Jim Traynor to work for Rangers!

[MK Loyal 0]

Would disagree with your view on him, doesn't take a man of integrity to come out with the above when leaving.................the man with integrity stand firm and says these things when they need to be said, as they are happening.

He is for himself and himself alone.

Here, here

[Senna 735]

Infact just found that article from 2007. That piece of shit can stay away from our club.

It must be so easy (and quick) living in black and white and only reading those who have never said a bad word about us.

In reality, this would be a good coup for us, and hopefully the tide continues to turn.

Oh, and MKLoyal is a fucking bead.

[Sea Bear 283]

If its true can only be good for the club, as we haven't been taking any pish recently with the club quick to respond in a lot of cases, this would seem another step in the right direction, the club is going to be PR driven to maximise potential, be handy somebody knowing what to do on the media side.

[Turnberry18 3,204]

Here tis lifted from elsewhere? But enjoy!

I have typed this out and I for one will miss reading Traynor, like him or not he was a great journo who i think will be missed.

It was never a job. More of an absolute joy, if truth be told.

But all good things come to an end and when they do, it’s important to end with some good things.

When writing this, my final newspaper column, the memories come flooding in. When the time comes to change direction and move on, let the best of those memories rush from every corner of your mind and keep the worst of them locked away.

If people who have abused you because of their own bigoted and narrow-minded ways, or events that might have saddened you deeply, are allowed light and oxygen you let them tarnish and blacken what you’ve done and achieved.

For instance, this column – the final one after 37 years in newspapers – could bang on about supporters who have spat on my coats and jackets, thrown all sorts of insults and occasionally bricks and bottles. But that would demean everything.

I could name managers, players, club directors and administrators who, because the truth can hurt, have wished me all kinds of harm and misfortune. But neither they nor their words mattered. They damaged and shamed only themselves.

So from Andre Agassi (tennis is such a wonderful sport) to Zinedine Zidane (football really is a beautiful game despite the money grabbers and crooks), it has been amazing. It’s been a blast. Uplifting but also a deeply humbling and, at times, disturbing journey.

When Scotland were in Bucharest to play a European Championship qualifying tie against Romania, a couple of years after that madman Nicolae Ceausescu had been overthrown by revolution, players broke down. So too did supporters.

It was 1991 and the horrors of the Romanian orphan crisis were becoming clearer to the outside world.

It was heartbreaking. Even the most hardened cynical hacks cried at the sight of swarms of hungry, distraught children wandering the streets begging for morsels.

I know I said the bad memories should be locked away but those kids, who snatched all the money we could muster as though we were making them instant millionaires, can never be forgotten.

Strangely, another memory also concerns tears. But this time they came from a Brazilian great sitting right in the middle of Avenue Foch in Paris at the start of the 1998 World Cup finals.

Nilton Santos was there with Pele, Carlos Alberto and another great, Alfredo di Stefano, who was claimed by both Argentina and Spain.

I was there because I’d had a say in selecting the team of the 20th century – just for the Record that team was: Lev Yashin, Carlos, Franz Beckenbauer, Bobby Moore, Santos; Johan Cruyff, Di Stefano, Michel Platini; Garrincha, Pele and Diego Maradona. Then I sat with Pele, Santos and Di Stefano listening to their tales.

It was fascinating, even when Santos, who had been a father figure to the deeply troubled Garrincha, wept as he spoke of the tormented genius and his final tragic years.

But there were loads of laughs with the greats of the people’s game to giants of other sports. Heroic characters such as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Leonard, Jack Nicklaus, Seve Ballesteros, Tiger Woods, Wayne Gretzky, Bjorn Borg, Rod Laver, Ilie Nastase, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe (did I mention tennis is a wonderful sport?), Boris Becker, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Mark McGwire (baseball is such an hypnotic and simply beautiful sport, maybe even the best) and the 49ers’ Jerry Rice.

There are just too many to list. But it’s been a privilege to have seen them in the flesh and even under the threat of extreme torture, such as being forced to listen to recordings of SFA/SPL meetings, I could never say my job has been anything like work. It’s been a pleasure.

Until recently.

Unfortunately, there has been the last twisted and bitter year during which Scottish football, unable to deal with the Rangers crisis in a civilised manner, has tried to tear itself apart. All in the name of sporting integrity, of course.

