- Jul 7, 2003
- 47,501
Yeah, great.
Many Scottish people can't wait to moan about the English, to crap on about Braveheart, and English oppression, and us stealing their North Sea Oil, and battles that took place 400 years ago. They go on endlessly about the marvellous Tartan Army, and their "great fans", and how they have so much national pride and identity compared to the English, actively nurturing the thousand year old chip on their shoulders.
Yet they want their two biggest teams to come and play in England. Excuse me?
The only people in favour of this are club chairmen- in English clubs' case, seeing the pound signs of the travelling Glaswegian support, and in Rangers & Celtic's case, seeing the chance to increase their worldwide exposure and TV income.
The fact that Rangers & Celtic dominate the SPL is down to their spending- if they want to make it more competitive, what's to stop them investing in the future of Scottish football, rather than simply buying up every half decent Scottish player from the likes of Hibs and Motherwell. It's not English football's problem, and I don't see why we should fix it for them.
Many Scottish people can't wait to moan about the English, to crap on about Braveheart, and English oppression, and us stealing their North Sea Oil, and battles that took place 400 years ago. They go on endlessly about the marvellous Tartan Army, and their "great fans", and how they have so much national pride and identity compared to the English, actively nurturing the thousand year old chip on their shoulders.
Yet they want their two biggest teams to come and play in England. Excuse me?
The only people in favour of this are club chairmen- in English clubs' case, seeing the pound signs of the travelling Glaswegian support, and in Rangers & Celtic's case, seeing the chance to increase their worldwide exposure and TV income.
The fact that Rangers & Celtic dominate the SPL is down to their spending- if they want to make it more competitive, what's to stop them investing in the future of Scottish football, rather than simply buying up every half decent Scottish player from the likes of Hibs and Motherwell. It's not English football's problem, and I don't see why we should fix it for them.