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Back in 2015 our research, gleamed from the records at the Mitchell Library, confirmed that a James Wilson who was trainer at Rangers from 1897 until 1914 and a respected individual who also worked tirelessly with the building process of our great Club, had died suddenly after a bout of double pneumonia in 1914 at 21 Princes Street in Govan aged 52 , and was buried at Craigton Cemetery. Bill Struth who was trainer at Clyde at this time was actually offered Mr Wilson’s job at Rangers but he refused to take another man’s place at our Club, that was to change upon the sudden passing of Mr Wilson. The Club had actually organised a benefit match for Mr Wilson against Everton at Ibrox only a week before he passed. While James Wilson was trainer at Rangers our Club won: 7 League Titles 2 Scottish Cups 8 Glasgow Cups 6 Glasgow Charity Cups. We were to discover Mr Wilson’s stone at Craigton Cemetery and were incredibly fortunate that although sadly it was off it’s plinth it was lying on the grass inscription side up. A real chill went through us as we cleared the earth and moss from James Wilson’s stone and the words ‘’Trainer of Rangers’’ emerged. Since then our Restoration team placed new foundations, put the memorial back in place, cleaned and re-lettered the stone. James Wilson played a very important role in the success of Rangers and we thought it would be appropriate to place a plaque at the base of his stone highlighting his achievements at our Club. That work was carried out yesterday. The plaque was funded by our Restoration of Rangers Graves Project. James Wilson. Gone but not forgotten.

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There was a considerable blip in the anti-Alfredo Morelos narrative currently being driven by sections of the media in Scotland. Sadly, the predictable one-way traffic was not brought to a sudden halt by an ex Rangers player speaking out, no, Barry Ferguson and Lee McCulloch were too busy acquiescing and adding to that negative narrative with criticism of their own. In a week which showed Kirk Broadfoot raking his studs down Alfredo’s Achilles heel, you might have thought the onslaught would abate for a few days – but alas, this is Scotland we are talking about. Instead it was left to Chris Jack of the Evening Times to write an article, https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/17510914.how-alfredo-morelos-has-gone-from-medellin-to-rangers-multi-million-pound-man/ not only defending Alfredo, but in addition, humanising this young man so many have sought to dehumanise with comments such as “buffalo brains “and relating his upbringing to something from the Narcos Netflix series. Jack highlights a young man brought up in extreme poverty, who has never forgotten his roots, who remains respectful to his parents and the country of his birth, and for whom the lessons learned from such a harsh upbringing remain a driver towards success. Perhaps in any other country such a young man would be seen as a positive role model rather than the devil incarnate. But the comments of Ferguson and McCulloch really rankle – their adding to the anti-Morelos narrative serve to give it a sense of normality, when in fact it is anything but normal – it is in fact, abnormal. And no amount of ex Rangers players selling themselves to the highest bidder should allow us to lose sight of this fact. It has been a concerted campaign to demonise our prize asset and the likes of Ferguson and McCulloch, with their strong Rangers antecedents, adding their weight to the millstone being placed round Alfredo’s neck serve to give this concerted campaign a sense of credibility. Ferguson and McCulloch are by no means the worst, Kris Boyd demonstrating his ability to adapt to the anti-Rangers agenda with considerable aplomb following a series of articles and comments criticising his former club. His lack of consistency in his arguments demonstrate Boyd realises which side of the bread requires to be buttered to ensure a favourable return. You make your bed and you lie in it. I hope we as fans and in particular RSC’s will remember those who have served the dirty pieces of silver some sections of the media will pay in order to provide a sense of balance and credibility to that which is unbalanced and lacks credibility. Hopefully the club itself will add some solidarity when the same individuals go begging for tickets. “To be a Ranger is to sense the sacred trust of upholding all that such a name means in this shrine of football. They must be true in their conception of what the Ibrox tradition seeks from them. No true Ranger has ever failed in the tradition set him.

It is galling to me to watch so called "Rangers men" such as Ferguson, McCulloch and Boyd absolutely lay the boot into everything Rangers for their 30 pieces of silver... whilst at the same time a life-long Hibs fan, Kevin Thomson, is showing them what it actually means to respect the club that gave the best years of your career to them. KT has been a Hibbee since a kid, has season tickets for him and his 2 sons, played for Hibs for free (twice), was their development coach for free and will proudly tell you he is a Hibs fan. However..... don't ask him to put the boot into Rangers for the sake of it, or for those same 30 pieces of silver, because it wont happen. He will, however, criticize - which is fair enough when warranted. He's not even a Rangers fan, but he defends us far, far more than these so-called "Rangers men" ever have.

