The Moonlighter

5pm tonight folks and £5 on the door.

The winner of the signed polo top is Angela Hannah who has been notified. A wonderful total of £405 was raised , every penny of which will go to restoring the final resting places of those men who formed and built our Club. Thank you.

We need one more donation of £5 to hit the wonderful figure of £400!

Just over *24 hours to go ! The grand total of £360 has been donated folks and once again we thank you. Only £5 per entry. PAYPAL LINK. -*https://www.paypal.com/sendmoney ***Follow the link and add following email address along with donation –*sonsofstruth@aol.co.uk

This Saturday night folks at 5pm, £5 on the door. Come along and hear the greatest story never told..........until now.

The grand total of £350 has been donated folks and once again we thank you. Let's see if we can hit £400 before the end of today. Only £5 per entry. PAYPAL LINK. - https://www.paypal.com/sendmoney ***Follow the link and add following email address along with donation – sonsofstruth@aol.co.uk

Total donations now sits at £335. Here's our fellow Bears recently restoring the final resting place of Rangers President and Chairman James Henderson at Cathcart. Still plenty of time to give yourself a chance of winning this wonderful piece of memorabilia. Only £5 per entry. PAYPAL LINK. - https://www.paypal.com/sendmoney ***Follow the link and add following email address along with donation – sonsofstruth@aol.co.uk

A remarkable £220 has been donated in the last 24 hours Bears, thank you so much. Every penny will go to restoring more sites over the coming weeks. Let's see if we can break through the £300 mark today. PAYPAL LINK. - https://www.paypal.com/sendmoney ***Follow the link and add following email address along with donation – sonsofstruth@aol.co.uk

Thanks so much to everyone who's donated. The wonderful sum of £120 has been raised so far today. Still plenty of time to give yourself a chance of winning this wonderful piece of memorabilia. Only £5 per entry. Thank you. PAYPAL LINK. - https://www.paypal.com/sendmoney ***Follow the link and add following email address along with donation – sonsofstruth@aol.co.uk

Only £5 per entry. We have this incredible signed and framed Founders Trail Polo shirt up for grabs, every penny raised will go to The Rangers Graves Restoration Project. The Jersey is signed by an illustrious group of men past and present , Directors, Management and Players and are as follows: Mark Warburton Walter Smith John Greig David Weir Willie Henderson John Brown Josh Windass Jordan Rossiter Matt Crooks Andy Halliday Joe Dodoo Kenny Miller Barry McKay Wes Foderingham Jason Holt Phillipe Senderos Paul Murray John Gilligan Stewart Robertson. To be in with a chance of winning this wonderful jersey just donate £5 via the link below. All names will go into a hat and the winner drawn on Friday 4th November. Thank you. PAYPAL LINK. - https://www.paypal.com/sendmoney ***Follow the link and add following email address along with donation – sonsofstruth@aol.co.uk

Three seats available for today's Founders Trail, we depart Ibrox at 12pm. 0790 2855536

On the 29th October 1855 our Founder Moses McNeil was born. Moses was from the east side of the Gareloch , his father John was from Comrie in Perthshire and mother Jane Bain from Downpatrick in Ulster. He was a natural athlete Powerful and of stocky build , it was said that was known for his pace and he had stamina too. Moses is the name recognized by most people when talking about our Founders as there is a theory that he gave the Club its name of Rangers. The name Rangers appears in CW Alcock’s English Football Annual of 1871. The only other Club listed with the name Rangers was the Swindon Rangers Rugby Club who are still going strong today. Clubs back in the early days of association football chose dynamic names such as Rovers and Wanderers and this is possibly why the name Rangers attracted the young Moses. We at the Founders Trail are continuing to work on this and are hopeful of getting something more definitive soon. In the Ibrox trophy room is a cup won by Moses for a half-mile race at the Garelochead Athletic Sports on 1 January, 1876 and it’s the oldest Trophy that the Club has. Moses played for the club he helped form for ten years, playing in the 1877 and 1879 Scottish Cup Finals. He was also a member of the first Rangers side to lift a trophy, the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup in 1879. He actually left Rangers to join his brother Harry at Queen’s Park for a few months at the end of 1875 but quickly returned to the Light Blues. He was the first Ranger to play for his country, in a 4-0 victory over Wales at Hamilton Crescent Partick in 1876 and was capped again, when Scotland defeated England 5-4 at First Hampden Park in 1880. For a great deal of his playing career, he formed the Rangers’ left wing with his old friend and fellow Pioneer, Peter Campbell. Although being a member of committee during his playing days, he had little involvement after his football career was over. He did feature, though, on a number of occasions with his old pals in the Rangers “Ancients” team who played many exhibition and charitable matches. Moses led a nomadic lifestyle mainly due to his 20 year employment with the company Langs whose name was synonymous with the famous brand of whisky. Their premises which Moses worked from was on Union Street in Glasgow. During his time in Glasgow Moses lived at 169 Berkeley Street and 333 Dumbarton Road. These locations are among many others that we cover during the Founders Trail. During research for the Gallant Pioneers book an elderly lady was interviewed who until her recent passing still lived next door to Moses old house at Clynder on the shores of the Gareloch . As a little girl back in the early 1930’s she could recall him being known around the village as “The Rangers man’’, and that he was always very dapper in his suit and bowler hat. It was said that Moses would travel to Glasgow once a month to collect his pension, most likely from the Club, and then return later in the day with a spring in his step and a slur on his speech! He spent the last few years of his life living with his sister, Isabella, in Clynder at Craig Cottage. She died in 1935, to be followed by her brother, the last of the siblings, in 1938. They lie together with their sister Elizabeth and Isabella’s husband, Duncan Gray, in the lovely churchyard at Rosneath. But sadly for the man who gave Rangers their name his own wasn’t inscribed on the family headstone. This was due to Moses being the last of the family in the area and there wouldn’t have been anyone around to add his name to the stone. The late Sandy Jardine was a great supporter of the Founders project. We knew that Sandy had been working on having a plaque with Moses name on it placed at the churchyard at Rosneath. On Sunday 28th June 2015 as part of the Rangers Graves Restoration Project a plaque bearing the name of Moses McNeil was unveiled at Rosneath Cemtery at a dedication ceremony conducted by Parish Minister Christine Murdoch. Rangers Football Club was represented by former captain Ally Dawson. A memorial is now in place for a lad who fought so hard to establish the Rangers during those turbulent early years. Moses McNeil packed a bag in 1871, left Rosneath, and headed to industrial Glasgow seeking employment. What he actually did was help form a football club that was to become the world’s most successful and would affect the lives of millions worldwide for generations to come….that continues to this day.

