[Garrowhillclyde]

Dont you just love it when non scottish teams come to Scotland in Euro ties and refer either half of the the old firm as 'Glasgow' I've heard this a few times now.

Really shows their standing. Was listening to a pre match report on the radio and an interview with a VFB player who was obviously having trouble remembering his opponents name and eventually refered to them as Glasgow. I think they should just amalgamate and be done with it.

[tonythetim]

Garrowhillclyde, on Sep 20 2007, 08:18, said:

Dont you just love it when non scottish teams come to Scotland in Euro ties and refer either half of the the old firm as 'Glasgow' I've heard this a few times now.

Really shows their standing. Was listening to a pre match report on the radio and an interview with a VFB player who was obviously having trouble remembering his opponents name and eventually refered to them as Glasgow. I think they should just amalgamate and be done with it.

Good call, i think it shows no respect.

[H_B]

The Chameleon, on Sep 20 2007, 09:42, said:

they are far from household names outside the UK.

I dont think this is true. Both the OF are amongst the biggest supported World Clubs. Certainly in the top 10.

[Hughsie]

Borussia, on Sep 20 2007, 09:47, said:

Are their full names not Glasgow Rangers Football Club and Glasgow Celtic Football Club ?

Dont go mental if Im wrong....I dont pay that much attention to them to know the answer

Dont think Barcelona would lose sleep watching either of those two sides last night

Think it's Glasgow Rangers Football Club, but Celtic don't actually have Glasgow in their full title, just Celtic Football Club. Ask Tommy Burns.

[Swampy]

It's "Rangers Football Club" and "The Celtic Football Club."

It's not really a big deal. People call them PSV Eindhoven and Inter Milan even though PSV don't even have Eindhoven in their name and Inter are hardly ever called Inter Milan in Italy.

[TheBanter]

Hughsie, on Sep 20 2007, 10:00, said:

Think it's Glasgow Rangers Football Club, but Celtic don't actually have Glasgow in their full title, just Celtic Football Club. Ask Tommy Burns.

Would Tam not tell us it was 'Selikfubaclub'?

[Lordofthewing]

Swampy, on Sep 20 2007, 10:03, said:

It's "Rangers Football Club" and "The Celtic Football Club."

It's not really a big deal. People call them PSV Eindhoven and Inter Milan even though PSV don't even have Eindhoven in their name and Inter are hardly ever called Inter Milan in Italy.

Isn't Inter's full name Internazionale? Granted Inter Milan is probably easier for some folk to remember, but it's always good to know a club's full name, like Bayern Munchen, Kobenhavn etc. Also think it's the same thing with Sporting Lisbon.

[Swampy]

Lordofthewing, on Sep 20 2007, 10:44, said:

Isn't Inter's full name Internazionale? Granted Inter Milan is probably easier for some folk to remember, but it's always good to know a club's full name, like Bayern Munchen, Kobenhavn etc. Also think it's the same thing with Sporting Lisbon.

Football Club Internazionale Milano, but they're almost invariably called Inter in Italy. The club's website, for example, is inter.it and it refers to them as Inter almost all the time.

Sporting Lisbon, again, don't have Lisbon in their name and are never called that in Portugal, but it's convenient for us to do that. Everyone outside Portugal calls them Sporting Lisbon/Sporting Lisboa - even in Spain. (If you say Sporting in Spain, people will often assume you're talking about Sporting Gijon, even though they've been shite for years.)

[Lordofthewing]

Swampy, on Sep 20 2007, 10:47, said:

Football Club Internazionale Milano, but they're almost invariably called Inter in Italy. The club's website, for example, is inter.it and it refers to them as Inter almost all the time.

Sporting Lisbon, again, don't have Lisbon in their name and are never called that in Portugal, but it's convenient for us to do that. Everyone outside Portugal calls them Sporting Lisbon/Sporting Lisboa - even in Spain. (If you say Sporting in Spain, people will often assume you're talking about Sporting Gijon, even though they've been shite for years.)

This could be a decent thread to start up in Misc Fitba Chat, but I cannae be arsed starting it as I actually have some work to do Fecking rarity!!

[Swampy]

Me too, but I'm a great multitasker

[Musketeer Gripweed]

Some clubs are known as the same thing universally though thankfully, like Red Star Belgrade for instance....

[Lordofthewing]

Swampy, on Sep 20 2007, 11:01, said:

Me too, but I'm a great multitasker

Same here, I'm just bloody lazy

[Waspie]

Remember when Gazza first signed for Rangers he called them "Glasgow" a few times, "Im delighted to have signed for Glasgow" etc

[drs]

Aye but he's a jaikie alki wife beater so you wouldn't expect him to have any sense.

[Mak]

bairnagain, on Sep 20 2007, 11:03, said:

Some clubs are known as the same thing universally though thankfully, like Red Star Belgrade for instance....

(Bites)

[Ric]

Garrowhillclyde, on Sep 20 2007, 08:18, said:

Dont you just love it when non scottish teams come to Scotland in Euro ties and refer either half of the the old firm as 'Glasgow' I've heard this a few times now.

I've never heard anyone call Rangers or Celtic just "Glasgow". As a prefix, yes (ie: Glasgow Celtic or Glasgow Rangers) but never on it's own.

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This could be a decent thread to start up in Misc Fitba Chat...

I agree... mods!

[chris123]

Mak HMFC, on Sep 20 2007, 13:32, said:

(Bites)

At the nou camp, there is a whole celtic section in the barcelona club shop.

I shit you not.

[Ric]

Lordofthewing, on Sep 20 2007, 10:44, said:

Isn't Inter's full name Internazionale? Granted Inter Milan is probably easier for some folk to remember, but it's always good to know a club's full name, like Bayern Munchen, Kobenhavn etc. Also think it's the same thing with Sporting Lisbon.

Inter are never known as Inter Milan in Italy, only ever Internazionale. AC Milan are called Milan, not AC.

[Beyemystic]

In programs like 'champions league weekly' you often hear folk referring to 'Manchester' and 'Madrid' so if it can happen to those clubs I suppose it can happen to Celtic.

Reminds me of Sensible Soccer on the megadrive: wherein the huns were represented as 'Glasgow' and Celtic relegated to the very much secondary 'Glaswegian'

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[Savage Henry]

Beyemystic, on Sep 20 2007, 13:45, said:

In programs like 'champions league weekly' you often hear folk referring to 'Manchester' and 'Madrid' so if it can happen to those clubs I suppose it can happen to Celtic.

Reminds me of Sensible Soccer on the megadrive: wherein the huns were represented as 'Glasgow' and Celtic relegated to the very much secondary 'Glaswegian'

In what possible sense is Glaswegian lesser than Glasgow? And presumably it should have been the other way round, as Rangers "are the people" (sic).

[Mak]

Beyemystic, on Sep 20 2007, 13:45, said:

In programs like 'champions league weekly' you often hear folk referring to 'Manchester' and 'Madrid' so if it can happen to those clubs I suppose it can happen to Celtic.

Reminds me of Sensible Soccer on the megadrive: wherein the huns were represented as 'Glasgow' and Celtic relegated to the very much secondary 'Glaswegian'

Yep, just another example of the rampant anti Catholicism within these Japanese computer games companies

[Lordofthewing]

Mak HMFC, on Sep 20 2007, 13:50, said:

Yep, just another example of the rampant anti Catholicism within these Japanese computer games companies

Nae sarcasm there then Mak?