Glasgow Rangers - wallpaper, motto, logo, nickname

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.

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Glasgow Rangers Nicknames:

Although more often than not just called Rangers, the blue half of Glasgow are sometimes known by a variety of Rangers nicknames.

• '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.

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.

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, 11)

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, 11)

International Titles

• European Cup Winners' Cup (1972)

Glasgow Rangers Links:

• Official Glasgow Rangers Website: rangers.co.uk
• Celtic vs Rangers
• FollowFollow.com - The busiest Rangers site on the web. Thousands of Bears discussing anything and everything Rangers, from the history to the current season and everything in between.
• Rangers F.C.
• Scottish Final League Tables