Actually, for the last couple of years some of the most bilious types have been allowed to emerge from the shadows and spew invective that sadly became regarded as fact, even though what they were saying and writing wasn’t even close to being definitive. Or honest. Overnight all sorts of anonymous bloggers became experts. These champions of decency had all the answers. They knew better than anyone else. They said over and over Rangers would be done for cheating the tax man.

They were wrong, the Rangers Tax Case blog in particular. Yet he/her/they stated: “This blog has been accurate on all of the major points of the case except the one that matters most to date – the FTT (First-tier Tax Tribunal) outcome”.

Excuse me? Accurate on all the major points except the bit that matters most. And that’s all right is it?

That’s a bit like a team manager saying after a defeat: “Hold on, I picked the right team and I believe my tactics were correct. So the result doesn’t really matter.”

Dolts. The result is everything. If any of the Rangers Tax Case bloggers are trained lawyers, would you want them to defend you in a court of law?

Even now so many – and I include some fellow journalists – still cannot bring themselves to accept Rangers did not cheat the tax man by using EBTs.

One journalist declared it to be “a government conspiracy” when he heard the ruling in Rangers’ favour.

Perhaps in time more will be written about this kind of hack and the rabid desire to help bring down Rangers, a fierce desire that, sadly, was widespread. Actually, I’m sure more will be written about them.

Just when did they become consumed by such eye-popping rage? Was it always there, a dormant fury against Rangers and their fans, who deserve enormous credit for having saved their club, just waiting for the catalyst?

Now they can’t help themselves. They can’t stop foaming at the mouth and we can be sure their determination to have titles stripped will go into overdrive.

They need some kind of victory or they might explode and that would be terribly messy. All that bile all over the walls and streets.

Unfortunately reason was never allowed to be a player in this grotesque game, which quickly became dominated mostly by

incoherent imbeciles fuelled by all that hatred.

And let’s not forget how some with telly platforms were prompted by

those bloggers and ill-informed commentators. Stupidly they allowed themselves to be duped by supporters with dangerous agendas hidden under the banner of integrity.

And the result? Some of the most shallow and infantile drivel ever written. These egotists are so into themselves they’ve no regard for the safety or wellbeing of those about whom they have written some awful and completely inaccurate pieces.

Despicable, pathetic little creatures craving some kind of recognition but lacking in conscience and morality.

I’m so sorry they’ve had to be thrown up into the same piece as some of the true greats and gentlemen of world sport.

However, that’s it. My work here is done and I’m glad – but just for the record, I’ve not been sacked or made redundant. I was asked to remain but my conscience won’t allow me to stay in our profession.

The journalism needed by the country, never mind sport, no longer exists in enough of the other media outlets.

But as I’ve said, the good memories of all those sporting greats will always outweigh the negatives, especially those that bubbled to the surface throughout this last year.

Thanks to sport’s real heroes I’ve had a ball and thank you for reading while I was with The Herald, the Daily Express and the Daily Record.

Good luck to you – and be careful about what and who you read in the future.

There are people out there calling themselves by different names.

But that’s not the bit that should worry you. They are calling themselves journalists.

If you cared enough, that piece would make you want to weep.

I hope the rumours about Jim Traynor and Rangers are not true: a man like Traynor needs to remain independent in his thinking at this present time.

[Lisburnranger 36]

If you cared enough, that piece would make you want to weep.

I hope the rumours about Jim Traynor and Rangers are not true: a man like Traynor needs to remain independent in his thinking at this present time.

I think he would do a great job in our PR dept, but I agree with you. I would like to see him write a blog exposing the Scottish mhedia for exactly what it is. As much as I'd like to see the rhats outed publicly, it is not something I would like to see a Rangers employee doing

[KingKirk 25,633]

Off topic but Darrell king is also leaving Clyde, I heard it mentioned on Saturday's show. Wonder if he is taking JT job...

[corkinator 611]

He was a bit late telling you that!! we knew ages ago

It seems us, the Rangers support, have been vindicated. Our fears that there's been an agenda have been confirmed by someone with an inside view.

Better late than never

[SectionRedHMS 190]

It seems us, the Rangers support, have been vindicated. Our fears that there's been an agenda have been confirmed by someone with an inside view.

