Rangers FC Thread

[C64]

Is that the board members leaving?

Nice clip mate, I only wish it was us lot

[allycoops]

Board members,

10am this morning before all the buses went, same again tomorrow, party time.

[C64]

oooh, I don't think I'd leave it until tomorrow.

I can see massive taffic jams and nowhere to park.

[allycoops]

The City of Manchester will welcome the bears
As the tims sit at home, but who the ~~~~ cares?
Coisty and Walter are our number one
Theres no better feeling than being a hun
We batter the greeks, german and portugese
As one by one the tims sank to their knees
Then up came the Italians and we had to stand strong
But not even one player put a foot wrong
Then Nacho to win it and he put it away!
Now roll on the russians on the 14th of May!
Walter and Ally Vs Fernando and Dick
Lets win and get it up that wee ginger prick
Now tell all the tims that seville is in the past
Your time is gone, Sir Walts here to last

[Jaffa]

The friendly invasion

Manchester city centre is awash with a sea of blue as tens of thousands of Rangers fans gather ahead of the Uefa Cup final.
They are mingling with a smaller number of supporters of Russia's Zenit St Petersburg to await the match.
Up to 100,000 fans from both sides are expected in the city and they are expected to give a ?20m boost to the local economy.
The City of Manchester stadium is to host about 47,000 fans for the final.
Just 13,000 Rangers fans were allocated official tickets, so thousands more will watch the match on big screens in the city's pubs and bars. Commuters arriving on Wednesday morning were greeted by the sight of thousands of blue-shirted fans in Piccadilly Gardens - determined to savour the team's first appearance in a European final for 36 years.


The singing and drinking started early, with supporters staking their claims for places in front of the screens in Fan Zones at Albert Square, Piccadilly Gardens and Cathedral Gardens.
The zones also boast beer tents, toilets and programme sellers.
Jim Templeton, 56, from Ayrshire, the president of the Rangers Assembly, said: "The atmosphere among Rangers supporters is absolutely phenomenal.
"We have heard about the possibility of 100,000 coming down - I think we might find a few more than 100,000 coming down.
"I was fortunate enough to be there in 1972, there's others who have never witnessed Rangers in a European final, it's a shame they can't all be accommodated." Although the majority travelled down from Glasgow, some fans arrived in Manchester from all over the world.

[chrispeters]

Good luck rangers, hope u all do it...

[C64]

Why has Manchester done more for the fans than Rangers' own home city of Glasgow?

I'd have liked to see Glasgow City council get together with Ibrox and organise a 'Rangers in the Park' type event in one of the many City parks, would have been brilliant for families unable to travel to Manchester. The 25,000 seats they've released at Ibrox is an incredibly low number considering the real number of people who want to be involved.

[gazz10]

Fans angry after big screen fails


Thousands of Rangers supporters in Manchester for the Uefa Cup final were left disappointed after a big screen in the city centre broke down.

Bottles and cans were thrown at the police after the screen in Piccadilly Gardens failed.

An estimated 100,000 fans descended on the city to see the match which Zenit St Petersburg eventually won 2-0.

A Russian fan was taken to hospital after being stabbed outside the City of Manchester Stadium.

The supporter's injuries were reported as non-life threatening.

Greater Manchester Police said six men, all believed to be Rangers fans, had been arrested on suspicion of serious assault.

Police said the trouble has been very minor and only involved a handful of people.

Hastily-arranged screen

The council had set up three special fan zones with big screens for ticketless fans to watch the match.

Although the TV in Piccadilly Gardens failed, others in Albert Square and Cathedral Gardens did show the game.

However, they were already full and supporters were offered buses to take them to a hastily-arranged screen outside the velodrome at Sports City, near to the City of Manchester Stadium, where the match took place.

Fans who had been waiting in Piccadilly Gardens all day were unimpressed.

One said: "This is absolutely ridiculous - there's Rangers fans throwing balls and cans at each other because the game's not on.

"We've been sat here since 12 o'clock waiting on the game coming on. The coverage started at seven o'clock and then five minutes later the game's off.

"It's an absolute shambles, shame on Manchester, shame on Manchester - it's let the country down."

Another supporter added: "The people of Manchester have been fantastic - but the officials behind this are a total disgrace.

"Some people are really angry they've spent a lot of money - maybe ?4,000 to ?5,000 - to come down here for this."






Its a shame such events happened, Manchester Council has got to take blame for this, fans would never have reacted if there was not any problems with the screens. with thousands of there yesterday and just before kick off and only eight arrested Two arrests have been for common assault, one for possession of an offensive weapon, one for theft, one for possession of drugs and two for public order offences. (Two arrests have been for common assault, one for possession of an offensive weapon, one for theft, one for possession of drugs and two for public order offences.)

[father ted]

see theyr was a stabbing as well just been on news 6 fans arrested

[gazz10]

Yeah russian seen that too

In a separate incident, a Russian
fan was stabbed outside the stadium, police said, but had non-life threatening injuries.


Pity such events have happpened. lets hope all goes ok for the rest of the night

[McMav]

Allycoops hope you made it back safe and sound.

[JamesieM]

Just back from the game and I had a great time....missed all the stuff on TV at Piccadilly.

I got in from Warrington about 1pm and after half an hour, made an exit from the city centre and ended up in canal st with a fair few thousand fans! Off to COM for the game and the atmosphere was brilliant, pity it didn't spur the team on.

Tried to leave a little early and jump on a train but Picaddilly station was mental....there were people everywhere and it was clear that the majority weren't going to get on a train.

Luckily we had pre-booked a taxi from Warrington and they picked us up bang on the 1am we had agreed. Without that we'd have been waiting hours and hours (probably sleeping in city centre) to try and get out.

Problems were:-

Neds/Chavs, the short distance allowed them to travel, singing 'billy boys' they clearly weren't the normal, loyal RFC fans.
Manchester- TV screens, no toilets, no food vans, pubs closed early and quite possibly the worst transport arrangements ever.

I suppose they couldn't have imagined the >100,000 in the city centre but the planning was poor. Blame is about 50/50 but the supposed Rangers fans let us down so badly.

I still had a great day and I'm sure, 99.99% had a safe and brilliant day, singing with the locals, police and stewards (I have some great photos with a Coppers hat on). Pity a few Neds ruined it for a world record away travelling support.

[JamesieM]

Just to add......

sorry about Tommy Burns- one of the great old firm representatives. A bit like Billy McNeil & John Greig, players who know what it means to play for one of the old firm and carry thereselves with dignity when it's easy to loose it in Glasgow. RIP

[allycoops]

Hi Guys not long Back, I had a great day with Friends and Family,

But Very Disappointed at what I saw after game on way back to Train Station to Catch a Train Back to Leeds.

Rangers will be made to pay for around 500 ~~~~ing idiots who caused havoc.

I saw quite a few other things throughout the day and night around the City Centre and in the Train Station which shocked me.

Stuck in Train station for 2 and a half hours before i evenually got a train back to leeds and my Hotel.

[JTH]

ally sorry i missed u at albert square m8
molibe battery was dead m8