Fred H Crawford
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2 hours ago, Cedrick said:
bears just move out their allocated ticket seat to let lads congregate around the ub ? Never seen this happen at an away game either
Mate , that's exactly what happens . The UB congregate at their chosen spot and basically take over , standing 2 or 3 deep in the row . Most older Bears will just move to somewhere with spare seats , I've done this myself and at other times (Livi recently ) I just stood in among the guys and enjoyed being among some of the best away support in the country . It was like a throwback to the old days when you were sore as fuck days later but well worth it .
I've said before that some of the Ole ole stuff does nothing for me , but fair play to the boys , I'm not sure that my generation of support could or would have put up with the stuff these boys do with the constant OTT surveillance , policing and stewarding at games .
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I don't think that I've watched a Rangers striker who puts the fear into the hammer throwers who masquerade as centre halves , as much as Alfredo since big Hateley was in his prime . Dado for a spell was fantastic ( I would've loved to see him at Ibrox before his knee trouble ) and Jelavic was more technical in his approach and his touch sublime at times , but considering how he plays the lone striker role but still manages to occupy the opposition back line which is something the others never had to do too much then I think he is the ideal man for the managers preferred formation .
Whatever happens in the summer will be interesting as there comes a point that he will be at his optimal value to the Club , and while as a support it will be hard to take his leaving , ultimately that's the way we need to operate nowadays . For the present though , I'm just loving the fact that we have someone that has the media and opposition frothing at the mouth , been a wee while since we've had that kind of " hate figure " in a Rangers shirt .
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7 minutes ago, hammer93 said:
This was the 1st season of a newly formed supporters bus from Kilmarnock, it was my 1st real season of trying to get to as many games as possible, i was 15/16 and remember this season with great fondness even though we finished 5th, our early unbeaten start which saw a last minute winner at Kilbowie from Bobby Williamson was just a false promise, the 1st game we lost was at home to Dundee (who were a bogey team at that time) was the turning point for a lot of defeats to follow, make no mistake though as you rightly said the bears packed out the away grounds in huge numbers, great days even though the football was dire.
I turned 21 during that season , was single and earning good money working in the steelworks , loved getting to the games no matter the result at that time . As you say we started really well that season then had the losses to Dundee and the sheep at home and in between those we lost the first leg of the league cup semi to hibs . I remember one of the older guys on our bus getting a bit of stick for saying the bubble had burst on the way home from easter road , but as we now know he was right !
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19 hours ago, Tiger Shaw said:
My boy had being doing boxing classes for a while and recently got moved up to squad training with the amateurs, he’s sparring two, sometimes three nights a week, his first fight won’t be too far away if he keeps progressing at the rate he is, reading things like this scares the shit out me mate.
Do you ever go and watch the training & sparring mate ? When you see how he handles that , it may help to allay some of your fears , especially in the days leading up to a fight . I won't kid on that you'll be fine with it on fight night though , It's fucking hard enough watching boys you've helped train be on the receiving end never mind when one of your family is in the ring . I'm pretty sure that his coaches will know if/when he's ready and won't be rushed into action before his time . Good luck to him when the time comes 👍
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5 hours ago, harlands plater said:
Some memories there, remember getting soaked in the Enclosure at that 4-4 draw with the tarriers.
Also at the Spurs friendly the day before Jock Wallace was sacked, we lost 2-0 and the crowd was 12,000, the apathy had really set in by that point. The next night I was at Bell College in Hamilton and a couple of Bears from Larkhall told me Souness had been appointed, I was convinced they were winding me up until I got home and saw it on the ten o’clock news.
If I remember right , the news about Souness was first announced on the stv news at six .
My memory of the Spurs game the previous day , was Big Jock trying a formation out that had Derek Ferguson playing a sweeper role . A general air of apathy had set in and TBH we looked a long long way from recovery . Interesting though to see Jock talking about the support , and also the pictures of the Rangers fans filling the away terraces at hibs , hearts , and Dundee utd . Also the goalside low level camera replay of Ally's goal at parkhead shows the amount of Bears in the main stand . Tynecastle was always a favourite trip for me , A cunt of a walk from parking the busses at the market , but the upside was time to drink a carry out and relatively no hassle from the police ! No matter how shit we were we always filled that big area behind the goal .
