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What channel is the Rangers Champions League qualifier on?

The Champions League spotlight will be on Ibrox again this season Rangers’ Champions League third qualifying round first leg with either Servette or Genk will be shown live by BBC Scotland on Wednesday, 9 August. Sportscene, presented by former Rangers striker Steven Thompson, will be on air from Ibrox from 19:30 BST, 15 minutes ahead of kick-off.

Both legs of Hibs’ Euro tie on BBC Scotland

Meanwhile, there will be live build-up and commentary on BBC Radio Scotland. Genk have home advantage in next week’s second leg against Servette after the Belgians left Switzerland with a 1-1 draw on Tuesday.Rangers reached the group stage last year and will be looking for a positive result at Ibrox to take to either Switzerland or Belgium for the return leg the following week.

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Do Rangers have any Catholic players?

1990s onwards – Following Mo Johnston, the club did not make another major Scottish Catholic signing until Neil McCann in 1998, although the end of limitations on the number of foreign players in that period led to far fewer native players being signed in general.

In that same year, Rangers lifted a ban on players making the sign of the cross at the behest of Gabriel Amato but warned them not to do it in front of supporters. Gennaro Gattuso, an Italian Catholic who played for Rangers in the 1997–98 season, alleged that his teammates ordered him to take off his crucifix necklace,

In 1998, fellow Italian Lorenzo Amoruso became the first Catholic captain of Rangers, and Bob Brannan became the first club director who was a Catholic. In 2002, defender Fernando Ricksen said that Rangers’ Catholic players had to hide their religion because of sectarianism at the club.

What channel is Champions League?

UEFA Champions League schedule: How to watch on TV & live stream, which matches are live on TNT Sports? – Eurosport By Eurosport Updated 08/09/2023 at 09:06 GMT Manchester City Image credit: Getty Images Get ready to enjoy the UEFA Champions League on during the 2023-24 season as Manchester City look to defend their crown under Pep Guardiola. European football’s premier event will again showcase the greatest teams and talent after Rodri’s winner for City on June 10 saw another crown go to the Premier League.

Attention will first turn to the eagerly anticipated group stage of the competition, and finally the knockout stages, all of which will be shown on TNT Sports. Guardiola’s City will take on RB Leipzig, Crvena Zvezda and Young Boys in the group stage, while Harry Kane will make a return to England as his Bayern Munich are in a group with Manchester United, Copenhagen and Galatasaray.

Kane’s visit to Old Trafford will be the first game for Bayern and United in this season’s Champions League on September 20, while City begin at home to Crvena Zvezda on September 19. Newcastle are back on Europe’s biggest stage, and face a tough group alongside Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund and AC Milan.

Which network shows Champions League?

Champions League TV Schedule and Streaming Links Find out where, when and how to watch the giants of European soccer with our Champions League TV schedule. In the United States, CBS Sports have the exclusive English-language rights to broadcast the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Super Cup until the end of the 2023/24 season.

Who is bigger Celtic or Rangers?

Old Firm

Celtic and Rangers fans, separated by police, at Celtic Park
Other names	Glasgow derby
Location	Glasgow, Scotland
Teams	Celtic Rangers
First meeting	28 May 1888 Friendly Celtic 5–2 Rangers
Latest meeting	3 September 2023 Scottish Premiership Rangers 0–1 Celtic
Next meeting	30 December 2023 Scottish Premiership Celtic vs. Rangers
Statistics
Meetings total	437
Most wins	Rangers (169)
Largest victory	Celtic 7–1 Rangers (19 October 1957)
Celtic Park Ibrox (Rangers) Hampden Park Location of the two teams’ stadiums in Glasgow, as well as Hampden Park where their cup semi/final meetings are normally played

The Old Firm is the collective name for the Scottish football clubs Celtic and Rangers, which are both based in Glasgow, The two clubs are the most successful and popular in Scotland, and the rivalry between them has become deeply embedded in Scottish culture.

It has reflected and contributed to political, social and religious division and sectarianism in Scotland. As a result, the fixture has had an enduring appeal around the world. Between them the two clubs have won 108 Scottish League championships (Rangers with 55 and Celtic with 53), 75 Scottish Cups (Celtic with 41 and Rangers with 34), and 48 Scottish League Cups (Rangers with 27 and Celtic with 21).

