Steve1872
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St mirren 2-1 them
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73' - It's a red card for #Rangers as Chris Hegarty is dismissed for a second booking with the score locked at 1-1 at Fir Park against Well 81' - Just when it seemed things had got harder for the visitors, they've gone back in front and it's Ryan Sinnamon who gets the goal! 2-1! 81' - Telfer played a perfectly-weighted pass for the left-back to run on to and he controlled then played across the keeper into the net!
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RM @robbymccrorie 1m Me and the bro yesterday after we signed our new deals with rangershttp://instagram.com/p/nTmQyjGPRW/
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[PUBLISHED] The 120 Day Review thread - all updates and discussion here
Steve1872 replied to Frankie's topic in Rangers Chat
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Rangers FC @RFC_Official 12s #Rangers will honour Sandy Jardine at tomorrow’s match as each player takes to the field wearing his famous number 2: http://rng.rs/1jLTVhn
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[PUBLISHED] The 120 Day Review thread - all updates and discussion here
Steve1872 replied to Frankie's topic in Rangers Chat
STV Sport @STVSport 1m Rangers' business review: full video of Graham Wallace's media conference http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/rangers/272842-rangers-to-launch-fresh-share-issue-as-review-findings-are-published/ … -
[PUBLISHED] The 120 Day Review thread - all updates and discussion here
Steve1872 replied to Frankie's topic in Rangers Chat
#rangers Graham Wallace says there's "no threat of administration" & on club's future he's "more confident today than he has been" Asked by STV how much Rangers have in the bank today, Mr Wallace replied: "A little less then £3.5m". That was the figure in bank in Dec. Asked if Rangers experienced any shortfall in trying to meet April payroll, Mr Wallace replied: "No."# Graham Wallace says there will be some redundancies among #rangers non playing staff. Says it will be "relatively small number" Rangers Graham Wallace didn't deny he and the rest of the board will be taking a bonus -
A sellout tomorrow would be a wonderful gesture
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Simply The Best RIP Sandy
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Rangers defender Sebastian Faure hits back at Light Blues critics......
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In 133 Seasons of League Football, Rangers have scored 100 or more League Goals in only 11 of them! -
RangersHistory @RangersFACTS 3m Former owner Lawrence Marlborough. The man who funded the Souness Revolution pic.twitter.com/flXynxshUL
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Blue Thunder - The Jock Wallace Story http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Thunder...s=jock+wallace Out on the 22nd April half the profits to be split between Erskine and the former players fund.
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Ally shares his memories of Jock Wallace How would I describe my first impressions of big Jock? I hate to use the word fear because it wasn’t fear. I was more in awe. He was a big, massive, powerful man. He just commanded total respect. When you meet someone like Jock for the first time in your life you certainly don’t forget him. He didn’t have any favourites as such but he loved when all his boys were together, having a few drinks and engaging in a wee sing-song. He was really big on camaraderie and team spirit, a good solid unit which I thought was fantastic. His first trophy when he came back to Ibrox was the League Cup, and I scored a hat-trick in the final. I’ll always remember seeing Jock bursting with pride. After the game, he gave me the biggest bear hug possible and I was dangling in mid-air for what seemed like an eternity. That was the classic moment when the guy from STV tried to interview him after the game and he kept the big man waiting and he was becoming irritated. There is a clip of it on Youtube and it’s the funniest thing, but in Jock’s defence, he was desperate to get into the dressing room to celebrate with his players. That just summed him up. I thought he was very unlucky in his second spell at the club. We were sitting having a cup of tea a few years later and he told me of his plans for the team. He had wanted to buy a young Gordon Durie and Craig Levein, who were two top players at the time but said he wasn’t given the money. I was going through a rough patch and he called me into his office one morning. He said: “I’ve had Cardiff City on the phone, what do you wanna do?” I told him: ‘I don’t wanna go anywhere.’” He said: “Okay, I’ll pass that on.” I walked out the door but the more I thought about it the more I thought he was bulls******* me, I really do. I think he just wanted to see my reaction. To this day, I still don’t believe Cardiff were on the phone and I think he wanted to see if I wanted to stay and fight or take the easy option. It was brilliant and I think a fantastic bit of management. He was a very clever man. Because of the image he had I think a lot of people underestimated him both in life and with his football but there was more substance to him than that. I remember Jock took us to Baghdad on a mid-season tour, and the airport got closed the day after we left because it got bombed. I think big Jock was just looking for a fight - but that’s only my opinion. We played the Iraqi national team in Baghdad, and Jordan in Amman. That was definitely a proper adventure. It was another classic Jock tactic because it certainly took the sting out of what had been a bad period for us and our destination was also well thought out. The easiest thing would probably have been to say “let’s go to Torremolinos and play a few games over there” but I think we had to all be together going into some of the places we visited on that tour. Jock’s man-management skills were brilliant and something I learned from him is that you can’t treat all players the same. Some people needed a kick up the backside, others need an arm round them because individuals are different. There are different ways to manage different people and he was exceptionally good at that as well. He worked hard and played hard, in that order. I remember we went on a world tour, we were at Glasgow Airport and I was in the newspaper shop. I’m a minute or two late and I’m looking for the rest of the squad. Someone told me they were already up at the departure gate. I run up and big Jock grabs me and says: “You’re late – that’s you on your last warning.” We get to Heathrow and there is a bus taking us from one terminal to the next and I got lost. I missed the bus and ended up at the wrong terminal and they were all on the bus waiting for me. I couldn’t even begin to give you an indication of the fear that was running through my body, so he comes off the bus and grabs me by the scruff of the