The Moonlighter

Tickets for the presentation evening will be available from behind the bar before and after today's match.

Four seats available for Sunday's Tour. Adults £25 Child/Concession £18. If you'd like to join us please call 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

Last Friday night we had the pleasure of presenting the Founders Story in Alloa for the Wee County True Blues RSC. At the end of the evening our Restoration of Graves donations bucket was sent around the hall and £93.05 was raised. We'd like to thank the organisers for a cracking event and everyone who attended for their generosity as this will help to ensure that our Restoration work continues over the coming months. Thank you.

Still a few seats left. Adults : £25 Children (under 16) and Senior Citizens £18. Reserve your seat here https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/book-online For further information please call 0790 2855536.

George Findlay's plot sits in between two condemned areas of the cemetery which sadly have suffered from subsidence etc. We were very fortunate to be able to put in a foundation for the new stone. There are many other areas that are in far better condition.

The Restoration of Rangers Graves Project Remembers The 66. George Findlay. George Findlay didn’t return home from Ibrox on the 2nd January 1971. He was only 21. It was friend of the project Ian McLeod Milne who put me in touch with George Findlay’s son Stephen whom I had the pleasure of meeting . Stephen wasn’t even a year old on the day that the tragedy at Ibrox occurred. He never got to know his dad. He told me the heart breaking story of how his uncle Ralph bought his brother George the ticket for the match as he was so keen to see the Rangers take on celtic. George Findlay tragically lost his life that fateful day and was laid to rest in the family plot at Riddrie Cemetery in Glasgow. Stephen and his family reckon that through time original the stone had been damaged and was cleared , subsequently the plot lay unmarked for many years. Over the last three years the Restoration of Rangers Graves Project has received many donations and this allowed us yesterday to place a new stone at the final resting place of a fellow supporter taken in such tragic circumstances. Today we remember George Findlay. If you’d like to donate to The Restoration of Rangers Graves Project please use the link here on our website. https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/the-restoration-of-Rangers-graves

Once again due to overwhelming demand we're delighted to add yet another date to the Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour programme for 2018. Saturday 9th June. Once we have our fixtures for next season more dates will be added. The Tours are selling out quickly so please reserve your seat as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Adults : £25 Children (under 16) and Senior Citizens £18. Reserve your seat here https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/book-online For further information please call 0790 2855536.

Still time to reserve your seat on Saturday's Trail.

Seats still available for this Saturday's Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour. Adults £25 Child/Concession £18. If you'd like to join us please reserve your place here on our website. https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/book-online

Last night we had the pleasure of presenting the Founders Story in the Millerbank Social Club for the Apprentice Boys of Derry Campsie Club Springburn, LOL 268 and friends. At the end of the evening our Restoration of Graves donations bucket was sent around the hall and the wonderful amount of £94.41 was raised. We'd like to thank the organisers 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.

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 place here on our website. https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/book-online

Would all passengers who are booked on the following Tours please note that due to fixtures these tour dates have had to be changed to the following: Sunday 22nd April- Saturday 21st April Saturday 5th May- Sunday 6th May Please advise if these dates are suitable or not by sending an email to thefounderstrail@gmail.com We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause but this is out with our control.

We had a perfectly good goal disallowed.

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 has been given full approval. All updates including the date of 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.*

We still have plenty of scarves left in stock. They are only £12.00 (+ £3.00 P&P) and can be purchased directly here on our website https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/shop All orders are posted out within 24 hours.

80 Years Ago Today. On the 9th April 1938 our Founder Moses McNeil passed at Townend Hospital Dumbarton. Moses spent the last few years of his life living with his sister, Isabella, in Clynder at Craig Cottage. She died in 1935, to be followed by her brother, the last of the siblings, in 1938. Moses was from the east side of the Gareloch , his father John was from Comrie in Perthshire and mother Jane Bain from Downpatrick in Ulster. He was a natural athlete Powerful and of stocky build , it was said that was known for his pace and he had stamina too. In the Ibrox trophy room is a cup won by Moses for a half-mile race at the Garelochead Athletic Sports on 1 January, 1876 , it’s the oldest Trophy that the Club has. Moses played for the club he helped form for ten years, playing in the 1877 and 1879 Scottish Cup Finals. He was also a member of the first Rangers side to lift a trophy, the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup in 1879. He was the first Ranger to play for his country, in a 4-0 victory over Wales at Hamilton Crescent Partick in 1876. Moses led a nomadic lifestyle mainly due to his 20 year employment with the company Langs whose name was synonymous with the famous brand of whisky. Their premises, which Moses worked from, was 70 Union Street in Glasgow. During his time in Glasgow Moses lived at 169 Berkeley Street and 333 Dumbarton Road. These locations are among many others that we cover during the Founders Trail. Only 9 months after Moses’ passing Rangers would set their record attendance at Ibrox Park of 118,000 . It’s a comforting thought that our Founder was sitting in his cottage while the Club that he’d help form and nurture were now one of the biggest in the World. They lie together with their sister Elizabeth and Isabella’s husband, Duncan Gray, in the lovely churchyard at Rosneath. But sadly for the man who gave Rangers their name his own isn’t inscribed on the family headstone. The late Sandy Jardine was a great supporter of the Founders project and had expressed a wish to have a plaque with Moses name on it placed at the churchyard at Rosneath and this is a project that we completed on Sandy’s behalf on Sunday 28th June 2015. Our Restoration team cleaned Moses stone and placed an engraved plaque which was purchased after funds were raised via the Rangers support. Today we remember Moses McNeil. https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/moses-mcneil

Would all who are booked on tomorrow’s Tour please note that there will be a Founders Trail welcome desk available within the Ibrox Megastore from 11.15am prior to our 12pm departure directly across from the Megastore This will give us an opportunity to greet you, check you from our loading chart and distribute our travel packs. Parking is available throughout the day around Ibrox Stadium. If you have any questions before the tour please don't hesitate in contacting us on 0790 2855536.

These two seats have now been taken. Thank you.

Two seats have just 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 call 0790 2855536

Tickets for the presentation evening will be available from behind the bar before and after tomorrow's match.

It will be an honour for us to present the Founders Story at The Tradeston Ex-Serviceman’s Club on Friday 22nd June at 7.30pm. The Club is at 6 Beech Avenue Glasgow G41 5BY. Only £5, payable at the door. The presentation will also provide an insight into The Rangers Graves Restoration Project and The Founders Trail. We hope to see a few of you along.