East Enclosure Row N 2,823 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Which Rangers books do you read again and again - and which do you wish you hadn't bothered with? Best - I'll start with 2; a) Rangers Player by Player - great info on lots of individuals, though you have to remember it's one person's opinion b) Rangers - The Complete Record. It only goes up to 2005, but lists every team, every goal, every everything along with some great historical stuff. Would be great to see an updated version. Worst - "Doddie" - little else in it apart from rhyming out scores and scorers season after season. Instantly forgettable for me, but others may have a different opinion? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaunchLondonGer 1,651 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Pocket Book of Rangers I got for xmas a few years back. Always read it on the bog 🙂 no mention of ill Phil henceforth please - I got given this by someone at work who didn't have a clue what it actually was!!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_4 34,456 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Liked Numan’s and Goram’s. Gazza’s is also excellent. Few shiters floating around though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddiqi_drinker 14,635 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 My two favs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fantana 28,894 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Ricksens books class amorusos isn’t Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopCat 4,511 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Davie Cooper's autobiography , True Blue.... Mark Hateley's autobiography and Jock Wallace's autobiography too .......... all class and well worth a read. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueshoff 11,800 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 What was that Thai bear one? Trainspotting but with Rangers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeJacksonRFC 647 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 3 hours ago, East Enclosure Row N said: Which Rangers books do you read again and again - and which do you wish you hadn't bothered with? Best - I'll start with 2; a) Rangers Player by Player - great info on lots of individuals, though you have to remember it's one person's opinion b) Rangers - The Complete Record. It only goes up to 2005, but lists every team, every goal, every everything along with some great historical stuff. Would be great to see an updated version. Worst - "Doddie" - little else in it apart from rhyming out scores and scorers season after season. Instantly forgettable for me, but others may have a different opinion? Ive read Barry Fergusons-Joey Bartons-David Weirs. Still need to read Arthur Numans I've read Gerrards book that counts rite ! 🙂 I need to read Negris The Rangers player by player was wonderful. ive got a few more from years back I read can't remember now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisrfc93 470 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Read souness' book not long ago, cracking read I must say. Amoruso's was poor though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unionblue 3,520 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 John Greig's book was a personal favourite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockwellGers 14,712 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Read Goram's which was really good, Barry Ferguson's was decent. Derek Ferguson's was a bit moany in a Barry-did-better-than-me-but-I'm-definitely-not-bitter-although-I'm-going-to-allude-to-it-constantly sort of way Currently reading Gazza's pretty great so far. Can't wait for it to get to his Rangers career Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcloy_72 26 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 blue & white dynamite,the ian durrant story is good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueThunder 8,453 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 On 04/12/2019 at 18:58, lewisrfc93 said: Amoruso's was poor though. Is that the one with the Bailey’s recipes, or was it a genuine biog and not a cookbook? 😀 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurrayWilson 3,381 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Don't know about the best, theres a few really good ones. Ive got a few of those mentioned. The worst though was a novel by a bloke called alan bissett. pack people or something it was called.Its a fictionalised account of a group of Rangers fans from Falkirk who go to the UEFA cup final. Needless to say it invokes every known stereotype of Rangers fans , bigotry, racism, thick etc etc . Pure pish. I think the author claims to be a fan as well, also think he was/is quite big in the"yes movement" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Nosed Babe 20,583 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 David Mason's book on the managers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisrfc93 470 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 14 hours ago, BlueThunder said: Is that the one with the Bailey’s recipes, or was it a genuine biog and not a cookbook? 😀 Was a genuine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ger_onimo 20,488 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 On 04/12/2019 at 18:04, Blueshoff said: What was that Thai bear one? Trainspotting but with Rangers? “When they landed they all turned their phones on. “I never turn mine off. It’s a pile of shite. How can a mobile phone make a plane crash” said Bob Malcolm. Alex McCleish came into his convo “How can you be so irresponsible Robert. I’m the same sometimes just keep quiet about it” he said sarcastically. Jabbar came in with his own joke “If anyone is gonna blow a plane up it will be me” he said. He got a few smiles but felt insecure immediately after. He got a text.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueshoff 11,800 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 6 minutes ago, Ger_onimo said: “When they landed they all turned their phones on. “I never turn mine off. It’s a pile of shite. How can a mobile phone make a plane crash” said Bob Malcolm. Alex McCleish came into his convo “How can you be so irresponsible Robert. I’m the same sometimes just keep quiet about it” he said sarcastically. Jabbar came in with his own joke “If anyone is gonna blow a plane up it will be me” he said. He got a few smiles but felt insecure immediately after. He got a text.” 😂😂😂😂😂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrshireranger 8,056 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 49 minutes ago, Ger_onimo said: “When they landed they all turned their phones on. “I never turn mine off. It’s a pile of shite. How can a mobile phone make a plane crash” said Bob Malcolm. Alex McCleish came into his convo “How can you be so irresponsible Robert. I’m the same sometimes just keep quiet about it” he said sarcastically. Jabbar came in with his own joke “If anyone is gonna blow a plane up it will be me” he said. He got a few smiles but felt insecure immediately after. He got a text.” Bob Malcolm, who we carpeted rightly for putting FTP on autographs, then moans to the press a few years later than he was sick of the religious bigotry in Glasgow. Not the brightest lad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ger_onimo 20,488 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 1 minute ago, ayrshireranger said: Bob Malcolm, who we carpeted rightly for putting FTP on autographs, then moans to the press a few years later than he was sick of the religious bigotry in Glasgow. Not the brightest lad. It’s not a memoir mate 😂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gman36 3,455 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 On 04/12/2019 at 17:04, siddiqi_drinker said: My two favs Rangers the new era book, I'm intrigued. What's in it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gman36 3,455 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 On 04/12/2019 at 18:58, lewisrfc93 said: Read souness' book not long ago, cracking read I must say. Amoruso's was poor though. I thought amo's was quite good in its description of the advocaat era. It was also the first explanation regarding what happened with negri. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcbear 10,913 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 I like the fans ones, "Its off to the match I go" my journey with the Gers, by Duncan Whitelaw. Its a cracking read and you can swap Duncan for yourself in many of his tales, there are a couple left on Amazon atm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddiqi_drinker 14,635 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 52 minutes ago, Gman36 said: Rangers the new era book, I'm intrigued. What's in it? History of Rangers and all the stats up to 1965 Some great old photos and really well laid out. IIRC cost 10 shillings at the time, still have my copy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siam69 26,874 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 56 minutes ago, Gman36 said: Rangers the new era book, I'm intrigued. What's in it? 2 minutes ago, siddiqi_drinker said: History of Rangers and all the stats up to 1965 Some great old photos and really well laid out. IIRC cost 10 shillings at the time, still have my copy. I have it was well, my Grandad's brother bought it for me many, many years ago. My Grandad was from Glasgow, his brother still lived there at that time. Yea, it's very factual, stats and stuff, but as you say, well laid out, interesting, not all just data stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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