For almost 100 years from its foundation as a football club, Glasgow Rangers never played a Catholic player, the man who changed all of this was a Scot, Graham Souness who when he was appointed Manager blew the secterian cobwebs away with the signing of Maurice Johnson a Catholic
Johnson`s signing led to uproar among the Rangers fans, some Supporters Clubs decided to no longer support the Rangers.

Andy Goran the Rangers goalkeeper was pictured in the national press arm -in -arm with convicted Loyalist murderers, also around that time a Lawyer a member of the Rangers staff was also pictured in the national press at a Rangers party where it was reported he participated in the singing of Loylaist songs.