Interruptions to their ascendancy have occurred rarely, mainly in the two decades after the Second World War from 1946 to 1965 when five other clubs all won the senior league, and in the first half of the 1980s with the challenge of the New Firm of Aberdeen and Dundee United,

Beginning with the 1985–86 season, one half of the Old Firm has won the Scottish League every season and in all but one of seventeen seasons between 1995–96 and 2011–12, both clubs finished in the top two places. In the early 2010s, Rangers endured financial difficulties, and its holding company was liquidated in 2012,

Subsequently, the team had to apply for entry to the bottom (fourth) tier of the Scottish league, climbing to the top division in four seasons and winning the title again in 2020–21 (Celtic were champions in each of the intervening nine campaigns but failed to claim the tenth, which would have beaten a record set by them in the 1960s/70s and matched by Rangers in the 1980s/90s).

As a result of these circumstances, a proportion of Celtic supporters maintain that the current Rangers is distinct from the pre-2012 club and the rivalry no longer exists under the Old Firm identity; instead, they (and often Celtic themselves) use the more generic term ” Glasgow derby ” to refer to the rivalry.

Celtic and Rangers have played each other 437 times in major competitions: Rangers have won 169 matches, Celtic 166 matches, and 102 ended in a draw. The clubs have large fan bases around Glasgow and Scotland and have supporters clubs in most towns throughout Scotland and Northern Ireland and in many cities around the world.

Is Celtic Catholic or Protestant?

Football – An Irish tricolour flag visibly held by Celtic fans (left) and the Union Jack and St George’s flag visible in the Rangers fans section (right) Sectarianism in Glasgow is particularly visible in the rivalry between the supporters of Glasgow’s two main football clubs, Celtic and Rangers, together known as the Old Firm,

One study showed that 74% of Celtic supporters identify themselves as Catholic, whereas only 10% identify as Protestant; for Rangers fans, the figures are 2% and 65%, respectively. At Rangers’ Ibrox Stadium, the Union Flag and Ulster banner are often displayed, whilst at Celtic Park, the Irish tricolour is often displayed.

During the late 19th century, many immigrants came to Glasgow from Ireland, of whom around 75% were Catholic and around 25% Protestant. The foundation of Celtic, a club with a distinct Irish Catholic identity, was crucial in the subsequent adoption by Rangers of a Protestant, Unionist identity.

• From around the 1920s onwards Rangers had an unofficial policy of not signing Catholic players or employing Catholics in other roles.
• Particularly from the 1970s, Rangers came under increasing social and media pressure to change their stance, despite several of the club’s directors continuing to deny its existence.

In 1989, Rangers signed Mo Johnston, their first major openly Roman Catholic signing whose transfer drew widespread attention not only due to his religion but as a former Celtic player, who had tentatively agreed to rejoin them before Rangers offered better financial terms and outbid their rivals.

• Johnston was the highest-profile Catholic to sign for the club since the World War I era, although several players of the faith featured prior to that point.
• Since Johnston’s signing, an influx of overseas footballers has contributed to Catholic players becoming commonplace at Rangers.
• In 1999 Lorenzo Amoruso became the first Catholic captain of the club.

One Rangers spokesman used the term “90-minute bigot” to explain part of the problem of religious bigotry among supporters and suggested this bigotry should be dealt with first. While the majority of Celtic fans are Catholic, some of the key figures in the club’s history ( Jock Stein, Kenny Dalglish, and Danny McGrain amongst others) have come from a Protestant background.

In recent times, both Old Firm teams have taken measures to combat sectarianism. Working alongside the Scottish Parliament, church groups, pressure groups such as Nil by Mouth, schools and community organisations, the Old Firm have endeavoured to clamp down on sectarian songs, inflammatory flag-waving, and troublesome supporters, using increased levels of policing and surveillance.

Both Celtic and Rangers have launched campaigns to stamp out sectarian violence and songs. Celtic’s Bhoys Against Bigotry, Rangers’ Follow With Pride (previously called Pride Over Prejudice ) and the cross-club Sense Over Sectarianism campaigns have attempted to reduce the connection between the Old Firm and sectarianism.

1. In August 2003, Rangers launched its ‘Pride Over Prejudice’ campaign to promote social inclusion, which has urged fans to wear only traditional Rangers colours and avoid offensive songs, banners and salutes.
2. This involved publishing the ‘Blue Guide’, known as the “Wee Blue Book”, which contained a list of acceptable songs and was issued to 50,000 supporters in August 2007.

Research, however, suggests that football is unlikely to be the main source of sectarianism in Glasgow. An audit from the Crown Office in 2006 of religiously aggravated crimes in Scotland between January 2004 and June 2005, found that 33% of these were related to football.

1. Given that 57% of religiously aggravated crimes in Scotland happened in Glasgow, at the very most approximately half of religiously aggravated crimes in Glasgow could have been football related in this period.
2. In 2011, Celtic staff and fans, including then-manager Neil Lennon, were sent suspected explosive devices and bullets.

