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Likes to moan about the people that help pay his wages. Shite attitude. Will not be missed.

Golfing this morning, Cheltenham on the telly this afternoon, then Ibrox tonight........what a great day I have ahead of me. Going to have a wee bit e/w on Qewy in the first. Hoping Silvianco Conti drifts a wee bit before I get involved in the Gold Cup, looking for a wee bit more value than the 3s kicking about just now.

Just had a blether with Arthur Numan on flight to Amsterdam this morning. He said he was amazed with the turnout because he had heard the crowds had dropped away recently. Said it gave him goosebumps to be back playing at Ibrox. A lad asked him if he fancied getting the boots out for next week, he sniggered and said oh yes. A real gentleman who was only to happy to make time for supporters and also made it clear he understood how important it was to beat that lot next week.

Also the movement of Negri would shame the "forwards" we have at the club at the moment. Unfortunately the legs were not as sharp as his mind

Today was a strange, emotional day. Heartbreaking sympathy for Fernando but overwhelming pride in our club and support for pulling this together today. See what we can do when we do it together?

Got mine and bairns. Due back to work on 28th so heavy negotiations with my back to back will be necessary.

If you think that the SFA were not spewing that the Georgia game had to played at Ibrox then you are deluded. That shower have already shown (repeatedly) their disdain for our club.

I am not forcing or demanding anything of them. My point is that they are unable to show a bit of decency, for a very short period of time, whilst other individuals are havIng that quiet moment to remember sacrifices that other people made. This "it is their right/freedom to choose" should not give them the free reign to behave like "cunts" and thus make it acceptable.

I agree however I am sick listening to people making excuses for these rats that are unable to show a bit of decency. Poppy-fascism.....give me a break.

Is it too much to ask for a little respect? Even only for one minute?

Donation submitted (I think). Good luck in reaching your target GB. The lads and lassies at Erskine deserve it.

Negri was a proper #9. I always remember thinking when he was breaking through on goal that there was only ever going to be one finish. That was the goalie picking the ball out the pokey.....Ally is our greatest ever player in my eyes but I never had that same confidence in him. Like Mols we only really got a taster of what could have been.

Met him at the airport today and he was in great form. He seems to be getting on with his life and not letting the disease beat him. Good luck Fernando

There must be a Twitter rant due from him. It has been a few weeks since his last one.

Voted and confirmed. Good luck Erskine and GB.

I take a rucksack in with me every game without any issues. Never been searched either.

