Religious Retribution through Football in Scotland
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https://doi.org/10.36399/GroundingsUG.14.134Keywords:
Sectarianism, Glasgow, Scotland, Football, Rangers, Celtic, Old FirmAbstract
This paper sheds light upon the conflicting, religious undertones of the two largest football clubs in Scotland, Rangers Football Club and Celtic Football Club, that is fuelled by the fanbases’ cultural dependencies within each association. These football clubs, known nationally across Scotland, have an established conflict of ideologies; beliefs that go far behind the goals of the football pitch. The main thrust of this paper, then, displays a compelling focus on the self-identity established through sport, and in this instance, football, while so too heightening the pertinence of the politics within this playing field.
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