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    Transfer ban appeal

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    Judicial review in the Court of Session only allows you to look at HOW the decision was made, not whether the decision itself was right or wrong; to check that the body which made the decision didn't abuse its powers; to check that the body acted lawfully. That's all we could do.

    Beats By Dre ( Again )

    in Gaming

    Posted

    Obviously I'm not that tech minded , so looking for your tech help troops , apart from being hyped/over advertised what is the technology in beats all about ? explain in layman's terms :blush: cheers

    Basically there's nothing unique about the technology. They're just high-end, very well made headphones. They're manufactured by Monster Cables which has been around for donkeys but only started making headphones a couple of years ago. Monster, Dre and a record company executive partnered up and spent 3 years developing what they considered to be top quality headphones that would really allow people to enjoy their music. I haven't tried them but a mate who does part-time DJing uses them and seems very happy with them. Given the price they may not be your best bet unless money is no object or you have a real need for high performance cans.

    Mccoist Resignation ?

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    I wouldn't blame Mr Mccoist if he resigned after this. He's had no help to build a required new team that he can make his own after public promises made by that smarmy looking fud called Craig Whyte.

    What's the point staying in this job at a club where the fans worship you as a deserved legend, only to have your legacy of being an out and out winner ridiculed because the new chairman does not have the financial muscle to support you. Is it fair McCoist gets the backlash, and has to endure that in his historical era as manager, he was a complete failure and it was his fault ? Cause if we don't spend millions soon, Celtic will walk all over us, and I'm afraid we don't have the money to spend.

    If I was Ally, I'd start a mutiny and walk away, and put pressure on this pitiful chairman to deliver what's needed.

    Everyone can say what they like about the decisions tonight, the sendings off, bottom line, a Rangers team that had the ability to sign 4-5 quality players along with the current squad should have shown zero respect for an 8th placed Swedish outift, and soundly beaten them. BUT, most of us knew with the current squad, we'd start defensively cautious, and honestly struggle. Tonight is a disaster, and McCoist really can't do much about it.

    If you think Ally McCoist is going to walk away now then you know nothing about Ally McCoist. Give the Whyte regime a chance - the season's hardly begun. Yes we're out of the CL early and it's a total pisser, but it's hardly the time to be pressing the nuclear button.

    Your best day/night at Ibrox?

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    Okay, there has been countless great days/nights I've had at our llustrious stadium

    Nearly every old firm game I've been to and a whole lot more

    But one of the games that sticks in my mind is against Parma in 99 where Vidmar and Reyna gave us a fantastic 2-0 victory

    Not sure what made it so special, the win? the atmosphere from the off? the people i was with?

    Who knows, but it all culminated in making it one of the best nights I have ever spent at Ibrox

    So what was yours?

    Here's a wee reminder ( like you needed it ) :rolleyes:

    The 2-2 draw with Celtic in 1987. The roof nearly came off when Gough equalised! I've never known a roar like it since.

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    Falkirk 3 vs. 3 Celtic (***Minute's silnce ruined***)

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    What song were they were singing during the silence anyway?

    I don't know personally - but I was checking out the BBC site just to see what was said & one poster said it was 'Boys of the old brigade'

    I could be wrong....

    Jools, I said on here I thought it was Boys of the Old Brigade. Sorry for the bum steer - seems it was the Aidan McAnespie song. I find it hard to tell them apart.

    Falkirk 3 vs. 3 Celtic (***Minute's silnce ruined***)

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    Anyone listening on the radio hear it?

    I had Radio Scotland on in the car and I'm sure I heard them singing Boys of the Old Brigade. Commentators said the noise came from fans who stayed outside the ground during the minute's silence and came into the stadium afterwards.

    I've read this a few times, and I still can't for the life of me work out what difference it makes. Even if all the noise was from outside (which it wasn't - watch the video), what bloody difference does it make? Celtc fans disrupted a minute's silence with IRA supporting songs. Fucking scum. :mad:

    Not having a go at you fergie, I realise you're just telling us what the radio were saying (tu)

    Mate, I was just answering the guy's question. I agree it doesn't make any difference whether it was inside or outside. Either way it was disgusting and shameful and I was raging when I heard it. I was also pissed off with the BBC for the "outside the stadium" line, which seemed to be an attempt to make it appear less bad than it was. Why the BBC feels the need to cover up for the scum is totally beyond me.

    Agreed (tu)

    As I said, I wasn't having a go at you, just at those who think this somehow makes it better :)

    No problem mate. Reporting Scotland's on BBC1 in 15 mins - I'll be watching to see if today's events are reported but I won't hold my breath...

