ian1964 10,761 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Noticed this in a Terry Butcher article: When Butcher first arrived in Scotland in 1986 to play for Rangers it was at the grasping height of Thatcherism and an accompanying wave of anti-Englishness – four years later even Scotland's middle classes folded up the tartan travelling rugs to stand up and boo the National Anthem at Murrayfield. Butcher played for Rangers, the "loyalist" club, a club that outside its support is disliked more strongly within its national locality than any in Britain. He ticked the boxes of reasons to be detested (in that, as Donald Rumsfeld might put it, rational irrationality of the football fan). http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-last-word-terry-butcher-the-archetypal-englishman-is-making-waves-by-the-tip-of-loch-ness-8792453.html 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Bear 0 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Noticed this in a Terry Butcher article: When Butcher first arrived in Scotland in 1986 to play for Rangers it was at the grasping height of Thatcherism and an accompanying wave of anti-Englishness – four years later even Scotland's middle classes folded up the tartan travelling rugs to stand up and boo the National Anthem at Murrayfield. Butcher played for Rangers, the "loyalist" club, a club that outside its support is disliked more strongly within its national locality than any in Britain. He ticked the boxes of reasons to be detested (in that, as Donald Rumsfeld might put it, rational irrationality of the football fan). http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-last-word-terry-butcher-the-archetypal-englishman-is-making-waves-by-the-tip-of-loch-ness-8792453.html I wonder where they got that particular "fact" from? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54andcounting 0 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Don't remember it being like that in 1986 but fast forward 25 years and it's very obvious today. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,808 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 ... is disliked more strongly within its national locality than any in Britain. That is the main point here. The headline is "mildly" misleading. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexscottislegend 2,375 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 I well remember the furore when Butcher signed for us; as far as the English media concerned, RFC were upstarts, usurping Man. Utd.'s rightful place. They couldn't stand the fact that we were the biggest club in Britain. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumshie RFC 0 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 I wasn't born until 1987 so didn't see any of the Souness revolution but that must have been one of the most exciting times to be a Rangers fan. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,761 Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share Posted August 31, 2013 That is the main point here. The headline is "mildly" misleading. Sorry, the title is my fault, I couldn't think how to put a title in. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltersgotstyle 307 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 I wasn't born until 1987 so didn't see any of the Souness revolution but that must have been one of the most exciting times to be a Rangers fan. I was born in 86 so I missed it too. The only thing that compares in our lifetime was the beginning of the Advocaat era. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,808 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 I wasn't born until 1987 so didn't see any of the Souness revolution but that must have been one of the most exciting times to be a Rangers fan. It was. Seeing Woods and Butcher of the English national team coming to Scotland was really great stuff. Somehow one knew that challenging for a UEFA-Cup slot or a League Cup at best might be a thing of the past. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilledbear 16 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 It was. Seeing Woods and Butcher of the English national team coming to Scotland was really great stuff. Somehow one knew that challenging for a UEFA-Cup slot or a League Cup at best might be a thing of the past. It was a nightmare as well. Up till then I had always wanted England to get beat. Didn't know what to do !!!!! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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