The Moonlighter

Last Saturday night we had the pleasure of presenting the Founders story at Whiteinch Orange Hall for the West End Somme Association and friends,a fantastic evening was had by all. At the end of the presentation our Restoration of Rangers Graves Project donations bucket was sent around the hall and the wonderful amount of £95.81 was raised.This will help to ensure that our work continues over the coming weeks and months. We’d like to sincerely thank Andrew Reid for arranging the event and everyone who attended for their warm welcome and generosity. If you’d like to host a Founders Presentation event please email us at thefounderstrail@gmail.com or call us on 0790 2855536 for a chat. Thank you.

*All Gift Vouchers purchased are without limit of time* This Christmas treat the Bluenose in your life to a Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour Gift Voucher. The Gift Vouchers reserve a seat on any Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour of your choice (allowing for availability). Join us on a journey of discovery back to 1872 when the Rangers were just the dream of a group of young kids who gathered on Fleshers Haugh. They had no ball, no football kit and used a bush on the Glasgow Green as a changing room. Adults £31 Senior Bluenoses( 65 and over) and Wee Bears ( under 16) £21 +£1 P+P per order Gift Vouchers,which can be purchased here on our website,are posted out by ourselves within 24 hours. https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/shop

Only £16.00(plus £2.70 P&P). A must read for all True Blues! As we draw the curtain on our 150th year read the incredible story of how the Rangers began,the book also contains an incredible exclusive revelation about our first year! Our Gallant Pioneers books are all signed by the three authors.The foreword is by Rangers Legend John Brown. Take a journey back to 1872 and the birth of the greatest club in the world formed by a group of kids who had no money,no kit or even a ball. Purchase your book here on our website and we’ll post your copy out within 24 hours. thefounderstrail.co.uk/shop

Our popular scarves are designed on the original colours of our club,Royal Blue Jersey,White Shorts,Blue and White Socks. Only £16.00 (+ £3.30 P&P) they can be purchased here on our website. https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/shop All orders placed are posted out by ourselves within 24 hours.

Now available at the special price of only £9 (+£3.40 P&P) All orders placed are posted out by ourselves within 24 hours. http://thefounderstrail.co.uk/shop

Once again due to overwhelming demand we’re delighted to announce these additional dates to our 2022 programme. Sunday 30th October Sunday 6th November Sunday 13th November Saturday 26th November Sunday 4th December. Adults £31 Children (under 16) and Senior Citizens £21 If you’d like to join us please reserve your seat here thefounderstrail.co.uk For further information phone: 0790 2855536.

Celebrating our 150th year! We meet at Ibrox at 11.00 and depart at 11.30. The Founders Trail returns to Ibrox at 4pm for the Stadium Tour. Adults £31 Children (under 16) and Senior Citizens £21. If you’d like to join us please reserve your seat here https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/ For further information phone: 0790 2855536.

As we celebrate our 150th year treat the Bluenose in your life to a Gift Voucher. *All Gift Vouchers purchased are without limit of time* The Gift Voucher reserves a seat on our luxury Parks of Hamilton coach and are valid for any Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour of your choice (allowing for availability). Join us on a journey of discovery back to 1872 when Rangers was just the dream of a group of young kids who gathered on Fleshers Haugh.They had no money,ball or football kit and used a bush on the Glasgow Green as a changing room. The Founders Trail will take you to the very place that our wonderful story began and conclude with a tour of our magnificent Ibrox Stadium. Adults £31 Senior Bluenoses( 65 and over) and Wee Bears ( under 16) £21 +£1 P+P per order Gift Vouchers,which can be purchased here on our website,are posted out by ourselves within 24 hours. https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/shop

Our 150th Celebration badge and two of our original badges are now back in stock. Only £3 ( plus £1 P&P) All orders are posted out by ourselves within 24 hours. http://thefounderstrail.co.uk/shop

We meet at Ibrox at 11.00 and depart at 11.30. The Trail returns to Ibrox at 4pm for the Stadium Tour. During our day we’ll take you to the birthplace of our club and then take the journey around Glasgow that our Founders took during our early years. Before we tour our magnificent Ibrox Stadium we’ll visit Craigton Cemetery which will give you an insight into our Restoration of Rangers Graves Project. All in our day will be complete by 5.30pm. Adults £31 Children (under 16) and Senior Citizens £21 If you’d like to join us please reserve your seat here https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/ For further information phone: 0790 2855536.

Only £14 (+£3.40 P&P) All orders are posted out by ourselves within 24 hours. https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/shop

On Friday night we had the pleasure of presenting the Founders story for the Windsor Tavern in Partick,a fantastic night was had by all. After the presentation our Restoration of Rangers Graves Project was sent around the pub and the incredible amount of £300 was raised,this will help to ensure that our work continues over the coming weeks and months. We’d like to sincerely thank Stevie for arranging the event and everyone who attended for their support and overwhelming generosity. Thank you.

Tomorrow night guys, hope to see a few of you there.

Next Friday night folks. Tickets are only £5 and available from behind the bar,this will be a fantastic night of celebration.Half Time pies will be served. We hope to see a few of you there!

A week on Friday guys hope to see a few of you there.