Subsequently, Dr John Kelly of University of Edinburgh suggested that “Recent events have buried the myth that anti-Irish Catholic bigotry no longer exists.”

Are Celtic fans mainly Catholic?

Roger Levesque December 6, 2002 EDGE Paper Celtic vs. Rangers: 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 they were present at a historic occasion, for that evening marked the first of what was to become the most famous, long-lasting and bitter sporting rivalry in the history of football” (Murray 4).

Almost a hundred years after the inaugural match, the conflict between fans came to fruition when Celtic and Rangers met in the 1980 Scottish Cup Final. Immediately following an entertaining and relatively problem free match, built up tension exploded into violent riots before anyone had even le! ft the stadium.

Celtic supporters, excited after the victory, rushed the field to celebrate with their beloved players. Angered by the loss and the expression of joy shown by their nemesis, Rangers fans also rushed the field. However, There was no question of celebration in the minds of the fans who invaded from the West end of the ground.

They had violence in mind and no sooner was it offered than it was returned with enthusiasm. The brutal and disgusting scenes which followed as bottles flew and drunken supporters charged and counter-charged from one end of the field to that other, brought disgrace upon the two clubs concerned, upon Scottish football generally, and were an affront to Scotland as a nation (Murray 196).

The riots after the 1980 Scottish Cup Final acted as a springboard for the conflict between Celtic and Rangers. Before that game, the extent of the tension between the two groups had gone unrealized. However, the truth behind the violence on the field that day continues to plague the rivalry today. Despite the age-old on field rivalry, the tension between Celtic and Ranger supporters runs much deeper than what takes place on the soccer field.

The conflict between the fans has erupted into violence on many occasions, with games between the two clubs ending in some of the worst riots and greatest tragedies in sporting history. Despite the tension created through competition, the origin of hatred between clubs and fans is not just the result of bad tackles and endless taunting.

• Soccer in Glasgow has become a public stage for sectarianism, the religious bigotry that has plagued Scotland for hundreds of years (Murray xi).
• The very foundations of the two Glasgow football clubs are built on the religious division between Catholicism and Protestantism.
• Traditionally, Rangers supporters are Protestant while Celtic fans support the Catholic Church.

Sectarianism in Scotland emerged after 16 th century reformations of the Church of Scotland (Sanders, Origins ! of Sectarianism). At the beginning of the 16 th century, Scotland was a piously Catholic nation. Despite strong devotion to the Catholic Church, educated Scots began to look beyond Rome and its doctrines, seeking more personal forms of a spiritual experience.

The emergence of the influential John Knox and the circulation of Lutheran books expressing the Protestant ideas of Martin Luther gave those searching for more something to embrace. When the Reformation initially split the Church into Catholic and Protestant factions, Scotland took its first step in the transition from a once Catholic country to a country having a Protestant majority (Renaissance and Reformation).

Even though Protestant support had almost completely wiped out Catholicism by the beginning of the 19 th century, support for the Catholic Church would soon retake its place in Scottish society. It did this with sheer numbers as Irish Catholics were forced to move to Scotland because! of the great potato famine in Ireland.

Not only did the potato famin e increase the number of Irish Catholics in Scotland, but it also increased the bitter feelings on the part of a threatened Scottish Protestant population (Sanders, Origins). This tension would only grow with time, Problems continued in Glasgow as more and more Irish Catholics looked for refuge in Scotland.

Since families left Ireland because of famine, they arrived in Scotland with almost nothing, just the clothes on their backs and the hope to make a new life. With more people in the same space, fierce competition erupted between the two groups. Protestants found themselves competing directly with Catholics for jobs, often losing out, as Irish Catholics were willing to work harder for longer periods of time at lower wages (Sanders, Origins).

1. The Glasgow shipyards epitomized this struggle as Catholics tried to get work in an industry that had traditionally been controlled by the Protestant population.
2. While some industries hired Catholics in order to obtain cheaper labor, some remained loyal to Protestant only policies.
3. Rangers football club adopted the Protestant only policy early on in the teams development.

A major proponent of the Protestant only policy, Rangers maint! ained it for 116 years and was eventually one of the last to see the policy go. Because of the unfortunate circumstances that brought them to Scotland in the first place, the Catholic community also found itself failing to meet the respectability standards laid down by the Scottish Protestant community.

1. Protestants frowned upon the Catholics blue-collar way of life, as well as certain Catholic policies on divorce, contraception, mixed marriages and what they saw as the desecration of the Sabbath.
2. Rangers actually refused to play soccer on Sundays (Sanders, Origins).
3. It was small differences like these that pushed the two religious groups to hate one another.

