Blueshoff 11,530 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 The Pope Must Die' Rangers match programme goes under the hammer for £700The controversial programme, featuring an advert for a film starring Robbie Coltrane in 1991, was pulled by the club after it caused outrage. BYDAILYRECORD.CO.UK 15:13, 9 DEC 2016UPDATED15:13, 9 DEC 2016 The Rangers match programme that featured The Pope Must Die advert (Photo: Paul Reid) Get Daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe A rare Rangers V Aberdeen match programme from 1991 featuring an advert for the film The Pope Must Die starringRobbie Coltrane went under the hammer today at auction for £700. The controversial programme with a full-page advert for the film was pulled by the Ibrox club ahead of their Premier Division clash against Aberdeen FC on Saturday May 11 1991. Sporting memorabilia specialist auctioneers Sportingold Limited sold the rare programme which would have had an original cover price of just £1. ADVERTISING inRead invented by Teads READ MORETop News Stories Today Pervert coach had link to Jim Torbett Tributes to tragic primary pupil Eilidh Liam Payne lashes out at Louis Walsh Ian Cathro could have been Gers boss The auction description stated: "Understandably there was outrage and Rangers arranged for them to be destroyed. "But as usual, it is believed that the printer held some back and it is thought that only six survived. READ MORERangers boss Mark Warburton admits the Joey Barton saga hasn't put him off signing another maverick in the future "The outrage was caused by a full page advert for a Robbie Coltrane film." The film stars Coltrane as a lowly priest who is mistakenly elected Pope who then has to avoid being assassinated by the Mafia. It received mixed reviews due to the controversial subject matter and struggled at the box office. Robbie Coltrane stars in The Pope Must Die It was not only Rangers FC that refused to carry advertising for the film. London Transport refused to display the posters advertising the film on their buses and in the underground. The film's title also caused distributors problems in America and Canada. It was eventually released under the title 'The Pope Must Diet'. Ha ha second story on their website. Anyone would think they are trying to divert attention from some other news..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
To Be A Ranger 4,032 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Ffs if that was these days the board would be getting pelters on here for it. Ridiculous how narrow minded Scotland is. Not just nowadays but even back then that we had to pull an ad in a programme Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markem 7,238 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 It's not impossible I have one of those programmes Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 And die he hid. Yipee! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno's Manbun 2,631 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Was this programme not from a couple of months ago, detailing Andy Halliday's exchange with Joey Barton? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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