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I thought you were enjoying a festive repast courtesy of Her Majesty, in Saughton?
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Remember, the ground has been well prepared reference Hearts. The usual suspects who bayed for Rangers blood have stated and repeated continually that Hearts supporters have NOT blamed anyone else, accepted their collective guilt, and shown the necessary contrition. The usual suspects are actively willing Hearts(Dunfermline too) to survive, goodwill is on their side. Further, Hearts have benefitted from considerable cross-party political support. We had the muted support of the local MP, what did the three counsillors for Ibrox say? How about the MSP, or the MEP? Political offices of several national designations have been made available and utilised. Reference sporting integrity, when do you think Rangers supporters will be allowed to vote on another clubs existence/ Answers on a sackful of postcards to Jum Spence, Stuart Cosgrove, Tom English, Chris McLaughlin, ....................................................... etc
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All Bears MUST partake of this tour. I participated over two years past, it is an immersion in the warm comfortable waters of all things Rangers. Thirty-five years plus ago, as an undergraduate, I resided in flats in West Princess Street, Gibson Street, and West End Park Street. The tour highlighted I had lived in the stamping ground of our gallant pioneers. Moses McNeill and I threw-up on the same cobbles. Living history.
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Easdale brothers to plough £20m into Rangers
26th of foot replied to Steve1872's topic in Rangers Chat
My ghast is flabbered. We have a period of several weeks post AGM where it appears Wallace's declaration about no leaks and this Board speaking with one voice. The usual suspects were beginning to complain that the story that keeps on giving, had gone all quiet. Our CEO meets the players, seemingly without preparing the ground. He makes an offer, it's rejected and several news sources are reporting the details within 20 minutes of the meeting concluding. Now, the James and Sandy show presents an old favourite, 'pump in £20million' one act drama. Does anyone think it might have been helpful for the CEO if he had been informed of such intentions before attempting to persuade several teenagers to accept a 15% cut in wages? Depressing.- 74 replies
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Regan- Rangers meltdown hasn't finished Scottish football
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You have got to admire Peter Lawwell's energy levels. Just off a plane after an exhausting trip to Turkey and he is able to stick his arm up Stewart Regan's jacksey. Amazing, Dandy Don, Michael Grant conducts an interview after listening to Stewart's presentation, and fail fails to notice Lawwell working him from the back! Michael is a fully paid up member of, 'Ah pyoor fcuking hate Rangers(gottle of geer) Aberdeen supporters club'. -
Brian Wilson is ra Sellik's official centenary biographer. In 1988, he penned a tome entitled, 'Celtic - a Century with Honour'. I know, stop laughing at the back. Even the Yahoos ignored the book, Brian has a couple of garages in Dunoon(he was the long term owner of the West Highland Free Press) containing 20,000 unsold copies.
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I wonder if the blushing Bride was convinced of the proposed union after viewing Brian's tumescent bonus? We should be told.
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D'Art, wonderful. You should contact Waddingtons and ask if they have any plans to develop Sellik monopoly?
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I know you know the information I am going to provide, but it provides perspective. The then Glasgow District Council sold Janefield Street, Kinloch Street, and Dalriada Street to ra Sellik for ONE PENNY. The cost in resettelement grants to 300 families living in those streets, demolition, and land clearance was borne by the local authority. Ra Sellik substantially increase their land bank and the community charge payer bears the estimated £2million bill, less a penny of course. Thus, nearly half a million for Lennoxtown is comparatively reasonable, in ra scheme of things Sellik.
