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Amazing how simple a word can sound even though spelt wrong yet also rhymes he sat and grat, Because the ba' went in like that!

Ignore the top Oh, Cherlie Shaw, he never saw Whaur Alan Morton pit the ba', And when the ba' went in the net Oh Cherlie Shaw, he sat and gret. He sat and gret, he sat and grat, Because the ba' went in like that! Oh, Cherlie Shaw, he never saw Whaur Alan Morton pit the ba'.

Hold up your head Willie Woodburn For we have faith in you We know your heart’s at Ibrox Park With the boys in royal blue. No more you’ll step on Ibrox sward With Sammy at your side But you’ll be there in spirit, Bill To cheer them far and wide. We’ll fight for you Willie Woodburn We’ll battle to the end We’ll keep the blue flag flying high For you, our loyal friend. So hold up your head Willie Woodburn We know you’ll see us through And we’ll be waiting patiently Until you’re back in blue. 👊

No. Morton v Shaw is 1930s long before the ill fated expedition to the Argentine.

A fragment from a No Surrender add-on: Hold up your head Willie Woodburn For we have faith in you We know your heart’s at Ibrox Park With the boys in royal blue. No more you’ll step on Ibrox sward With Sammy at your side Memory bank failure.

Could this be it? Oh, Cherlie Shaw, he never saw Whaur Alan Morton pit the ba', And when the ba' went in the net Oh Cherlie Shaw, he sat and gret. The English came, and tried their game, To beat the Scots was a' their aim, But Scotland's boys, wi' hearts so stout, Soon put the English team to rout! (Chorus) Ally's Tartan Army! Ally's Tartan Army! We're off to Argentina, And we're gonna shake them all up! Big John Robertson, he's our man, He gets the ball and does what he can, He beats a man, he takes a shot, And the keeper says, "Oh dear, it's hot!" The Dutch came next, we weren't perplexed, Our Gordon Strachan, he was vexed, He ran around, he passed the ball, And soon the Dutch were in a squall! (Chorus) Ally's Tartan Army! Ally's Tartan Army! We're off to Argentina, And we're gonna shake them all up! So come on Scotland, let's all sing, And make the Argentine ground ring, With pipes and drums and voices loud, We'll make our country proud! (Chorus) Ally's Tartan Army! Ally's Tartan Army! We're off to Argentina, And we're gonna shake them all up!

I'm confident we're in a position to attract a very good candidate indeed*. New owners, financially solvent, good chance of champions league football, Sellik are poor, good director of football, recent exposure in EL a huge bonus, massive fanbase etc etc etc * Which rules Dyche oot.

Something something Poor Charlie ran tae tell his maw Whaur Alan Morton pit the baw.

Will Inter be able to beat PSG - I hope so - or have they shot their bolt? How do you manage another performance like that last night? I’ve discounted Arsenal. (Good news for the Gunners)

