Memories from a great day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

even though it meant nothing and we had cheated our way to it we didnt win it fairly and rangers wee the true champiuons i'll go for thursday the 22nd of may i enjoyed my trip to dundee a lot. Also enjoyed manchester in october and watching man u in the flesh with good attacking football oh yeah and last saturdays result

Hee hee, sutton, now behave yourself and stop trying to put words into our mouths.  

 

Nobody said that Celtic "cheated". They just exploited loopholes in the rules to their advantage in a very unsportsmanlike way and were backed up at every turn by the "establishment" that they constantly claim is against them. It wouldn't have happened in any other country, in my opinion anyway.

 

Nobody said that Rangers were the true champions. We will never know what would have happened had the season been extended by even just one extra week to make up for the two games that were postponed due to the enforced postponenent of matches to help the national tream prepare for the Scotland v Italy game and Celtic's shameful exploitation of Phil O'Donnell's death. Perhaps Celtic would still have won the league, we'll never know. But I do know that the FA of any other country in Europe wouldn't have crumpled under the pressure exerted on them by the chairman of one single club looking to exploit so many situations to gain a competitive advantage, and doing it under the shameful guise of "sporting integrity".

 

And would any other country in Europe have made one of their teams play three matches in six days immediately before a European final, giving them only three days to prepare to make history for that same country and causing them to go into that final with 7 of their 10 outfield players carrying niggling injuries against a team who had a fortnight's rest and preparation ? I think you know the answer to that.

For me it was Manchester obviously...................but the second one is a wee bit more obscure!!! It was wee Methlick winning a cup for the firat  time in lifetime!!! what a night that was............the bus there and back was an absolute scream from beginning to end, and I can honestly say I have never seen as much booze consumed in a 40 min period as there was on the way home after that game!!!

The final punters left the pub at 6 am the following morning, I am sure you can guess what state they were in!!!

Without a doubt the highlight of 2009 is Manchester. It's a pity however that the memory is slightly soured by what happened before and afterwards.

 

It's beyond argument that the Scottish game, driven by one prominant club but with everybody acting to their own self-interest, put every obstacle possible in Rangers way leading up to that day. Assuming I'm still around I suspect I'll be moaning about this in 20-30 years time. I'll certainly be casting it up every time somebody tells me I should be getting behind "the Scottish team" when C*ltic or anybody else is playing in Europe.

2008

For me has too be edwin savin terry's pen to win the european cup.

 

And the winning the league and seeing ronaldo have maybe the greatest season a winger could ever have 42 goals what an amazing season he had weather u like him or not got to respect what he did .

I hope that one day I will be able to repeat that day in Manchester somewhere in Europe for another final involving Rangers. One thing's for sure, if it happens, I will do everything in my power to be there, even if it's being held in Moscow or something like that.

 

League titles are great, but in my 24 years as a season ticket holder at Ibrox I've witnessed 14 league championships, 8 Scottish Cup triumphs and 13 Scottish League Cup triumphs. That's 35 domestic trophy wins in my 24 years as a season ticket holder.

 

But without question the highlight of my time as a supporter of Rangers Football Clubwas Wednesday 14th May 2008. For me it was better than Helicopter Sunday, better than winning the league at The Piggery, better than beating Celtic at Hampden to win The Treble in Advocaat's first season.

 

The fact that it was just down the road from us and so many of the Rangers family were able to be a part of it made it that wee bit more magical. It was as if the M74 and M6 had been set aside exclusively for the use of the Rangers support that day. Every bridge going south had some sort of good luck message draped from it, almost every vehicle on the road had some sort of red white and blue regalia on it.

 

I have to say I was absolutely taken aback by the crowds that were there, you simply had to be there to get some sort of concept of how huge the numbers were. There are Celtic fans who guffaw at the reports of 200,000 Rangers fans being there, but believe me, it was a realistic figure.

 

Will we see something like that again soon ? Well, you never know. When Celtic made it to Seville five years ago we were all told that it was a one-off, but less than half a decade later we had matched it.

 

The Champions League is where the big money is, but Rangers and Celtic are never going to get close to the final in its current format unless we can get out of the SPL and unleash our true potential. How will the new UEFA Europa League compare ? It'll be the poor little brother, obviously, but reaching the final will still be an enormous achievement, but nevertheless a realistic proposition for all Old Firm fans.

Yeah, mine would be Manchester also... Even thought it meant leaving at the crack of dawn, being stuck in a convoy of traffic (good banter with everyone tho!) and having the scariest seat in the stadium!

 

 

Being absolutely cramped in Piccadilly Gardens

 

 

getting to enjoy the sunshine

 

 

And my boyfriend got to meet Stuart McColl

 

 

And the long walk back to the city centre... it was eerily quiet!