neck and he’s tearing into me. He’s telling me that one more misdemeanour and I’m right back up the road. I look over his shoulder and guys like Ian Redford, Bobby Williamson and John Macdonald are up the back of the bus giving me pelters and making rude gestures, as you can imagine. So we arrive in Melbourne at 5am and Jock said: “Right, everyone get to bed for a few hours and be downstairs no later than 8am for a meeting and breakfast.” I’m rooming with Bobby Williamson and we wake up at 8.10 and I just think “Oh my god” and start packing again, because when Jock said eight, he meant eight. Anyway, we went down for breakfast and walked in slowly in case he didn’t notice us. We sneaked a glance at him and his head came up ever so slightly and his eyes cast a sideways glance at us and his head went back down to his cereal. Me and Bobby sat down and I said to him: “What happened there, do you think we got away with that?” Big Colin McAdam and Davie Mitchell were sitting next us and Colin said: “You’re the luckiest b****** alive.” We looked over at the door and there was Alex Totten, the assistant manager, just walking in and he was five minutes later than us. I looked over at Totts and said: “You’ve just saved my life.”
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FORMER Rangers manager the late Jock Wallace was one of Scottish football's best known and successful coaches but after leaving Rangers he endured a challenging relationship with his old club. SNS Group Former manager Jock Wallace gets a rousing reception from the Ibrox crowd.JOCK WALLACE won 10 trophies and two Trebles in his two spells as manager of Rangers. It was a haul that made him a hero in the eyes of the Ibrox support long after his second stint ended in 1986. Wallace never spoke about his reasons for leaving Ibrox weeks after delivering the Treble in 1978. Nor did he publicly voice his dismay at being sacked in 1986 before short spells at Sevilla and Colchester brought his grand career to an end. But there was one incident – on Saturday, April 2 1988 – that cut big Jock to the core – the day he was escorted out of Ibrox by stewards. Rangers had lost 2-1 to Hearts and Wallace was standing outside the Blue Room looking for chief executive David Holmes. He was approached by a red-faced commissionaire, who said: “Excuse me, but I have been instructed to escort you off the premises.” Wallace asked the security man to repeat what he had just said and he did, word for word. Wallace replied with the question which under normal circumstances is the preserve of those of an egotistical nature – but on this occasion it was fully justified. He said: “Do you know who I am?” The commissionaire replied: “Yes, Mr Wallace, I do.” Wallace asked who had given him his instructions, and he replied “Mr Hood” – referring to Rangers’ operations executive Alastair Hood although he was conspicuous by his absence at that moment. A furious Wallace marched up to the members’ lounge and told his wife Daphne they were leaving. The irony was assistant manager Walter Smith had left complimentary tickets for Wallace and his wife. When the match finished he was making his way to the top of the marble staircase to head home when he was stopped by a steward and asked to look in to the members’ lounge. There he met the comedian Mr Abie, former player Billy Semple and a host of other long-standing friends. He stood chatting for 10 minutes, while Daphne did the same with a group of old friends. Wallace decided then to seek out Ally McCoist, who hadn’t played due to injury, and made his way to the Players’ Lounge. He met Terry Butcher, who told him Coisty was still in the dressing room. Big Jock then met the club’s vice chairman Jack Gillespie who took him by the arm and led him to one of the executive suites. Everything was relaxed and friendly and Gillespie took him down to the foyer where he asked if McCoist was around. Wallace stood chatting to Sandy Clark, Davie McPherson, Davie Cooper and McCoist. After a few minutes, he went back up the marble stairs, intending to return to the Members’ Lounge. But bumped into Willie Waddell and his wife, and a few other familiar old faces. Again he enjoyed renewing old acquaintances. He checked to seeif his wife was okay then went back out into the foyer to see if he could find Holmes. It was at that moment that he was approached by the commissionaire and thrown out of his beloved Ibrox. The only thing on his mind was getting the hell out of there. He shouted on Daphne and told her they were leaving. She knew that something was amiss and asked why the rush. Daily Record Jock Wallace in the Rangers trophy room Wallace said: “I’ve just been told to leave the premises and that’s what we’re doing.” Wallace was then reportedly forced to endure the humiliation of walking through the Members’ Lounge in front of so many people he knew, under escort, on his way out the door. Later, he said: “I have never been so angry or disgusted with anything in my life. “I was flaming mad and felt so sorry for my wife, who had been such a help to me in my days at Ibrox. She didn’t deserve this. She was shattered when I told her why we were leaving.” Wallace drove straight home and took his phone off the hook. He was in no mood to talk. He said: “I knew more than anyone there are no-go areas inside Ibrox but I had been invited into one of these areas by the vice-chairman. “I thought it had all been an awful mistake – a blunder if you like.” Ironically, a few days later, Wallace was given complimentary tickets for a Celtic match by his old adversary Billy McNeill and enjoyed the banter with the Hoops fans. The teasing was relentless but good natured. Wallace replied “I’ve been flung out of better places than this” – referring to his exit from Ibrox – and the Celtic supporters loved it. Wallace always steadfastly refused to criticise Rangers, even when he was sacked in 1986. But this was different and he was in no mood to protect the club after such a humiliating experience. More than a month had passed when Wallace decided to speak out. Perhaps he hoped that an apology would have been forthcoming. When it wasn’t, he said: “Until now I’ve kept my mouth shut, but my anger will not go away and I don’t think it ever will. “I will never again ask Rangers for a ticket for a match. I’ve supported the club since I was a kid. “I was a founder member of the Tranent Rangers Supporters’ Club in 1952. “I’ve visited supporters’ clubs all over the world and have honorary memberships in places like Melbourne and Toronto. “I have never criticised Rangers but I cannot ignore the dreadful treatment of Daph. “They may have thrown me out of Ibrox but they won’t stop me watching Rangers. “I took Daph, my daughter and her fiance and his parents to a match with Aberdeen at Ibrox and paid £30 at the turnstiles. “The guy at the gate said: “Mr Wallace, you should never pay to see Glasgow Rangers.” Never a truer word was spoken. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jock-wallace-rangers-legend-left-3434821?