Even though Scotland provided better conditions than a famine stricken Ireland, Irish Catholics found that 19 th century Glasgow was not as pleasant as they had hoped. In addition to living in extremely poor conditions in a highly industrialized city, oppression and abuse plagued the Irish Catholic community as well.

Struggling to settle into their new community, Catholics found that Protestants did everything they could to make life more difficult for the newcomers. Because of these obstacles, leaders in the Catholic community recognized the need for something to help their people settle into their new home. Their savior was soccer.

Celtic Football Club was initially founded in November 1887, and then officially established in 1888 to raise money for a Catholic charity, the Poor Childrens Dinner Table. Leaders of the Catholic community hoped that the team would also help maintain peoples interest and devotion to the Catholic faith.

1. This was so impo! rtant in a time where Protestantism and the possibility of a better way of life tempted even the most devout Catholic supporters (Sanders, Celtic FC).
2. Despite its beginnings as a vehicle to promote Catholic support, over time the Celtic Football Club moved away from the religious foundations on which it was based.

Although an 1895 resolution suggested that the team introduce a limit on the number of Protestants allowed into the team, this was rejected and the club has since remained open to all faiths. By not practicing any form of religious exclusion, Celtic quickly became one of the most successful football teams in the country.

Glasgow Rangers had a very different beginning than its counterpart Celtic. Formed in 1872, Rangers Football clubs initial connection to Protestantism, like many other football clubs at the time, was not much more than that they were made up of Protestant players. In addition to this, Rangers immediately found support and created strong links with the world of shipbuilding, a predominately Protestant profession at the time.

However, despite these connections, Rangers association with Protestantism was pushed to the forefront until after the formation of Celtic. With Celtics strong ties to Catholicism, Protestants in Glasgow wanted a team of their own. Conflict and competition between Catholics and Protestants in the shipbuilding industry naturally pushed Rangers to take that role.

1. Given the anti-Catholic feeling at the time, it is no surprise that Celtics success was not well received.
2. Scottish society demanded a Protestant team to redress the balance! and it was Rangers who emerged as suitable candidates” (Sanders, Glasgow Rangers).
3. Unlike the movement of Celtic away from its Catholic roots, Rangers supporters seemed to embrace Protestantism and the conflict between the two Glasgow sides.

It was not until the 1960s that sectarianism forced itself into the public spotlight. The combination of several events re-ignited the conflict at the foundation of which Celtic and Rangers are based. First, a former Rangers player publicly announced the clubs Protestant only policy, a policy they had kept since the formation of the club.

The discrimination angered Catholics, mostly because their club had no such policy. When questioned about the policy, vice Chairman of Rangers Football Club Matt Taylor stated that he felt the policy was “part of our traditionwe were formed in 1873 as a Protestant boys club. To change now would lose us considerable support” (Sanders, Glasgow Rangers).

To keep the policy meant! to promote sectarianism. Shortly after this decision, Rangers suppor ters openly practiced this racial bigotry. In the opening moments of a football match in 1963, Rangers fans jeered during a minute silence taken for the assassinated Catholic U.S.

President, John F. Kennedy. Supporters of Catholicism were furious with this blatant act of bigotry. Even local papers, indifferent of the tension created by sectarianism, were embarrassed by the Rangers indiscretion. Ian Archer of the Glasgow Herald was even quoted as saying, “as a Scottish football club, they are a permanent embarrassment and an occasional disgrace.

This country would be a better place if Rangers did not exist” (Sanders, Glasgow Rangers). The Catholic community fully supported this statement. In Glasgow, violence and abuse have gone well beyond football hooliganism. No longer can people view the conflict solely as football fans rioting after an exciting victory or a heartbreaking defeat.

Cara Henderson realized this at age 15 when her boyfriend was murdered for supporting the wrong team. On October 7, 1995, Mark Scott was murdered by sectarianism. On the day that he would die, Mark Scott’s mother urged him not to wear his Celtic top in case it brought him trouble. Zipping his jacket to cover the green and white hoops, the 16-year-old schoolboy had laughed.

“Don’t worry, Mum,” he said. “They don’t do that kind of thing any more.” But they did, and hours later Mark had his throat cut by a man who picked him at random from a group of Celtic supporters as they walked home from a match through a Protestant area of Glasgow.

• His jacket was still zipped (A Game of Two Halves).
• The Mark Scott tragedy is one of many that have plagued the rivalry between Celtic and Rangers in the recent years.
• Like Scott, people were not aware of the level of seriousness that which sectarianism had reached.
• It took a personal tragedy and the love for a lost friend to prompt action.

