Follow Follow
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"Follow Follow" is a song sung by supporters of Rangers Football Club, a Scottish team. It is based upon the revivalist hymn "Follow, follow, we will follow Jesus." The lyrics are:
- Though the straits be broad and narrow, we'll follow we will,
- Follow we will, Follow we will.
- Though the straits be broad and narrow, we'll follow we will,
- We will follow in the footsteps of our team. [God bless them]
- Follow follow, we will follow Rangers,
- Everywhere, anywhere,
- We will follow on,
- To Dundee, Hamilton, Aberdeen and back again,
- If they go to Dublin we will follow on.
- For there's not a team like the Glasgow Rangers,
- No not one, and there never shall be one,
- Celtic know all about their troubles,
- We will fight till the day is done.
- For there's not a team like the Glasgow Rangers,
- No not one, and there never shall be one!
"Follow Follow" is sometimes sung with modified lyrics, reflecting the dislike some Rangers supporters have for the Roman Catholic Church. "Dundee, Hamilton, Aberdeen and back again" is replaced with "Dundee, Hamilton, fuck the Pope and the Vatican"[1] and "Everywhere, anywhere" with "Up the Falls, Derry's Walls".
Rangers' attempts to stop discriminatory chanting, especially in relation to potentially offensive and sectarian content resulted in the Wee Blue Book being issued to supporters at Ibrox on August 7, 2006, containing a set of the non-contentious version of the lyrics to "Follow Follow".[2]
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Follow Follow is also the name of a Rangers fanzine, each issue of which sells thousands of copies. It is edited by Rangers fan Mark Dingwall. Rangers banned the fanzine from its stadium in 2002 "due to its sectarian content". The club stated "Due to the sectarian elements within Follow Follow, Rangers Football Club do not wish to be associated with it." The Scotsman described an issue of the fanzine as "littered with derogatory references to Catholics and Catholic schools, which are described as, 'Apartheid schools'" [3].
The publication claimed in response that "Martin Bain (then Rangers' commercial director) offered us a seat in the press box if we signed the Follow Follow website and magazine over to him, giving the club editorial and advertising control. It’s never been about sectarianism, it’s about money and control ... He will ban us for daring to answer the club’s sectarian critics, but he won’t ban those in the press who accuse him and his fellow directors of sectarianism."
The magazine was also once investigated by Grampian Police following veiled threats made against an Aberdeen publican, who had installed videos of Rangers players in the pub's urinals for Aberdeen fans to urinate on. In response, the fanzine said "Treating your opponents like this will lead to violence ... Why don’t we visit the Paramount bar next time the Bears are up there and piss on Mr Wilson?"
