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I am nay. I might have swithered for a nano second if I’d read the bit about GMcA first but it’s still nay.

When did He sign for us? He’s not enhanced His reputation, has He?

Frankie is right. In Souness we were getting a great player and an exceptional personality. Gerrard is no longer a player and though he was a leader on the park I don’t think he will be as strong a character as GS. Souness also had the advantage of an alumnus from the McLean School of Soccer Management as his assistant. I wonder how good John Greig would have been if he had started either as an assistant to someone like Jim McLean or as manager lower down the leagues.

It was five but then they gave away two. Roma were excellent for the first twenty and last ten minutes. For the rest of the match Liverpool were brilliant. Lovren, however, is so bad I expect King is at Anfield to sign him. Van thingmy occupies a lot of space but he’s easily drawn out to the flanks and gives the ball away a lot. Salah is sublime this season.

The Depress is obviously well miffed. I’m not a fan f JC but I expect he was just waiting a decent interval to allow friends, family, loved ones and the like to get their tributes in first. Was the Duke of Middleton bothered?

You didn’t miss anything yesterday, Coop.

Bit hard. Told to resign. Same thing but looks better.

I had a squint at the battle of the greens for half a minute. What a pathetic attendance.

In about 1961/62 there was some scheme to enlarge Ibrox to bring the railway inside the stadium so you bought a combined match/travel ticket at Central, alighted at Ibrox, up the stairs from the platform and onto the terracing where the SJ is now. There was also a notion to sign Juste Fontaine from Reims. Neither happened.

I disagree that the crowd will start to turn if there is a lacklustre first half. The crowd will turn unless there is a blistering first five minutes and an opening goal followed by more at regular intervals and plenty of incidents to keep people’s attention on the field of play and not on their several devices. You see, without incident - dirty Hearts, cheating ref - many will clear off to the pub after the third goal (we should be so lucky) Rangers supporters - the greatest in the world? Probably. But not at a match at Ibrox.

Every time I think about posting in this thread, within seconds the brain crashes from memory overload - goals, thrills, spills, heroes, clowns, victory, triumph! But as Compo and Boabie have shown there’s more than just the football when following the Rangers. Sadly my road memories are much less roisterous than theirs but fragments come to mind. At Fir Park a faint smile crossed my otherwise grim countenance when Ian St John scored the opening and winning goal for Motherwell (monetary gain involved) Outside Central Station a Celtic supporter on his way to see his team at Paisley gave a lift to Ibrox to an idiot stranger who had missed every ‘bus and train in the book and a couple of other guys as well. The same idiot left East End Park at the final whistle somewhat disgruntled with a one all draw, perplexed by the relaxed demeanour of a few thousand other bluenoses and discovered later in the evening paper that Rangers had won. We had been five minutes late and missed the first goal (Watson 4) and thought McLean’s goal in 43 minutes was the equaliser. Brought up protected by the Iron Curtain and being later bedazzled in the GazzaLaudo years, nonetheless my team is Ritchie, Shearer, .... need I go on? Bobby Shearer. I’d send Tav and John to a seance to contact the spirit world so he could give them tackling advice. Shearer was a tiger just as much as the illustrious Shaw himself. But nobody’s perfect. How’s this for deja vu? At Pittodrie, Rangers in all out attack, the ball was cleared up the Aberdeen left wing to the half line. Only Shearer and the Dons’ Jackie Hather were there. Hather was round Shearer and away with Bobby trailing by yards. Caldow using his own formidable pace got back and across to clear. No disgrace there. Hather was a genuine speed merchant. Rangers won 1-2. Fast forward three years to Easter Road and exactly the same thing happened. This time the winger was Ally McLeod - yes, him - not renowned for his speed out of the trap. Caldow had time to get across at his leisure. 1-2 Rangers, Wilson and Brand. Sammy Baird scored a penalty for Hibs. Two months earlier in the same year, 1960, at Tynecastle, Shearer played one of the games of his life against the champions Hearts. Ritchie was carried off after eleven minutes and Bobby went into goal - no subs in those days. He conceded only one goal (Gordon Smith 61) Ten man Rangers had already scored twice - Scott (40) and Brand (47) Davy Wilson got the third (71) Shearer looked as if he had played in goal all his life. He was never in trouble against a normally prolific Hearts forward line which as well as Smith contained Murray, Crawford and the great Willie Bauld. That was an epic match in front of 40,000 plus. I could go on but would the Internet be big enough?

The great JM came to Rangers as a half back. He played a stormer at left half in the Kai Cup Final.

At the final whistle Waddell raced onto the park as if he had the famous light blue jersey on his back instead of his Danimac raincoat, made straight for Frank Beattie and hoisted that sturdy citizen three feet into the air as if he were a child’s doll. I would normally favour Hearts over Kilmarnock but not on that day.

Willie Waddell managed Kilmarnock.

You should always cheer on your team.

Some slipping discs in that spine.

Clarke does have the advantage of a peculiar pitch. Same for both sides but the home team are accustomed to its vagaries.

Possibly within a Stevie Gerrard stumble of a Championship.

You might suggest that. I couldn’t possibly comment.

Stein was a different sort of chap, though, wasn’t he?

Another worthy institution.

An ugly but temporary wart on the face of an otherwise worthy institution.

Baggies smash Liverpool out of the FA Cup and today beat United at Old Trafford to hand the title to City. Shame about the rest of the season.

She’ll more likely give him a pay rise.

Pathetic. 12,000 sheep, 6,000 ‘Well I suppose.