scottishbubbles

Hi Thanks for your reply and letting me no what is happening. I am really disappointed that any fan would want to act like this and disrespect the memory of anyone who has died. I will be looking at their site and contacting Celtic Football Club on this matter as any fan thinking like this should be ashamed at themselves and they are not worthy to be called or call themselves football fans. There is no room in football for fans like this. annette.

I meant the Celtic fans !! No Rangers fan would ever desecrate the memory of the 66 fans who died. They had messages on their internet forums wanting to turn up boycotting the service either inside or out with banners about their former manager Jock Stein !! I didnt want to give them the opportunity of that so withdrew my involvement. Anyone else can take the idea on for a service - I just felt I was better to do some fundraising that would show the families that Rangers fans still care and think of the ones who died not just once a year every 2nd January!!

l am really sorry but the comment you have left can you explain what you mean l really don’t understand what it is you are trying to say. Are their some Rangers Fans who want to boycott the memorial service how disrespectful would that be to the memory of those who died including my Aunty Margaret? Surely it would not matter who is conducting the service that day there is only ONE GOD and everything that is said should be the same in every respect. Also can you please tell me which other boards these people are posting messages up like this as l would go on and tell them that if that's their attitude they can stay away from the memorial service as there is no room for them on that day only people who want to show respect? As l have said before and l will continue saying this memorial service is about the 66 people who so tragically died on the 2nd January 1971 and nothing else not ever a former manager.

sorry for the spelling did not notice the mistake

Just a wee point,why do you keep saying Ibrox rather than Ibrox?Three times you've said it.

A memorial Service what a wonderful thing to do to remember all those faithful fans that were so tragically taken from their families on the 2nd January 1971. But to have this at Inbox l don’t think this is a good idea. They had it there before and to be honest it turned out not to about the people who died but about John Gregg and his statue. It was about Rangers and not the people who died. For this memorial service to mean what it’s meant to mean it has to be done properly somewhere away from Inbox. The Rangers Club and the fans can do something to remember that terrible day but on the 2nd January 2011 it’s about the 66 people who so tragically died no one else. One fan wrote on this page that it might be held at the Glasgow Cathedral but due to the wishes of Dr Whitely wanting the high clergy of the catholic church involved with the service it might not be held there, surely it’s not about religion but about remembering and everyone regardless of age, gender or religion coming together to remember and if we can’t come together as one then there is no point in any Memorial Service because then it’s not about the people who died but something else. My mum said no one should ever be allowed to forget the Inbox Disaster and that everyone should come together to remember and celebrate their lives.

My name is Annette and l have been asked by my mum Mary Gibb who is the big sister of Margaret Ferguson to thank everyone for their donations. My mum said that everyone remembers each year the Ibrox Disaster but to our family and we would guess all the other victims families every day is Ibrox Disaster day as there is not a day goes by we do not think of our loved ones who were so tragically taken from us 40yrs ago. I was 5yrs old when my aunty Margaret died and l will always have that memory of growing up with a feeling of sadness that echoed through our home and l am sorry to say still does. This Memorial Fund which has now been set up to errect a memorial bench at her grave is a wonderful gesture and once again the family of the late Margaret Ferguson who died so tragically at the Ibrox Disaster on the 2nd January 1971 would like to say a sincere thank you to everyone for their kind donations. Annette.