Is the Old Firm Derby the most passionate in World football?
I think it is.
I am Scottish and support Scottish clubs in Europe. But the Old Firm tend to be passionate in their intensity for the Old Firm Derby, between Glasgow Celtic, and Glasgow Rangers.
It has politics, history, passion, and football rivalry behind it.
The rivalry has been around for well over 100 years.
Scottish football is the most passionate and intense in World soccer.
Glasgow, in Scotland, is a football city. ---
I hope Scotland qualify for major finals again at men's soccer.
It would be great to see Scotland reaching a World Cup, or European Championships.
They last qualified at senior level at the 1998 World Cup.
I think Scotland should look to nations like Denmark, Uruguay, Wales, Croatia, and the Czech Republic as inspirations. As inspirations of small nations getting far in major tournaments.
Who is bigger Celtic or Rangers?
I think it is a tough debate.
Glasgow Celtic and Glasgow Rangers have supporters all over Scotland, the United Kingdom, Europe, and the World.
I do not know if there have been any Rangers or Celtic fans in space yet.
Maybe with space tourism taking off, the two teams might have had a few fans in space soon.
I wonder who will have the biggest fan base in space?
Celtic and Rangers have massive supports, mostly in Central Scotland.
The best way of working out who has the biggest support would be to look at who has the most social networking website members.
Look at the main providers of social networking sites, that have Glasgow Celtic and Rangers as members. Then see who has the most subscribers or friends, or contacts.
That is my preferred choice of seeing who has the biggest support.
But that changes with time, as new members join the internet social networking sites.
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Interesting connection between Edinburgh and Inverness, in terms of football club names in the eighties.
Connection between Edinburgh and Inverness football names
When I was growing up I noticed a funny connection between the teams of Edinburgh and Inverness, that used to exist. Firstly Edinburgh is the capital of all of Scotland. Inverness is the capital of the Scottish Highlands.
But in terms of the name, for instance in 1985;
Inverness had 3 teams playing in the Scottish Highland League.
Edinburgh had 3 teams in the Scottish Football League.
The Inverness teams were called, Inverness Thistle, Caledonian, and Clachnacuddin.
The three Edinburgh Scottish Football League soccer teams were called Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, and Meadowbank Thistle.
So that is three teams in each league.
The other connection;
The name Hibernian is derived from the Latin name for Ireland.
The name Caledonian is derived from the Latin name for Scotland.
The other connection;
Meadowbank Thistle.
Inverness Thistle.
So two teams called Thistle.
The other connection;
Heart of Midlothian.
Clachnacuddin.
Midlothian is a place.
Clachnacuddin is a place in Inverness.
Now of course, by 2020, that has all changed.
Caledonian and Inverness Thistle merged to create what is now Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the nineties.
Meadowbank Thistle moved to Livingston to become Livingston FC.
Now there is just one team from Inverness in the Scottish Highland League, that is Clachnacuddin. While ICT play in the SPFL.
The Scottish Professional Football League system now has 3 teams from Edinburgh again, after Edinburgh City were promoted from the Lowland League system.
Those 3 teams of Edinburgh in the SPFL are now Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, and Edinburgh City.
Edinburgh could have more clubs promoted to the leagues such as Spartans.
Other Edinburgh club include Civil Service Strollers, Edinburgh University, Spartans, Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale, Tynecastle, Craigroyston, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh United, Heriot-Watt University, Leith Athletic.