    Falkirk 3 vs. 3 Celtic (***Minute's silnce ruined***)

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    Anyone listening on the radio hear it?

    I had Radio Scotland on in the car and I'm sure I heard them singing Boys of the Old Brigade. Commentators said the noise came from fans who stayed outside the ground during the minute's silence and came into the stadium afterwards.

    I've read this a few times, and I still can't for the life of me work out what difference it makes. Even if all the noise was from outside (which it wasn't - watch the video), what bloody difference does it make? Celtc fans disrupted a minute's silence with IRA supporting songs. Fucking scum. :mad:

    Not having a go at you fergie, I realise you're just telling us what the radio were saying (tu)

    Mate, I was just answering the guy's question. I agree it doesn't make any difference whether it was inside or outside. Either way it was disgusting and shameful and I was raging when I heard it. I was also pissed off with the BBC for the "outside the stadium" line, which seemed to be an attempt to make it appear less bad than it was. Why the BBC feels the need to cover up for the scum is totally beyond me.

    1872 or 1873?

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    and why the fuck do the people working at the club not have a clue its the club who should be leading the way instead of authors of books!!

    It's been stated for many a year that the club did play games in 1872, i learnt that from my book from WH Smiths on Rangers back in the 90's.

    But the club, as i just wrote, see 1873 as the year they had an 'official meeting' and became 'business like'. I still think they are trying to talk themselves out of the fact they wrongly changed the 50th anniversary to 1923.

    Although, Moses McNeil, in his article in the paper regarding the formation of the club, does say that he and the founding fathers 'formed' the team in May 1873 at Glasgow Green.

    Odd.

    You're spot on McBoyd. "Rangers - the Complete Record" is clear that we were playing games in 1872. Seems 1873 is when the first general meeting took place, and office bearers were first elected. That's maybe where the confusion comes from.

    Fighting for the right to be a female bluenose

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    The only reason women didn't go to the football in the good old days ? when there were no seats, is they didn't want some joker pissing down the back of their legs.

    That could very well have happened.

    I know that entering, say Hampden, at 2:50 pm, all you saw were maybe 30-40 guys getting rid of their recently downed Mcewans or Tennants on the nearest wall!

    A great sight for the fair sex I must say!

    That's precisely why my old dear confined herself to the main stand!

    Fighting for the right to be a female bluenose

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    Foreverabluebell - It's not necessarily a generation thing. My mum's in her mid 70s and has always been a massive fan of the Gers. (She phoned me a minute ago to have a wee laugh at the Tims' result!) She attended some games in the 1960s when it was very rare for women to go to the fitbaw. She only went along provided one of her brothers or cousins was willing to accompany her, but they were never all that keen to sit with a wumman, not least as she insisted on going to the main stand. The terracings were too primitive back then. I'm maybe a bit biased but I've never had the slightest problem with women attending football games. I always start off assuming that they do know their stuff unless/until they say something that proves otherwise. And that rarely happens. So please don't let anyone put you off - if the Gers are your thing then stick in. You've as much right to be there as anyone else.

    Well in that women :praise:

    Thanks mate! She's often on the phone after a big Gers win or a Sellik humping. Give it 10 mins - the phone rings and I smile and say to the wife "that'll be my old dear". She's sharp as a tack and still takes it all very seriously, even getting into the odd footy related argument down at the bingo! I think it's brilliant.

    Fighting for the right to be a female bluenose

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    Last night in work one of my workmates told me that a fellow female colleague had been talking behind my back and was bitching that it "wasn't right for a female to like football so much" and "it wasn't nice".I asked why this was even getting talked about in the first place and my friend said it started just after Rangers won the league this year.This woman is a bitter Tim but knows nothing about the sport or the team.My manager had given my special permission to go through the back to check my phone for updates of the scores and when it was full time I went up to my Bluenose work buddy and finally got to say "We did it!Champs again! :clap::gerbad:".I finished at 4pm that day and when my shift was finished I got changed,brought out my Rangers scarf and then went outside to wait for my Dad who was taking me to Ibrox.I did not ridicule her once,I barely even mentioned the results to her.It was one of those moments where I was more interested in celebrating with Bears than annoying myself by talking to Tims.She on the other hand was telling customers that it was ok "because Rangers hardly have any cups anyway".

    So when I found out that she had said that "it's no right for a lassie to like football so much" I was angry but prepared to discount it as jealous bitter tim pish.However,my work mate said that the other people who she had been talking to agreed with her and said it wasn't normal.This was what really started to annoy me because I don't harm anyone with my supporting of Rangers and who has the right to judge me or any other female who follows the sport?

