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Metaphorically half full but actually empty. I had the last dram of Macallan 12 year old from my new year bottle. A superb recovery from two nil down. We lost goals too easily however young Rabbi beat 7 players and a goalie to score a superb goal from the training ground so I'm pretty happy.

Bought tickets last night. Saved money for myself and grandson (I'm 70) but still £140 for three friendly tickets. My grandson is a Man U fan. I have taken him to Ibrox and he is in the Rangers end at Murrayfield. Please with the game because I promised to take him to Man U. This is a good way to let him see the Red Devils.

and where does he get access to all those games? total nonsense.

the fury coming from the green lot is bordering on ridiculous. They are not top of the league. They have dropped points. Their fans have added to the sad state of their outward appearance with the Hamas support and the way they treated one of their own players who was forced to join our own Arfield. Their manager 'good girl' Brenda has been derided in the sporting press and their board have a war chest to pay out for the abused boys that they can't put in to the team. It's all looking very grim over there. I'm enjoying their torture.

We all want a couple of early goals for our nerves. Aberdeen had a much harder game at the weekend than we did. Three points & then await their Hibs game which is another banana skin possibility. Then they domino in the Scottish Cup .

Visited the Museum today on a stadium tour & museum ticket. Highly recommended. The museum was better in real life compared to a video I watched. The stadium tour included the Blue Room (directors do the loving cup there), the manager's office, away dressing room, home dressing room, down the tunnel and sit in the dugout and the trophy room. The museum has a lot of exhibits and interactive displays. Some items moved there from the trophy room. Well worth a visit. Keep on moving though because audio cuts out on some exhibits when they think no one is there :)

It's on my screen without paying anything. It's my daughter's Prime so I don't know what they pay for.

If you have Amazon Prime go to Live TV and you will find the game on Viaplay Sports 1

When Rangers Women are playing at the same time as Rangers first team especially in a major game it would be nice if the tweets being sent out could be made visually different from each other.

It's superb. A pub can do this while the city fathers do next to nothing. Well done everyone involved in the transformation.

Good to know that Rangers can take 40,000 more to a final than Liverpool.

His passport lets him play for Nigeria so he was born in South London of Nigerian parents I guess but I don't know. Easy mistake to make.

I didn't tell any Barcelona 72 stories. Didn't really get in to that sort of thing with other fans. Re Brian Laudrup, He was unplayable for the first umpteen games. All the other teams had to learn how to play against him. I though that our fans got on well with the Germans. Lots of people going out of their way to chat to them and wish them luck. IMHO the heat had a great deal to do with the way we played the game. Note that our first goal was scored by an African player who was used to the heat. Still it was a much better showing than Manchester where he didn't turn up.

Yes, of course. We had a great European run and an amazing mini-break in Seville for those who went. The club brought in lots of cash and we had lots of press exposure for our amazing fan base at the final. Nothing you can do about injuries. We would have been better with a full squad but that's life. The Scottish Cup has been missing for too long and I'm delighted to have it back home. We had to change manager part way through the season and it's astonishing how well the team coped with that. I don't give a fig about the team who won the league. We built the coefficient which they now benefit from and that's a pain but it happened and we move on.

I'm guessing around 70,000 based on known bums on seats at the game, stadium etc plus a few more.

as of now 19:49 there stadium is working. I got two tickets as did my mate so someone will be getting in to the big screen that doesn't know it yet.

the price changed from 35 euros to 40 euros as I was watching. Got a shot of the 35 euro price :)

I got as far as the purchase screen. It shows coloured bands of seats with buttons to select. (light blue dark blue and red with a 4th row with an inferior view. In Spanish you see buttons like:- [seleccionare] gol sur grada baja S114 (10 euro plus 1.50 fee) Once you select there is a continue at the bottom. Says it holds selection for 15 minutes. After I clicked continue I got no further. As it's a ticketing site for lots of events I guess they took it down to help locals get other tickets. I recommend looking at the stadium itself so you can see the seats in better detail to make picking easier.

Finally booked transport. 5 airports 3 airlines plus a couple of trains, two nights in Sevilla and one in Madrid. Assuming we don't have tickets hoping their fan zone setup is good. There are stadiums and a bull ring though the town squares don't look big enough. I think my Barcelona trip in '72 was £75 all in for a day trip including flights, coaches and the game.

Hotel in Seville booked weeks ago. Outbound on the Tuesday to Madrid. Intend to get a high speed train from Madrid to Seville (about 2h:30m) No return journey organised yet.

Wee Stevie would not have reached the final so it's turned out for the best. Gio is the better manager by far.

So glad we booked a Sevilla hotel weeks ago. Just need the flights now. Everyone at Rangers enjoy tonight and the final to come. Looks very likely that we can bring home the trophy.

Should we win the Europa league I doubt we would care about the league. For the club the money and prestige would be huge. We have a very good chance of lifting the Scottish Cup and of course as Helicopter Sunday shows us you need to keep believing as the league isn't over until the points say it is.

I'm remembering helicopter Sunday. It's not over until it's over!

Just realised I have loads of BA air miles so there might be a way to go via London without spending too many hundreds. I'm not too bothered about a hotel for the night but probably Malaga or even Faro would work. Faro depends on getting a bus back there after the game. Car hire works too but then a drink is out for the driver. When I went to Barcelona in '72 it was a same day charter flight. Fell asleep at work the next day.