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Three streets for a penny returns to bite ra Sellik and the then GDC(now GCC) in the arse. Good. Reference McConnell and Haughey, the machinations of Scottish Enterprise(Glasgow) a decade past are most illuminating. Scottish Enterprise(Glasgow) was the dynamic that secured the Commonwealth Games for Glasgow. The Board of that quango included Wullie Haughey, Alex Mosson, Paul Cooney, Charlie Gordon, Stephen Purcell, ................. etc
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I popped into the local supermarket this morning and as usual, on leaving I flipped over a few newspapers to view the fitba headlines. The Record's take on Bilel Mohsni's behaviour last evening was a standout. In two short, two sentence paragraphs, he was described as a 'hothead', 'mad', 'bonkers', and 'mental'. Demonisation? I attended the game last night and thought Mohsni unnecessarily took the bait and deserved to be cautioned. He was being escorted from the pitch by Faure and words were exchanged with both Gary Bollan and Kiegan Parker in turn. Gesticulations too, with the latter. I don't know what occurred in the tunnel, but again not surprised he was further cautioned. Thus, two yellows make a red; fair enough. Mad, bonkers, and hothead are descriptive words applicable to Gregor Stevens or Chopper Harris. I was listening to BBC Radio Scotland last Saturday and Parkers name cropped up, Bollan was being congratulated on securing his services. The usual suspects succumbed to the usual testimony, early talent, early promise, ....... not realised. Alan 'Biscuits' Preston announced he had played with him at St Johnstone in the late 90s and agreed with his undoubted talent line but decreed, "he was a fruitcake". Derek Ferguson cautioned the description, Preston replied with, "he was an absolute fruitcake". Hyperbole appears to be the name of the game, what can we expect when bonkers meets absolute fruitcake? A couple of cautions. Anyways, well done the Daily Record. On the day when the Co-op bank has demanded more security from ra Sellik on their soft loan, dust down the Gregor Stevens thesaurus.
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In tribute to those that perished in the Ibrox disaster 1971
26th of foot replied to ian1964's topic in Rangers Chat
I was 14 years of age I have contributed to such threads before, I continue to feel fortunate that my old man was a stickler for leaving every game five minutes early. We descended stairway 13 a couple of minutes before the Disaster. We heard the roars of both goals in both Harrison Drive and Ibroxholm Oval. What happened had nothing to do with suggestions of Bears attempting to ascend the stairway after Colin Stein's equaliser, truthfully it a disaster waiting to happen. The Stairway had a dogleg at the bottom to get through the red sliding door exit. Further, the sides of the stairway were supported by hundreds of stacked blackened railway sleepers. We walked to the border between Kinning Park/Tradeston, got in the car and drove back to Lanarkshire. It was a foggy evening and the car was reduced to a crawl on the Clydeside road. We stopped at the chippy in the next village to pick up grub for myself and elder cousin. My parents were attending a local party and were intent on a quick departure. Thus, it was surprising to see my mother was waiting with the family dog at the end of our short street. Nearly 2 hours after the game, we were ushered into the dining room to eat and my parents spoke in whispers in the kitchen. A Motherwell supporting mate arrived an hour later as my parents were leaving. He asked my mum to telephone his mum. A few minutes later, I was asked if I had seen a school pal on leaving the game. She returned to hall and answered, "no, but he did see Colin". A news bulletin on the TV stated there had been an incident at Ibrox and police had reported two dead, more injured, some seriously. My cousin, my friend, and I watched the numerous bulletins that evening, the last one interrupted the late night film, 'Masque of the Red Death'. The death toll had been rising on each interruption, it reported the death toll would exceed 80. It was a couple of days later that the toll settled at 66. My school pal perished, swept from his shoes and crushed. He had been on a local RSC bus and had not returned. The phone-calls were attempts to locate him. I remember a photograph in the Herald, it was large and depicted a lower section of the stairway with hundreds of shoes littering the steps. Haunting! -
Numbers don’t add up for Rangers boss Ally McCoist
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In the days when Andrew edited ra Sellik View, his moniker was, 'Andrew H Smith'. It would appear Andrew has dropped an 'H'.- 24 replies
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Numbers don’t add up for Rangers boss Ally McCoist
26th of foot replied to ian1964's topic in Rangers Chat
Davy 'Provo' Provan has penned a very similar piece in today's Sunday Sun. It's all about the Rangers.- 24 replies
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Match Preview Schedule - Volunteer to write a Gersnet Match Preview
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I am prepared to provide a match preview for the East Fife game on the 11th January'14. -
Festive felicitations from deepest, darkest Lanarkshire, tis the season of goodwill, even in the Leather Bars of Larkhall.
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Christmas Day match turned into a turkey for Light Blues fans
26th of foot replied to ian1964's topic in Rangers Chat
As a schoolboy, I attended the Christmas day match at Easter Road. Colin Stein's late winner was mutely celebrated, it was freezing on that high old terracing and the constant snow flurries ensured a couple of inches of the white stuff gathered on every head and pair of shoulders. Cheers and shouts mostly, the hands stayed firmly in the pockets. In the early/mid seventies, Hibs/Rangers matches were hugely anticipated. We had a midfield of Alfie Conn, Alex McDonald, and Tommy McLean. Hibs had Pat Stanton, Alec Edwards, and the sublime Jimmy O'Rourke. Hibs played with a lot of width and pace. Sandy Jardine's reputation as the fastest player in British football was always under threat from Cropley and Duncan. Huge crowds turned up for the games, particularly at Easter Road, there was a Scottish Cup replay in early '73, where 45,000 jammed into the Edinburgh ground. We won 1-2. -
George Galloway, Jum Spence, and Brian Stockbridge should form a self-help group.
