broxieman

This STV article had me in tears. 
Honestly gutted. 

Maybe just shades Edu's goal. They scenes were absolutely fucking pandemonium when that went in. 
I sat elsewhere the night and didn't know anyone. By full time I knew the guy 14 rows in front of me.
Absolutely love this club what a fucking night.

It's said a picture paints a thousand words and this one is no exception.  All real men who probably grafted all week and savoured the moment when they attended Ibrox on a Saturday to watch the Rangers. No shitty distractions back then like retail parks for the wife to drag you around to bore the arse off of you looking at supposed bargains and tat. Men who brought up their children to believe in the protestant ethic of hard work and graft and do what is right. No conversations about your lad being gender neutral or otherwise as that topic was non existant thankfully. Back then I also wore a bunnet but for the life of me can't pick myself out amongst the crowd as in all things in life all things are not as black and white as they seem (if you'll pardon the pun).
 
 

Hi guys, just a quick message to say that I won't be uploading any videos for the foreseeable future.
I have always kept my private life, and that of my familys, exactly that - private.
What I will say though, is that my wife hasn't been keeping great, that's why I've not made many videos this last couple of months or so.
There has been some games recently I haven't even seen, let alone make a video of.
And unfortunately the news we got this week wasn't what we were wanting, so this is just going to intensify.
So all my time, effort and energy will be going towards caring for her for now.
I know some of you like these videos, and are grateful for them, but I hope yous understand.  Who knows, I might post one out of the blue, but they'll be rare for the foreseeable.
Cheers
Scott

Enjoy
 

 
 

Meant to add.. I’ve been reading this site for many years without posting but it was your fundraising threads that made me register so I could donate.  Thanks again
I look forward to your next fundraising thread.

Your health has to come first mate. On behalf of myself and I'm sure hundreds of RM posters let alone charity beneficiaries, can I say a huge thanks for all your efforts and successful fund raising over the years.
Top, top man 👏👏👏👏

I doth my cap to you Govanblue. Enjoy your retirement. 
 

No it’s not a clickbait title- for once!  
 
So after 6 years of fundraising, I’ve finally decided that it’s finally time for me to finally hang up my gloves, and finally start to draw the curtain down on my overly-long involvement in what was actually only supposed to be a one-off fundraiser.   There are lots of random, unrelated and non-controversial reasons behind my decision, the main one being health-related, so that’s the end of that discussion! 
I’m sure many of you will be delighted at the news of my retirement, because let’s face it, I’m an annoying cunt, even on a good day.
What I don’t want to do though, is leave either Erskine or the many Loyal Fund Members suddenly in the lurch, so I have hopefully come up with a workable exit strategy…
We have already just recently paid £2500 for 10 Erskine & Combat Stress Season tickets renewals  for the coming season, and we still have a few hundred quid left in the bank to cover Europa and Cup tickets for the next couple of months, plus our previously promised donation to Bravehound, so we’re good for a while. 
We will shortly launch the RM Erskine Fund 2019/20 New Season Membership/Donations thread just as we had planned to do.  But this time, it will run only for about one month, giving any members who wish to continue their support into next season an opportunity to do so. After which, we will stop accepting donations into the current Fund account. 
The money raised from that fundraiser, added to the money that we already hold in reserve, should mean that we will have enough money to maintain our spending for the rest of this season (albeit on a reduced budget), and also still hold enough money in reserve to pay for next season’s season tickets, which will be approx £2500 and will be due in May 2020, which means we will be providing continued support using just our existing (plus next month's) resources, until May 2021, which I think is not a bad exit strategy. 
Of course, that’s using just our existing (plus next month’s) resources.  After I end my fundraising involvement, it doesn't mean that other Members can’t keep things going in all sorts of ways – it just means donations won’t go through my bank account, so you’ll need to work something out yourselves for that side of things.  (off the top of my head, I can think of loads of options, so it shouldn't be too hard to come up with some fully workable ideas).  I will of course be fully available to the Fund in an offline advisory capacity for as long as my input is needed.
So may I take this opportunity to thank Everyone who has so wholeheartedly supported our efforts over those many years.  I only made the outlandish demands I made, because I knew there were People like you there to meet them. And together, I think we made enough of a difference for it to have been ultimately worthwhile. 
 
So there you go – that’s the plan.  Keep your eye out for the season 19/20 Membership Fundraiser thread which will be along soon, and let’s make it a good one. 
Oh and don't forget, you've got a Dug to feed too!  

That's the kind of commentary we need.
 

Great effort.
Fully support the Erskine Bears.

Enjoy
 
 
 

I'll be there.
The hope is that RSCs will consider travelling an hour or so earlier than normal to get bears over there in good  time for the protest before fans walk to Ibrox.
This is a Rangers supporters protest, spread the word, and do your bit and be there.

Apologies if posted elsewhere.
Traynor to give him credit is giving the biased bbc both barrels.
 

The first walk into the stadium, up the stairs to see the pitch on a dark evening for a European game was genuinely an incredible moment.

