Rangers Fans Fool Celtic Fans With “Operation Tango”
By: Daryl | May 26th, 2009We all know how Rangers and Celtic fans feel about each other. But this is just mean.
Here’s the backstory for those who need it: The Scottish Premier League title was decided on Sunday. For Celtic to overtake Rangers on the final day, the Bhoys needed to beat Hearts at home and hope that Rangers failed to beat Dundee Utd away. Sadly for Celtic, that didn’t happen. Rangers won 3-0 at Tannadice, which made the ‘Gers champions of Scotland.
But there was a moment where it all seemed possible, when word spread around Celtic Park that Dundee Utd had equalized, which is what the big cheer in the above video (via 101GG) is all about.
How did this bit of misinformation get out? Well apparently it was a big prank by Rangers fans under the codename “Operation Tango”. All indications are that it was organized on the Rangers forum FollowFollow, where someone came up with the idea for all Rangers fans to text their Celtic supporting friends at the same time, and tell them Rangers had conceded. Like I said, very very mean.
Let’s just hope that this doesn’t turn into Rushmore style series of escalating revenge pranks.
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It was announced on Radio Scotland that United had equalized but the goal was chopped off.
There is no story except for websites like this making them completely up.
Same goes for the socks story.
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fire one up my arse while you’re here
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Rangers fans also killed an Irish Celtic fan in Derry. Something not so funny, really.
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Some action should be taken on the fake headbutt incident at the Gays v Aberdeen match even the rangers fans codemned the player. Cheating bastards
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most rearrangers fans dont even possess opposable thumbs never mind mobiles……..
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Me thinks Timmy is on the prowl here…haha
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I can confirm it is true. My good friend Johnny Doyle is a big Rangers fan and he sent me a text during the game to say “United have scored,league over i’m going to hide in my attic”. I jumped up and down with joy at the news only for Johnny to text back and say it was a joke.
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A lot of sour grapes on here. I dont like grapes.
2 in a row. Here we go.
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What a great prank, I’ve a couple of Septic-minded friends that were at the game, and have confirmed the story. They’ve had a chuckle and taken it on the chin – a bit of friendly banter is always preferable to some of the bile you usually hear (see some of the other comments).
Well done to Walter and the lads – Champions 2009!Posted from
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Absolutely brilliant, Rangers totally got one over on Celtic big time.
ps The Dundee Utd socks story is a myth, much like McGeady being Irish.
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“No way was it a wind up. Wishful thinking huns jumping on the bandwagon. Celtic support would have known about it as there are loads with access to FF.
We all remember the moligation of the blue odours banner at Ibrox that was leaked.”
It was not mentioned on FF, until AFTER the match. It was a stealth joke that Celtc fans knew nothing about.
It was class, seeing the Lurgan bigot running out of the dugout jumping for joy, only to realise it was a gag on the semtex ultras.
Lennon = Fhud , sellick support = Fhuds.
Brilliant.
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My god you timmys are hurting
we feel your pain and ohhhhhhhh yes you have just been tango’d!!!!!Posted from
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well if they would stick to winding up celtic fans instead of kicking them to death or knifing them.
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dry your eyes timmy
alot of sour grapes on this site, we won the league and thats all that matters
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load of shit i was at celtic park while listening to clyde 1 on my phone. They said it was a goal that was scruped of
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The socks story is bull and the tango story is factually correct, the timing of the “celebration” from the unwashed was brilliant, utd never even ame close.
Sour grapes comes to minds on some of the comments on here, and Ross for your info funny how NO violence last year when you won the league, yet you lose it and all hell breaks loose, funny that aint it. Sore losers and sorer winners
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Oh man o man looks like the cellik fans are hurting bad , congrats to Watty and the Queens 11 rightful champions and a sense of humour too..a worthy winning combination.
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Deary me theres some bitter people. I am a Tic man and even if this turns out to be a myth, its still quite funny ( maybe too clever right enough !! lol ) I had radio Scotland on, never heard a goal chopped off , was it radio Clyde, hehehe. We will never know.
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My goodness the amount of bile posted by heartbroken Celtc fans is astonishing. ‘You’re just pure mad bigots ya durty orange b*stards’ they usually cry, failing to appreciate the irony of their own hatred and misguided tribalism.
It’s a sport boys so dry your eyes.
Oh, and great wind up!
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I managed to get a few wallets whilst operation tango was in action.
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i knew. apparently near the end of the san giro game it was so quiet you could hear a priest fly unzip.
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“Operation Tango” – Mission Accomplished.
Read it and weep taigs!
Why don’t you go home?
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Operation tango was brilliant end of. :L
And to the idiot that mentioned the incident in Coleraine this is a football debate. No need to bring that incident up. It was disgusting and it only brings down real Rangers supporters. But to say all Rangers fans are ” scum of the earth and vermon” just shows that you havn’t the menatl cappacity to say anything constructive or that your just a fake Celtic supporter with no sense of humour.
It was Rangers fans who stabbed him so all Rangers fans stabbed him.
It was Rangers fans from Northern Ireland who stabbed him. So by your logic everybody in Northern Ireland stabbed him.
No doubting they were all white men so I take it was the white race who stabbed him.
Please you moron it is Celtic fans like you who are quick to call us Orange bastards and Hun cunts and all this crap that really annoy me. The same fans who couldn’t name you half the Celtic squad who go to the matches just to glorify terrorists. And the same to so called Rangers fans who do the exact same thing.
So MikeK & he,s off come back when you have somthing to say on football matters or even anything half constructive to say you low life crying Timmy’s
Finished my rant
P.s WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!! SIMPLY THE BEST !!! 52
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“No way was it a wind up. Wishful thinking huns jumping on the bandwagon. Celtic support would have known about it as there are loads with access to FF.
We all remember the moligation of the blue odours banner at Ibrox that was leaked.”HAHAHAH! Hurting bad are we!!!! It was made via mass amount of PM’s. It obviously wasn’t posted on a public forum! WATP!
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i am a celtic fan who was at the game and can confirm it was a well fot out prank no point in denying it use got us real good , and to my fellow hoops take it on the chin like a man n stop acting like wee wains
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