Monday, September 15, 2014

Episode 102 - Know Your Football Clubs: Scotland

Know Your Football Clubs today turns to the part of the UK that's trying to declare independence, yet is already independent in terms of its football: Scotland.

When most people think Scottish football, they normally think the Old Firm: Glasgow's often sectarian local derby between Celtic (Catholics) and Rangers (Protestants).  There's more than these two historic clubs, of course, but Scotland lacks the plethora of notable clubs that their neighbors to the south boast.

Primary discussion involved the following clubs (listed alphabetically):

Aberdeen Celtic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian
Queen's Park Rangers

We also mention the following clubs in our discussion (also alphabetically):

Alloa Athletic Cowdenbeath Clyde Dumbarton
Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife
Falkirk Hamilton Academical Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock
Livingston Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South
Raith Rovers Ross County St. Johnstone St. Mirren

Learn more about Scottish football and its clubs at the BBC website.

One fun fact: just how close are the two Dundee clubs?  This close:


Fair use: The fact that there is a football club called Clyde in the Scottish football system has Mike thinking of the South Park: The Stick of Truth video game, which features Cartman giving the order: "Ready!  And... Let's beat up Clyde."

Next time: Spain



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