From STV news (dont give them the hits): Dave King says the deal for an American consortium to take over Rangers has more than a “90% chance” of being completed, and it could happen next month. Health tycoon Andrew Cavenagh and Paraag Marathe,who leads the financial side of NFL team San Francisco 49ers, are aiming to take at least a 51% controlling stake in the club and travelled to Glasgow to tour Ibrox last week as they close in on a deal. Rangers’ single largest shareholder and the club’s former chairman holds just under 13% of its shares. He has only occasionally commented from the sidelines since stepping down as chairman five years ago. He believes the potential new ownership has the financial backing and the plan in place to improve the club’s fortunes after a spell that has seen rivals Celtic dominate the domestic competitions. King said in a radio interview that talks about selling his shares to Cavenagh and the 49ers had been ongoing for six months but that the deal was now entering the final stages. “The position as I see it now is that there’s a 90% probability that it will happen,” the businessman told TalkSport. “You know, these discussions are been going on for a long time. “About six months ago was the first time I chatted to Andrew to see if there was a basis of getting a deal done that would work for both parties and along the way with any negotiations like these, there were times where it was probably touch and go. “If you ask me where we are now in terms of legals being signed, in terms of the type of conditions precedent that still has to be fulfilled, I would certainly put it at above 90% right now.” The Scot, who is based in South Africa, said that finding the right people to take the club forward was “a legacy issue” for him and that he wouldn’t sell his shares to someone who he didn’t feel had the financial muscle to improve the club substantially. King said that it was clear the existing Ibrox hierarchy wasn’t capable or willing to put in the funds needed and that made him keen to talk to interested parties. “I did make a statement, I think probably around about last September or October, where the club was clearly in trouble, operationally, and financially, and at that time, I kind of made an open offer, you to come back, maybe spend two years to try and get the operational issues back on track, get the funding back on track, and in that time to try and find new new potential owners who could take the club forward “I think it was clear both within inside the club and outside the club, that directors had investment fatigue. And you certainly can’t keep running a club like Rangers with a kind of a cap-in-hand approach to funding every time you need a million quid or two. That wasn’t sustainable. And I think the fact that Rangers had fallen so far behind following [the 55th league title], I just felt the gap was too big to bridge, just looking at local investment from the directors. “So I started a project at that time to see if I could try and find someone who I could bring in, who was substantial, who could take the club forward and make sure it didn’t only have a football plan, but there was a financial plan behind it as well. Someone with deeper pockets, someone with sustainability in terms of funding.” King revealed that it was former Ibrox director Paul Murray who had introduced him to the Americans and said that they were “the real deal”. He revealed that as talks progressed, and after seeing proof that the investors could cover the “substantial figure” he believed it would take to not only buy the club but fund the rebuild over the next two years, he helped put together the plan to get the deal to the level of a takeover. “I gave them an estimate as to what I thought was required, which was fairly substantial,” he said. “We managed to get a meeting of minds on that, where through this combination of existing shareholders, selling their shares, plus a rights issue to put money into the club, then I feel that they’ve made the right level of commitment. “I’m comfortable enough to say to support us as a supporter, I strongly support this investment into the club.” King now feels that things are on track to be completed by the middle of next month and acknowledged that the work will then have to begin quickly to revamp the squad, and appoint a manager, ahead of the new season. “There are still a few things to be done,” he explained. “There’s a conditions precedent. There’s approval from various leagues, the SFA, the SPFL etc. “There’s still some conditions pressing that need done to get the deal across the line, and yes, they will be looking at what they will what they have to do because they will have to hit the ground running quite quickly,. There’s Champions League qualifiers coming up. “Let’s say that this deal realistically happens, say mid-June. I think May’s not possible. “Let’s say mid-June is realistic.”

That's the beautiful thing about poetry, its all-around us, all we have to do is look hard enough👊

The name makes me think of Cologne and Juventus in 1978. Not a good year for Pope's, come to think about it.

Less than a month between going public with offer and probable acceptance, seems rapid. Just hope they spend wisely and can help improve the Scottish game.

Oh, Cherlie Shaw, he never saw Whaur Alan Morton pit the ba', And when the ba' went in the net Oh Cherlie Shaw, he sat and gret.. That reaches the status of poetry. There are other words and verses to the song, but Ah dinna ken them.

Blue sea of Ibrox was one I always sung to my kids when they were going to bed at night.

It made for excellent viewing last night

No a bother 👍🏻 be good if yous all get to Ibrox together 💙

Rose and Gerrard are joint favorites @3/1 Big Sean Dyche is next best @10/1 Get your money on Dyche I’m told it’s a done deal

Nice, but imagine the headlines: Rangers recklessly pollutes the clean, clean, clean air of Govan Blue smoke from Ibrox contributes to global warming Club docked 5 points

I await the blue, blue, blue smoke of Ibrox 😁

I would like to thank you and all of the brave men and women of the armed forces past and present for your service to our country.

What a semi final between Barca & Inter. 3 - 3 in the first leg and 4 - 3 in the second. These two games were two of the best non Rangers games I have watched this season. The skill on show in both games was just eye candy, but the determination from the older Inter squad was incredible. Veteran defender Acerbi (a cancer survivor) popped up with a great finish any striker would have been proud to score, and it gave the event a roy of the rovers type feel.

Sounds like a bit of a sourdough, S7. Does he use use real buffalo mozzarella?

This one is class. Its one our elder statesmen on here will know more about match wise. Woohoo - it worked for once!!