Seats still available. Remember that the clock's go back on Sunday morning! Would all who are booked on Sunday's Tour please also note that there will be a Founders Trail welcome desk available within Bar 72 West at Ibrox Stadium from 11.15am prior to our 12pm departure from outside of the Ibrox Megastore Access to Bar 72 is via the main entrance to Argyle House . This will give us an opportunity to greet you and check you from our loading chart and to distribute our travel packs. Parking is available throughout the day around Ibrox Stadium. If you have any questions before the tour please don't hesitate in contacting us on 0790 2855536.

A week on Saturday folks.

4 seats have just become available for the Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour on Sunday 30th October. We hope that you can joins us. Adults : £22 Children (under 16) and Senior Citizens £16. Group discounts are available upon request. To reserve your seat just send an email to : thegallantpioneers@googlemail.com For further information phone : 0790 2855536

We are making progress in promoting the Founders Trail via different outlets. But as with everything there is a cost in marketing and some of it financially is out of our reach.

Places on our 2017 Tours are being snapped up quickly. To reserve your seat just send an email to : thegallantpioneers@gmail.com For further information phone : 0790 2855536. An insight into our research can be found here on our website. http://www.thegallantpioneers.co.uk/

I will do and thanks.

Please note that this Tour is now sold out. Thanks again to everyone for supporting the project.

Two seats have become available for the Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour on Sunday 30th October. We hope that you can joins us. Adults : £22 Children (under 16) and Senior Citizens £16. Group discounts are available upon request. To reserve your seat just send an email to : thegallantpioneers@googlemail.com For further information phone : 0790 2855536

Two seats have become available for the Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour on Sunday 30th October. We hope that you can joins us. Adults : £22 Children (under 16) and Senior Citizens £16. Group discounts are available upon request. To reserve your seat just send an email to : thegallantpioneers@googlemail.com For further information phone : 0790 2855536

With our new Tour dates for 2017 now available to book and Christmas just around the corner why not treat the True Blue in your life to the Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour Gift Voucher. Adults £25 Senior Citizens and Children( under 16) £18 £1 P+P per order 2017 Tour Dates. SUNDAY 19TH FEBRUARY SATURDAY 25TH MARCH SUNDAY 16TH APRIL SUNDAY 21ST MAY SUNDAY 11TH JUNE SATURDAY 15TH JULY. The Gift Voucher reserves a seat any Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tour of your choice. To purchase your Gift Voucher please send an email to thegallantpioneers@googlemail.com and we’ll post your Voucher out the same day. All Gift Vouchers purchased are valid for all future Founders Trail and Ibrox Stadium Tours allowing for availability.

A huge thanks to everyone who assisted yesterday, especially Alan and his good lady who travelled from Dumfries and stayed overnight just to be involved in the clearing. We were also joined by the two sons and daughter-in-law of ex Rangers Chairman Rae Simpson. James Henderson stone is now cleared and reading to be cleaned and re-lettered. While at Cathcart we also gave the area around Mr Wilton's plot a spruce up.

The meeting details for tomorrow are as follows. 11.15 at the meeting point in Central Station. 12pm at the Brenfield Road Gatehouse entrance to Cathcart Cemtery. We'll take a tour of the cemetery after the work is complete then it's Burgers and Beer at The Bank Pub.