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Nasty shock. I’d hoped the accounts would show Rangers as a going concern. I have only a fleeting acquaintance with the Black Art of Accountancy but I think the practitioners’ magic words for the lHummel claim are Contingent Liabilities.

Dead right, compo. The world atlas wasn’t coloured two thirds red on pasta and garlic.

Whoever was running the commercial side would need King’s direction on strategic decisions.

King.

I think the real question is who entered into the agreement with Elite/Hummel before it was safe to do so? As it happens the answer to both questions is the same.

His team is current champions and comfortably top of the league. I could be convinced.

Rangers’ new player/manager.

Better than Flower, right enough but I’m not keen on self-confidence bolstering songs. What happens when the music stops?

I’ve just seen England’s Group. How did they swing that? Did they have Lawwell as Draw Consultant?

Dick Campbell’s probably too old so I voted Dyche.

Kai Johansen’s 1966 cup final replay winner. You can see it as part of news film on Youtube but not in isolation. It’s also on Facebook. Very clear picture from an unusual angle. Almost makes me want to join FB.

He’s a bit of a Pep lookalike. However, the great man himself would struggle with the current playing staff.

Shurrup Gonzo ya bamstick.

Not quite. Just minimal. If Germany play Argentina or France play Spain I’ll watch it. That’s on past reputation. I’ve no idea if they are any good.

Except at the Dentist’s.

I’ll have a go. Samoa to beat Australia 16-12.

I never think of 1957. I’m not that senile.

It was indeed the SC final. Why did I suddenly called it a League Cup Final? Onset of senility at a disturbingly young age I fear.

Ferguson was a really good centre forward when he played for Dunfermline. I saw him in a match against some team that a year or so later went on to win a trophy abroad somewhere. Ferguson terrorised their defence that day and I was elated when Rangers bought him for £60,000 but overall I was disappointed with him at Ibrox. Colin Stein on the other hand …… The League Cup defeat wasn’t Ferguson’s fault. You can’t blame your centre forward for a defensive error.

Strategic information of use to the enemy?

It was indeed a great question which I struggled to answer. You’ve just done it brilliantly. Thanks.

It would almost be worth it to observe the hysterics.

That’s why I have hopes, not expectations. Larsen came back as if he’d never been away. Mols never made it.

I’ve been thinking about this. My answer is I don’t know. Sixty years ago the easy answer is Protestantism and Unionism but that’s more to do with the club’s adherents than the club itself. I don’t think any club had a brand other than football with the exception of the two Greens. Perhaps Rangers and Hearts developed brands so as to be in contrast to the two others. I don’t think there is much overt Protestantism nowadays. Unionism flourishes but it’s not sold as a club brand. Anyone know what the Arsenal brand is?

Football is a unique business and supporting a football club is a unique state of mind. I have been a Rangers supporter since time immemorial. I don’t know how it came about. The advice of big brother I suspect. Why I took that advice ahead of father (Spider) mother (Hibbee) big sister (Aberdeen) I don’t quite know. I liked the sound of the name and. I liked the colour blue. I could reel off the Iron Curtain well before I was completely proficient in multiplication tables. And that’s it. I couldn’t change. I’ve never wanted to change even though I admit the many triumphs are always marred by the memory of disasters and strangely, worse, spells of mediocrity and the anticipation that they could all happen again So there it is. I don’t own the club. I’m not a shareholder. The club owes me nothing. In the days when I attended matches, I paid my gate money and in exchange, got to see a game of football. I very rarely buy merchandise - too tatty mostly and I don’t wear team shirts - but if I were to buy something I would get the use of the article and the club doesn’t have to acknowledge my great generosity. Oh, I can rant and rave with the worst but I know that’s all I can do. Rangers - take them or leave them. I won’t leave them so I just have to take them.