    I've seen this attitude before though,I have a little black Rangers watch and someone on the bus once asked me the time and when I looked at the watch they noticed the emblem and said "why does a lassie want to wear something like that?".

    I've also seen this attitude at Ibrox unfortunately and I often feel that I'm making the men around me feel uncomfortable by being a young female on my own.I don't think I'm paranoid either,only one guy actually talks to me at my seat and I just thought everyone else was shy or kept to themselves.However my dad was in the seat on Sat and commented on how everyone was talking away to him.In a way I understand why people might be more apprehensive to talk to me and why it takes longer to get a male fan's respect.Sometimes female supporter's are their own worst enemy as they will admit that they only watch it for the guy's legs or they are just in it for the glory,attention or even bigotry.That's why when I start discussing tactics or transfers people look at me like I'm speaking a foreign language <cr>

    Now I don't mind people saying that it's unusual for a female to like football so much,I don't mind being in the minority and I don't even mind having to "earn" fellow fan's respect that little bit more than male counterparts do.But what I really hate is the idea that it shouldn't happen or "it's not right".

    Once my workmate told me about the bitching I asked people who were on the same shift as me "do you think it's wrong if a girl actually likes football?" and I was really dissappointed when the security guard said "yeh,it just doesn't make sense" and this was echoed by the other people there at the time.

    Even my own Dad didn't really acknowledge that I liked football for a while and my mum told me that he had said that he didn't really understand or like it.Coming from my family Rangers are the only team you can cheer on,but me actually taking an interest in the game?That wasn't so easy.My Granny also says "it's not very attractive" but I don't take so much of notice because it's more of a generation thing there.

    What are your perceptions of female fans?Of course,you will have good and bad experiences but overall would you say that the females you encounter understand and enjoy the sport?Or is it more of a popularity thing when they put on a top?How do you feel when you see females at the stadium?A nuisance and you would prefer similar men around you because the general consensus is girls don't have a clue?Or do you not give any importance to gender as long as they love the team and aren't total idiots?Fellow female fans,what reactions do you face when you show a real interest in the team?

    Be honest though,I'd really love to know if females can know "too much" about football and whether the lyrics "We love to see the lassies with the blue scarfs on" should be extended to "...but not at the stadium" :angry:

    Foreverabluebell - It's not necessarily a generation thing. My mum's in her mid 70s and has always been a massive fan of the Gers. (She phoned me a minute ago to have a wee laugh at the Tims' result!) She attended some games in the 1960s when it was very rare for women to go to the fitbaw. She only went along provided one of her brothers or cousins was willing to accompany her, but they were never all that keen to sit with a wumman, not least as she insisted on going to the main stand. The terracings were too primitive back then. I'm maybe a bit biased but I've never had the slightest problem with women attending football games. I always start off assuming that they do know their stuff unless/until they say something that proves otherwise. And that rarely happens. So please don't let anyone put you off - if the Gers are your thing then stick in. You've as much right to be there as anyone else.

    Do we have any links with West Ham?

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    Just the 2 casual firms share the same name. 'ICF'

    Wasn't much love between the 2 firms in the 80s!

    We share a common Loyalist bond with the Hammers . A mate of mine was at West Ham v Leeds wearing his Gers top and was giving Viduka dogs abuse !! Much to the amusement of the locals who joined in ten fold!!!!! :uk:

    Spot on about the Loyalist link mate. Check this out - https://orders.mkn.co.uk/footballshirt/inte...amrangerstshirt

    Did John Greig ever stick his fingers up to Rangers fans during a game?

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    I read the other day that Spiers wrote in the Herald of an incident when he was at Ibrox in his younger days and Greig gestured to the fans when they were on his back towards the end of his career.

    This was the first I had heard of this and if it happened I am surprised, not only at the act but more so as I have never heard of it before.

    Can anyone confirm whether this happened or, as Greig told Spiers, he simply made it up.

    Tonto,

    Speirs wrote about it in the book "It's Rangers for Me", not the Herald. Last year I asked an old-timer Bluenose at work whether he knew anything about it. He swears he remembers being at Ibrox and seeing Greig flicking a V-sign to fans in what's now the Govan stand (it was the Centenary stand back then). Seems Greig was having a stinker of a game and got fed up with all the stick he was getting.

    I was at the Cammy Fraser game others have mentioned. I was in the Copland Road, and looking back I can't believe I was sitting at Ibrox chanting "there's only Tims in the Govan!"

    Cheers.

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