Are there (m)any Catholic Glasgow Rangers fans or Protestant Celtic fans?

Question

I am interested to know.

Answer 1

My Brother In Law was born a Catholic and went to a Catholic school and he supports Rangers.



He tells me even his teachers at school held a grudge towards him and wasn't allowed to play for the school team.

He is like most people i know in that although they were born either a catholic or protestant or went to Church or Chapel but actually have stopped practicing and religion is not part of their life anymore but it's the loyalties with friends and families that tie many to be 'born' into one club or another. The next generation through positive anti sectarian campaigns i think will have no fear to support either club no matter their religion. By the way there are a couple of kids in my boy's football team who are catholic and support Rangers so it is working already. ( just remembered there!).



As i've often said, the bitterness today which is still there (although to a lesser extent) will pale into insignificance in the next generation or 2 due to other fundamentalist factors.

Answer 2

There's always been a few Protestant Celtic fans as the club never exercised a sectarian signing policy from a very early stage, hence Hoops legends like Jock Stein and Kenny Dalglish had this background.



Also as well as not signing Catholics until under 20 years ago Rangers fans continued to sing a load of vitriolic songs about 'Fenians' hence you'd have to be a pretty strange Catholic to follow them. Maybe this will change in the future but I can't see it for a while.

Answer 3

There are but they're definitely in the minority. One of my best mates is a Celtic supporting Protestant but we're fae Dundee - religion is completely irrelevant here, I wouldn't imagine there are many Catholic Gers and vice versa in Glasgow.

Answer 4

i know an english catholic who follows rangers and a scottish protestant who supports celtic, he says he always loved celtic as a young kid and does not care about religion.

Answer 5

Well i know 6 catholics that are rangers fans and one of them is southern irish so the guy above like most drunk tims is talking crap

Answer 6

yes there is on both sides more protestants

support celtic, but i know a lot of catholics who support rangers, i have actually met the Dublin

rangers supporters at ibrox ,and they were telling me there is two or three rangers supporters clubs in Ireland, ps good luck to rangers tonight.

Answer 7

PROTESTANTS HAVE ALWAYS FOLLOWED CELTIC BUT TRYING TO FIND A CATHOLIC WHO SUPPORTS RANGERS MUST BE AS RARE AS ROCKING HORSE SHYTE..AND THEY SAY THAT RANGERS ARE BIGOTS..MAKES YOU LAUGH

Answer 8

What is this aboot Skaffliks 'n' Proddy dugs, is no bein an athiest good enough to support one of the Old Firm, or indeed any other team.



Religion belongs in the place of worship, not on a football pitch or in a stadium.

Answer 9

i have heard some amount of **** from some FOLK here !

i have 2 mates that are tims and support rangers !

but i think it has something to do with what the dirty beasts did to them !

lol !

Answer 10

no me, i'm a non-religious dundee united supporter.