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Cheers mate , a weird watch to be truthful . So many memories of some good away trips when loads of Bears filled the terraces at tynecastle , easter road & tannadice , hoping rather than expecting 2 points . Loved Jock Wallace , but as that season unravelled after a more than decent start it became obvious that the manager was on borrowed time and something had to change . It's difficult to explain to fans who weren't around then , how much of a jaw dropper it was when news broke of the Souness appointment (No facebook , twitter leaks in those days 😲) IMO the Souness era is the most exciting time we've had in modern times , what with there being no transfer windows and almost daily speculation about who we were targeting , and the belief that anything was possible ! 9IAR and Advocaat's times were wonderful periods to be a Rangers fan , but for me the buzz we had in the aftermath of some really dire league campaigns will only be surpassed by 55 .
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56 minutes ago, j1mgg said:
Lower the pitch and put another 5 rows in on each side.
That's already been done under sir duped's time in charge mate . Not sure if it could be tried again without affecting the foundations of the 3 modern stands .
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4 hours ago, ForeverAndEver said:
Puts myself at a disadvantage but agree that the people went in the lower divisions should have/should get some sort of priority.
What about supporters who have been attending away games for years before that mate ? I understand where you're coming from , but where does the line get drawn ? I'm sure that other posters will recall early morning or even overnight trips , to queue for away tickets at the old ticket window near the front doors , or the edmiston house T O . Really not sure how the allocation can be made fairer while the demand outstrips availability . An up front fee would probably reduce the numbers on the CCS , but IMO it's unfair to charge the support for this while they still might only get allocated 3-4 tickets ,especially considering the prices that our fans pay compared with others .
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37 minutes ago, geronimoo said:
When their goalie had the ball he would give it to Miller on the edge of the box and he would run up the pitch and score. The rest of their team was absolute shit and it was more a game of can my school out score Charlie Miller.
TBF mate , I remember watching Charlie playing at Ibrox in a youth cup final v Hearts and the game was like that . Kevin Thomas ( the guy who eventually got sacked from st Johnstone for doing drugs on a Christmas night out ) was playing for Hearts that night and done similar . Was like watching a game of 1v1 with the rest of the players just playing a bit part role ! I can't think of any other Rangers youth player that had that kind of effect on the others around him , Barry Ferguson always stood out , but IMO never had the same style of dominating both teammates and opponents during a game that Miller had at that age .
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1 minute ago, TMB said:
I'm still exited about Barisic. That was another assist today albeit in a friendly. Once fit and playing consistently he could be a real attacking threat on the left overlapping Kent and putting quality crosses in to the box. I just hope he's not another one of these players that struggles to stay fit and we rarely see as a consequence.
He showed up well today in an attacking sense , but IMO was quite poor defensively . More than once he was caught out of position or caught out with passes played inside him . His injury at the end seemed to sum up his luck right enough , it happened in front of us and I thought he could have played the ball back to the keeper , or out for a throw but took a couple of touches and it appeared he twisted his ankle .
Still plenty of time for him to adapt to the needs of the game here and the expectations of the support , but for me at this moment then Halliday is the man in form and Borna has a bit of work to do to shift him from the starting eleven .
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2 hours ago, 1690tamRFC said:
Everyone took notice of us down south during that era.
Too true mate , we broke the British transfer record around then when we signed Big Dunc !
I think that a lot of people don't realise how close we were in comparison to the top English sides of the day .
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2 minutes ago, siddiqi_drinker said:
Has about as much significance as McDonald's 'Employee of the Month'.
Uncalled for mate , @Blue Avenger is very proud of his award 😂
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What better way for the club to expose this corrupt shower though ? , than using their own disciplinary procedure to get things out in the open .
