Rangers into administration?

[Jeemo]

Maybe the new rangers should apply to join the football league (or blue square or whatever it is these days). In 6 years time they would be playing with the big boys.

Uefa have already ruled out eithr or both Glasgow clubs playing in England.

[funky_nomad]

I think there would be a knock on effect up and down the country. With no Rangers to support or a v2 in the bottom league a percentage of the glory hunter fans (which is a lot of people), who won't turn to Celtic, may watch Motherwell, Hearts etc.

The "casual" Rangers fan is more likely to give up watching football in Scotland completely and watch the EPL on Sky instead, perhaps saving up to go to a couple of games per year in England with their adopted team rather than, say, half a dozen or so Motherwell home league matches or big Cup games.

It would take years, perhaps generations, to un-assimilate the levels of tribalness with all that 90-minute bigotry to undermine.

[Jock]

I think there would be a knock on effect up and down the country. With no Rangers to support or a v2 in the bottom league a percentage of the glory hunter fans (which is a lot of people), who won't turn to Celtic, may watch Motherwell, Hearts etc.

The "casual" Rangers fan is more likely to give up watching football in Scotland completely and watch the EPL on Sky instead, perhaps saving up to go to a couple of games per year in England with their adopted team rather than, say, half a dozen or so Motherwell home league matches or big Cup games.

It would take years, perhaps generations, to un-assimilate the levels of tribalness with all that 90-minute bigotry to undermine.

I think that's what'll happen too.

[Goat Boy]

It'll take a decade at least but what else are we gonna do with scottish football? It can't get worse so or less competitive so let's get on with it. I think the bigotry and tribalism is less of an issue on the east coast or the north east. Without Rangers Aberdeen definitely would pick up new fans.

[funky_nomad]

I think the bigotry and tribalism is less of an issue on the east coast or the north east.

I can't speak for the north-east, but in my experience it's almost as bad in Fife as it is in Ayrshire.

[the hanging monkey]

Maybe the new rangers should apply to join the football league (or blue square or whatever it is these days). In 6 years time they would be playing with the big boys.

Uefa have already ruled out eithr or both Glasgow clubs playing in England.

Have they ruled on a newly formed club playing in England?

[funky_nomad]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/spo ... 202144892/

[Jock]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headlines/rangers-pledges-sectarianism-as-usual-201202144892/

[fueryhk(redux)]

Maybe the new rangers should apply to join the football league (or blue square or whatever it is these days). In 6 years time they would be playing with the big boys.

Uefa have already ruled out eithr or both Glasgow clubs playing in England.

Have they ruled on a newly formed club playing in England?

Presumably they'd quote precedent. Didn't they do something similar when Wimbledon explored moving to Dublin?

[funky_nomad]

[Owen]

dublin is a different country though rather than a different region of the same country with some (tiny)
existing overlap of footballing sides associations

[fueryhk(redux)]

dublin is a different country though rather than a different region of the same country with some (tiny)
existing overlap of footballing sides associations

The last time I looked, Scotland was a different country as well. As I'm sure our Scots contingent will tell you in no uncertain terms...

[Rory Bellows]

dublin is a different country though rather than a different region of the same country with some (tiny)
existing overlap of footballing sides associations

The last time I looked, Scotland was a different country as well. As I'm sure our Scots contingent will tell you in no uncertain terms...

Yup, but maybe precedent will be Swansea / Cardiff playing in the English Championship / EPL

[fueryhk(redux)]

Well, I'm not holding my breath...

[Owen]

dublin is a different country though rather than a different region of the same country with some (tiny)
existing overlap of footballing sides associations

The last time I looked, Scotland was a different country as well. As I'm sure our Scots contingent will tell you in no uncertain terms...

only if you get very technical on differences between countries and states. there is absolutely no possible overlap between england and dublin, there are already all sorts amongst the constituent parts of the uk.

[fueryhk(redux)]

So how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, Owen?

[Owen]

its hardly a technicality, what passport to scottish people have? what passport do people from dublin have?

not having a go at scotland at all, I'm welsh and would never want to be considered english, but i'm still a uk subject just like the scots are, and we have a league but our best teams play in the english set up. It's hardly an impossible idea. Dublin on the other hand is a totally different state

[the hanging monkey]

dublin is a different country though rather than a different region of the same country with some (tiny)
existing overlap of footballing sides associations

The last time I looked, Scotland was a different country as well. As I'm sure our Scots contingent will tell you in no uncertain terms...

Yup, but maybe precedent will be Swansea / Cardiff playing in the English Championship / EPL

Wrexham play in the English league too. Newport County used to before going bust.

And Berwick play in the Scottish League.

[fueryhk(redux)]

My point is simply that the English and Scottish authorities are not going to let Rangers (or Celtic) play in the English league. Does anyone here really think for a moment that they would?

[Diamond Dog]

its hardly a technicality, what passport to scottish people have? what passport do people from dublin have?

not having a go at scotland at all, I'm welsh and would never want to be considered english, but i'm still a uk subject just like the scots are, and we have a league but our best teams play in the english set up. It's hardly an impossible idea. Dublin on the other hand is a totally different state

Wales is only a Principality anyway............