Q1: How did your support of The Gers start? Similar to mentioned above I was taken by my dad to Rugby Park to watch Killie v Rangers and told to pick one of the teams to support. We won 8-1 that day so the decision was not too difficult. I am proud to say I have only ever supported and followed two teams in my life. The other being Kilwinning Rangers. Q2: Are there a lot of Rangers supporters amongst your family? Come from a mixed family. My dad's side are all good blue noses, my dad was a season ticket holder in the west enclosure until ill health limited his ability to go to the games. Latterly my da would miss OF games because he could not handle them. I took him to the Legends match v AC Milan (never expected it to be sold out, so thought that would be easy for him) and the auld yin had tears in his eyes getting the chance to see Ibrox full again and watching Laudrup, Gough etc.....they were not really his favourite players (he always raved about Colin Stein) but they were at their pomp when he had to stop going to the games. My mother's side support the other lot to varying degrees but football is never mentioned in the rare times I am in their company. My brother supports them but he lives abroad so I don't see him very much (football is not discussed much because it never ends well). Q3: What have been the highlights of supporting the club? Parma, Leeds Utd, Sturm Graz, Club Bruge (aw Nissies goal, what a goal) gave me some crackin nights. Even the defeats v Juve, Man Utd, Bayern Munich were still memorable nights for different reasons however the highlight for me was being there when we won the league at their midden in 1999. What an amazing, surreal day. Q4: Are there any particular quirky stories and memories that you would like to share from either following the club or showing your support for the club? Was in New York with the missus and mother-in-law for a pre-Christmas break. We had a CL group match against Inter Milan which would lead us to qualifying for last 16 for the first time. Anyway I managed to find a boozer in NY that showed the game, so I sent the wife and her maw away shopping and arranged to meet them afterwards for a meal then go to some Broadway theatre that the wife had tickets for. Inter had players like Adriano, Zanetti, Mihalovic (what a player), Pizarro and we still managed to do it. Anyway I ended up pished, was late meeting the wife and her maw (think it was about minus 5 and they were stood outside waiting for over an hour) missed the meal and then I slept through the show. I woke up happy though. Another one was the 6-2 defeat against them. Few days after the match there was an article and photo in the Daily Sport under the headline "Ban the Bigots". I am there proud as punch giving the rotten mob pelters. I still have that picture hanging up in my garage. Q5: What lengths do you go to, to watch the club or find out our result (cutting short holidays, missing relatives’ weddings etc., that kind of thing)? I work offshore (on a ship) so I miss many games but I will always try to get the coverage or highlights somehow. I was in Oz last year for the SC semi v Dundee Utd but fortunately we were in port. I managed to get the details for the Perth RSC so finished my shift, grabbed a few hours kip then jumped in a taxi and watched the game. Made it back in time for my next shift although I was several hundred quid lighter due to the taxi fares (and it was not much fun watching it sober when everyone else was blazing). I am a bit of an expert now in setting up tracking devices for satellite TV systems onboard vessels because I am forever trying to find out how to pick up obscure channels to try to get coverage of our games. Usually pisses other crew members off because they sometimes lose every other channel to try to pick up Setanta or Super Sport or something. Q6: Who is your all-time favourite player and current favourite player and why? Plenty of favourites like Davie Robertson, Mark Walters, Michael Mols, Ronald de Boer, Stuart McCall, Laudrup and The Hammer but my all time favourite player was Super Ally. He just loved scoring for us, especially against the other mob. My favourite current player is Lee Wallace however I really liked Kris Boyd (good Ayrshire blue nose) first time around so he might make it back into my favourites again. Q7: Who do you currently attend matches with? Where do you sit? Where did you used to watch games from at Ibrox Park? Me and my 7 year old son have seats in the Main Stand. I have had a season ticket in the main stand for many years but I moved within the main stand to get two seats together with the bairn. As I mentioned earlier I work away from home for long periods so I miss a great deal of games however I try to get to as many games as I can when I am at home....eventually my boy will be able to get to the games himself so they seats will get used every week hopefully. My wife has no interest in football but she knows when the renewal comes in then she has to deal with it if I am away.....she has been warned when I peg it, I don't care what she does with the rest of my money, they seats have to be paid for every year. Q8: What thoughts spring to mind when you think of Ibrox Park? Crisp winter evenings with the Champions League music blaring. Our stadium is perfect for those kind of nights. Strangely enough, when I am home on leave and I am driving between my home and Glasgow I will nip off the motorway and just drive past the stadium because I miss it when I am away. The wife is used to it by now and does not even ask where I am going when I take my little detour (got lucky once when I done it and met Mr Advocaat outside the stadium one afternoon......what a gentleman he was). Q9: Do you attend away matches? If so, how often? I try to get to some away matches each year however I cannot plan for them due to my work so I have to rely on picking up tickets when and wherever I can. I also have to consider my family when I get home (anyone that works away from home will understand where I am coming from). Q10: What are your favourite away grounds and why? Dundee and Edinburgh are good days out but nothing is better than skelping the soapdodgers at that shambles of a stadium.

Smashing read. Feel good factor is definitely rising. Reading that article should shake some people into realising how lucky they are to watch our team every week and stop their wee attempts at point scoring and personal crusades.

Not strictly true. At Leuchars Air Show last year there were only 8 as one of the pilots was on paternity leave and seemingly they do not replace them for short absences.

The most entertaining player I have ever seen, complete professional and a credit to our club. One thing I could never get my head around was his, apparently, strong relationship with The Goalie. Goram liked his swallie and wummin which seemed a different world to the one that the Prince of Denmark lived in. Strange world sometimes

Hawf day! Used to love a wee hawf day, usually involved the boozer then the racing. Working offshore noo, so there is no such thing as a hawf day anymore. You are some man Rab. Reading your posts normally triggers something that makes you think aw fuck remember that. Cheers Rab

Puma King for screw-ins and Copa Mundial for mouldies. Proper football boots, none of this pish that are kicking about now

Great work GB. Good luck in reaching the target. Donation in.

Has there been anything else said about the reason for the headbutt? Winding him up about Inzaghi nailing Mrs Zidane was the last rumour I heard.

I am on a ship moored in Henderson at the moment. Working nights so I might manage through, no beers allowed though!