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No issue with people wanting to sell tickets but face value only please.

I have lots of brilliant memories of European football nights. Dynamo Kiev, Marseille, Leeds United are all games I'll never forget. However there's one game that always jumps to mind when anyone's talks about European football and it was in the early nineties. My dad, brother and I were heading off to the match at Ibrox. I remember it being a wet and windy night, but I can't be sure of that. It certainly was quite miserable anyway because the Rangers team was plagued by injury going into this match against Bruges. I do remember that my gran had baked scones for us all and I put them in my pocket, knowing that on such a cold night they'd be welcomed with a cup of tea or bovril at some stage. The game was a torrid affair and if I remember correctly we scored first, but this was then followed by us being denied a stonewall penalty, them scoring, and then Hateley being sent off. It wasn't looking good at that point. Then at around the 70th minute Scott try-hard-but-no-skill Nisbett threw his foot at a loose ball which headed towards their penalty area. All 3 of us remarked almost in unison at how much spin was on the ball. My brother then said "if the goalie doesn't catch that it could spin in". Of course, as we know now the goalie didn't catch it and it didn't spin in to the goal. Ibrox erupted and as has happened many times before there were bodies flying everywhere in celebration. My dad ended up four rows down and had to be helped back to his seat which was funny. What a celebration it was. In all the excitement I had forgotten about the scones but figured this was a good time to then have them. I handed one to my dad on my left and to my brother on the right. They were delicious but the sweetest taste that night was of victory. What sticks in my mind though was at the end of the game we stood up to move along our row to get out and I realised the guy next to me wasn't my brother (who I later saw standing about 6 rows down). He disappeared though because I could say anything. About a week later we were playing Dundee at home and I got a tap on the shoulder. I turned around and this bear gave me a scone his son had made at school. I just remember him saying "no scone can ever taste as good as the one we had that night big Nizzy scored". That was 26 years ago and every scone I've had since makes me think of that goal. And he was right .... they don't taste the same without a Nizzy goal to go along with it. I don't imagine this is what you were looking for in your OP, but I thought I'd share it anyway.

No, that's a great story - thanks mate! One for @Govan Rear Bear's notes for later...

There's 26 guaranteed competitive home this season (19 league + 7 European) and we've had 6 already, so there's still 77% of games to go. 77% of £1060 is £816. Yes, there may (or may not) be some domestic cup games, but £1,000 seems very steep.

What a great gesture from both sets of fans in a time when so much/many clubs are prone to adverse reporting.?

Rangers should pay out on this if it happened on our watch. It may well be a matter for the administrators legally but that's hardly the point.

I don't entirely agree with this 'needs to have a good relationship with Gerrard' stuff. Yes, they have to get on, but they're both professionals, so I don't think there will be an issue. Any new DoF will need to fit in with the model the board/Allen have started, so again, I don't see any friction in terms of philosophy either. I think the problems come from managers not understanding, or accepting, the DoF structure. Gerrard already accepts it.

Underestimated their manager, maybe. In fact he might be a good shout for either of those teams’ manager’s jobs, if they come up..

Defoe seems to have been assigned as his mentor. What a great role model, even growing up in Colombia he must have been a fan of the England star!

Great to see Alfredo getting on so good with the other players.

Was a decent strike. Good first touch to round the defender and create an angle through.

Lovenkrands sure did score a few massive goals for us.

I know Feyenoord supporters are not loved much outside Rotterdam but this was a fantastic action from them and indeed the Den Haag supporters who all took part in throwing soft toys to the sick children of the Sofia children's Hospital in Rotterdam who were invited guests of the club. Feyenoord do a lot for the Hospital. I personally have a strong link to the hospital as they saved my sons life 30 years ago so this makes me quite emotional. Also hence the reason my son is a Feyenoord supporter.

Cheers Frankie, I thought my technophobe tendencies had struck again!

Watching only the highlights and having had a talk with those who saw it over on the German board ... Livingston sat deep and soaked up pressure ... while we were again unlucky with our first chances, Arfield post and Morelos two really good efforts. They scored against the run of play, started trying to play football too, but essentially fell into the trap SG has warned us for, i.e. wanting too much when you shouldn't. Our luck returned with Tav's goal (when did he last scored a goal from open play or via a really direct free kick?), then we got what we deserved. At the end of the day, we had these kind of games for decades, but usually block them out of memory. Getting three points in this style or these kind of games is all that matters. We can try the fabulous stuff in the big games or Europe, but at times you also have to work and graft for title winning points.

Steven Thompson said Rangers first goal should have been disallowed because Goldson was in an offside position, according to the new rules!!!!?

Definite plan to stick with the DOF model and take our time in recruiting a replacement

Did we under-estimate livi? They’re about fourth best team in Scotland at the moment IMO. Better than hertz & hibz.

That’s twice out of 5 games we have faced a side who have had 2 weeks to practice their brick wall formation and we have struggled badly on both occasions. The one really positive thing is we won both games, but I don’t see a marked difference in tactics or style about us from last year, perhaps a little more hunger but nothing much obvious has changed. The crowd has to be far more patient and understanding in these types of games, I thought we (the fans in attendance) were terrible from about 20 minutes in, some of the shouts from around me were insane, and I must admit I have had a go at Ojo for hiding and having no appetite for the game, so I take this to myself as well as the other 50k that collectively in games like this we will get better results if we can back the team throughout, even when they are Colin nish. Players like Ojo & Aribo seem to be confidence based players. If they start well, they have a good game. If they don’t, and we are not winning, they are passengers. They have talent but do they have the right desire? Was good to see Barker get a chance today and he has laid a claim to see more game time for sure after a confident positive showing. With Jones & Kent going to be out for a few weeks and Ojo out of touch, there should be opportunities for him coming up, I hope he takes them.

He's far from gash and looks a lot better than Hastie has in his games.

Too many players thniking about Thursday night I suspect - which is exactly the kind of attitude we need to cut out if we want to keep the challenge rolling. We got away with it today. Obviously, it's good to get the win, but that was not enjoyable at all.

We really should be playing him not ojo. Who is utter gash so far

Only one team were ever winning that. Livingston barely touched the ball and despite working hard got what they deserved. They will be difficult to beat at home and in no danger of going down.