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Hateley was integral to most of that period and basically won the 93/94 season on his own. I'd have probably split it. The 92/93 team deserves recognition for what it did and is perhaps the greatest Rangers team that I've seen, but the 95/96 season with Laudrup and Gazza was also memorable.

You could argue that some of the 91-97 team reached the Champions League Semi Final and only went out to the side who match fixed their way to victory. At the same time they went on something like a 44 game unbeaten run and won the treble in the same season. So the 92-93 team were a cracking side and just played fully as a team. Names you'd need to include who contributed that are not listed are Durrant, Mikhailichenko, Huistra, Neil Murray (scored in the cup final), Scott Nisbet (the classic fluke), Gary McSwegan, Trevor Steven.

Rangers were drifting & go nowhere until King & T3B arrived. We’d a board with no real Rangers background & no ambition, a manager on gardening leave & a head coach in charge of first team affairs who didn’t want to be there. We have almost returned to where we were before 2012 but it did take a couple of failed managerial appointments. Warburton’s appointment I could sympathise with but it did look as if Rangers were too big a club for him. His signings in summer 2016 were horrendous. And Pedro was a risk we shouldn’t have taken. Steven Gerrard has done well in his first managerial role but still needs that first trophy. His European results have been fantastic. Dave King’s time as Rangers chairman will be fondly remembered for returning Rangers back to where we belong. And I’m sure Douglas Park will do just as well and take us to that magical 55 we all want so badly

Surely, our best team would have to the 98/99 season, the 1898-99 season. We played 18 league games and won 18, a 100% record. We scored 81 goals, including a 10-0 against Hibs, and defeated ra Sellik 4-0 and 4-1 respectively. We conceded 18 goals. Robert Hamilton was top scorer with 25 goals. My paternal Grandfather, born in 1894 remembered players from this team that continued to represent Rangers in future seasons. I have his collection of wee Blue Books, beginning 1903-04 season. Often, he would argue with my old man in the mid-sixties to late seventies on the merits of Neily Gibson, the best player he ever witnessed. My old man loved Baxter. Team was most probably : Dickie, Neil, Crawford, Smith, Drummond, Gibson, Campbell, McPherson, Smith, Hamilton, and Millar.

31 March, 2020 Following the announcement last Friday of Dave King’s departure as Chairman of Rangers Football Club, Club 1872 would like to take this opportunity to address everything he has done for our football club and for Club 1872. https://club1872.co.uk/news/club-1872-statement-on-dave-kings-departure/

For my next annoying attempt at generating some discussion: What is the Greatest Rangers side? I was inspired by an article listing the greatest sides of all time, where the Ajax '65-73 side won out over teams like Brazil '70, Milan '87-91, Madrid '50-60, Ajax '92-96 and Barcelona '08-11 etc. I thought, first, we could generate a list of the greatest Ranges sides. Then we can have a poll! I'll need some help here, to generate the list and fill in the teams. Thus far, I have: Rangers '94-97: Goram, Cleland, Robertson, Gough, McLaren, Brown, Gascoigne, Ferguson, McCall, Laudrup, McCoist / Durie Rangers '91-93: Goram, Brown, Gough, McPherson, Robertson, McCall, Ferguson, Durant, Murray / Steven (?), McCoist, Hateley Rangers '07/08: Alexander, Broadfoot, Weir, Cuellar, Papac, Whittaker, Ferguson, Hemdani, Thomson, Davis, Darcheville Rangers '01-03: Klos, Ricksen, Amoruso, Moore, Numan, Ferguson, DeBoer, Malcolm, Arveladze, McCann, Mols Rangers '71/72: McCloy, Jardine, Mathieson, Greig, Johnstone, Smith, McLean, Conn, Stein, MacDonald, Johnston Rangers '75-78: McCloy, Jardine, Jackson, Greig, Forsyth, McLean, Russell, MacDonald, Cooper, Johnstone, Smith Rangers '98-00: Klos, Reyna, Moore, Vidmar, Numan, Kanchelskis, Ferguson, Van Bronckhorst, Albertz, Wallace, Dodds Rangers '59-64: Ritchie, Shearer, Provan, Greig, McKinnon, Baxter, Henderson, McMillan, Millar, Brand, Wilson What do you think about splitting the '90s side? It seems quite different from Souness' early side to Smith's later side? I'll need help with the above times periods and teams. I've taken the teams from cup finals so they will be different from the typical league side. What are some more great Rangers sides?

the next Rangers team that wins the title will be the best ?

It is mental when you see it listed like that. Testament to the management - and a bit of luck. (The Ferguson in the '90s side is Ian Ferguson.)

