zealand.
Plus in other sports, there tonnes of teams called Rangers.
Glasgow Rangers were originally named after an English rugby side.
There are tonnes of army and law enforcement agencies across the world called Rangers or Ranger, such as the Texas Ranger Division, or the California Rangers. They even have in Ireland a army wing called the Army Ranger Wing.
There is even a massive entertainment franchise called Power Rangers, which has had movies, TV series, and toys.
In Sports they also have the Texas Rangers in baseball, and the New York Rangers in Ice Hockey. Broughton Rangers in rugby league.
There was a boat in the British Navy called HMS Ranger.
So in my view I call Rangers as Glasgow Rangers.
Plus it means if Celtic or Rangers win a big European game, we know it was the Scottish side who did it, not a team in another sport or country.
It is mainly so people know where Celtic and Rangers are from which is Scotland, particularly Glasgow, Scotland.
I do it out of respect for Scotland, Celtic and Rangers., So people know it is a Scottish club that won, and did Scotland proud.
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