The Moonlighter

A few seats remaining for Saturday's Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour. If you’d like to join us please reserve your seat here https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/

I'm not here to talk about individuals it's about the project so i will continue to ignore you as i don't have the time or inclination to be dragged into a debate. Rangers purchased the stone for Harry McNeil's plot and have offered assistance if and when it's required which we're extremely grateful for but The Restoration Project currently doesn't require financial assistance.

This Presentation is open to all. Tickets are £10 and available from jissa33@yahoo.co.uk

The Restoration of Graves is the Rangers support giving dignity and respect back to those who gave us everything. The Board have said that any assistance we need will be covered but we're very keen that the work is done via donations from our fellow supporters.

Many thanks to those who have recently donated. If you’d like to contribute to the Restoration Project please use the link here on our website. https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/the-restoration-of-Rangers-graves Thank you.

A few seats remain for Saturday's Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour. If you’d like to join us please reserve your seat here https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/ Further information 0790 2855536

A number of seats have become available on this Saturday’s Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour. Adults £25 Child/Concession £18. If you’d like to join us please reserve your seat here https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/ Further information 0790 2855536

Three seats still up for grabs for tomorrow's Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour. If you’d like to join us please send an email to thefounderstrail@gmail.com Further information 0790 2855536

A limited number of seats have become available on this Sunday’s Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour. Adults £25 Child/Concession £18. If you’d like to join us please send an email to thefounderstrail@gmail.com Further information 0790 2855536

The Founders Trail Roadshow is heading for Busby! It will be an honour for us to present the Founders Story at Busby Masonic on Saturday 6th October at 7pm. The Hall is at: 2 Hawthorn Road Busby G76 83H. Tickets are £10 and all details are on the attached poster. The evening will also provide an insight into The Rangers Graves Restoration Project and The Founders Trail. We hope to see a few of you along.

Last Friday night we had the pleasure of presenting the Founders Story at The Buchaven and Methil RSC. At the end of the evening our Restoration of Rangers Graves was sent around the hall and the wonderful amount of £176.19 was raised. We'd like to thank the Club for a cracking event and everyone who attended for their overwhelming generosity as this will help to ensure that our Restoration work continues over the coming months. Thank you.

Back in 2015 we had the pleasure on the Founders Trail of the company of Les and Jean White a retired couple from Airdrie. After the Trail they approached us and asked if they could join our Restoration of Rangers Graves team with a view to specifically looking after the plots at Craigton Cemetery. We of course welcomed them with open arms. They travel over to Craigton before every Trail and carry out essential gardening work to ensure that the plots of Founder Peter McNeil, Manager Mr Struth and Trainer James Wilson are kept in pristine condition. ‘’Bluenoses with Green Fingers!’’ It’s a wonderful ,heart-warming example of the Rangers Family at work. They’ll be extremely embarrassed by this but we’d like to say thank you for the dedication, time and effort that you both put in. Thank you.

Two seats have become available on today's Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour. Adults £25 Concession/Child £18. We depart Ibrox at 12pm. If you'd like to join us pleasae call 0790 2855536.

Tonight the Founders Trail Roadshow is heading for the Kingdom of Fife.

Over the last few weeks my colleague Gordon at the Founders Trail has been digging into the story behind our ‘’ Light Blues’’ tag and what he’s discovered is remarkable. In the spring of 1877 a young Rangers team were to incredibly reach their first Scottish Final against the mighty Vale of Leven, it was literally men against boys. This attracted an astonishing crowd of over 8,000 to Hamilton Crescent in Partick with many more spectators outside on top of buildings and trees straining just to get a look at the Rangers. The first game ended 1-1, the replay a month later was abandoned amid controversial circumstances. What has recently come to light for us leads us to this conclusion. The series of games saw the young Rangers, mainly because of their diminutive frame and the fact that they’d managed to master the art of moving the ball very quickly between them, being referred to as ‘’The Light and Speedy’’, this through time changed to ‘’The Light Blues’’ and that’s where the tag came from. We have never worn a light blue jersey, our colours have always been royal blue. The team colours can be seen in the clubs bye-laws from 1875 below. Here is a selection of the articles recently discovered. Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 12 November 1877 Athletic News - Wednesday 28 September 1881 Greenock Advertiser - Friday 14 March 1884

Once again many thanks to those who ordered scarves in such large numbers over the weekend,these have now been processed and will be posted out today. https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/shop

Over the last few years we've been searching the cemeteries of Glasgow and beyond for the final resting places of those men who played such a vital role in not only forming our Club but the subsequent years thereafter. Work has already been carried out on 33 plots, this has included the final resting place of every player from the 1877 Scottish Cup Final team. We’ve also extended the project into assisting those bereaved by the 1961 and 1971 Ibrox Disasters. Thanks to the generosity of our fellow Rangers supporters funds are in place to allow us to continue our work over the coming months. These men from our early years gave us so much that we still enjoy today and it’s important that we give them back a bit of dignity and respect, no-one will be left to rest in an unmarked grave. If you’d like to donate to the Restoration Project please use the link here on our website. https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/the-restoration-of-Rangers-graves Thank you.

Tickets are £5 and are available from scottgreig@blueyonder.co.uk and members of the supporters club.

The scarves are designed on the original colours of the Club. Thanks to all who have placed orders, these will be posted out tomorrow.

We have plenty of scarves in stock, all orders are posted out within 24 hours. They are only £13.00 (+ £3.00 P&P) and can be purchased directly here on our website. https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/shop

Inside the Cricket Ground but outside on the wall of the Pavilion.

On the 17th March 1877 Rangers played our first ever Scottish Cup Final against Vale of Leven at Hamilton Crescent in Partick, the match ended 1-1. A replay was also played at the cricket ground which also finished 1-1, that game went into extra time and was abandoned amid controversial circumstances. Vale eventually won the Scottish Cup at First Hampden 3-2. This was a Rangers team of youngsters going toe to toe with the mighty Vale. It was this series of games that saw the transformation of the Rangers from what was essentially a boys club born at Fleshers Haugh only five years earlier to a respected football club one which caught the imagination and admiration of the Glasgow working class this is something that the Club never lost. The Rangers were never to look back. With this in mind we recently approached the committee at West of Scotland Cricket Club with a view to having a commemorative plaque placed on their pavilion wall celebrating this wonderful achievement. We’re delighted to say that our proposal was given full approval. We took delivery of the plaque this week and a date for the unveiling will be advised accordingly. *This is the third in a series of plaques that we are hoping to have placed around the country highlighting locations linked to our incredible story, previously we’ve had plaques placed at Fleshers Haugh and Penarth.*

Come along and hear the incredible story of Tom Vallance and his 60 year association with Rangers.

It was a complete sell out, a cracking event.

An event tonight that we're really looking forward to.