A Rangers fan has lost his discrimination case after a judge ruled devotion to a football club cannot be classed as religion.
Eddie McClung, 51, has failed in an employment tribunal bid to sue two firms for £80,000 after he claimed he was sacked due to his allegiance to the Glasgow club. Both firms had tried to get the case thrown out at an employment tribunal - but Mr McClung, from Bonnybridge near Falkirk, insisted his connection to Rangers should be considered the same as religion.
He claimed his avid allegiance to the Ibrox side was such it should be viewed as 'a way of life' and that instead of going to church he went to watch Rangers. However, in a landmark case, a court concluded his fanaticism does not constitute a ‘philosophical belief’ in the same way as faith in God.