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The on going problem with both club and support is simple, it's leadership. Watching our new Chairman yesterday was cringingly embarrassing. Somers spent at least 50% of his 2 hours on that stage, leaning back to converse with a trio of craning legal advice. Even better, after receiving words of wisdom he ignored or immediately forgot the prompt. There were a couple of delicious moments. Referring to one of the Easdale bookends, Sandy; his elongated home-county vowels patronised, "his local knowledge is most helpful and much appreciated". I am sure Sandy and Rangers provide Somers with endlessly entertaining bon mots for his board colleagues on those 4 banks he continually references. The other piece of hilarity arrived when Malcolm Murray flashed his own PLC credentials, "I want to participate in clean PLC Board going forward; however, there are persons on that board not clean". Both Easdales, Brian Stockbridge, and Somers all turned their heads in choreographed unison to the legal support. The other three, Wallace, Crighton, and McCoist stared ahead, no doubt into a bleak and uncertain future. Somers struggled throughout, reaching forward for acceptance whilst leaning back for support. When he rubbed his hands and wondered aloud as to the fellow Director who advised he would not need an overcoat; a wag behind me suggested Sandy could provide a concrete overcoat. The obvious seasonal analogy is pantomime, it's most apt. I believe the norm for the numerous casts of pantomime is to head off somewhere quiet and warm at the conclusion of several weeks of intense activity. Perhaps they could persuade Somers and some our supporters' reps to join them?
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Stenhousemuir v Rangers To Be Played 5th Jan
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Poor excuse, call yourself a Bear? He has had his three score and ten, congratulate him and get along to Ochilview. -
I remember reading a report in one of the Sunday broadsheets in the immediate aftermath of Whyte's takeover. It contained a nugget omitted by all other outlets. Apparently, dearest Craig owns a beach property in Costa Rica. Why would anyone have a holiday home in an alligator and snake infested coast line? The UK has no extradition policy with Costa Rica.
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Brian Stockbridge on an Audit Committee? King Herod and child minding springs to mind. Maybe, Brian thought it read Audi Committee?
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You have to wonder at the mind set of Pretend Provo Padraig? He travels to Amsterdam to support his football club, takes a combat smock and hooped balaclava, and immediately strikes a pose on the distinctive blocking of the Damrak. A photo is taken for posterity and posted on his social media page. I suspect Padraig has many such photos from European cities, routine republican role play. Later on Padraig is arrested, charged, and convicted with assaulting the police. He is sentenced to 8 weeks jail; however, he maintains his innocence and is appealing. Now, we must wonder at ra Sellik mind set, he is rewarded last week with a stadium tour of ra Stydome. Of course, a photo is taken at the mouth of the tunnel and posted on his social media page. Posterity, don't you know but none of his preferred attire. Padraig is respectfully suited and booted, but said photo is quickly removed after ra Sellik point out the obvious stupidity of highlighting the reward.
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If any Gersnetter is interested in an objective history of ra Sellik, then Pat Woods and Tom Campbell penned an unofficial centenary tome entitled, 'the Glory and the Dream'. It was published in 1987, Sellik's centenary because they were founded in St Mary's halls in November 1887. Pat Woods was a Librarian at the Mitchell Library, Campbell a lecturer in English Literature; thus well researched and written. You would think ra Sellik would have been happy to endorse the book? No, they commissioned Brian Wilson MP to author the official centenary, 'A Century with Honour'. Of course, the title is ironic, isn't it? Anyways, Brian has tens of thousands of said tome in his garage, should you wish to indulge?
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I suspect Majoriebank's piece in the Daily Mail is quoting a war chest of £10million; certainly, that's the figure I remember His Chuckness stating. Leggo(surely that should be Blotto) has inflated it to £25million and Ewing Grahame has seized upon it to pen another 'ah pyoor luv ra Sellik' piece. Imagine Ewing not mentioning his beloved Sellik's £30million soft loan with the CIS bank. Maybe Blotto and Ewing are meeting regularly at a self-help group?
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