Inside the Divide

Inside the Divide
Title Inside the Divide PDF eBook
Author Richard Wilson
Publisher Canongate Books
Total Pages 268
Release 2012-01-05
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 1847679676

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Since 1888, Rangers and Celtic football clubs have been locked into an intense and frequently explosive rivalry: Rangers the product of West Scotland's Protestant establishment, Celtic the team founded to raise money for the Catholic underclass of Glasgow. On 2 January 2010 the two teams met in the Old Firm's New Year Derby, a fixture that had been banned for ten years because of the trouble it brought with it. Richard Wilson puts that game at the centre of a book which delves into the history and widens out to the cultural resonance of the fixture within Scotland. It is a potent mix of close-up observation and big-picture thinking, with insight, understanding and depth. Fully updated to cover the latest Old Firm stories, including Rangers' dramatic collapse into administration.

More Than a Game

More Than a Game
Title More Than a Game PDF eBook
Author Archie Macpherson
Publisher Luath Press Ltd
Total Pages 292
Release 2020-05-03
Genre History
ISBN 1912387999

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'This is like a scene from Apocalypse Now' Archie Macpherson examines the story of football's most explosive rivalry - Celtic v Rangers. In this book he centres on the infamous riot at the Old Firm Scottish Cup Final at Hampden on 10 May 1980, at which he was the match commentator, and which resulted in the banning of alcohol in football grounds. He explores his memories of the many clashes between the two clubs over his half-century broadcasting career. This leads him inevitably to the sources of the sectarianism which has characterised this fixture and the West of Scotland. He weaves his experiences, and those of others, into the complex tapestry of social issues and club loyalties and takes us through the wider political context: World War II, the invisible hand of Margaret Thatcher and Scotland's independence referendum. This vitriolic conflict is more than a game. It is a kaleidoscope of bitter dispute, and occasional violence, and Archie Macpherson provides a colourful insight into how it was to live with the Old Firm for over five decades.

Celtic V Rangers

Celtic V Rangers
Title Celtic V Rangers PDF eBook
Author David Potter
Publisher
Total Pages 0
Release 2019-10
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 9781785315671

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The Celtic v Rangers clash in Glasgow is one of football's major events, attracting a huge TV audience worldwide. Author David Potter revels in the joy that a victory over the old rivals brings to the Celtic support, reliving some of the club's greatest ever derby-day triumphs from the 1890s right up to date.

Anyone but Celtic: Inside the culture that created the Lanarkshire Referees Association

Anyone but Celtic: Inside the culture that created the Lanarkshire Referees Association
Title Anyone but Celtic: Inside the culture that created the Lanarkshire Referees Association PDF eBook
Author Paul Larkin
Publisher Lulu.com
Total Pages 260
Release
Genre
ISBN 1326128159

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The Old Firm

The Old Firm
Title The Old Firm PDF eBook
Author William J. Murray
Publisher Collins Press
Total Pages 0
Release 2000
Genre Soccer
ISBN 9780859765428

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This text is an account of the interaction of sport, politics and society from the formation of Rangers and Celtic at the end of the 19th century, detailing the changes and rivalry of these two clubs.

Rangers and the Famous Icf

Rangers and the Famous Icf
Title Rangers and the Famous Icf PDF eBook
Author Sandy Chugg
Publisher Fort
Total Pages 240
Release 2011-09-01
Genre Hoodlums
ISBN 9781905769285

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The autobiography of a football hooligan from the Rangers Inter City Firm.

Rangers V Celtic

Rangers V Celtic
Title Rangers V Celtic PDF eBook
Author Jeff Holmes
Publisher
Total Pages 0
Release 2019-10
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 9781785315688

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Rangers v Celtic is Glasgow's contribution to the world's great football derby matches. Otherwise known as the Old Firm, these clashes always attract fervent crowds and huge TV audiences worldwide. Jeff Holmes brings to life 50 of Rangers' greatest triumphs against the old rivals, from their first victory in 1893 to a Christmas cracker in 2018.