Rangers 1 - 0 Dumbarton: Back where we belong

[ian1964 10,386]

All the bookies in Holland have disappeared as there was little interest. There are Casino's.

 

After working in the ROF in Bishopton and seeing guy's getting there wages( In the old brown packets) and losing the lot at cards and also having a friend who was a gamblingholic I am totally against gambling. No booky will ever get a penny of my money.

 

I was in Aussie land last year and every pub I was in had a bookmakers part. there is a wall of TV's showing all the sports events and you go to the bar to put on a bet. Just a bit of useless information.

 

Quite right mate,keep your cash.

Aye when I was in Australia the bars all had bookies,and a few also had the pole dancers through the back,and the barmaids were serving behind the bar virtually naked...........................perfect bars!

Edited April 8, 2016 by ian1964

[pete 2,494]

Quite right mate,keep your cash.

Aye when I was in Australia the bars all had bookies,and a few also had the pole dancers through the back,and the barmaids were serving behind the bar virtually naked...........................perfect bars!

 

Shit I missed the naked waitresses. We went to a Rugby club that was supposed to have topless waitresses but they were all wearing bikini's. Most disappointing.

[ian1964 10,386]

Shit I missed the naked waitresses. We went to a Rugby club that was supposed to have topless waitresses but they were all wearing bikini's. Most disappointing.

 

I was working there and had the benefit of locals knowledge!

[ian1964 10,386]

MARCO NEGRI reckons promotion can inspire Rangers to beat Celtic in the Scottish Cup.

 

The eagerly-anticipated Old Firm clash follows a week after the Petrofac Cup Final.

 

And Negri who hit 32 goals in his first season at Ibrox in 1997, believes Rangers can build on their title triumph against their old rivals.

 

He said: “Rangers are full of confidence and they can’t wait for the match against Celtic.

 

“Of course, Celtic are the favourites, but anything can happen in a one-off game.

 

“Everyone is saying the journey is over for Rangers after waiting four years to get back to the top, but I say the journey will only be over when they win the league again.

 

“I’m delighted for everyone at Rangers, especially the fans. Those fans won’t be satisfied just with promotion — they will want their 55th title and a return to Europe.

 

“I am privileged to say I played for Rangers and their fans are unmatched in football.”

 

http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/7059422/Marco-Negri-The-journey-isnt-over-for-Rangers-until-they-win-Premiership.html

[ian1964 10,386]

Bilel Mohsni: All Rangers players throughout the journey deserve credit... even me!

 

BILEL MOHSNI believes skipper Lee Wallace has been the driving force behind Rangers’ title run.

 

Tuesday’s celebrations were in huge contrast to a year ago when Rangers were thrashed 6-1 on aggregate by Motherwell in the play-off final.

 

That match ended in chaos when Tunisian cap Mohsni clashed with Well’s Lee Erwin.

 

Mohsni got a six-game ban and left Ibrox that summer to go back to France.

 

He said: “I’m delighted for everyone at the club and all the fans.

 

“I am most pleased for Lee Wallace, he deserves all the praise going.

 

“He stayed with the club when they went down and if anyone deserves some success, it’s Lee.

 

“To go from the Third to the top division, as Lee has done, is brilliant.

 

“Guys like him are what Rangers are all about. He’s a credit to the club and I am thrilled he is captain.

 

“But I think all the players in the past four years deserve some kind of praise — even me!”

 

http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/rangers/7059401/Bilel-Mohsni-All-players-throughout-the-Rangers-journey-deserve-credit-even-me.html

[pete 2,494]

Bilel Mohsni: All Rangers players throughout the journey deserve credit... even me!

 

BILEL MOHSNI believes skipper Lee Wallace has been the driving force behind Rangers’ title run.

 

Tuesday’s celebrations were in huge contrast to a year ago when Rangers were thrashed 6-1 on aggregate by Motherwell in the play-off final.

 

That match ended in chaos when Tunisian cap Mohsni clashed with Well’s Lee Erwin.

 

Mohsni got a six-game ban and left Ibrox that summer to go back to France.

 

He said: “I’m delighted for everyone at the club and all the fans.

 

“I am most pleased for Lee Wallace, he deserves all the praise going.

 

“He stayed with the club when they went down and if anyone deserves some success, it’s Lee.

 

“To go from the Third to the top division, as Lee has done, is brilliant.

 

“Guys like him are what Rangers are all about. He’s a credit to the club and I am thrilled he is captain.

