To Be A Ranger

My brother in law Andrew,  who was a good Rangers man and only 56 years old, and had been battling a rare brain condition and dementia for the last few years passed away this afternoon. His kidneys failed last weekend and we were told this last Monday that he would only last a couple of days. When he was still with us this morning my wife insisted I should go to the game, which I did with a rather heavy heart. 
I noticed a voice message at half time form my wife saying Andrew had passed away at about 3pm, I stayed a wee while but knew I had to get back home and to be honest it is the first game I have been to that somehow I did not feel right about being there. A very strange game for me, but all being well I will be back on Thursday night knowing Andrew is no longer suffering.
Andrew had been in a Care Home since August 2017 because he needed 24 hr care, unfortunately he never really accepted his condition and that made caring for him much more difficult, we visited twice a week and took him out when the weather was OK in his wheelchair, but the last few weeks it seemed he was getting worse and while losing a close family member is very sad and especially at his age, but we know his suffering is over and that we did everything we could for him, and that is indeed a comfort at this time. 
The last time we saw Andrew reasonably happy with his life was when the Care Home arranged a visit to Ibrox in May 2018 on one of the tours, we were concerned he might not cope with it and we both went along just in case we had to take him back, but he seemed to love it and that is one of the memories we will keep in our minds over the next few weeks and months. 
Rest easy Andrew, your team did you proud today. 

I think he was saying 'thank fuck' for the 3rd one after passing up a few chances rather than being emotional by the hat trick

I think he was saying 'thank fuck' for the 3rd one after passing up a few chances rather than being emotional by the hat trick

Seems to be bang on!
I know it's early days yet, but we struggled to beat Killie and Hibs last season. These last two league games were ones we would have drawn/lost last season but we hung in there against Killie and won, and we've totally blown Hibs away today!
We do have better players this season, but for me, we just seem much more confident, assured and mentally stronger!!
Long may it continue!! 
   

Love how he's "respectful" to every cunt whilst getting the players wound up to go smash the fuck out of them 😂😂

Not a burger, coke or coffee in sight. Everyone totally focused on the game  and if anything kicks off they're ready for it.  

The poster on here born a blue nose worked in the GersStoreOnline supply office last season, I'm not sure if he's there for the new season mate but maybe send him a PM?
 

and not a smart-phone to be seen  🙂 fucking real supporters back then 
 
Every single face in that photo is thinking 'Everyone - Anyone'.  
 
C'mon ya cunts we'll take 'Everyone - Anyone' of youse....... 

Not a burger, coke or coffee in sight. Everyone totally focused on the game  and if anything kicks off they're ready for it.  

"We need Ibrox to be rockin at the weekend"

I'm sure it will be Stevie. Time for Hivs to get a right doing. 

"We need Ibrox to be rockin at the weekend"

I'm sure it will be Stevie. Time for Hivs to get a right doing. 

"We need Ibrox to be rockin at the weekend"

I'm sure it will be Stevie. Time for Hivs to get a right doing. 

"We need Ibrox to be rockin at the weekend"

I'm sure it will be Stevie. Time for Hivs to get a right doing. 

It reminded me of Spartak, but this time we didn't lose our nerve.

Further Update on BBC Scotland Dispute
7 August, 2019
Following the Club 1872 update last week regarding BBC Scotland and their ongoing, dishonest coverage of Rangers Football Club, BBC Scotland responded refuting our comments and selectively addressing certain points.
BBC Scotland claimed in their statement that Rangers had not alerted them to the launch of the Everyone Anyone campaign and that the exclusion of Chris McLaughlin from Ibrox “severely restricts” their ability to report on Rangers.
Unfortunately, BBC Scotland are once again being economical with the truth. Several BBC Scotland journalists were notified, not once but twice, about the launch of the Everyone Anyone campaign and received a press release about the initiative. To say that Rangers did not alert BBC Scotland to the launch, and the broader initiative, is simply not true.
We would question why BBC Scotland would issue such a misleading and disingenuous response to our concerns over their refusal to cover a very positive initiative by Rangers Football Club. It is a serious matter for a publicly funded body to mislead licence payers who, however reluctantly, fund their work.
We also note that BBC Scotland did not address our concerns regarding the contributor that they continue to present as a neutral commentator on their current affairs programmes, despite senior production staff being aware of a back catalogue of hate speech by that individual towards Rangers supporters.
We fully back Rangers stance in not providing Chris McLaughlin with press privileges for Ibrox following his repeated, biased and dishonest coverage of our club. For BBC Scotland to suggest that his exclusion hinders their ability to report properly from Ibrox is also disingenuous. In fact, by any sensible measure, his exclusion marginally increases the chance that BBC Scotland might finally meet their obligations for fair and accurate reporting – something they continue to fall short of on a weekly basis.
Since BBC Scotland issued their response, they have been forced to correct a misleading headline about Steven Gerrard’s comments in a press conference ahead of a recent European tie. Even after the initial correction, the headline was still misleading. BBC pundits Michael Stewart and Tom English have also taken to social media and BBC Sportsound to make a number of offensive, ignorant and irresponsible comments about Rangers supporters who found themselves caught up in crushing outside Rugby Park on Sunday. These comments are the subject of further complaints to BBC Scotland.
BBC Scotland should stop short changing Scottish licence fee payers and begin to address the poisonous culture within Pacific Quay towards Rangers Football Club and our supporters.
Issued by Supporters Voice Limited, a Club 1872 company
Thought this was pretty decent

Seems a silly post then 

Seems its always those who dont go to the aways that want us to give them up.

This 100% 
Always those that don't go that have an opinion like this! 

Get well soon mr & mrs @julescotia

I wonder why that is ?
Could it be that you are new to RM..
Jules made a lot of great videos a day or two after our games which we all looked out for.
Thus the sentiment in the posts.

He's still doing the videos but both him and his Mrs haven't been keeping too good of late and been a bit of a tough summer for them, he's looking to get back on sooner rather than later though.

Apart from turning down the extra money on offer by limiting us, this game was shown live nationally.  If you are sitting in England watching this and see a half empty stadium, that is not going to give a very good impression of the state of the game in Scotland.  Why would Sky pay more for tv rights when they can argue (admitedly incorrectlly) that no one wants to watch the games which is the impression a half empty stadium gives.  It will hardly have sponsors queuing up to pump money in either.