Frankie 8,552 Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 A wistful look at the the current decade as Pete examines the fall from grace of our club... http://www.gersnetonline.co.uk/newsite/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=776&Itemid=2 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest adamski Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 At the start of the 1999\2000 season Advocaat again splashed the cash bringing in Dariuz Adamczuk, Michael Mols, Billy Dodds and Turkish playmaker Tugay. With the millennium bells still ringing in our ears Rangers romped away to win the league by a record 21 point margin. Who would have thought at that time, that the Millennium bells we were hearing, were in fact, alarm bells ringing. Another memory from that Millennium night was the satellite pictures of the dawning crossing the globe, with the shadow of night on one side of the dawning line, and the light of daybreak on the other side. What we didn’t realise then, was that those dark shadows would remain above Ibrox for almost a decade. For the start of the 2001\02 season Advocaat paid a club record of Ã?£12million to Chelsea for Tore Andre Flo. There seemed to be a bottomless pit of money lying under the Ibrox turf. It would in fact later come out that it was not a bottomless pit of money, but a cesspit of mismanagement. Dodds & Tugay didn't arrive until the December and January respectively Flo didn't arrive until Mid November I'm a pedant, yes 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,552 Posted March 24, 2009 Author Share Posted March 24, 2009 Thanks for that - I should have checked Pete's usually fine research... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,614 Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Dodds & Tugay didn't arrive until the December and January respectively Flo didn't arrive until Mid November I'm a pedant, yes Someone worse than me. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Dodds & Tugay didn't arrive until the December and January respectively Flo didn't arrive until Mid November I'm a pedant, yes Advocaat again dipped in to the transfer market in time for the start of the following season and immediately snapped up defender Dariuz Adamczuk and Dutch striker Michael Mols. Billy Dodds and Turkish playmaker Tugay would also be brought in throughout the course of the seas Advocaat signed Dutch Internationalists Ronald de Boer, Bert Konterman andRonald de Boer waves to the fans Fernando Ricksen for the 2000/01 season along with strikers Peter Lovenkrands and Kenny Miller. These signings, however, were overshadowed by the �£12m spent on Norwegian striker Tore Andre Flo in November 2000, a Scottish record transfers fee that is unlikely to ever be matched in football's current climate. I will give you the Flo one that was an overlook probably because the other names were mentioned for the start of the season. Apologies. If i am wrong with the other three then it is wrong on the Rangers website. http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/HistoryDetail/0,,5~530585,00.html 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Advocaat again dipped in to the transfer market in time for the start of the following season and immediately snapped up defender Dariuz Adamczuk and Dutch striker Michael Mols. Billy Dodds and Turkish playmaker Tugay would also be brought in throughout the course of the seas Advocaat signed Dutch Internationalists Ronald de Boer, Bert Konterman andRonald de Boer waves to the fans Fernando Ricksen for the 2000/01 season along with strikers Peter Lovenkrands and Kenny Miller. These signings, however, were overshadowed by the �£12m spent on Norwegian striker Tore Andre Flo in November 2000, a Scottish record transfers fee that is unlikely to ever be matched in football's current climate. I will give you the Flo one that was an overlook probably because the other names were mentioned for the start of the season. Apologies. If i am wrong with the other three then it is wrong on the Rangers website. http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/HistoryDetail/0,,5~530585,00.html Sorry read it again and see my mistake now. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,552 Posted March 24, 2009 Author Share Posted March 24, 2009 Don't worry mate - I've edited the NN article... Only a slight error and the overall tone of the article is an interesting and very valid one. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,614 Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Don't worry mate - I've edited the NN article... Only a slight error and the overall tone of the article is an interesting and very valid one. Agreed. Good article, mate. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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