shaundickov
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Flixton is blue said:
Why no Irish flags flying at Everton matches then? And why the strong Rangers/protestant connection?
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IRISH BLUES/RAGS
- Thread starter wrongun73
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Why no Irish flags flying at Everton matches then? And why the strong Rangers/protestant connection?
Disagree mate, I know quite a few Everton fans back home, they're probably the most popular team outside of the top 4 teams over there in the north at least, a lot of people have family in liverpool.shaundickov said:We had loads of Irish flags before the orange kit came out...
On a serious note, most cities have a catholic team and a protestant team. Usually, the catholic team play in red and the protestant team in blue:
Catholic:
United
Liverpool
Celtic
Arsenal
Protestant:
City
Everton
Rangers
This could all be coincidence - I have no idea. Perhaps someone could enlighten me?
In any case, these ties are still pretty strong today even if the religious connection has been somewhat diluted.
eg when celtic play the scum, you will see hundreds of half scum, half celtic scarves. rangers and everton have close ties and lots of players have played for both clubs, eg Gazza. You couldn't imagine Gazza ever playing for Celtic, or Roy Keane for Rangers. I had the misfortune to attend the giggs testimonial scum vs celtic, and both sets of fans were chanting and had banners of 'keano', even though keane had not played for celtic. Odd.
eg when the catholic teams play, you see rafts of irish flags in the crowd. With everton, city and rangers you're more likely to see Union Jacks.
Theres no religion with City, I've not seen it, I know a few Rangers supporters follow us as their English team but look at me, I'm an Irish ex-catholic Celtic supporting City fan, although City come first always ofcourse! Theres a few more of us on here too, some are Scottish, some are Irish.
The big club that Rangers follow is Chelsea, especially when they were shite, but there are a good lot of rags and scouse supporters too. Most Celtic fans probably support Liverpool, they've more connection with them, but the big club almost all of them follow is Barca these days, the two groups of fans are on good terms when they go to Barcelona and Glasgow.
wrongun73
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In fact manchester has a bigger irish poulation than liverpool, and is second in britain only to london because of the shr size of the placeFlixton is blue said:Everton have strong Catholic links.They were founded by a Catholic priest,its a misconception Liverpool are Catholic.Liverpool(the city) has a big Irish populationshaundickov said:We had loads of Irish flags before the orange kit came out...
On a serious note, most cities have a catholic team and a protestant team. Usually, the catholic team play in red and the protestant team in blue:
Catholic:
United
Liverpool
Celtic
Arsenal
Protestant:
City
Everton
Rangers
This could all be coincidence - I have no idea. Perhaps someone could enlighten me?
In any case, these ties are still pretty strong today even if the religious connection has been somewhat diluted.
eg when celtic play the scum, you will see hundreds of half scum, half celtic scarves. rangers and everton have close ties and lots of players have played for both clubs, eg Gazza. You couldn't imagine Gazza ever playing for Celtic, or Roy Keane for Rangers. I had the misfortune to attend the giggs testimonial scum vs celtic, and both sets of fans were chanting and had banners of 'keano', even though keane had not played for celtic. Odd.
eg when the catholic teams play, you see rafts of irish flags in the crowd. With everton, city and rangers you're more likely to see Union Jacks.
It does but a lot of us identify with liverpool a lot easier. Same with Glasgow, even the slang is similar to ours.wrongun73 said:In fact manchester has a bigger irish poulation than liverpool, and is second in britain only to london because of the shr size of the placeFlixton is blue said:Everton have strong Catholic links.They were founded by a Catholic priest,its a misconception Liverpool are Catholic.Liverpool(the city) has a big Irish populationshaundickov said:We had loads of Irish flags before the orange kit came out...
On a serious note, most cities have a catholic team and a protestant team. Usually, the catholic team play in red and the protestant team in blue:
Catholic:
United
Liverpool
Celtic
Arsenal
Protestant:
City
Everton
Rangers
This could all be coincidence - I have no idea. Perhaps someone could enlighten me?
In any case, these ties are still pretty strong today even if the religious connection has been somewhat diluted.
eg when celtic play the scum, you will see hundreds of half scum, half celtic scarves. rangers and everton have close ties and lots of players have played for both clubs, eg Gazza. You couldn't imagine Gazza ever playing for Celtic, or Roy Keane for Rangers. I had the misfortune to attend the giggs testimonial scum vs celtic, and both sets of fans were chanting and had banners of 'keano', even though keane had not played for celtic. Odd.
eg when the catholic teams play, you see rafts of irish flags in the crowd. With everton, city and rangers you're more likely to see Union Jacks.
I dont identify with liverpool, couldnt give a shite about it, manchester all the way, hope im living here for years to come
jimharri
Moderator
Swap Levvy for Moss Side and I'm that man!jm012 said:born in levenshulme,irish parents,catholic,support city,stop trying to pigeon hole clubs with catholic/protestant links who give a f--k who people support.
And you swap Manny for Mayo!jimharri said:Swap Levvy for Moss Side and I'm that man!jm012 said:born in levenshulme,irish parents,catholic,support city,stop trying to pigeon hole clubs with catholic/protestant links who give a f--k who people support.
Fuck sake Jim
lancs blue
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jm012 said:born in levenshulme,irish parents,catholic,support city,stop trying to pigeon hole clubs with catholic/protestant links who give a f--k who people support.
Agreed, it's mostly of historical interest only anyway and as religion has dwindled in England the lines have thankfully been blurred over the years, unlike in Glasgow or Belfast.
jimharri
Moderator
Could be worse BJ; it could be Bel..........blue jim said:And you swap Manny for Mayo!jimharri said:Swap Levvy for Moss Side and I'm that man!jm012 said:born in levenshulme,irish parents,catholic,support city,stop trying to pigeon hole clubs with catholic/protestant links who give a f--k who people support.
Fuck sake Jim
;-)