The team in #2 is the cup final side with Davy Provan at left back for the injured Caldow who played brilliantly from 1955 until Bobby Smith broke his leg at Wembley in 1963.

See looking at that 07/08 team - it amazes me that they made it to the Europa final, and I am sure it amazes almost all of us. It is testament to their professionalism but, moreso, the guile of Walter Smith that this team made the final of a European competition. A team that included a 38 yr old Davie Weir and "limited ability" Kirk Broadfoot in the back 4 is head-shaking stuff. Looking through that whole team none of those players would stick out the way a Gascoigne or Laudrup would. Cuellar was our best player that season, IMO, yet only ended up at Aston Villa. We were solid in midfield with Ferguson, Davis, Thomson and the under-rated Hemdani (better suited to European football than domestic) and even Darcheville up top wasn't a fantastic player. Just look at that team in comparison to the 91-97 team.... How many of the 07/08 team would make that 91-97 team ? Cuellar in place of McLaren maybe (and I liked McLaren too) ? Papac instead of Brown maybe ? Not one of the midfield 4 would get in the team (aside from Ferguson being in both...) and Darcheville wouldn't get in front of McCoist. And yet that 07/08 team made the Europa final - amazes me.

Former Top Referee Blows Dog Whistle. These days, the bankrupt Wullie Miller earns a crust from constant outpourings on BBC Radio Scotland. Big Dick loves to lay out his achievements as Aberdeen's most successful Skipper, and regularly promotes Wullie's time on Aberdeen's Board as Director of Football, brings that special insight. Miller's managerial career is glossed over and his time as the country's best referee is only occasionally joked upon. The plethora of Dandies on the various shows worship at the altar of Wullie, and when Miller blows the dog whistle, everyone comes to heel. There's never any mention of Wullie's fish frying abilities. Twenty years past he took on a Harry Ramsdens franchise based at Aberdeen's south beach, and it tanked. Twice bankrupted, Wullie is the epitome of a bail out merchant. He is fortunate that a sympathetic crew of broadcasters allow him free reign. It's easy. he talks with authority because he is protected. Words such as morality, integrity, principle, probity, ...... etc trip off his tongue without fear of betrayal. These days, Aberdeen's chief investor is Dave Cormack, recently returned from the States to peruse the club's books. In the last 25 years, Aberdeen have had a historical debt of £19 million written off by a sympathetic bank. They have survived two legitimate relegations, beneficiaries of creative administrators. Further, they have persevered with a ground moving proposal that has allowed them to oversee a stadium that would NOT receive a safety certificate anywhere else in Scotland. Pittodrie is a toilet. Cormack's book learning has proved depressive, an unsuccessful manager exacerbates the situation. Cormack realises Aberdeen are a heartbeat away from misery, he uses the current bleak medical situation to moan about his club living beyond it's means. A cost of £5 million to survive the season's end, insurance running out next month, and the fantasy of moving stadium to be run out, AGAIN? Aberdeen's solution is to end the season as is, Sellik champions and Hearts relegated, and play out the Scottish Cup because there's £3 million prize money among four clubs. It's a hard sell, particularly if you went hard recently on all that bullsh1t about sporting integrity. The PR is fired up, Wullie is wheeled before the Aberdeen Evening Express, then gets to reinforce the current fantasy on the national broadcaster, because he can. Wullie says : 1. Ultimately, integrity has to be binned, hard pragmatism takes over. No one will be happy, tough times demand tough decisions. 2. Sellik are champions, Hearts have had a poor season and should be relegated. All clubs must ultimately accept these decisions. 3. The season cannot be declared null and void. 4. Three cup games are easy, play them next season allowing the four clubs access to much needed finance. 5. The legal route is Not the way to go. There you have it, Wullie the Voice of Reason. The voices of no reason on Saturday were once again, Tom English and Michael Stewart. Discussing Dave King's stepping down and Douglas Park taking over as interim Chairman is an invitation at PQ for sustained fcukwittery. Michael does not disappoint, he began with the accepted Beeb Scotland mantra, "forget about Europe". Yep, that's the rational, forget about 31 games in under two seasons, it upsets the arithmetic. Michael begins with, "Rangers are spending more than we earn", reminds us that, "Mike Ashley had the club nearly breaking even", and Dougie Park has been left with a huge ask. Further, Michael will be "astonished" if Rangers can find any fresh investment and is, "surprised" King has abandoned the club as this point. Tom concluded with the word, "uncertainty". I await Jum Spence shouting, 'contrition'?