Rangers Picture Thread

[BouncyBluenose87 1,561]

One for all the Walter and Iron Maiden fans out there

[thedarvelmarvel 796]

2 hours ago, Thermopylae said:

That's true I just meant the stairway was more cramped than it had to be because of the railway ... if we had started with a green field the whole ground would have been surrounded by exits rather than everyone having to transfer to Edmiston Drive 

the main stand is the same as it blocks the two ends of the terracing as its only at the corners that the exits are all ont o edm.dr.

[JCDBigBear 10,831]

On 15/11/2021 at 15:39, Thermopylae said:

Was the railway line the reason why stairway 13 was cramped?

No.  The stairway wasn't cramped. 

 

[JCDBigBear 10,831]

2 hours ago, Thermopylae said:

That's true I just meant the stairway was more cramped than it had to be because of the railway ... if we had started with a green field the whole ground would have been surrounded by exits rather than everyone having to transfer to Edmiston Drive 

That exit took you out to Cairnlea Drive, Harrison Drive and on to Copland Road.

[Don54 25,546]

[Thermopylae 15,287]

21 hours ago, JCDBigBear said:

No.  The stairway wasn't cramped. 

 

I meant the walkways and access to the ground was cramped ... if you were starting with a green field site for a ground of 100,000+ capacity you would never have built it that way

It's not a criticism of the old Ibrox it grew so quickly at the start of the last century we just ran out of space 

[Thermopylae 15,287]

21 hours ago, thedarvelmarvel said:

the main stand is the same as it blocks the two ends of the terracing as its only at the corners that the exits are all ont o edm.dr.

The gates now are really just ornamental but it must have been so much better when they were right at the heart of it all 

[They Gnu 11,553]

14 minutes ago, Thermopylae said:

I meant the walkways and access to the ground was cramped ... if you were starting with a green field site for a ground of 100,000+ capacity you would never have built it that way

It's not a criticism of the old Ibrox it grew so quickly at the start of the last century we just ran out of space 

It was a 100,000 capacity stadium, we’ve had  118,000 in there.

[Thermopylae 15,287]

3 minutes ago, They Gnu said:

It was a 100,000 capacity stadium, we’ve had  118,000 in there.

I never forget the number because 118 was my old BB company 

[Thermopylae 15,287]

21 hours ago, JCDBigBear said:

That exit took you out to Cairnlea Drive, Harrison Drive and on to Copland Road.

That's interesting we used to go to the enclosure 

[They Gnu 11,553]

1 minute ago, Thermopylae said:

I never forget the number because 118 was my old BB company 

Good man, 1st Port Glasgow for me. Didn’t need to check the record attendance, years of reading the Wee Blue Book.

[Thermopylae 15,287]

23 hours ago, BouncyBluenose87 said:

One for all the Walter and Iron Maiden fans out there

I always remember that ... imagine sitting in the cabin waiting to take off and the captain comes on the intercom and it's you favourite pill popping rock star at the controls 

[Thermopylae 15,287]

4 hours ago, Don54 said:

Good days for Gazza 

[JCDBigBear 10,831]

4 hours ago, Thermopylae said:

I meant the walkways and access to the ground was cramped ... if you were starting with a green field site for a ground of 100,000+ capacity you would never have built it that way

It's not a criticism of the old Ibrox it grew so quickly at the start of the last century we just ran out of space 

It was fine for decades mate.  The terracing was huge and unaltered for about 60 years.  

[jamess 3,429]

1 hour ago, JCDBigBear said:

It was fine for decades mate.  The terracing was huge and unaltered for about 60 years.  

Apart from timmy who took over the 'away end', I don't remember away support.  Just remember our support in the uncovered terraces.

[Essandoh 21,216]

[Thermopylae 15,287]

On 17/11/2021 at 20:11, JCDBigBear said:

It was fine for decades mate.  The terracing was huge and unaltered for about 60 years.  

It must have been a real occasion to have the first game at the new stadium 2 days before the new century (ok Hearts provided the opposition but I suppose you can't have everything ). You can just imaging the excited chat about the 20th century just around the corner after the game as everyone was heading home and I'm sure few could have imagined the palace that Ibrox now is in far distant 2021 .

[Thermopylae 15,287]

I don't know if this was 1899?

[NI 903]

Back home, Gio. 🇬🇧 🇳🇱

 

[Don54 25,546]

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[Colin Traive 22,843]

1 hour ago, Don54 said:

 

Mario Jardel and Gheorge Hagi in that Galatasary team.

Edit: Hagi only played in Ibrox leg.

[McEwan's Lager 30,559]

2 minutes ago, Colin Traive said:

Mario Jardel and Gheorge Hagi in that Galatasary team.

Hagi didn't play in that game I don't think. Did at Ibrox though?

[Jdee.rfc 448]

4 minutes ago, Colin Traive said:

Mario Jardel and Gheorge Hagi in that Galatasary team.

Taffarel the keeper ?

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Just now, Jdee.rfc said:

Taffarel the keeper ?

Yeah, Popescu too and had a few of the players from the Turkey side that did well at the World Cup in Korea and Japan - Hasan Sas and Umit Davala. I think Emre may have been in that team as well.