Paulbrian11

I am 55 so in the first 24 years of my life Rangers won the league 3 times and that was 3 in 4 years in the middle.
When I was growing up it seemed that we never won the league.
The match at Aberdeen in 1987 is something I will never forget. Just as the day we won the leaugue against Dunfermline at Ibrox, Helicopter Sunday were  and the day we win 55 will be.

As an ecstatic 19 year old I found myself at Shittodrie on 2nd May 1987. 
I had memories of the mighty Rangers (instilled by father & grandfather) and a vague recollection of greatness aged 11 but most of my teens hosted memories of what might have been, the elegance of Russell and the moodiness of Cooper, league struggles, midweek cup games and euro cup games. By and large I remember getting beat when it really mattered and McLean & Ferguson turning us down.
And then - BOOM!
Fuck me the arrogance was immense, Ferguson had gone to Man Utd and McLean looked a shadow of his former self but none of that was relevant - there was a new sheriff in town, and he got us.
What a season, fiercely contested, every Scottish club fought twice as hard against us as they did against every other team. Send offs galore, Masonic conspiracy theories and undermined by the Scottish press - our rookie manager didn’t have the experience to go all the way (wee bit of déjà vu). My memory tells me we walked it, the reality is we pipped it.
But fuck me I cried like a baby that day, the right to win wasn’t to be taken for granted and it felt sweet to be on top. By 1990 I just expected to win, and by and large we have, through most of my adult life.

Barry can say what he likes. Treble winning captain and modern day legend.

As anonymous as he was in Oldfirm games pre-2012, the mongo looking cunt.

As anonymous as he was in Oldfirm games pre-2012, the mongo looking cunt.

All their fans were away by the time they went over 😂😂

As anonymous as he was in Oldfirm games pre-2012, the mongo looking cunt.

Not getting the abuse here for Broonie.
He scored one for us, was unlucky and hit the post with a header.
His all round game was immense for the Bears.

Smoking makes you look edgy and hard.  If you can master the underhand draw technique while blowing smoke rings you can look fuckin nails, man.
I think we can all agree that looking well hard is something that will benefit our home support, who have gotten soft lately.  

Do you reckon something else might have happened around the time McCoist came in that could explain it?

Come the 29th we'll have the usual false hope and then get thumped again.
They are a bad side but look good because we are still a long long way off being serious challengers.

Lafferty with Morelos at the after game celebrations.
 

Playing for Hearts or Killie basically is retiring for ex-Rangers players.

Playing for Hearts or Killie basically is retiring for ex-Rangers players.

Yep, this game was just a taster of what was to come.  He was unstoppable in 96/97.

If we have any ambitions of winning the league then we simply must win tomorrow.
I don’t think I can take another false dawn, another opportunity blown.  There’s been too many over the past few years.

If we have any ambitions of winning the league then we simply must win tomorrow.
I don’t think I can take another false dawn, another opportunity blown.  There’s been too many over the past few years.

Back in the Souness days I was a private hire taxi driver in Clydebank and we had a catholic guy called Sean started with us. At that time you could go to Jordanhill college and watch the first team training in the morning, Chris Woods at striker, Walter Smith in midfield, it was brilliant fun. ( McCoist was always shite  ). Anyway Sean was there one morning  with his boy and at one stage asked Walter for an autograph,  Walter asked who the autograph was for and Sean's boy chirped up  " Patrick, tats my name ! 

I think I’ve told this story a few times on here, my granda (RIP) grew up Rangers from the day he was born until the day he died, but his older brother hung about in different circles, mostly with his tarrier cousins and was a Tim.  One day after a game at the piggery he witnessed a fight between our two supports outside the piggery somewhere, he went over to join in only to find out my granda was amongst the Rangers fans, he turned on the tarriers and started boxing with them to obviously help his brother out.  Do you know from that day he went from being a celtic supporter to a Rangers supporter and still is to this day as an old man.  He was an Orangeman, a loyalist, trips over by the lot.  All because he seen his brother getting a a doing off tarriers.  Absolute madness. 

They’re a Catholic club, founded by Catholics for Catholics, and I’ve never understood how anyone who isn’t a Catholic can honestly say they feel a part of that club.
I’ve known a few over the years, who have said things like “I’m only interested in the football side of it”, but as they are the self-styled “club like no other”, that  claims to be about more than football,  you can’t have it both ways.
Regarding Catholics supporting Rangers, in almost 62 years I have never knowingly met one. I can’t say I’m in any hurry to, either.

The plastic paddies are the worst. Hate Britain and have stole the Scotland flag to make it a symbol of their hatred. We need to get it back. 

He's got that mad glint in his eyes so id say at least another 3 years. Cunt looks like a total nut job 

McGregor is, surely.

Unfair to blame Tav. If Terry Butcher was the captain in the teams Tav has played in his record would be equally shit.
Terrible thread by the way. So many good things going on and you come up with this garbage.