Better late than never

Archie mac also told us about the anti Rangers one over at the BBC.

[hugh_capet 341]

Link?

http://forum.rangersmedia.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=15135

Fortunately for Scotland, they won't be back in Europe for a while after Pierre Webo's second-half goal gave Osasuna a 2-1 aggregate win but it must be said the cops were more than heavy handed. In fact, they seemed to be spoiling for a fight, which was more than could be said for Smith's team.

They went out of Europe with a whimper. They were hopeless for most of the game although it was tough to watch what was happening on the pitch and at the same time keep an eye on the riot cops.

They surged in several times clubbing everyone within reach. Although the fans who were spewing their sectarian bile probably deserve a good hiding, innocents would also have been taken out.

[Blue Forever 179]

Herald journo reporting this

Martin Williams ‏@Martin1Williams

#JamesTraynor who revealed how billionaire CraigWhyte was set to takeover at #Rangers in £30m deal to become club's head of marketing & PR

[ger50champ 300]

Is it fair to say JT jumped rather than being pushed if Leggos comments are to believed. .He probably thought about his options and realised that maybe in a short while he would have lost his impact by being gradually phased out or humiliated by Editor at Rebel.wish some would cut him some slack .He has said some raw things against us in the past but I tend to give him benefit of doubt that he was wanting to be seen to be impartial to keep some sort of credibility much in same way as Keevins offends these rodents from time to time

[ger50champ 300]

Is it fair to say JT jumped rather than being pushed if Leggos comments are to believed. .He probably thought about his options and realised that maybe in a short while he would have lost his impact by being gradually phased out or humiliated by Editor at Rebel.wish some would cut him some slack .He has said some raw things against us in the past but I tend to give him benefit of doubt that he was wanting to be seen to be impartial to keep some sort of credibility much in same way as Keevins offends these rodents from time to time

[Teamgers 1,214]

No he hasn't. That's propaganda. Believe me, I know.

You do do you? well fucking say what it is or fuck off!

[Big Lorenzo 10]

This certainly would explain his last article may be he was passing the Green initiation!

[elephants stoned 2,994]

Good article from Traynor, if he wants to go for the truth now instead of the usual NUJ lies and propaganda, that has to be welcome but he still must realise that he has alot of work to do to repair a damaged reputation.

[better than all the rest 153]

i was looking to see if there was any news about Traynor working for us and i came across this, i cant copy and paste it. They are claiming he is coming to work for Charles Green as our main PR man.

http://www.<No links to this website allowed>/2012/12/exclusive-james-traynor-to-swap-daily-record-for-rangers-football-club/

[blueoutthedome 87]

i was looking to see if there was any news about Traynor working for us and i came across this, i cant copy and paste it. They are claiming he is coming to work for Charles Green as our main PR man.

http://www.<No links to this website allowed>/2012/12/exclusive-james-traynor-to-swap-daily-record-for-rangers-football-club/

there is no way you should be posting that scum Scotzine on here get it ta fuck

[OLE SUPER WILBERT 2,475]

Some exclusive when it's been on here for about a week

[better than all the rest 153]

there is no way you should be posting that scum Scotzine on here get it ta fuck

i have never been on their web site until there, just looking to see if there was any truth in the story, i have nt heard anything on it.

[Chef 436]

I'd welcome him, what's he really done that gets a couple of the usuall nay sayers about everything and everyone?

He is too late coming out with this blah blah blah

[Edmiston Drive 3,846]

I have it on very good authority that Mr Traynor will be taking up a position as editor-in-chief of a Rangers fanzine

Number 1, he has been spotted in and around town having discussions with the owner of said fanzine..........Watch this space for details as they come in.

[The Godfather 71,876]

I have it on very good authority that Mr Traynor will be taking up a position as editor-in-chief of a Rangers fanzine

Number 1, he has been spotted in and around town having discussions with the owner of said fanzine..........Watch this space for details as they come in.

[better than all the rest 153]

I just thought it had gone very quite about Traynor, that is good news he's onboard.

[Big Al 55 9,248]

Chris Graham alluded to forthcoming announcement in his recent article about Scumdee Hibs, although didn't name names.

[Carsons Dog 9,878]

Think he is enjoying a short holiday in Lourdes before he throws himself back into the madhouse which is Scottish fitba again