Cara Henderson was so motivated by the killing that she launched “Nil By Mouth”, a campaign to put an end to sectarianism in Scotland. In 1999, four years after her friends murder, Henderson took it into her own hands to increase awareness and stop the violence on the streets of Glasgow and throughout all of Scotland.

• Recognizing that the problem existed in the way that people thought, Henderson devised a program to improve education and increase awareness of sectarianism.
• Addressing the murder of her friend, Henderson thought that, “when that Rangers fan stepped out from the pub doorway and looked into the crowd of Celtic fans he didn’t see Mark the schoolboy, Mark the brot! her, the son, the friend.he saw Mark the Fenian, Mark the tim.” (Sanders, Old Firm Supporters).

With the help of others, Henderson launched her anti-sectarianism campaign with the following objectives:

To inform the general public about, and promote through education and awareness of, the problems of sectarianism and bigotry within Scottish society To promote the integration within Scottish society and the celebration of cultural diversity To encourage people to respect all cultures and to resist sectarianism, racism and bigotry in any shape or form To encourage everyone to take responsibility for their own attitudes and language, recognizing that this will help to change our society To raise awareness of the damage, violence and death in our society resulting from sectarian behavior (Sanders, Campaigns).

With increasing support from Rangers, Celtic, a series of schools, employers and political parties, Nil by Mouth has gained recognition and support in both the Catholic and Protestant communities. With the recruitment of public figures, Nil by Mouth hopes to become more influential as it appeals to wider audiences.

Henderson herself has appeared in a series of debates broadcast on television and over the radio encouraging people to abandon sectarian behavior. Nil by Mouths publicity campaign extends beyond the spoken word in a series of posters displaying anti-sectarianism sentiments through the harsh realities of its consequences.

These posters, released in mass quantities in 2000, included a picture of a gravestone with the words “don’t be a die hard” below and a face covered in stitches with the slogan “sectarian jokes can have you in stitches.” Both were accompanied by the phrase “sectarian behavior can lead to violence and death” (Sanders, Campaigns).

1. A strong ! start in the campaign supporting anti-sectarianism has given people like Cara Henderson hope for a peaceful future.
2. Great strides have been taken in order to improve education and increase awareness of the conflict in Glasgow.
3. However, to the extent at which sectarianism has plagued the supporters of Celtic and Rangers, and the rest of the country for that matter, it is not something that is going to disappear overnight.

Changing peoples attitudes, especially those that have grown out of such strong belief systems like Catholicism and Protestantism, is not going to be easy. The competition between the two football clubs will make the movement away from sectarianism even more difficult.

• Even with todays increased awareness, supporters from both clubs still chant sectarian songs during matches.
• Even though most people may sing to support of their respective club, the roots of the songs represent discrimination and religious bigotry that began even before the establishment of the two clubs.

Until people make a serious commitment to put an end to sectarianism, like Cara Henderson,! others may find themselves losing loved ones simply because of the color of a shirt. “A Game of Two Halves.” The Guardian. http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,1563,491160,00.html Murray, Bill.

The Old Firm: Sectarianism, Sport and Society in Scotland, John Donald Publishers, Edinburgh, 1984. “Renaissance and Reformation.” http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/renaissance/features_renaissance_reformation.shtml Sanders, Andrew. “Old Firm Supporters and Sectarian Violence.” http://www.realmaroonfc.com/documents/feat_sectarianism_5.htm Sanders, Andrew.

” Scottish Football and Sectarianism: Campaigns and Conclusions,” http://www.realmaroonfc.com/documents/feat_sectarianism_7.htm Sanders, Andrew. ” Scottish Football and Sectarianism: Celtic FC and Sectarianism in Scottish Football.” http://www.realmaroonfc.com/documents/feat_sectarianism_4.htm Sanders, Andrew.

” Scottish Football and Sectarianism: Glasgow Rangers FC and Sectarianism in Scottish Football.” http://www.realmaroonfc.com/documents/feat_sectarianism_3.htm Sanders, Andrew. ” Scottish Football and Sectarianism: The Origins of Sectarianism in Scottish Football.” http://www.realmaroonfc.com/documents/feat_sectarianism_2.htm Im in the “Religious Tolerance” section, which meets Tuesdays at 1:15.

Last Tuesday there was not enough time to videotape all of the presentations. I just wanted to let you know that I was one of the students who was unable to give my presentation because of the time constraint. Thanks, Roger Levesque

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Is the Champions League on TV in the UK?

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