WilliamFyfe 1,438 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Thats brilliant just brilliant to see Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t13ctm 1 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 wuoldnt it have been nice for the club to let us know on thier website but i guess those who matter dont matter to the club anymore ......p.s. what is that guy hannah getting payed for as far as i can see its to take photos of and instruct the flag bearers how to wave a washed out flag on match days i have seen him doing just that with my own eyes . look out for it on match days its pathetic. you hold it like this pal then you shoogle it this way and then that way. Nice, it would be safer behind glass though, magnet for tim neds to scratch, gob on etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minstral 5,375 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Fantastic and well done to everyone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coisty355 1 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 wuoldnt it have been nice for the club to let us know on thier website but i guess those who matter dont matter to the club anymore ......p.s. what is that guy hannah getting payed for as far as i can see its to take photos of and instruct the flag bearers how to wave a washed out flag on match days i have seen him doing just that with my own eyes . look out for it on match days its pathetic. It wasn't organised by the Club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 505 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Great work from the Founders lads... Just shows what can be done by committed fans interested in subjects close to their hearts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDS 35 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Yeah I saw the plaque when I was at the complex today for the RMFC game and was thinking i'd never noticed before when we've played. Was nice to see and if I'd known it was going to be unveiled today would've gone down earlier. Its nice to see that at long last our early history is being commemorated. Could this be you in the picture? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterC 12,432 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Yeah I saw the plaque when I was at the complex today for the RMFC game and was thinking i'd never noticed before when we've played. Was nice to see and if I'd known it was going to be unveiled today would've gone down earlier. Its nice to see that at long last our early history is being commemorated. Could this be you in the picture? Maybe in a past life Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 14 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 wuoldnt it have been nice for the club to let us know on thier website but i guess those who matter dont matter to the club anymore ......p.s. what is that guy hannah getting payed for as far as i can see its to take photos of and instruct the flag bearers how to wave a washed out flag on match days i have seen him doing just that with my own eyes . look out for it on match days its pathetic. [ So you're complaining that the club don't feature it on their website, but also complaining about the staff member that has turned up to represent the club? Make up your mind. Perhaps you should find out what Jim Hannah does before criticising him. Oh, and which washed up flag would that be? The Union Jack or the saltire? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermopylae 15,287 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Unveiled today at a ceremony at the Football Centre at Glasgow Green by Heather Lang, granddaughter of Peter McNeil. A very proud moment for me to be there and at last a permanent reminder at the birthplace of our Club. Well done to all the Founders Committee for this and good to see the Club well represented too. Shame it wasn't better publicised ... nice picture though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperonthewing 0 Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 Unveiled today at a ceremony at the Football Centre at Glasgow Green by Heather Lang, granddaughter of Peter McNeil. A very proud moment for me to be there and at last a permanent reminder at the birthplace of our Club. Well done to all the Founders Committee for this and good to see the Club well represented too. Shame it wasn't better publicised ... nice picture though Today's ceremony was invitation only due to very limited space in the foyer of the centre. However, anyone can now go along now and view it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastEnclosureBear 2,970 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Looks top class We Are The People Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoonlighter1 0 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Yesterday was a memorable day. To sit and chat with Peter McNeil's grand-daughter was just incredible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUEDIGNITY 33,714 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Hate to say it but it looks a bit vunerable there and will be open to abuse fron scum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TannochsideBear 355 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Fantastic to see this finally unveiled. I have watched with interest this story develop on FF, the efforts put in by one guy in particular to go through all the political hoops (how apt) was fantastic. He must be so proud of this now, as are we all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoonlighter1 0 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Hate to say it but it looks a bit vunerable there and will be open to abuse fron scum. It can't be any more vunerable than the Greig statue. It's beside the reception desk which is manned the majority of the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianBacon 2,088 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Unveiled today at a ceremony at the Football Centre at Glasgow Green by Heather Lang, granddaughter of Peter McNeil. A very proud moment for me to be there and at last a permanent reminder at the birthplace of our Club. Well done to all the Founders Committee for this and good to see the Club well represented too. Who is the other woman in the picture? sandy jardine Randy Lardbin, surely? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 505 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 This is on the club website now. Well done to Rangers and Ian... http://www.rangers.co.uk/page/Headlines/0,,5~1789782,00.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 14 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 I'm sure it required a lot of hard work to get this in place, so well done to Ian McColl in particular, and everyone else involved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Manticore* 1,893 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 wuoldnt it have been nice for the club to let us know on thier website but i guess those who matter dont matter to the club anymore ......p.s. what is that guy hannah getting payed for as far as i can see its to take photos of and instruct the flag bearers how to wave a washed out flag on match days i have seen him doing just that with my own eyes . look out for it on match days its pathetic. Hmmmm..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumshie 205 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Well done to everyone involved Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boab 73 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 THE ORIGINS of Rangers have been officially recognised by Glasgow City Council after a special plaque was unveiled at Glasgow Green. Sandy Jardine, Supporters Liaison Officer Jim Hannah and Historian David Mason were there along with Heather Lang, grand-daughter of one of the four founders of the club Peter McNeil. The plaque depicts the pioneers coming out of their rowing boats on the Clyde to move onto a football pitch. Rangers, of course, played their first ever matches in 1872 at Flesher's Haugh on Glasgow Green when Peter and Moses McNeil, along with Peter Campbell and William McBeath founded the club. All had been keen rowers from the Gare Loch area and had become excited by the new game of football. From such carefree beginnings an institution was born. The plaque was unveiled at the Glasgow Green Football Centre and it was as a result of hard work by Rangers supporter Ian McColl. He had written to the Council suggesting that the foundation of Rangers be recognised. Frankie has provided the link above I notice but I thought I'd pop this in here while I was reading Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
4boysandabaw 3 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Great Plaque. A proper one, makes my humble effort down at Lincoln look cheap. Never mind its the thought that counts. Well done Iain McColl. Now what about a Gallant Pioneers statue at Ibrox, may I suggest a 4 Boys and a ball statue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBoyd 355 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Great Plaque. A proper one, makes my humble effort down at Lincoln look cheap. Never mind its the thought that counts. Well done Iain McColl. Now what about a Gallant Pioneers statue at Ibrox, may I suggest a 4 Boys and a ball statue. I've read before it's being looked into, and will cost quite a bit of money! Haha. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
4boysandabaw 3 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 What about all the first team squad donating a weeks wages towards a statue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKGER 138 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 What about all the first team squad donating a weeks wages towards a statue. good idea, maybe not a whole weeks wages mind, to pedro thats like 30k! id say a days pay would be more realistic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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