In general, no more than the average European although there are some exceptions like everywhere else. In any case, Greek stadia have been close to empty in most games for decades, the pandemic has hardly made a notable difference in this regard.
My dislike of Rangers is to do with the fans and club culture primarily. Always has been. Not interested in getting into âBig Jock knewâ chat. I donât know enough about it and donât think itâs really appropriate to points score over.
they meet this Saturday at Ibrox, if the gers win they go 19 points clear or something,
despite the lockdown here, i still expect the usual carnage on the streets of Glasgow after the game,
from fans of the losing side
Story told by Chris Hitchins, although I think he was retelling it, and it might be an apocryphal tale.
Journalist is walking down a street in Belfast in the 80s. A car pulls up and a menacing looking guy gets out and walks over to him.
âHey youâ, he says. âI havenât seen you here before. Are yous a Protestant or a Catholic?
âIâm an atheist!â says the Journo.
The man looks puzzled for a second. âAye, okâ, he says. âBut are yous a Protestant Atheist or a Catholic Atheist?â
Itâs all got a bit heated and silly in here, and religion is the most pointless of all the things to fall out over. Shall we give it a rest and get back to the footy?
was living down Glasgow just over a year,
waiting on a bus home late at night,
got approached by a group of the local young team,
1st thing they say to me is, are you Rangers or Celtic
i told them i was Inverness Caledonian Thistle, (I lied).
they were taken by surprise but after that they were ok with me,
if i had said i was a supporter of the wrong side of the old firm,
I think it might have turned nasty, and they all could have been beaten up!
Rangers fan wants to go to the old firm game at Celtic Park, but the only ticket he can get from a tout is in the home stand. So he decides heâs just gonna zip up his jacket over his Rangers shirt and sit in among the Celtic fans to watch the match.
After about half an hour, Rangers score and the fella jumps up and yells âYES!!â, forgetting himself. Big Celtic fan next to him says âright you, away and get me a bovril, and I want you tae leave yer shoe.â The Rangers fan obliges, realizing he is behind enemy lines. When he returns with the large chapâs bovril, he sees that his shoe now contains a large turd inside it. âPut that back onâ says the large Celtic fan. Grimacing, the Rangers fan does as heâs told.
Second half comes, and right around the hour mark, Rangers score again and the Rangers fan this time remembers where he is and declines to celebrate. The big Celtic fan on the other side of him taps him on the shoulder. âNow I want a bovril. On ye go, and leave yer other shoe.â The Rangers fan does as heâs told, and upon returning with the second cup of hot savory broth, finds his other shoe is now filled with shit. âPut the shoe on son.â The Rangers fan does as he is told.
After the match, the Rangers fan is spotted by a TV camera crew outside the stadium, and the approach him. After getting past the smell of human excrement, the young reporter tells the Rangers fan that theyâre doing a bit on the animosity between the two groups of fans. The reporter asks âsir, as a Rangers fan, do you feel that the two sides will ever be able to put this animosity aside and be able to coexist? Will the hate ever stop?â The Rangers fan replies without hesitation âStop? No son, itâll never stop, so long as weâre pissin in their bovrils and theyâre shittin in our shoes!!!â