Glasgow Rangers
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Details:

Full Name: Rangers Football Club
City: Glasgow 
Founded: 1873
Stadium: Ibrox Park (50,444)
Colors: Blue, White
Nicknames: The Gers, The Teddy Bears, The Light Blues, The Light and Speedy Blues 

Description:

Glasgow Rangers are one half of the Old Firm duopoly that has dominated Scottish football since the launch of the Scottish Football League and have won more league titles than any other club in the world. Rangers, named after an English rugby team, have traditionally drawn their support from the Protestant half of Glasgow, of Scotland and of Ireland, where both Glasgwegian giants claim a significant fan base. Rangers support also tends to be staunchly Unionist in their political viewpoint, supporting Scotland's position within the United Kingdom and opposed to Scottish independence. With such heavy religious and political overtones, matches between Ranger and arch-rivals Celtic can become as heated as you can imagine. But at the end of the day it is Rangers' record of success on the pitch that means most.

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Glasgow Rangers Motto:

The official Glasgow Rangers motto is "Ready", which evolved from "Aye Ready" (Always Ready in the Scottish dialect), before that "Ready, Aye Ready" and before that "Aye, Work Awa".

 

"Ready" was officially adopted as the motto in 1966 though "Aye, Ready" could still be seen for some time after that around Ibrox Park and other places.

Glasgow Rangers Logos:

Glasgow Rangers logo

The Glasgow Rangers emblem features a lion rampant (a traditional symbol of Scotland) and the club motto "Ready" on an image of an old-style football. This is surrounded by the official team name - Rangers Football Club. The emblem incorporates the official club colors of blue, red and white. This emblem was adopted in the late 1960s.

Glasgow Rangers logo

The traditional "scroll" logo, with the letters RFC (Rangers Football Club) overlapping each other is the most well-known of Rangers images and has been in use since the earliest years of the team. The latest incarnation incorporates five stars above the logo, one star for each 10 of the 50+ league titles Rangers have won over the years.

Glasgow Rangers Nicknames:

Although more often than not just called Rangers, the blue half of Glasgow sometimes do go by other names.

 

  • 'Gers is a short form of Rangers
  • The Bears or Teddy Bears nickname evolved from rhyming slang, a play off 'Gers' if you have a broad Glaswegian accent.
  • The Light Blues and Light and Speedy Blues both refer to the club's shirt colors.
  • Rangers supporters are known as Bluenoses, again a reference to the club's colors.

Ibrox Park:

Glasgow Rangers play at Ibrox Park, located in the Ibrox neighborhood on the west side of Glasgow. Rangers have played there since 1899 though the stadium has been comprehensively redeveloped several times since.

 

Previous Stadiums: Flesher's Haugh, Burnbank, Kinning Park, Old Ibrox.

 

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Major Trophies:

First Tier League Titles

  • Scottish Football League (1891, 1918, 20, 21)
  • Scottish Football League A Division (1947, 49, 50, 53, 56)
  • Scottish Football League First Division (1899, 1900, 01, 02, 11, 12, 13, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 57, 59, 61, 63, 64, 75)
  • Scottish Football League Premier Division (1976, 78, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97)
  • Scottish Premier League (1999, 2000, 03, 05, 09, 10)

Cup Titles

  • Scottish FA Cup (1894, 97, 98, 1903, 28, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36, 48, 49, 50, 53, 60, 62, 63, 64, 66, 73, 76, 78, 79, 81, 92, 93, 96, 99, 2000, 02, 03, 08)
  • Scottish Football League Cup (1947, 49, 61, 62, 64, 65, 71, 76, 78, 79, 82, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 91, 93, 94, 97, 99, 2002, 03, 05, 08, 10)

International Titles

  • European Cup Winners' Cup (1972)

Rival:

Glasgow Rangers have only one true rival - their fellow Glaswegians Celtic. The pair of clubs are collectively known as the Old Firm and matches between their are fiercely contested and loaded with symbolism. Rangers support is traditionally Protestant and Unionist while Celtic are traditionally Catholic and anti-Unionist. The two clubs have played nearly 400 matches in their long history, with Rangers having a slight edge in the all-time series record.

Last Updated on Thursday, 26 August 2010 15:07
 
Comments (7)
1Saturday, 28 November 2009 21:09
Terry MacDonald
I love this team always have always will.
I live in Hamilton On. Canada. A former Ranger has a Scottish butcher's here a Mr. D McClardy...Awesome man!!
Rangers Simply the Best!!!
2Tuesday, 02 March 2010 10:27
Rabenutam
2 march 2010 ,Just beat our city's leser known team 1-0 on Sunday 28th Feb 2010,it has been blue skies ever since. Blue skies over Ibrox ,and that shower at parkhead, Easy easy.
3Tuesday, 30 March 2010 13:51
gary beattie bangor northern ireland
been a teddy bear all me life an proud 2 b come on the treble
4Tuesday, 25 May 2010 14:51
billy
nae dough, 2 in a row, watp
5Wednesday, 16 June 2010 10:03
billy bluenose
dont like celtic.
6Friday, 25 June 2010 10:44
Sir Walter
Simply the best
7Saturday, 26 June 2010 01:30
Trevor Mc Donald, Ballymena Legends.
Havent heard of any movement on the transfer front especially
for a number 9, who needs to be a goalscorer.Andy Webster will be like a new signing, but 2/3 fresh faces are needed to
freshen things up. Keep Believing.

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