Most of us knew it would happen but, personally, I thought it would take our first trophy to push them over the edge. But no, a single goal victory in a single match has done the trick.
The seeds were sewn in the summer when complacency and arrogance led them to think that a  squad actually weaker than the previous season (Dembele, Roberts out, Morgan in) would still be too strong for everyone else. Some of their support began to fidget but Big Peter and St Brenda had never failed them, right?
Defeats to Killie and Hibs increased the jitters as our European heroics indicated a steel and determination absent for so long. The fidgeting got worse as they announced a bonus of 2.3m for Big Peter yet couldn’t shake off Rangers or Killie in the league they had come to see as their own.
Their friends in the media stayed loyal, hounding Morelos at every turn and bigging up journeymen like Christie and Edouard as if they were world beaters. And of course, the loyal suppression of THAT story continued for the most part as the verdicts were reported but our courageous journalists steadfastly refused to join the dots.
Then it happened. St Brenda’s first defeat at the thirteenth hurdle. Their fourth defeat of the season matching the total of the previous two seasons combined. And the manner of the defeat was even more telling than the scoreline. Totally dominated and clueless.
They are creatures of habit and, true to form, they turned on the officials and the SFA (an organisation more loyal, valuable and reliable to them than a bloody guide dog to a blind man) in a major deflection operation. The rules which state that, if the referee saw an incident and chose not to act, then no further sanctions can be applied, surely couldn’t apply here.
“‘Mon tae fuck” they howled.
The house of cards begins to shudder.
Then Rangers ramp up the pressure by strengthening further with Defoe, Davis, Jones and Kamara on their way. Shit, this is serious.
And so the head of the supporters group (Mr “not enough Protestants on the Titanic“ himself) writes to the erstwhile allies at Hampden, effectively calling them cheats for following the rules. And, in what is clearly an orchestrated manoeuvre, the club follow it up with a demand for transparency. The club which has made an art form of secrecy and cover up now pushing for “transparency”. Utterly priceless.
Their world is collapsing in on them and they are in blind panic.
And of course, there hangs over them, THAT story. It hasn’t gone away and they may yet regret the stupidity of turning on the SFA who will hold the fate of that poisonous club in their hands.
It is the perfect storm and it has been a long time coming. Their lack of class and dignity is exposed for all to see and it is not pretty. The house of cards is hanging by a thread and an act of defiance or bravery by either the SFA or a serious journalist (Mark Daly?) will surely bring the whole rancid slum crashing to the ground.
I am thoroughly enjoying the show so far and would encourage all Bears to pull up a chair with, dare I suggest, a bowl of jelly and ice cream?

 

Yes, after almost 8 years, the tide has finally turned.
And it wasn't just a tide, it was a fucking tsunami. An unexpected yet totally  enormous force that pushed us right to the edge of existence. And what is nowadays colloquially called "the journey" was no straightforward journey, but a whirlpool path that pitted ourselves against bitter enemies stopping us moving forward or sideways, and always stabbing us in the back. 
2011 had been a good year for us.  In March a Jelavic inspired victory  against the tims in the league cup final led on to a 5-1 victory at Kilmarnock in May for our third title in a row. .With expectations high, new manager Ally McCoist  went 15 games unbeaten leading in to 2012. 
But then in Feb 2012 came the shock. Administration. And what followed was worse than any reasonable Gers fan could have imagined.  The distancing from us and increasing jealous hatred being expressed by a majority of fellow clubs,many of whom we had helped in the past. The organised contempt and punishments dished out by the football administrations. The humillties of corrupt ownership by robbers and charlatans, the threats of title stripping.  Then the politics against us within the football authorities, city council and national Government.
We were inches from  being destroyed by corrupt and self seeking political interests, all the way from the SFA and SPL administrations through corrupt city councils to the those most influential at the the top of nationalistic and socialist elite. (Oh. the irony of a Scottish national socialist elite, how fitting it is many within of them prefer a football team with a support that favours the Palestinian and Irish causes over British ones......)
 I strongly believe there was just one thing that saved us. And that one thing was a constant that could not be challenged or threatened, even destroyed, and would never surrender or allow our club to die.......our magnificent support.
8 stormy years we have had, and during that time our mainstay was the fans, fans who have waited and waited for the time when we are strong enough to fight back and then march onward and upward with renewed belief and confidence. 
  Now as we step onward in  2019, almost 8 horrible years since administration, we are no longer the threatened, or the underdogs, we are confident again.  We now have our best foot forward and our haters are the threatened ones 
The tide has indeed finally turned, and we look forward to sailing toward our future success, but most importantly........... we know our magnificent support is invincible to any storm.   Full steam ahead........
 
 
 
 

Happy New Year to all Rangers supporters man woman and child in 2019 .... may it be a happy healthy and prosperous year for you all .... and of course The Rangers ..... We are coming after our title and they know it ..... 

Enjoy
 
 

The Forum has a fabulous age range and hearing the different stories  from this spread re ages make the forum head and shoulders above any other one 

Great stories ED, makes the forum richer reading them.