Pakistani support for Glasgow’s Old Firm football clubs

Figures & data

Table 1. Survey demographics.

Gender	Religion	Age Bracket	District	Preferred Identity
Women (27)	Muslim (51)	Under-18 (8)	Pollokshields (20)	British-Pakistani (39)
Men (24)	Non-Muslim (0)	18–25 (37)	Govanhill (5)	Pakistani-Muslim (10)
		26–35 (5)	Shawlands (4)	Pakistani (1)
		36–45 (1)	East Renfrewshire (4)	No response (1)
			West End (3)
			Clydebank (2)
			Battlefield (2)
			Darnley (1)
			Ibrox (1)
			Mosspark (1)
			Dumbarton (1)
			Dumbreck (1)
			Toryglen (1)
			Rutherglen (1)
			City Centre (1)
			Burnside (1)
			Lanarkshire (1)
			Hamilton (1)
Total: 51

Table 2. Interviewee demographics.

Participant	Gender	Age Bracket	Profession	Support the creation of an Asian club
P1	Male	18–25	Student	Yes
P2	Male	18–25	Student	Yes
P3	Male	18–25	Student	Yes
P4	Female	18–25	Student	Yes
P5	Female	18–25	Student	Yes

Table 3. Support for either Rangers or Celtic.

Question	Rangers		Neither		Celtic		Total	Chi-Square	Asymp. Sig.
	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%
Q1	4	7.843	27	52.941	20	39.216	51	16.353**	0.000

(**) Statistically significant at the significance level (0.01).

(*) Statistically significant at the significance level (0.05).

Table 4. Reasons for supporting celtic or rangers.

Club	Reason	Number of respondents
Celtic	Supported Celtic when I was younger/older family members supported Celtic.	4
Celtic	Celtic support Palestine and welcome all ethnic backgrounds	4
Celtic	People around me support Celtic	4
Celtic	Celtic are the best team in Scotland	3
Celtic	Racism attached to Rangers	2
Rangers	Rangers’ link with Sir Alex Ferguson	1

Figure 1. Support for the Old Firm football clubs.

Table 5. Experiences with Celtic and Rangers fans.

Question	Positive-Rangers		Negative-Celtic		Negative-Rangers		Positive-Celtic		Missing		Total	Chi-Square	Asymp. Sig.
	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%
Q2	12	23.529	3	5.882	6	11.765	27	52.941	3	5.882	51	28.500**	0.000

(**) Statistically significant at the significance level (0.01).

(*) Statistically significant at the significance level (0.05).

Table 6. Number of Scottish Premiership games per year.

Number of games per year	Number of respondents
13	1
10	2
5	1
2	1
1	2

Table 7. Support for the creation of an Asian/Muslim club.

Question	Yes		NO		Missing		Total	Chi-Square	Asymp. Sig.
	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%
Q4	44	86.275	6	11.765	1	1.961	51	28.880**	0.000

(**) Statistically significant at the significance level (0.01).

(*) Statistically significant at the significance level (0.05).

Figure 2. The positive and negative experiencesof Pakistanis with Celtic and Rangers fans.