Bigger than 55?

[J-Maestro 11,166]

If we manage to win the Europa League, would it be bigger than 55?

I always knew we would win the league again, but don't think I ever envisioned us being in a European final ever again.

[ThenNowForever 232]

For me, Europa League success and what it brings completes the journey but I wouldn’t have said that without having 55 for what that brought. So no from me.

[JamieD 18,986]

It would be bigger than '67.

[J-Maestro 11,166]

Just now, JamieD said:

It would be bigger than '67.

Easily, football is nowhere near the same as it was then.

[RS4_wul 4,123]

55 is something that will live with us all for the rest of our lives but if we win in Seville it will be a truly monumental achievement.

It shouldn't be possible for a Scottish club to even get near a major European final but yet our players are 90 minutes from immortality.

[JamieD 18,986]

2 minutes ago, RS4_wul said:

55 is something that will live with us all for the rest of our lives but if we win in Seville it will be a truly monumental achievement.

It shouldn't be possible for a Scottish club to even get near a major European final but yet our players are 90 minutes from immortality.

Leipzig have spent 20 million on players and then sent them out on loan. It really is a ridiculous achievement.

[TheKingObv 10,647]

Obviously 

[Real Ranger 3,195]

I’ve seen plenty of title wins over the years but for me none of them felt as satisfying as last year’s did. The fact that we climbed up from the bottom division to being champions of Scotland again was absolutely huge for me. Stopping their precious Terry Munro was a big part of that.

Thursday’s semi final was as good as any match I’ve experienced and might just change my mind if we win in Seville but right now it’s 55.

 

[graeme_4 34,615]

Yes, for me it is.

[Drunk and disorderly. 14,492]

We can have both. Our European run shows that 55 was not a fluke. We have a good team who can beat anyone on their day. 

I doubt we'd be this far in Europe if we hadn't won 55. The filth would have won 9.5 in a row and the team as we know it would probably have been split up. The squad would have lacked the confidence and winning mentality required to get this far too. 55 and our Europa run are interlinked imo. 55 helped develop us into the team we are today. 

The taig myth that we can't play in front of large crowds/under pressure has been well and truly laid to rest too. 

We are in the final on merit and have the opportunity to make Rangers history 2 seasons in a row. Counting the days...

[Moody Blue Legend 61,555]

The timing of 55 was majestic for obvious reasons.

 This is massive for other reasons.  The story in itself is unbelievable, financially huge, emotionally for recent losses to  proper Rangers men.  Can’t think of a fanbase worldwide that deserve this more.  A perfect clip from the other night was Ally at full time not giving a single fuck and just being a supporter.  He got it.

[cr3_bear 14,892]

55 was important for the club . It was symbolic that we were back and it was fantastic when it was achieved. 

As much as people try and distance themselves from it having any relevance to them , it did . Stopping 10 in a row saved the fans from a lifetime of bragging rights 

Now one season down the line we have the chance of some major Bragging rights of our own. 

[.Williamson. 82,474]

If we win the Europa league it’ll be the peak of supporting Rangers for me. I don’t see how it could ever be topped unless we won the CL

It honestly feels like a dream every time I remember we are in the final of a European competition 

[Negri's lovechild 14,117]

55 was laying down the marker, getting to this final is progression and is an incredible achievement considering the gulf in finances between us and the club's we have faced. 

[Redmond7 1,000]

Winning a major European trophy is always going to top a league title.

 

55 was amazing, I've experienced many highs as a supporter - and many lows - as we all have, but that was an incredible thing we did lets not dismiss it. But a Europa League win? I'm almost - give or take a couple of years - 60 years old, this is our 4th final in that time. There are people older on me on here who've lived through five. We've won one. I can't actually begin to think what it would feel like yet to win this, but it's gonna be immense. IMO, winning EL in this day age, given where we were, given what we as a club and support have been through, this would be the biggest thing in Scottish football, EVER. Mibbe eve British football? Possibly too far. In the end though all I actually care about is Tav lifting that trophy. 

[NitshillBear 1,459]

The title win was the catalyst for this. They'd have a new record, albeit a tainted one, that we might never be able to equal. We needed that title. It did something mentally. I don't think we'd be in this final without the winning mentality that the title win instilled.

And then there's the satisfaction of preventing what that mob of goons had been singing about, and presumed to be a foregone conclusion, for a decade.

[Creampuff 22,628]

Arguably amongst the greatest achievements by any football team ever.

Genuinely not even stretching with that. For a Scottish side (especially one with the injury issues we’ve had etc) to put together this run and win the tournament against sides put together for 10x ours. 

[GOAT 30,449]

Of course it will be.  It will be the greatest moment in our history. 

[JimmyCR1 1,504]

55 was more important, like if we had let them get 10 who knows what the situation would be just now. 

But making a European final is a much harder thing to achieve and something we might never witness again.

Both massive achievements but in their own special way.

[heathen fish boy 8,583]

55 and stopping terry munro will live with me till I take my last breath,journey was complete but looks like I missed my stop,time to get off at the next one now

[cr3_bear 14,892]

Think the actual full scale of the importance of 55 will be clearer as the years progress from it. 
 

We all knew it was massive at the time obviously but in whatever we go on and achieve in next 10-20 years we will all see that title as the defining moment in turning our club around. 

[SPWF 8,256]

It would be the biggest achievement in Scottish football history.  Would be up there with Leicester winning the EPL in 2016 IMO. Football at this level is weighted to make sure teams from countries like Scotland can’t get to this stage. 

[esquire8 42,900]

55 was the most important.

Winning the Europa League would be the greatest achievement by this club.

[Colin Traive 22,844]

In 1967, the scum beat Zurich, Nantes, Vojvodina and Dukla Prague to make the final. Although each were national champions, they were nowhere near the comparative level (especially in terms of funding) of a Dortmund or a Leipzig. To put the strength of the 1967 competition in context, Linfield missed the semis by the odd goal in five.

To get to the final, the scum played a total of eight games. So far we’ve played fourteen EL games plus two against Malmö in CL qualifiers.

I know that the European Cup is seen as the senior tournament but you would need to be incredibly biased or incredibly stupid to argue that a Rangers win over Eintracht is not a greater achievement than Lisbon.

I thoroughly enjoyed 55 on its own merits (the fact that it killed poor old Terry Munro was a sweet bonus) but winning only our second European trophy would be undeniably the greater achievement.

The icing on the cake is that their “legendary journey” to Seville has now gone the way of the Betamax video and the Mini Metro. A newer, better version has come along and blown it away.

[The Beast 9,226]

18 minutes ago, esquire8 said:

55 was the most important.

Winning the Europa League would be the greatest achievement by this club.

This. 55 was vital for us. Stopping their tainted Terry Munro was essential for our psychology.

Us winning a major European trophy in the modern era, playing in a shit backwater league and with a team that cost less than what Man U payed for Amad Diallo would be an achievement for the ages. Right up there with Leicester winning the EPL and Denmark winning the Euros.