the goal machine 7,824 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Glasgow Rangers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poetry_In_Blue 1,043 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 no other name as far as i know, and have even travlled back in my doctor who time box and cant find nothing i feel that this is a trick question. It sort of is. As we know we were founded in 1873. But that was only officially. We'd existed for a year already - under what name...mystery to me. You're very correct with your assumption, I wondered how long peope would realise the year difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poetry_In_Blue 1,043 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Glasgow Rangers? Then name Rangers wasn't even in the name! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaztron 0 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Did we not play at a cricket ground or something like that? also Glasgow green springs to mind for some reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poetry_In_Blue 1,043 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Did we not play at a cricket ground or something like that? also Glasgow green springs to mind for some reason. You are correct for Glasgow Green, all we need is the name now! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Manticore* 1,893 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 I will be interested tio hear the answer (and source). Wiki's not reliable so I'm not saying PiB's wrong but: McNeil, along with fellow founding members Peter McNeil (a brother) and friends William McBeath, Peter Campbell and Tom Vallance, adopted the name Rangers, reportedly from an English rugby annual. Rangers played their first ever match against Callender F.C. at Glasgow Green's Flesher's Haugh in May 1872, which resulted in a 0-0 draw. Rangers played one more match in 1872, an 11-0 win against Clyde - not the present Clyde F.C.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_McNeil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueIsTheColour 35 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Were we not originally a cricketing and tennis club? It wasn't the Rangers Cricketing and Lawn Tennis Club was it? Wait, i am sure i remember hearing something about us starting out as a rowing club. The McNeil brothers were keen rowers i think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Manticore* 1,893 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 If we weren't called Rangers, surely it wasn't Rangers playing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minstral 5,375 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 even in 1872 we were known as rangers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueIsTheColour 35 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 If we weren't called Rangers, surely it wasn't Rangers playing? I am almost certain we were christened The Rangers Football Club. Whatever the founders did before that didn't have anything to do with football. Can't think what the answer might be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaztron 0 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 We were named after a rugby club, so maybe the Rangers rugby football club? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poetry_In_Blue 1,043 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 The blokes who formed the team in Manticore's bit are the original founders but at the very initial stage we weren't called Rangers, even though by the time we played in our first competitive match at Glasgow Green we had adopted the name Rangers. So maybe I was being a wee bit unfair with my question. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poetry_In_Blue 1,043 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 If we weren't called Rangers, surely it wasn't Rangers playing? Pedantic response! :harhar: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poetry_In_Blue 1,043 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 even in 1872 we were known as rangers. Correct, but when the brothers and the others originally got together another name was initially given. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minstral 5,375 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 well what were we called or was it rangers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poetry_In_Blue 1,043 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 well what were we called or was it rangers. Initially something other than Rangers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueIsTheColour 35 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 even in 1872 we were known as rangers. Correct, but when the brothers and the others originally got together another name was initially given. Well they were rowers before they became interested in football, am i correst in that assessment at least? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Manticore* 1,893 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 If we weren't called Rangers, surely it wasn't Rangers playing? Pedantic response! :harhar: No it's not. If we weren't called Rangers, in what way was it Rangers who were playing? Surely the team who were playing were ****** the name you're teasing us with? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poetry_In_Blue 1,043 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Haven't got a clue, Claudio Reyna also has all the vowels but not in order. Two more wee quick questions: Can you name the original name of Rangers back in 1872? & Where did they play their first game? Rangers? Fletcher's haugh? Nope. Apologies Flesher's Haugh is on Glasgow Green so technically this was correct. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poetry_In_Blue 1,043 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 If we weren't called Rangers, surely it wasn't Rangers playing? Pedantic response! :harhar: No it's not. If we weren't called Rangers, in what way was it Rangers who were playing? Surely the team who were playing were ****** the name you're teasing us with? Only in the sense that it was the brother's and a few friends who founded the team, and they were the same people who changed it to Rangers if that makes sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Manticore* 1,893 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 If we weren't called Rangers, surely it wasn't Rangers playing? Pedantic response! :harhar: No it's not. If we weren't called Rangers, in what way was it Rangers who were playing? Surely the team who were playing were ****** the name you're teasing us with? Only in the sense that it was the brother's and a few friends who founded the team, and they were the same people who changed it to Rangers if that makes sense. Makes sense but if you ask me the game's a bogey - surely they weren't Rangers till they called themselves Rangers? So: Can you name the original name of Rangers back in 1872? Rangers Can you name the team whose players went on to form Rangers back in 1872? Dunno. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minstral 5,375 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 just been to see a medium who contacted our founders on the other side and they said rangers was the name. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poetry_In_Blue 1,043 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Lot's of clubs have originally started out as something else then decided to change their name to what they thought was a more suitable title. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poetry_In_Blue 1,043 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 just been to see a medium who contacted our founders on the other side and they said rangers was the name. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dummiesoot 16,119 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Lot's of clubs have originally started out as something else then decided to change their name to what they thought was a more suitable title. when are Sellik gonnae change their name to Timmy Paranoid Shite Club then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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