Many football fans, including myself, love to watch the team they support play and cheer them on. However, sectarianism and bigotry play a huge part in football in Glasgow and the surrounding areas resulting in fans abusing the opposing team’s supporters. Sectarianism is the rivalry between two religious parties – In Scotland this is conflict between Catholic and Protestants. There is an extremely strong link in the West of Scotland between religion and support for Celtic and Rangers. A survey revealed
Catholicism vs. Protestantism Most European cities can boast of a professional football (soccer) club and a competitive rivalry with a neighboring team. However, Glasgow, Scotland is the home of one of the oldest and most heated rivalries in the world. Two of the most prestigious football clubs in Europe, Celtic and Rangers, both call Glasgow their home. The cross-town rivals first met on the pitch on February 28, 1888. At that point, "none of the 2,000 spectators at the game could have guessed that
There any many different causes of tribalism shown through out the book, some of the causes of tribalism lead to some dangerous matters sometimes. This is called football hooliganism and it is seen mostly in European countries, this is shown in the book- How Soccer Explains the world written by the great author- Franklin Foer. Franklin Foer is an American journalist and the editor of The New Republic. An American citizen for the American citizens writes this book. The book tells about a passion for
Hooligans “Hundreds of English fans have been departed from Belgium after scenes of mass violence in Belgian cities and football authorities have threatened to expel the English team from the competition if there is another outbreak of the English Disease” This was an article dated 20 June 2000 written by an English journalist. It is obvious from this article that world is facing a great problem nowadays. Actually it would be wrong to use the term ‘nowadays’ because the ‘English Disease’ namely