GR09

From the first link the OP posted :- "Another self-confessed Rangers fan, from a slightly later era to Baxter’s heyday, is writer and broadcaster Graham Spiers." WTF ?

Was at the Imtech Arena on Saturday for HSV v Bayern Munich and have to say it came close.

Mort de rire !

For me it was 86-87. I went to my first game in in the 75-76 season, but didn't start going regularly till 78-79 so from then I'd had to watch us being second best to celtic, aberdeen, and even dundee united. Then in 1986 Souness arrived and everything changed overnight, resulting in us winning the league that season for the first time i was old enough to enjoy it. A close second would be the year we beat Leeds United and had a good run in the Champions League.

It was because he had played for Scotland that season.

What does this top look like ? I've never seen one, but going from the "Menace" comment earlier had a thought. . . . . could it have been a Germany away top ?

been beaten to most of mine, but here goes . . . Jim Denny, Billy Urquhart, Billy MacKay, Neil Murray, and Gregor Stevens.

Yeah me too, I just finished this morning. The first half is great, but the second half is very difficult to read.

I think we've had sufficient proof over the years that they ARE fucking idiots.

Sandy was my first footballing hero. I had my mum sew a number 2 on the back of my first ever Rangers shirt. Most heroes fail to live up to expectations. Sandy exceeded them.

One went on Ebay recently for about £40 - http://www.ebay.ie/itm/1945-GLASGOW-RANGERS-V-MOSCOW-DYNAMO-/360879396207 It doesn't look in great condition though, and I'm sure I saw one recently on another auction site go for about £90.

Yeah, sorry . . .was in a hurry and multitasking and didn't read your whole post properly.

Just saw the medal. I think it says 'International Match Glasgow Rangers - Dinamo M" round the outside, and Glasgow 1945 in the centre.

There's a book on the Moscow Dynamo goodwill tour called Passovotchka. It's a good read. One of my favourite stories was that Rangers signed a player - Caskie (?) and the Russians kicked up a big fuss believing that they were just strengthening the team for the game. The game nearly didn't go ahead, but Rangers agreed not to play him. Anyway, the Russians requested and were taken on a visit to the workers at the shipyards in Govan. At one point the Russians asked for a translation of some graffiti, thinking it was some left wing slogan. It was in fact "Who's afraid of Caskie ?"

This.