Football colours

[ThePlatypusAlwaysTriumphs]

Dd2 is 12 and has suddenly announced that she supports one of the old firm teams. My mums family are all supporters, but I have deliberately stayed away from all things football, because I hate the sectarianism that surrounds it in the West of Scotland. She wants a football top in the team colours. I have categorically said no. I feel that this "supporting the team" has come from friends who do so. I have tried to explain to her why I feel this way about it, but I'm told I am prejudiced/ sexist /whatever. She says she wants to belong, in some way, but I don't want her to belong to this! If I'm honest, I think its "chavvy" ( and I know that is very frowned upon in this site, so apologies) but I can't understand why she wants to be part of this. I'm usually pretty easy going with my dc. They can have their own opinions on things, pursue interests they want, but I just don't like this. AIBU?

Yes, LifeTime - the Lisbon Lions programme was really poignant. I loved every minute. Each of their stories different. And special.

You don't in this part of Glasgow, Squoosh. Well you do, but it's all Barca shirts, or Real Madrid, or English clubs like Liverpool or Chelsea.

And our school like many others has a blanket ban on football shirts/t-shirts being worn for PE or on non-uniform days.

Yes but Platypus you are her mother and as another mother of a 12 year old daughter, you should know that you are a constant source of embarrassment, and automatically in the wrong. It's the way of the world. I embarrass my 12 year old merely by existing.

I went to see The Celtic Story at the theatre years ago, and loved it. But the anti-rangers vitriol I've witnessed just puts me off the whole thing.
And rugby players are far sexier

Poppy too right! I know nothing about anything. For my sins, I have a 13 yo dd too, and when this argument came up tonight I was being "sexist" as well, as apparently I wouldn't have as much issue with a boy wearing football colours (I would!!!)
It's not easy!

Could you get her one of the girlie t-shirts that are more subtle?

I'm looking into it, starzig, but she is not keen on compromising!

Glasgow is pretty much the only place where "what school did you go to?" Doesn't really mean what school did you go to?
I guess it has the same meaning in the six counties on the other side of the North Channel.

I wouldn't buy her one either. I'm from the West originally although I'm a St Johnstone fan. I remember getting hassle for wearing a "rangers" top when I was about your DD's age.
It wasn't even a rangers top, it was a saints one but they are similar colours!

My ds who is 9 has had Celtic strips for a couple of years now. I only really let him wear them on match days or if we're watching the away/ champions league games on telly. I wouldn't be comfortable letting him out to play wearing one.
Probably silly, but I hate seeing people wearing strips out shopping or just for general wear.

My dh's family had a couple of Celtic players in it and umpteen of my family have season tickets so I couldn't really say no to a strip or scarves or duvets or flags

I'm a Rangers fan (hence the username), DP is a Celtic fan but there is no way I would allow my DC an "old firm" strip. Any other team colours would be fine but having lived in Glasgow all my life I have seen some utter arseholes start trouble with strangers walking down street just because of the strip they are wearing.

I have no problem with a 12 year old wearing a football top apart from a rangers or celtic one.

All it takes is one cretin to object and cause a problem and sadly there are many in both blue and green.

She could wear it in the house but id never let her go out with it on. Not worth it

Thanks for all your posts! I would let her have a top to wear just in the house, but my feeling is she would sneak it out! I offered her Celtic pyjamas.....but was rebuffed. Which proved my point! Think I will stand fast on this one.