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Victory in Europe Day was declared on the 8th May, 1945, and not long after that on 17 October 1945 Rangers flew to Hanover, Germany for a game against the Combined Services in order to entertain the British Army in occupation of the Rhine. Rangers lost 6-1 in front of 50,000 servicemen, Waddell scoring Rangers solitary goal. The Rangers team that day was Dawson, D Gray, J Shaw, Watkins, Woodburn, Symon, Duncanson, Ventners, Waddell, Williamson, Johnston. Unbelievably, it was a former Partick Thistle player who scored a hat trick against Rangers. Peter 'Ma Ba' McKennan signed for Partick in 1935, and found himself playing for the Combined Services that day!

Here's the players leaving for Hannover.

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6 minutes ago, Johnny Dangerously said:

Interesting pic bud. Is there a story behind this ?

Victory in Europe Day was declared on the 8th May, 1945, and not long after that on 17 October 1945 Rangers flew to Hanover, Germany for a game against the Combined Services in order to entertain the British Army in occupation of the Rhine. Rangers lost 6-1 in front of 50,000 servicemen, Waddell scoring Rangers solitary goal. The Rangers team that day was Dawson, D Gray, J Shaw, Watkins, Woodburn, Symon, Duncanson, Ventners, Waddell, Williamson, Johnston. Unbelievably, it was a former Partick Thistle player who scored a hat trick against Rangers. Peter 'Ma Ba' McKennan signed for Partick in 1935, and found himself playing for the Combined Services that day!

 

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Just now, Don54 said:

Victory in Europe Day was declared on the 8th May, 1945, and not long after that on 17 October 1945 Rangers flew to Hanover, Germany for a game against the Combined Services in order to entertain the British Army in occupation of the Rhine. Rangers lost 6-1 in front of 50,000 servicemen, Waddell scoring Rangers solitary goal. The Rangers team that day was Dawson, D Gray, J Shaw, Watkins, Woodburn, Symon, Duncanson, Ventners, Waddell, Williamson, Johnston. Unbelievably, it was a former Partick Thistle player who scored a hat trick against Rangers. Peter 'Ma Ba' McKennan signed for Partick in 1935, and found himself playing for the Combined Services that day!

 

Interesting story bud, thank you.

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3 minutes ago, Don54 said:

Victory in Europe Day was declared on the 8th May, 1945, and not long after that on 17 October 1945 Rangers flew to Hanover, Germany for a game against the Combined Services in order to entertain the British Army in occupation of the Rhine. Rangers lost 6-1 in front of 50,000 servicemen, Waddell scoring Rangers solitary goal. The Rangers team that day was Dawson, D Gray, J Shaw, Watkins, Woodburn, Symon, Duncanson, Ventners, Waddell, Williamson, Johnston. Unbelievably, it was a former Partick Thistle player who scored a hat trick against Rangers. Peter 'Ma Ba' McKennan signed for Partick in 1935, and found himself playing for the Combined Services that day!

 

Ashamed to say I never knew about that.

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On 10/07/2017 at 17:27, Johnny Dangerously said:

Found this pic of a Rangers v Moscow Dynamo match at Ibrox. Think we drew 2-2. No idea what their keeper has dropped. If anyone can name any of the Gers players then you’re a better man than me.

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Totally off topic, but what colours were their strip?

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