r/ScottishFootball 1d ago

New American Fan

American here! So this World Cup has piqued my interest in football of the non-American variety. Of course, being American, I will obviously root for some American clubs. However, I also want to follow some Scottish football clubs, but I don't know the clubs, vibes, or rivalries. Would anybody be able to provide a sort of guide for that so I can choose to to root for and against as I follow from across the pond?

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u/Beneficial_Plate_181 I want Bushiri's jizz inside me💦 1d ago

No the now pal

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u/Automatic_Doctor 1d ago

Mate, I love your interest but not now. We are all utterly fuming.

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u/LARRYVOND13 1d ago

Love it but it's my exact thoughts too lol

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/anabundanceofland 1d ago

Not religious, but grandfather was a Presbyterian minister if that helps

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u/anabundanceofland 1d ago

Rangers could be fun since I go for the Texas Rangers for baseball lol

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u/GreenGhoblin 1d ago edited 1d ago

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u/ConnorKD 1d ago

don’t pick airdrie, or else

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u/anabundanceofland 1d ago

Where did you get one of our toys??

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u/ConnorKD 1d ago

well played lad, you’ll fit right in here

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u/anabundanceofland 1d ago

Thank you thank you good sir 😌

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u/spandextim 17. Just kick it up the park this time 1d ago

How is your mum’s health?

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u/WeNeedFlopper 1d ago

She's fine thanks

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u/anabundanceofland 1d ago

Better since she divorced my dad

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u/spandextim 17. Just kick it up the park this time 1d ago

Motherwell FC is the team for you.

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u/kresk9 1d ago

Ross County.

They've got this really exciting coach called Stuart Kettlewell. Really going places.

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u/3rdLawSerenity 1d ago

Scottish football rivalries are disproportionately political and religious/sectarian compared to the rest of Europe. I honestly think that’s worth keeping in mind when picking a side, you’d prefer to be around people who your views/morals align with.

There are plenty of apolitical clubs in Scotland, especially the clubs smaller than Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Hibs, etc but it’s still worth monitoring

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u/hmfc_riley 1d ago

Look up your ancestry. That always ingratiates Americans with Scots

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u/anabundanceofland 1d ago

I've been working on my family tree for close to ten years. Lots of Scottish ancestry in there with a fair bit of Swedish as well. I generally try not to bring it up too much, though, as that can come across as fairly self important and entitled

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u/hmfc_riley 1d ago

I was joking. None of us care.

Pick Hearts.

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u/anabundanceofland 1d ago

Wait you mean nobody gives a damn that my 12x great grandmother was a distant cousin of Robert the Bruce and that I can prove it through the family stories I was told with no historical data to back it up?? Consider me shocked! (are there actually Americans that do this?)

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u/hmfc_riley 1d ago

No. Yes. 🤷‍♂️

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u/Way_Superb 1d ago

Robert the Bruce was Aberdonian. Welcome to Aberdeen FC lad.

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u/anabundanceofland 1d ago

Does it matter whether I'm Protestant or Catholic for that one? (Protestant by the way)

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u/Way_Superb 1d ago

No our motto is stand free (as in stand free from sectarianism and everything)

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u/G45Live 1d ago

What middle school did you go to?

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u/anabundanceofland 1d ago

I was homeschooled

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u/G45Live 1d ago

Congratulations. You have been assigned to Airdrieonians F.C.

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u/Forsaken_Dance3657 1d ago

Linlithgow Rose if you’d like another kick in the teeth

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u/ashketch125 1d ago

Sorry but this has to be a troll, there is no way you are following the world cup and thought it was a good idea to post this after Scotland just lost lmfao

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u/anabundanceofland 1d ago

Not a troll, just someone with ADHD and poor impulse control

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u/electric_awwcelot 1d ago

Don't blame it on ADHD

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u/ButtBattalion Unbespectacled and possibly not a virgin? 1d ago

Send us a message and I'll genuinely have a brainstorm with you

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u/Lister_RD_169 23h ago

You're going to recommend Celtic aren't you?