Glasgow Patter: fitba (i.e. soccer)
onion bag A football journalists' cliché for the net of a goal: "The boys in blue rattled three into the onion bag." bladder A term used for a football that is a proper leather one, as opposed to one made of plastic: "It's no joke trying tae heidie a soakin-wet muddy bladder." © Michael Munro	Football plays a big part in Glasgow life. Apart from Scotland-England games against the old enemy, Celtic-Rangers games are the major feature (the teams are known as the "Old Firm", where rivalry follows denominational lines). This is one aspect of life for which a display of passion is allowed...

Glasgow Patter: fitba (i.e. soccer)

onion bag: A football journalists' cliché for the net of a goal: "The boys in blue rattled three into the onion bag."
bladder: A term used for a football that is a proper leather one, as opposed to one made of plastic: "It's no joke trying tae heidie a soakin-wet muddy bladder."

Football plays a big part in Glasgow life. Apart from Scotland-England games against the old enemy, Celtic-Rangers games are the major feature (the teams are known as the "Old Firm", where rivalry follows denominational lines). This is one aspect of life for which a display of passion is allowed...

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