“Shockwaves at Ibrox: Rangers Announce Bold Plan to Join English Championship”
Glasgow, Scotland — October 27, 2025
In a move sending shockwaves through British football, Glasgow Rangers FC have announced their intention to leave the Scottish Premiership and apply to join England’s EFL Championship starting in the 2026/27 season.
The unprecedented decision, revealed in a fiery press conference at Ibrox, has already sparked outrage, celebration, and confusion in equal measure across Scotland and beyond.
Rangers chairman Douglas Park Jr. described the move as “a necessary step toward modernising Scottish football” and claimed that “Rangers deserve a platform that matches our ambitions and global fanbase.”
According to Park, discussions with English Football League officials have been “informal but positive,” though the EFL quickly issued a cautious statement saying they were “not aware of any formal application.”
The Scottish Football Association (SFA), however, was less diplomatic. A visibly furious SFA spokesperson dismissed the proposal as “a fantasy born from financial desperation” and warned that any attempt to withdraw from the domestic league could trigger sanctions, fines, and possible expulsion from Scottish competitions.
Fans have been split down the middle. On social media, hashtags like #RangersInEngland and #SaveScottishFootball have trended for hours. Some supporters hailed the move as visionary, promising lucrative television rights and a chance to face English giants week after week. Others accused the board of “betraying a century of rivalry” and “selling the soul of the club for Sky Sports money.”
Former Rangers captain Ally McCoist waded into the debate on talk radio this morning, saying, “It’s bold, it’s risky, and I’m not sure the English clubs are begging for another Glasgow invasion. But it does show ambition — and ambition’s been missing from Scottish football for too long.”
Across the city, Celtic fans responded with predictable glee. One supporter outside Celtic Park waved a mock passport stamped “Good luck at passport control, lads!” while others joked that Rangers could finally “find a league they might actually win twice in a row.”
Economists, meanwhile, suggested that the stunt could be a negotiating tactic to pressure the SFA into revenue-sharing reforms or expanded European involvement. Yet insiders claim talks between Rangers executives and English investors have been ongoing since early summer, hinting that this might be more than bluff.
Whether the plan ever materialises or not, one thing is certain: Rangers have once again thrown Scottish football into turmoil. And as one commentator dryly put it on BBC Radio Scotland, “Only Rangers could turn a rainy October Tuesday into a constitutional crisis.”