Inside the Divide

Name: Inside the Divide
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781847678393
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One City, Two Teams . . . The Old Firm

By Richard Wilson

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Since 1888, the fierce rivalry between Rangers and Celtic football clubs has reflected deep religious and social divides in Glasgow: Rangers representing West Scotland's Protestant establishment, and Celtic founded to support the Catholic underclass. Focusing on the 2 January 2010 New Year Derby, which was the first in a decade after a ban due to violence, Richard Wilson explores this historic fixture's profound cultural significance in Scotland through detailed observation and broader insights.
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Fans of Scottish football and those interested in the cultural and social history of Scotland will find this book compelling. It suits readers seeking a deeper understanding of one of sport's most intense rivalries, combining historical context with contemporary observations.

The remarkable inside story of football's greatest rivalry.

The remarkable inside story of football's greatest rivalry

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Since 1888, Rangers and Celtic football clubs have been locked into an intense and frequently explosive rivalry: Rangers, the product of West Scotland's Protestant establishment, and Celtic, the team founded to raise money for the Catholic underclass of Glasgow.

On 2 January 2010, the two teams met in the Old Firm's New Year Derby, a fixture that had been banned for ten years because of the trouble it brought with it. Richard Wilson puts that game at the centre of a book which delves into the history and widens out to the cultural resonance of the fixture within Scotland.

Inside the Divide is a potent mix of close-up observation and big-picture thinking, with insight, understanding, and depth.

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Observer praises it as an insightful and wonderfully written account, highlighting Wilson's remarkable ability to explain why the clubs matter and why their fans have reasons for pride. Scotland on Sunday calls it a measured and thought-provoking analysis of the legendary rivalry. The book includes reflections such as former player Sir Alex Ferguson's vivid recollections of the match intensity, and commentary on the rivalry's deep emotional hold despite football's modern transformations.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781847678393

Publisher: Canongate Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 August 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Canongate Books

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 195.0mm

Weight: 150g

Pages: 272

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About the Author

Richard Wilson was born in Glasgow and spent almost 10 years at the Sunday Times Scotland, as deputy sports editor, then staff sports writer. In 2002, he won the Jim Rodger Memorial Award for best young sports writer. In 2003, at the Scottish Press Awards, he was named Sports Writer of the Year. He has regularly been nominated in the Sports Feature Writer of the Year category. He has written extensively about football, boxing and golf.