Rangers F.C Biography

By Football Daft at 28 March, 2008, 3:13 pm

Glasgow Rangers Football Club (Rangers FC)
Nicknames: The Gers, Teddy Bears
Founded: 1872
Stadium: Ibrox
Capacity: 51,082
Chairman: David Murray
Manager: Walter Smith

Rangers Football Club are a football club that originate in Glasgow, Scotland and are currently playing in Scotland’s top Division, the Scottish Premier League. Rangers have won 51 league titles which is more domestic League wins that any other club in the world. They have also won more major trophies than any football club in the world which technically makes them the worlds most succesful club. The club are nicknamed The Gers or The Teddy Bears and the fans are known to each other as “Bluenoses”. The club’s correct name is simply Rangers F.C although they are often referred to as Glasgow Rangers when playing in European games.

The club have traditionally been identified with the Protestant and Unionist community of Scotland. Throughout the clubs history, Rangers have “enjoyed” a fierce rivalry with their arch rivals Celtic. Both clubs together make up the Old Firm, one of the fiercest rivalries in world football.

The club call the all-seated 51,082 capacity Ibrox Stadium in south-west Glasgow home and it has been accredited as one of UEFA’s five-star stadia. The stadium was the first one in Scotland to be granted this accolade, which it now shares with Hampden Park, the national stadium of Scotland.

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