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LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she is “utterly disgusted” by the behavior of soccer fans celebrating their league victory in Glasgow, including the fans’ “vile anti-Catholic prejudice.”
Rangers F.C. defeated Aberdeen 4-0 on Saturday to boast an undefeated season. They clinched the title in March, but lifted the trophy for the 55th time in their history after the Aberdeen match.
Rangers is the city’s Protestant club, while Celtic F.C. is supported by Catholics. Although the teams ply their trade in the largest city of Scotland, it is Northern Ireland which dominates the culture of the clubs.
Scottish flags – which can be found almost everywhere in the country – are not common in the teams’ stadiums: Celtic fans fly the Irish tri-color, while Rangers fans fly the Union Jack or even the Northern Irish flag.
This means supporters for the clubs often mix nationalism and sectarianism with sport, and this can involve violence.
As late as the 1980s, Rangers had an unofficial ban on Catholics playing for them.
Continued below.
https://cruxnow.com/church-in-uk-an...ondemns-vile-anti-catholicism-of-soccer-fans/
Rangers F.C. defeated Aberdeen 4-0 on Saturday to boast an undefeated season. They clinched the title in March, but lifted the trophy for the 55th time in their history after the Aberdeen match.
Rangers is the city’s Protestant club, while Celtic F.C. is supported by Catholics. Although the teams ply their trade in the largest city of Scotland, it is Northern Ireland which dominates the culture of the clubs.
Scottish flags – which can be found almost everywhere in the country – are not common in the teams’ stadiums: Celtic fans fly the Irish tri-color, while Rangers fans fly the Union Jack or even the Northern Irish flag.
This means supporters for the clubs often mix nationalism and sectarianism with sport, and this can involve violence.
As late as the 1980s, Rangers had an unofficial ban on Catholics playing for them.
Continued below.
https://cruxnow.com/church-in-uk-an...ondemns-vile-anti-catholicism-of-soccer-fans/