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1 minute ago, Moody Blue Legend said:
I read that as he wore the top, not the team!
😂 Just re read that mate , you're right . Caught out being a smartarse
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On 25/11/2018 at 22:56, blueballss said:
loved that top,wore it at the ill fated 89 cup final
No mate , we wore our traditional home strip in the final .
The red/white away strip was worn in the first semi-final v st johnstone at parkhead . That was the same day as the Hillsborough disaster , probably what your thinking about mate .
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Just now, piperpete said:
It never ever got him down as he knew another chance would be along sooner than later, Ally had a great attitude for a goal scorer
Unbelievable mate , miss 2 or 3 gilt edge chances then score a tap in after Cooper , Walters etc had put it on a plate , then off celebrating like he had just scored a world cup winner 😂
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Just now, ben51 said:
Sent from info@club1872.
Must have had to provide details to them.
I filled out a form online.
The second paragraph of your email speaks of a club supporters survey , that would have been what I answered . The only time I've contacted Club1872 was to clarify the part about consent for them to use your details , they confirmed that was required in order to complete the survey .
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5 minutes ago, ben51 said:
The email was sent from the club account was it not mate ? , because if not I've no idea how they would have got my details .
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3 minutes ago, Inigo said:
Before my time, that one.
Early in Ally's career at Ibrox mate , but something he always remembered being on the end of . Credit where it's due , he didn't half answer his critics back in subsequent years , although he was still capable of missing his fair share chances .
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14 minutes ago, ben51 said:
Was it Rangers First or the Union Bears who did ask for this in their survey?
About a year ago the Club ran a survey on safe standing and the potential numbers that would be interested in moving ST to that section . Your RFC number and ST details were required as well . At the end of the survey was a small box to be ticked in order for CLUB1872 to contact you and put you on their mailing list , if you never agreed to this then you were unable to complete the survey and therefore register interest in safe standing . This was confirmed to me by an email from Club1872 , so I'm not sure how accurate the survey would have been if more people were put off by having to share details with Club1872 .
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37 minutes ago, Paulbrian11 said:
I heard Konterman and McCulloch getting it also.
I also remember the Scottish cup tie against Dundee when most of the support seemed to join in with the chant of " Ally , Ally , Get tae Fuck " Never edifying to hear the Rangers support turn so publicly on one of our own players .
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7 hours ago, RS4_wul said:
Yep, Laudrup and Gazza got our goals that day, though don't remember much about the game except we were hearing rumours it would be cancelled due to frozen pitch.
That was the last Euro away game I went to. Never been so cold in my life, was fucking baltic.
We were already out but there were 5,000 plus Bears at the game. WATP.
I'm sure it was Gordon Durie that got the goal along with Brian , and Gazza was ordered off .
Dortmund during the day was a good laugh , but you're right about the fucking cold ☃️
Empty seats at Ibrox were down to sir duped taking the support for granted and charging above the odds prices for the 3 game package .
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Would rather have kept him as the third striker option than our current No.9 .
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4 minutes ago, Inigo said:
For me Gough and Butcher were top, then Amo and Moore not far behind, then the others mentioned.
TBF , It's a close call between all of those mentioned . Brown and Roberts not even spoken about either , both of them top class for a period of their Ibrox careers . Just posting this makes me think how fortunate we've been at various points of the last 32 years ( Fuck sake , typing that makes me feel old ) We were also well served , although briefly , at differing points by the likes of Berg , Boumsong and Frank De Boer !
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He's also playing in a position that is notorious for players being inconsistent , fuck knows how the social media generation would have reacted to Cooper , Walters etc .
Kent has probably played more this season than in any of his previous loans , and to me it says a lot about the rest of the team that we seem so reliant on him to be the main creator . The boy has a bit of class about him and I'm sure he can use the experience of this season to further his career , hopefully with us , as he has no chance of making any inroads to the first team squad at Liverpool in the near future . He does tend to overplay at times but IMO with more options around him then his decision making will improve .