I can't believe Three Stooges let him off the hook WHAT Kirk Broadfoot did to Alfredo Morelos last week in the game between Rangers and Kilmarnock was the lowest of the low. The game had stopped, it was half-time. You are relaxing a wee bit and your mind is starting to think about the second half as you are walking off the park, and then all of a sudden, you feel the studs going down the back of your Achilles. That is a bloody sore thing. I have seen a lot of cowardly things on a football field, but that is right up there with the worst of them. To do that when a man’s back to you is ridiculous. I have pointed out in the past when Morelos should not have reacted the way he did in certain situations, but in this case, anyone would have reacted the way he did. All he did was push Broadfoot, and the Killie defender has gone down as if Anthony Joshua has given him a right hook. He’s holding his face and his neck, it was a ridiculous piece of play-acting. I thought to myself at the time that if the cameras have caught that, then Broadfoot is going to get hammered. But what do you know? The footage goes to the Three Stooges on the Tribunal Panel and they rule there was nothing wrong with it! It is absolutely ridiculous. I’m disgusted by the verdict, so I have now decided that as well as having a player of the year his season, we can have the Three Stooges award of the year for the most ridiculous decision they have made throughout the season. For the refs, we can have the cracked whistle award, and I’ll tell you what, fair play to them, I think every referee is right up there with a chance of winning it. I’m not just saying it is against Rangers, because in that game alone Connor Goldson and Stuart Findlay could both have been off too. Everyone could see what happened between Morelos and Broadfoot. It’s on tape. It’s off the ball, and if you do that when the game is going you will get sent off. To do it in the sly way that Broadfoot did, behind a man’s back, and then to get away with it? What a joke. I got that sort of thing a lot as a player, because anyone who is a danger to you, you are going to try to put them off any way you can. But normally it came when the game was going on at least. You would have players nipping you, or having a wee fly kick when the ref it wasn’t looking, and I used to react at first. What I learned though was that the best comeback was to score a goal and then walk away with that little smile on your face. There is nothing worse for a defender than that, and that is what Alfredo will learn. One ray of light in this gloomy international break as a Scotland and Rangers fan has been Morelos getting called up. The story is a fairytale. He’s had to leave his country at a young age to better himself, he’s gone to Finland and scored the goals that have got him noticed, come to Rangers and he is now their main striker with 29 goals already this season. It was great to see him in the pictures of the Colombian squad alongside James Rodriguez and Radamel Falcao, two players of outstanding pedigree. If he cannot learn playing alongside these kind of guys, then something is far wrong. Morelos has come a long way in the last three or four years and he should be delighted and proud of the progress he has made to now be representing his country. I think he can be even better when he comes back to Rangers. https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/17522126.derek-johnstone-broadfoot-is-a-coward-for-what-he-did-to-morelos-i-cant-believe-three-stooges-let-him-off-the-hook/#ampshare=https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/17522126.derek-johnstone-broadfoot-is-a-coward-for-what-he-did-to-morelos-i-cant-believe-three-stooges-let-him-off-the-hook/

Dj is bang on.

I just stuck a £5 on@75/1. Nobody can tell me it’s not worth a cheeky £5, and I agree with Buster. There are quite a few who don’t think he should be there and this would be the end of his tenure should it happen.

Given previous with Ryan Jack, did anyone ask Steve Clarke if he instructs or approves of Broadfoot doing this at Ibrox ? Try and get the biggest danger to Kilmarnock sent off the pitch (Morelos 9 goals v Killie this season). Had it been the other way around,... what do we think the reaction would have been ?

No, this is simply low quality and dubious clickbait coming from a low quality brand and a presenter on the way down after a relatively decent career. To consume and take it at all seriously is feeding the beast and encouraging them to come back with more of the same. Meanwhile, what is happening at BBC Scotland is worthy of our attention, in part for the reasons you mention.

... what would you give is someone from the club or working fror the club or indeed a supporters organization would sue her for blackmail.

Why can't the Priory speak on Jim's behalf?

Eh ? Rangers never had any players playing in that game last night.... Or is that his point ? Either way, it is every other club in the SPL who voted us out the league who should be ashamed of what they've done to Scotland. Jim White is merely a parody these days.

Another traveller on the irony bypass.

Rasellik, mibbe.

Hauptmann Hilarity! Captain Haggerty was aboard the good vessel 'PQ' on Saturday morning last, once again as a guest of Skipper, Shereen Nanjiani. The first hour saw Shereen's firm hand on the tiller, 'PQ' was navigating calm waters. Last week's victims of sectarianism in Scottish football were Steve Gerrard as a result of Aberdeen supporters and Derek McInnes claiming Sellik fans had aimed similar vile abuse at him. A convenient smoke screen was blown, no need for Angela and her pressure group, 'Call it Out' to comment. The final half hour had the vessel reacting to white water and strong bitter currents, the decision to prosecute 'soldier F' was to be discussed, particularly the Government's decision to pay for said Para's legal defence. If you have ever wondered how far you can stretch an HND in Journalism from Cardonald College? Hauptmann Hilarity grabbed the wheel when Shereen posed this question, "Shreiber wrote in the Times this week, if we forgive the IRA, we must forgive the soldiers"? Angela called for full steam ahead in her retort, "the British Army represents the British state, it's about going forward. The British Army will continue to represent the British state. The IRA no longer exists, as of the Good Friday agreement, it is defunct". Now, Angela co-founded her anti-catholic pressure group, Call it Out' with Jeanette Findlay. Jinty is a long term Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Administrator at the University of Glasgow. The Police confirmed last week that the letter bombs sent from the Dublin area to a number of British targets, including Glasgow Uni', were viable and emanated from a code word verified organisation called the IRA. A defunct organisation is attempting to blow up Jinty's place of work? Jinty is on record as calling members of the IRA, "the bravest of the brave". So far, Jinty has not commented upon her colleagues in the Uni' mail room, that would constitute solidarity. BBC Scotland allowed Angela to spout such crass nonsense without comment.