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This is as much a '6 pointer' as they come. We lose we're 6 behind, potentially 9. Thankfully we pumped them.

CONNOR GOLDSON has revealed the extraordinary lengths he went through to ensure he didn’t miss out on the biggest game of his life.

Just 48 hours before last month’s Old Firm derby the Rangers defender was in so much pain he couldn’t walk.

He feared his dream of facing celtic had been crushed under the weight of a Darren McGregor challenge just a few days before.

Yet with the help of ice packs, rest and a cortisone injection, the 26- year-old made a remarkable recovery to stroll through Gers’ 1-0 win. Goldson revealed: “I was probably as professional as I ever have been for two days. It was a game I never wanted to miss. “I have said all along that I came up here for the big occasions, for big games of football.

It could have gone either way but I would have been gutted if I had been sitting in the stand watching. “The injury came right at the end of the first half against Hibs. I went up for a header with their centre back McGregor. He’s a big boy and landed on my ankle. “It was was my decision to come out for the second half. “It was probably silly but you just think that if you get running, it will wear off and you can play through it. “But afterwards I couldn’t move. I had bruising all round my Achilles, on both sides of my ankle. “When I woke up on the Thursday, I couldn’t even get out of bed. I couldn’t walk on it. “I wasn’t happy. I didn’t speak to my missus that morning. I was a little bit emotional. “She actually said to me ‘You need to get over it. If you’re not going to play, you’re not going to play, it’s not the end of the world’.

But I knew I had to play. Not for the team, but for me. “I wanted to play in that game. I did everything I could to make it. “Credit to the doctors and physios, they patched me up as much as they could. “I iced it 24/7 and tried to do everything I could to get it moving. Even in the warm-up, I wasn’t great. “I had the injection but as soon as the game kicked off, I didn’t feel a thing. “As a footballer, the adrenaline kicks in. “When you are hearing that noise and you are so focused on the game, you don’t have time to think about your ankle or whatever it is. “When you’re walking about the house, you are constantly thinking to yourself ‘Is it hurting or is it not?’.

But as soon as the whistle goes and you are out there, the drugs kick in and you just get on with the game and try to focus on football.” In the end, all the stress, all the worry and all the treatment proved worth it. Goldson and the rest of his Rangers team-mates savoured every second of the club’s first league win over celtic in almost seven years. Ryan Jack’s winner prompted wild scenes of celebration with Goldson pictured afterwards enjoying the acclaim of the Copland Road stand. He smiled: “The whole stand was bouncing. “As we were walking off the pitch, I just took a moment to appreciate it. “There are good times in football that you need to take in and there are bad times that you need to get rid of as quickly as you can. “So when the good times are there, I try to take them in.

I think my face said everything — I was just full of joy and happiness. “We knew how big that game was. We knew we had to turn up, and we did so. “That little bit after the game was just me taking in what it actually means to people. “The fans showed from the first whistle that when we play like that, they will back us 100 percent. “When we don’t, it can get little bit sticky. “It shows you that’s how we have to play because when we do play like that, we are difficult to play against and the whole stadium gets behind us.” The win ensures that Steven Gerrard’s men are firmly in the title mix, with the Rangers boss further enhancing his club’s challenge with the capture of Jermain Defoe and Steven Davis. Goldson said: “We have said from day one that we need to forget about this gap everyone talks about.

The new manager has to come in and close the gap to be successful. But we are a big club with a good team and, if we want to be successful, we need to aim as high as we can and get as many points as we can. “We have dropped a few points when we shouldn’t have this season but we are still very much in the mix.

We have given ourselves a great chance to try and be successful in the second half of the season. “Coming in now, the atmosphere is so good compared to what it might have been. “It was a really great game, great for us — and great for the supporters.

It’s probably the best we have played over 90 minutes. “We need to carry that on after the winter break.”
 
I fucking love that attitude, to win the title this season the player's are going to have to go through the pain barrier and give it their all.
 

Ok, everyone go back to sitting on their hands please. 

Gerrard will get us more money for players due to his name and the respect he has earned in his career. If Gerrard thinks someone is a good player and worth a fee you better believe that there's people who will trust his instinct and bid, potentially inflated values, for our players now.

I Genuinelly hope Rangers release a statement backing Celtics statement in regards to the officials this season. Highlighting numerous different decisions that have went for us and against us. 

I Genuinelly hope Rangers release a statement backing Celtics statement in regards to the officials this season. Highlighting numerous different decisions that have went for us and against us. 

I’m working and listening to talksport and Perry groves I think it is has been telling sellic fans that phone in that they are scared and told 1 that they couldn’t afford Defoe and they are spewing. If u have a chance put it on it’s good today 

Looks like big jock knew a lot and wee jock knew fuck all

Looks like big jock knew a lot and wee jock knew fuck all

Looks like big jock knew a lot and wee jock knew fuck all

Looks like big jock knew a lot and wee jock knew fuck all

For the first time since I started working for my current company I am able to go in a happy man after a league old firm derby. What a wonderful feeling. The fenians are silent, they have taken days off just because they cant handle it. I am delighted.

For the first time since I started working for my current company I am able to go in a happy man after a league old firm derby. What a wonderful feeling. The fenians are silent, they have taken days off just because they cant handle it. I am delighted.

I'm in a continual annoying loop singing the Andy Halliday song. People around me telling me to shut the fuck up. It's glorious. I have also played the Ryan Jack goal potentially into the hundreds and I've been in an hour and a half.

For the first time since I started working for my current company I am able to go in a happy man after a league old firm derby. What a wonderful feeling. The fenians are silent, they have taken days off just because they cant handle it. I am delighted.

I'm in a continual annoying loop singing the Andy Halliday song. People around me telling me to shut the fuck up. It's glorious. I have also played the Ryan Jack goal potentially into the hundreds and I've been in an hour and a half.

For the first time since I started working for my current company I am able to go in a happy man after a league old firm derby. What a wonderful feeling. The fenians are silent, they have taken days off just because they cant handle it. I am delighted.

They showed it on that Sunday goals programme on Sky. Don't think they showed any other Scottish highlights, just that drop ball . Great to see a keenly contested stoat-up especially when that wee cretin gets booted a few times.

The amount of abuse I've taken I'm making sure I get my own back the day!

For the first time since I started working for my current company I am able to go in a happy man after a league old firm derby. What a wonderful feeling. The fenians are silent, they have taken days off just because they cant handle it. I am delighted.

You sound like one annoying James Hunt.........................................................keep it up ma man

I'm in a continual annoying loop singing the Andy Halliday song. People around me telling me to shut the fuck up. It's glorious. I have also played the Ryan Jack goal potentially into the hundreds and I've been in an hour and a half.

I'm in a continual annoying loop singing the Andy Halliday song. People around me telling me to shut the fuck up. It's glorious. I have also played the Ryan Jack goal potentially into the hundreds and I've been in an hour and a half.

For the first time since I started working for my current company I am able to go in a happy man after a league old firm derby. What a wonderful feeling. The fenians are silent, they have taken days off just because they cant handle it. I am delighted.

Taking days off because you are in???