The 32-year-old striker played for both clubs who are now in the 49ers stable and was asked to give his view on who is bigger
09:02, 18 Aug 2025Updated 09:06, 18 Aug 2025
Kemar Roofe(Image: SNS Group)
Kemar Roofe insists Rangers are bigger than Leeds United after being put on the spot about his two former 49ers-owners clubs.
The striker played for the two giants of British football and was asked which of the two were bigger during an appearance on the Undr the Cosh podcast.
A listener sent in a question asking for Roofe to settled the debate after he spent three years at Elland Road and four at Ibrox, where he was part of Steven Gerrard’s squad that won the Scottish Premiership title.
And he explained why he feels the Light Blues are bigger. He said: “Both of them massive, massive, massive.
“Anywhere I go in the world I will bump into Rangers or Leeds fans but fanbase-wise I would have to say Rangers because Leeds is just Leeds.
“But Rangers is people in Glasgow who support Rangers or Celtic and then outside of Glasgow, Scottish people will support their local team plus either Rangers or Celtic.
Kemar Roofe answers the big questions
“Then you go to Ireland, Northern Ireland. It’s one of the two again. And then you come to England and they have an English and a Scottish team as well so there’s more people who seem to support Rangers whereas Leeds fans are pretty much from Leeds.
“It’s down to Rangers having the ability and more scope because they have English people who have a Scottish team as well.
And then he was asked: “Following on from that, who did you prefer playing for?”
Roofe laughed: “You’re really trying to kill me here.”