Abstract
Primary data was used to analyse the views and opinions held by Pakistani-Scots in Greater Glasgow, Scotland, about whether they prefer Celtic or Rangers Football Clubs. The question is important, sociologically, due to Celtic’s Irish-Catholic-Republican sympathies and Rangers’ British-Loyalist-Unionist perspective, neither of which seems to naturally gel with the Muslim orientation of Glasgow’s Pakistanis (8.1% of the city’s population). The research method was a survey of 51 respondents, all ethnic-Pakistanis ordinarily resident in Greater Glasgow, and a total of 5 interviews. Results reveal that the majority of survey respondents prefer Celtic over Rangers and 86% would support a new Asian/Muslim club. But how it would be formed, whether all players would be Asian, and how it would be received were all hotly-debated topics.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 784-804 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Soccer and Society |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 7 |
Early online date | 18 Aug 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 3 Oct 2022 |
Keywords
- British-Pakistanis
- Celtic
- Muslim identity
- Muslim integration
- Old Firm
- Rangers
- Scotland
- Scottish football