TheMoonlighter 499 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 The most famous of the kids who founded The Rangers Football Club.Moses is credited with giving our Club it's name.Moses along with Tom Vallance lived long enough to see the Club that they had formed on Fleshers Haugh in 1872 grow to playing in front of crowds in excess of 100,000.Moses we salute you.http://www.thegallantpioneers.co.uk/Moses-McNeil.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosesMcNeil 1,664 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Thanks!High time something was done about the great mans resting place - it's disgraceful that The Rangers have done sod all about this despite indicating they would. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoonlighter 499 Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 Here's the house in Clynder where our Founder spent his final years.Here's Moses at rest in the tiny Churchyard in Rosneath. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadums 0 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 What these men done for everyone of us bears is unbelievable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
covenanter 158 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Rangers staged a 50 year celebration dinner in 1923, it was a considerable affair. A fair number of the Old Timers were invited and attended. I have heard both stories, Moses was in attendance, and also he was not invited. I suppose it depends upon your view of Rangers first biographer and Dinner organiser, John Allen?Whatever, in 1923 and for the following 17 years, the ability to record, and indeed film was readily available. Rangers were probably the biggest club in the world, why did they not utilise such technology? Imagine, if we could hear our founders' voices? Imagine, they related those evening training sessions in the West End Park, articulated the frustration of Queens Park refusal to play against them, collecting the pennies to purchase their first ball(a second hand speciman), ...........etc.What an opportunity missed! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoonlighter 499 Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 Rangers staged a 50 year celebration dinner in 1923, it was a considerable affair. A fair number of the Old Timers were invited and attended. I have heard both stories, Moses was in attendance, and also he was not invited. I suppose it depends upon your view of Rangers first biographer and Dinner organiser, John Allen?Whatever, in 1923 and for the following 17 years, the ability to record, and indeed film was readily available. Rangers were probably the biggest club in the world, why did they not utilise such technology? Imagine, if we could hear our founders' voices? Imagine, they related those evening training sessions in the West End Park, articulated the frustration of Queens Park refusal to play against them, collecting the pennies to purchase their first ball(a second hand speciman), ...........etc.What an opportunity missed!Here's a report on that Dinner.http://www.thegallantpioneers.co.uk/The-Rangers-50th-Year-dinner.htmlFerguson and Forresters is now the Karen Millen shop next door to the entrance to the Princes Square shopping centre on Buchanan Street. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoonlighter 499 Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 Rangers closed their Kinning Park ground on 26th February 1887 with a game between the Moderns and Ancients.Here's Moses sat far left first row with his bowler hat and cane looking proud as punch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMMS 27 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 For me he is probably the best known of the original founders. Is that simply because of his memorable first name do you think? Had Tom Vallance been baptised 'Noah' would he be the sig below the avators of first time posters on RM then?Thanks for the link. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoonlighter 499 Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 For me he is probably the best known of the original founders. Is that simply because of his memorable first name do you think? Had Tom Vallance been baptised 'Noah' would he be the sig below the avators of first time posters on RM then?Thanks for the link.It's said we've had two Moses since time began.One is sat in heaven at God's right hand.The other parted the Red sea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoonlighter 499 Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 As the feature says , Moses was the first Ranger to be capped by Scotland in a 4-0 victory over Wales at Hamilton Crescent in Partick in 1876.Here he is with his Scotland team-mates in 1880. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosesMcNeil 1,664 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 For me he is probably the best known of the original founders. Is that simply because of his memorable first name do you think? Had Tom Vallance been baptised 'Noah' would he be the sig below the avators of first time posters on RM then?Thanks for the link.I think his name helped - but not nearly as much as being credited with naming our greatest of clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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