tannerall 25,935 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 An article from a football magazine called "Charles Buchan's Football Monthly" from 1963. http://www.soccerattic.com/article/mighty-rangers-the-best-in-the-world/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
one55 1,510 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 stuff like this fucking depresses me. we desperately need to return to that greatness. we need those players who know what it means to play for our club and only care about bringing success to the club. they need to not only win our domestic competitions but seriously competing in europe. yet he we are with an incompetent board and shite players and struggling to keep up with aberdeen/celtic. i believe we'll return to it but it's fucking dreadful right now. that lot need put back in their place. someone needs to step up and get our club on track. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 7 minutes ago, one55 said: stuff like this fucking depresses me. we desperately need to return to that greatness. we need those players who know what it means to play for our club and only care about bringing success to the club. they need to not only win our domestic competitions but seriously competing in europe. yet he we are with an incompetent board and shite players and struggling to keep up with aberdeen/celtic. i believe we'll return to it but it's fucking dreadful right now. that lot need put back in their place. someone needs to step up and get our club on track. That kind of tradition and history can't be bought and we stood to lose it all about five years ago. But we survived, we did not walk away, and although we are in a relatively poor place those old achievements set a standard and we can now use that heritage as a standard to start reaching towards the heights again. Onward and upward. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big blue Fin 3,724 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Once upon a time in a galaxy far far away........ I fear it's going to take a long time for our club to ascend to the dizzying heights we once knew, a time when we actually respected rather than reviled. Unfortunately I don't believe I'll be alive to see it, I'm 52 this year and I reckon it won't happen in what's left of my lifetime. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo1872 4,065 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 5 minutes ago, big blue Fin said: Once upon a time in a galaxy far far away........ I fear it's going to take a long time for our club to ascend to the dizzying heights we once knew, a time when we actually respected rather than reviled. Unfortunately I don't believe I'll be alive to see it, I'm 52 this year and I reckon it won't happen in what's left of my lifetime. Fs big man you might as well chuck the towel in ? you'll still be around dont worry. It will take time but you'll see it again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big blue Fin 3,724 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 7 minutes ago, M0NTY said: Fs big man you might as well chuck the towel in ? you'll still be around dont worry. It will take time but you'll see it again. I suffer from depression, supporting Rangers and the Denver Broncos ain't making life easy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo1872 4,065 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 1 hour ago, big blue Fin said: I suffer from depression, supporting Rangers and the Denver Broncos ain't making life easy. Get on the funny fags sort ye right oot ? broncos whats that rugby? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtyard Bear 41,357 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Until we have the proper people running our club we won't get back to that level, we are still waiting on these proper people. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 Just found this pic on the same site. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermopylae 15,286 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Never forget who we are Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 And here's another great link I got indirectly from that site. http://www.rangersinlondon.co.uk/1963.htm An extract from this 1963 friendly testimonial report: Wearing a suit Jack Kelsey takes to the field and receives a fantastic ovation from all sides of the ground. In fact he is to play a small but interesting part in his game, he kicks the game off sweeping the ball onto Rangers right hand side…. FIRST HALF 25 seconds : GOAL 1-0 RANGERS : Jim Baxter scores a wonder goal almost directly from kick off. McMillan collects from the kick off and passes to Baxter, he nonchalantly runs 30 yards with the ball, pretends to line up a pass and thunders home a left foot shot past McKechnie who is still rooted to his line as the ball flies into the net. Of course it’s not Kelsey’s fault, Arsenal’s defence should have broken down Baxter’s attack. FINAL SCORE : ARSENAL 2 (Skirton 2) RANGERS 2 (Baxter, Brand). Attendance 33,007 Receipts : £7,000 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyscott1963 18,298 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 9 hours ago, tannerall said: An article from a football magazine called "Charles Buchan's Football Monthly" from 1963. http://www.soccerattic.com/article/mighty-rangers-the-best-in-the-world/ Cheers tannerall. The year I started going to watch the only team in the world for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cr3_bear 14,830 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 9 hours ago, one55 said: stuff like this fucking depresses me. we desperately need to return to that greatness. we need those players who know what it means to play for our club and only care about bringing success to the club. they need to not only win our domestic competitions but seriously competing in europe. yet he we are with an incompetent board and shite players and struggling to keep up with aberdeen/celtic. i believe we'll return to it but it's fucking dreadful right now. that lot need put back in their place. someone needs to step up and get our club on track. This for me . In 2012 when everything kicked off Looking back on the glory days was a great sense of comfort and escape from what was happening . Just to remind us all what we are . Still proud as ever watching those clips and seeing these stories but it also saddens me now to see the depths this great club has sunk to in recent years . And have been passed from one incompetent bunch of fuckwits to another. the board and the players who should these clips and stories rammed down their throats to remind them who and where they are at . Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 This Evening Times 1963 article's great, but even better I noticed a brilliant unintended optical "misprint" in the bottom paragraph of the second column. Anyone else spot it ? http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/dPAKHd3lBk_I3NKvk3-bjg640434/GW1161H1394 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubie92 1,074 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Our current lot gets me down, aye, but I'm fortunate that I was born in 1988, became a fan during 9IAR and hadn't really went through any hard times as a Bear until 2012. I've always found looking back at our history interesting, especially during the Advocaat years when I thought we were losing that identity with hardly any Scots in the squad. Don't get me wrong, I'm not happy at where we are now. But I know other Bears who lived through that mob winning 9IAR, Alex's sheep etc. And I take some comfort over how gleeful fans of teams like St. Mirren were over the prospect of small crowds at Ibrox in 2012, only for the loyal to continue to follow on. Our history and fan base lead me to believe we will get back to that level. It's different in England as there are several teams with large fanbases; there are only two in Scotland. We, as a club, should be self-sustainable. We need shot of Sports Direct as well as King, but I do believe we will eventually have different owners in place, and that will partly be down to how the fans have stood by their club. Having said that, the sooner the better - need to stop that lot getting 10... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlands plater 16,975 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 The type of article the Scottish mhedia write about the tarriers these days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddiqi_drinker 14,635 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 @tannerall great find and an excellent read, harks back to a bygone era when Scotland actually had journalists and not glorified bloggers. Anyone who thinks we won't be back is supporting the wrong club. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyscott1963 18,298 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 5 hours ago, tannerall said: This Evening Times 1963 article's great, but even better I noticed a brilliant unintended optical "misprint" in the bottom paragraph of the second column. Anyone else spot it ? http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/dPAKHd3lBk_I3NKvk3-bjg640434/GW1161H1394 "The tims" will not like that Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big blue Fin 3,724 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 22 hours ago, M0NTY said: Get on the funny fags sort ye right oot ? broncos whats that rugby? Nah, it's American Football. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo1872 4,065 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 3 minutes ago, big blue Fin said: Nah, it's American Football. Same thing Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big blue Fin 3,724 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 6 minutes ago, M0NTY said: Same thing Nope, not even close. I love both Rugby Union and American Football but this isn't the place to debate the merits of either sport regardless of how good they are. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billythebear77 10,386 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 The boys walking out cause the cups had green rings on them is class, reminds me off my auld grandad, no green ever in his house, if any off my brothers or sisters or my cousins went to stay with him wearing anything green, he'd go off his nut!!. staunchest man I knew ?????? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosebery1872 78 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 greatest then 60 odd major trophies WR greatest now 115 WR( yes I know Linfield have more but that's part time WR pro leagues) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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