It will be an honour for us to present the Founders Story at the Windsor Tavern 473 Dumbarton Road Partick on Friday 1st July at 7.30pm. All welcome! Tickets are only £5 and available from behind the bar,this will be a fantastic night of celebration.Half Time pies will be served. We hope to see a few of you there!

Father's Day is next Sunday folks. Purchase your book here on our website and we’ll post your copy out within 24 hours. thefounderstrail.co.uk/shop Still time to purchase your book for Father's Day. Purchase your book here on our website and we’ll post your copy out today. https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/shop

Last Friday night we had the pleasure of presenting the Founders story for Lodge St.Thomas 306 Larkhall and friends,a fantastic night was had by all. Before the presentation the Larkhall and District Rangers Supporters Club donated a cheque for £150 to the Restorations of Rangers Graves Project,this will help to ensure that our work continues over the coming weeks and months. We’d like to sincerely thank the supporters club for their overwhelming generosity. Thank you.

Father's Day is next Sunday folks. Purchase your book here on our website and we’ll post your copy out within 24 hours. thefounderstrail.co.uk/shop

Last night we had the pleasure of presenting the Founders story for Lodge St.Thomas 306 Larkhall and friends,a fantastic night was had by all. At the end of the presentation our Restorations of Rangers Graves Donations Bucket was sent around the hall and the wonderful sum of £151.04 was raised for the Restoration Project,this will help to ensure that our work continues over the coming weeks and months. We’d like to sincerely thank all who attended for their overwhelming generosity and in particular Robert Scott for arranging and organising the event. If you’d like information on hosting a Founders Presentation event please email us for details at thefounderstrail@gmail.com or call 0790 2855536 for a chat.

Only £16.99( plus £2.32 P&P). A must read for all True Blues! This year as we celebrate our 150th Anniversary read the incredible story of how the Rangers story began.The book also contains an incredible revelation about our first year! Our Gallant Pioneers books are all signed by the three authors.The foreword is by Rangers Legend John Brown. Take a journey back to 1872 and the birth of the greatest club in the world formed by a group of kids who had no money,no kit or even a ball. Purchase your book here on our website and we’ll post your copy out within 24 hours. thefounderstrail.co.uk/shop

*All Gift Vouchers purchased are without limit of time* The Voucher reserves a seat on our luxury Parks of Hamilton coach and are valid for any Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour of your choice (allowing for availability). As we celebrate our 150th Anniversary join us on a journey of discovery back to 1872 when Rangers was just the dream of a group of young kids who gathered on Fleshers Haugh.They had no money,ball or football kit and used a bush on the Glasgow Green as a changing room. The Founders Trail will take you to the very place that our wonderful story began and conclude with a tour of our magnificent Ibrox Stadium. Adults £31 Senior Bluenoses( 65 and over) and Wee Bears ( under 16) £21 +£1 P+P per order Gift Vouchers,which can be purchased here on our website,are posted out by ourselves within 24 hours. https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/shop

‘’Thus ended their first match played at the latter end of May 1872 some two months after the inauguration of the club’’. The words of Rangers player William Dunlop from his article The Rangers FC which he wrote so eloquently for the SFA Annual in 1881 using the pen name ‘True Blue’. Rangers Football Club played it’s first ever match 150 years ago this week. Our Club was formed on a spare bit of ground at Fleshers Haugh by a few kids who’d come to Glasgow seeking employment and a better way of life.Their Club ,which they formed for no other reason than the love of football and the pursuit of sporting excellence,would go on to become the world’s most successful. That first ever match was against Callander and ended 0-0, Willie continued,“Their first game was a terrible spectacle with the ball suffering an incredible amount of abuse” William McBeath was given man of the match and then spent a week in bed recovering due to his exertions’’ Founder William McBeath was from the town of Callander and we believe it would have been Willie who approached ex-pats from the town who had settled in Glasgow and that’s probably where the opposition came from for our first match. Willie’s Rangers team-mate Sam Ricketts wrote in 1884 about the boys playing those first few games in their civvies,journalist John Allan wrote about them having to change behind a bush as there were no facilities. William Dunlop described how genial Peter McNeil would travel on a Saturday morning to a desirable part of the Glasgow Green, set up the noted standards and stand guard until the classic hour came when he would be joined by his friends.We felt this was a very dramatic and moving image and commissioned a painting to be done depicting this scene.We presented the painting by artist Helen Runciman to the Club in 2009 and it now hangs on the marble staircase at Ibrox. The Rangers would remain at Fleshers Haugh for three years.We then began our journey around Glasgow to Burnbank and Kinning Park before finally settling in the Ibrox area in 1887 where we would grow to become the world’s most successful football club. The Rangers FC by William Dunlop. https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/the-Rangers-f-c-by...

We meet at the entrance to Argyle House at 11.00 prior to our 11.30 departure.The Trail returns to Ibrox at 4pm for the Stadium Tour. We have a 30 minute break which gives everyone a chance to purchase food and refreshments. During our day we’ll take you to the birthplace of our club and then take the journey around Glasgow that our Founders took during our early years. Before we tour our magnificent Ibrox Stadium we’ll visit Craigton Cemetery which will give you an insight into our Restoration of Rangers Graves Project. All in our day will be complete by 5.30pm. Adults £31 Children (under 16) and Senior Citizens £21 If you’d like to join us please reserve your seat here thefounderstrail.co.uk For further information phone: 0790 2855536.