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In 133 Seasons of League Football, Rangers have scored 100 or more League Goals in only 11 of them!
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Dougie Gray - 22 years a Ranger & considered Struth's greatest signing.A 1956 advert for his pub at 464 Paisley Road! pic.twitter.com/CdNanyY3vf
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RangersHistory @RangersFACTS 57m Which Rangers Fan Org. will YOU join?It's 'Make Up Your Mind' time as the Rangers Supporters Assoc. state in 1968! pic.twitter.com/LIh4jTG9PQ
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Union of Fans believe directors at their cash-strapped club are still entitled to 100 per cent top ups to their salary similar to the windfall received by Charles Green. Rob Casey Fans want answers from Rangers chief executive Graham WallaceA RANGERS fans’ group are demanding to know whether Ibrox chief executive Graham Wallace is in line for a whopping £300,000 bonus. The Union of Fans believe the bonus culture that saw the likes of former Rangers directors such as Charles Green and Brian Stockbridge double their normal salary is still operating at their club. And the supporters now want answers from Wallace as to whether he is set to land a similar windfall at the cash-strapped League One club. A Union of Fans statement said: “We have been contacted by a number of shareholders who have expressed their concern regarding the bonus culture which has been prevalent within the Ibrox boardroom over the past couple of years. “There has been no clarity on the terms under which new executive directors have been appointed. Most notable amongst these is obviously the CEO, Graham Wallace. "We would therefore urge Graham Wallace to disclose publicly whether or not he has ended the bonus culture within the club or whether it has continued with new appointments. “We do not feel that, under the circumstances in which the club is losing large amounts of money on a monthly basis, shareholders should have to wait until the audited accounts are published to find this out. “These accounts will not be available until near the end of the year. “Can Mr Wallace, for instance, earn an annual 100 per cent bonus on his salary, which it has been said is in excess of £300,000 a year? “In the past we have seen Charles Green double his salary with a 100 per cent bonus, while ex-financial director Brian Stockbridge was also awarded a £200,000 bonus to double his salary. “Will Graham Wallace also be able to double his salary to considerably more than £600,000 a year or has he ended that type of bonus culture within the Ibrox boardroom? SNS Charles Green was entitled to a 100 per cent bonus during his time at Ibrox “Once again we would ask Mr Wallace to act on his stated intention to be open and honest with fans and shareholders. “So far we have heard a lot of words about engagement and building trust but no real action. “If he wants to build trust then he should be happy to rule out that this type of culture is still ongoing.” And the fans’ group also waded into the row involving former Ibrox director Dave King and the current board. King has asked Wallace if he knew the club was struggling for cash when he spoke to shareholders at the AGM in December. And the Union of Fans statement added: “We also still await answers to the questions posed by Dave King and in particular the question regarding Mr Wallace’s AGM pronouncements about the cash position of the club. “Mr Wallace cannot continue to ignore these extremely serious questions if he expects to build any sort of trust with the fans and shareholders.” Rangers responded to the latest Union of Fans statement by saying: “Rangers Football Club does not comment on the details of any employee’s compensation. "Mr Wallace, as a director of Rangers PLC, will have his remuneration fully disclosed in the annual accounts in the normal manner. "The club will update fans and shareholders on its business review next Friday as previously announced."
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56' - Rangers make their first change as Charlie Telfer comes off for Dylan Dykes. It's still 3-0 through Gallagher's treble in Dumbarton 60' - It's the end of the night for hat-trick hero Gallagher. He trots off with a third of the game to play as Jamie Burrows takes his place
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HT' - The whistle goes to mark the midway point and Gallagher's double separates the teams. Gers are relatively comfortable at 2-0 ahead