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Originally Posted by Desnudo
I have a question: why have Celtic and Rangers never joined the EPL?
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On top of all what the others said, there is also a huge issue regarding countries and their representation in the Euro and World Cup.
Glasgow is, by all accounts, in Scotland. If they joined the
English Premier League, that would shoot down Scotland 's legimity as a soccer country. I'm sure other european countries would then push strongly to get the 4 British teams (England, Scotland, Wales, N. Ireland) united under one banner, the UK. That would of course get rid of 3 bothersome teams while at the same time not giving England that much of a boost.
I for one think it would make a lot of sense, at least on a geographical level. Unlike Rugby where nations battle it out, soccer is an affair of countries and when you get down to it, Enland, Scotland, Wales and Northen Ireland are nothing more than regions of the UK. We might as well have Catalonia and Bavaria compete in the Euro...