 

“But I think all the players in the past four years deserve some kind of praise — even me!”

 

http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/rangers/7059401/Bilel-Mohsni-All-players-throughout-the-Rangers-journey-deserve-credit-even-me.html

 

I can't argue with him although Cammy Bell and David Templeton are dubious.

[ian1964 10,386]

Rangers’ redux: Scottish game set for shot of much-needed intrigue

 

Glasgow’s Ibrox club has come a long way since administration and brink of extinction

 

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/rangers-redux-scottish-game-set-for-shot-of-much-needed-intrigue-1.2603774

[der Berliner 3,219]

IMHO, we should invite all those who helped us during The Journey, whether we liked them or not. It would show a dignity that make our club distinct from so many others.

[ian1964 10,386]

I see the Record & the Sun have Dumb & Dumber(Sutton/Hartson) spewing out their pish today what a pathetic bitter wee country Scotland is...............

[ian1964 10,386]

http://plzsoccer.com/news/083103/9907/

 

By Peter Martin

 

Congratulations to Rangers for winning the championship. I welcome the addition of the Ibrox club to the Premiership next season.

 

Managers, players and fans up and down the country are all also looking forward to the return of Rangers to the top flight. Even SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster is licking his lips at the prospect of Glasgow’s big two locking horns once more.

 

It’s four games a season, it’s a stronger more competitive league and a more sellable asset to broadcasters and sponsors all across the globe.

 

What’s not to like?

 

Just ask the Police, the emergency services and parents up and down the country worrying about the safety of their family members as the madness and poison of the relationship between Rangers and Celtic returns.

 

On one side you have a set of fans who don’t even recognise the existence of this ‘new’ Rangers before 2012 and that is the first bit of agro that will resurface as this Scottish cup semi-final approaches.

 

Throw into the pot the ‘we are the people’ knuckle draggers who have everyone’s name in a black book who ever said a thing against the club who bumped creditors for lots of money and you have another bit of fuel for the fire.

 

Bigotry, hatred, Accident and emergency and let’s not forget greed and self interest are just a few of the elements that will all come back into play in the forthcoming trailer on April 17th before the big movie next season.

 

It is one of the most famous derbies in the world, not for the technical ability of the players or the high standard of football on show. No, this has an attraction to a global audience because of the hatred built up over a century in the west of Scotland.

 

The return of Celtic v Rangers allows a group of unsavoury characters; rich, poor, intelligent and thick to use the game as a platform to peddle their bigotry and sing songs about apparent battles between protestants and catholics, that most know nothing about from history.

 

Make no mistake, if a law prohibits them from singing certain songs, they then hijack other ‘pop’ songs to try and get the message over in a more clandestine method to stick two fingers up at authority.

 

Throw into the melting pot the new ‘conspiracy’ theories from one side that everyone has it in for them including the SPFL and the SFA and it’s all set up for a battle royal next season in the race for the Premiership title.

 

Get ready also for Referees allegiance being called into question, media bias, written letters to Uefa claiming one side said this and one side said that and we are back where we started over four years ago.

 

In the four years of Rangers absence from the top flight, every club in Scotland did not fold and disappear, they cut their cloth accordingly and survived, even if a few had some cliff hanging moments, they survived.

 

St Johnstone, Inverness, Ross County, Kilmarnock, Aberdeen and Hearts have all won silverware and stopped Celtic winning everything in sight.

 

These clubs have also had a bigger say in the direction of Scottish football for the future, is that about to be challenged again when the big two get together to try and block any proposal that jeopardises their future income?

 

Will we also see Rangers and Celtic resume their quest to head down south or across Europe at a moments notice?

 

The fans will also demand money is spent and lots of it, forgetting about the past mistakes very quickly, if success is not delivered.

 

The phone-ins will gather pace with cries of ‘we should be buying this one and that one and paying them £30,000 a week because we are a big club.’

 

Yes, this is just a taster of what is about to return next season.

 

I have many ‘normal’ friends who are looking forward to the return of Rangers v Celtic. They are looking forward to the games, the goals and friendly banter.

 

They go home to their wives and their children, some, in what you would term mixed marriages and preach a message of understanding, acceptance and tolerance. One nation, many colours.

 

Yes, I am looking forward to Rangers return for footballing reasons. It’s not more important than life or death, it’s just a game.

 

In the words I have written, which paragraph and category do you fit into when the ‘old firm’ get back together?

Edited April 9, 2016 by ian1964