GOAT 24,385 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 I’ve always thought my Rangers knowledge is really good, I could tell you a lot about our history, but I’ve actually just discovered we were originally called Glasgow Argyle and our first ever game against Callander at flashers Haugh in the green was played under the Glasgow Argyle name. I know the story about how we got our name from a rugby team in England I’m sure it was, but I thought we were Rangers from day one. Every day is a school day. oh and btw, thank fuck they changed it, what a horrible fucking name. glasgow argyle and JM1872 like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Dude 12,086 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 2 minutes ago, GOAT said: I’ve always thought my Rangers knowledge is really good, I could tell you a lot about our history, but I’ve actually just discovered we were originally called Glasgow Argyle and our first ever game against Callander at flashers Haugh in the green was played under the Glasgow Argyle name. I know the story about how we got our name from a rugby team in England I’m sure it was, but I thought we were Rangers from day one. Every day is a school day. oh and btw, thank fuck they changed it, what a horrible fucking name. Only lasted a matter of weeks i think before it was changed. Remember reading something about it before. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post AlbertzLoyalRSC 13,499 Posted April 4 Popular Post Share Posted April 4 Flashers Haugh. Rangers#1, goaaaal, Ayrshire Blue and 7 others like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post GOAT 24,385 Posted April 4 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 4 1 minute ago, AlbertzLoyalRSC said: Flashers Haugh. Predictive text, must write flasher a lot 😮 BLUEDIGNITY, RockwellGers, trueblue 64 and 2 others like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Essandoh 11,703 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Never knew that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thedarvelmarvel 729 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 30 minutes ago, The Dude said: Only lasted a matter of weeks i think before it was changed. Remember reading something about it before. according to willie allison they played clyde in the first and were known as argyll. but the name looked odd so it was changed after 1 game.Rangers the new era. william allison. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Copeland1983 1,190 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Glasgow Sevco Argyle BlueAvenger and AlCapone like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
heathen fish boy 7,273 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 2 hours ago, GOAT said: Predictive text, must write flasher a lot 😮 probably into xhamster I bet 😂 plumbGER likes this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harlands plater 14,839 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Sounds like an accordion band. falkirkNS likes this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hawkfalcons 947 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 1 hour ago, heathen fish boy said: probably into xhamster I bet 😂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
glasgow argyle 997 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 3 hours ago, GOAT said: I’ve always thought my Rangers knowledge is really good, I could tell you a lot about our history, but I’ve actually just discovered we were originally called Glasgow Argyle and our first ever game against Callander at flashers Haugh in the green was played under the Glasgow Argyle name. I know the story about how we got our name from a rugby team in England I’m sure it was, but I thought we were Rangers from day one. Every day is a school day. oh and btw, thank fuck they changed it, what a horrible fucking name. That explains where my user name came from. Also Argyle house restaurant wasn't just a random name. scottyscott1963, offminorthreat and Bearsden bear like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GabrielTomato 24,186 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 I didn't know this either. Not mentioned in the founders trail (that I can remember). TEFTONG and johanhentze like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GOAT 24,385 Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 2 minutes ago, GabrielTomato said: I didn't know this either. Not mentioned in the founders trail (that I can remember). Don’t know how long it was for, could have only been one game but from what I’ve read earlier the game against Callander we played under the name Glasgow Argyle. Fucking horrible name. 🤣🤣 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MorelosRangers 1,344 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 I thought the title suggested calling out a poster on here. glasgow argyle, Ayrshire Blue and ForeverAndEver like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
32Blue 582 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Every day's a school day! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
glasgow argyle 997 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 3 hours ago, MorelosRangers said: I thought the title suggested calling out a poster on here. So did i Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MorelosRangers 1,344 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 5 minutes ago, glasgow argyle said: So did i 😄 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HuistraHairDo 8,263 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 So @glasgow argyle has arguably the staunchest name on the forum, must have had the fear when you seen the title imo glasgow argyle, Blueshoff and offminorthreat like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EMRFC 1,485 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 ‘YOU’RE NO GLASGOW ARGYLE ANYMORE, YOU’REE NOOO GLASGOW ARRRGYLE ANYMORE’ glasgow argyle likes this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fergie_6 815 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 The Glasgow Argyle 😊 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RS4_wul 2,694 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 20 hours ago, GOAT said: I’ve always thought my Rangers knowledge is really good, I could tell you a lot about our history, but I’ve actually just discovered we were originally called Glasgow Argyle and our first ever game against Callander at flashers Haugh in the green was played under the Glasgow Argyle name. I know the story about how we got our name from a rugby team in England I’m sure it was, but I thought we were Rangers from day one. Every day is a school day. oh and btw, thank fuck they changed it, what a horrible fucking name. I'm almost certain (my memory is pish though) that Ally named his son Argyll for that reason. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GabrielTomato 24,186 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 That's plenty. Keep it on topic please. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
McEwan's Lager 14,906 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 I don't think that is correct. This is what the Gallant Pioneers book has to say about this. GabrielTomato and MonTheGers like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Redwhiteandblue 3,292 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 2 hours ago, McEwan's Lager said: I don't think that is correct. This is what the Gallant Pioneers book has to say about this. In Glasgow, Argyll is often misspelled as Argyle. Living in Argyll, it was something I noticed years ago. Newspapers were the worst for it. I can't think of a reason why a team from Argyll would spell the name of their team withe an 'e' rather than the double 'LL'... it doesn't make sense. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Redwhiteandblue 3,292 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 3 hours ago, RS4_wul said: I'm almost certain (my memory is pish though) that Ally named his son Argyll for that reason. Ally loves Argyll, he even has a house here that he stays in regularly. I always thought that was the reason he called his first born 'Argyle, being from Glasgow would make sense of why he spelled her name with an 'e'. Obviously 'Argyle Street' is very well known, and the spelling of that Street has the 'e' at the end. Think it was named after someone with the name 'Argyle'?? So when using the word as a person's name, it makes sense to use the 'e'. But when talking about the area, it's spelled 'Argyll'. Obviously can't say for sure, would need to ask Ally... RS4_wul likes this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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