chilledbear 16 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Support from the above on keeping Ibrox and Auchenhowie, while some of our own dither. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/rangers/rangers-fans-backed-by-leeds-support-for-board-battle-164353n.24280107 RANGERS fans were today urged not to give up the fight to hold on to Ibrox and Murray Park as animosity grows towards the under-fire Light Blues board. The call came from Gary Cooper, chairman of the Leeds United Supporters Trust, who have fought a series of hierarchies in Yorkshire as the club have fallen from grace in recent years. United's Thorp Arch training centre was sold off for £4.2million a decade ago while their Elland Road home was hived off in a sale and leaseback agreement just weeks later as the club battled for survival. The Rangers Union of Fans have launched a bid to pool season ticket money this summer that will see cash only handed over to the Gers board once security has been granted over Ibrox. A meeting between the group and board last week failed to reach a settlement, with fears growing among supporters that their Murray Park base could be sold to raise much-needed funds. Leeds have never fully recovered from the disastrous Peter Ridsdale era and fans' chief Cooper has issued a rallying call to the Light Blue legions to play their part in safeguarding Rangers' biggest assets. He told SportTimes: "Any club worth its salt has to own its stadium and training ground. For a decade and more, Leeds United haven't and that isn't right. "It is difficult for supporters, they value it more than bricks and mortar. "They make an emotional investment in their team and the club and have a link, a tie to the heritage and history, past glories and failures, to the ground, your home. "We have not had that at Leeds United and it is hard for supporters of any other club to fully understand it until it happens to them. "Rangers are a massive, historic club and the idea that they could lose their stadium and training ground and become tenants is, in my opinion, devastating. "It has been so hard for the fans of Leeds United and it will be for Rangers fans if it happens. "We are in a fight to reclaim our identity and our home and I would urge Rangers fans to keep up their fight to hold on to Ibrox and Murray Park." Having seen the board backtrack on plans to consider a legally binding undertaking on Ibrox and again hit out at the aims of Ibrox 1972 Ltd - the vehicle used by the UoF to collect season ticket pledges and backed by Dave King and a host of Light Blue legends - supporters have become increasingly disillusioned with the Gers powerbrokers. The board have repeatedly criticised the UoF proposal that would see the stadium and training complex handed over to fans but LUST chairman Cooper has given the group his firm support. He said: "Supporter involvement in owning any ground, or financing the purchase of a ground, has to be a positive thing. "The club's identity is intrinsically linked with the place it plays its football. "Its history is there, its traditions are there and the hearts and emotions of the supporters are there, and I mean supporters from a hundred years ago and today. "It is fundamentally important that fans try to retain a voice in all aspects of our game and our clubs. "It doesn't belong to the money men, it isn't all about money. "It is about competition, identity, tribalism, recognising something in your club that lives and breathes in yourself. We are losing that. "If the Rangers fans are going to fight to keep ownership of Ibrox and Murray Park then I am sure our 9,000 members would support them all the way." 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,761 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 This is coming from fans who have went through all this shit,some of our fans still can't see what is happening to us, Leeds fans are the perfect example of what will happen to us if the parasites are not driven out of our club. This will happen to us if we don't fight. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebear54 0 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Get 9000 to sign the petition then 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyk 158 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 This is coming from fans who have went through all this shit,some of our fans still can't see what is happening to us, Leeds fans are the perfect example of what will happen to us if the parasites are not driven out of our club. This will happen to us if we don't fight. It's not that bad Ian, they've only blew £67M in the last 2 seasons to get us into the Championship while collecting big bonuses along the way, and don't seem to care what the fans think or want, how can you not trust them 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,761 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 It's not that bad Ian, they've only blew £67M in the last 2 seasons to get us into the Championship while collecting big bonuses along the way, and don't seem to care what the fans think or want, how can you not trust them Aye!, everything is rosy, these annoying rebel fans that are just trying to cause trouble should be chased away from Ibrox, they are not real Rangers fans 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyk 158 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Aye!, everything is rosy, these annoying rebel fans that are just trying to cause trouble should be chased away from Ibrox, they are not real Rangers fans All these petitions and protests lined up are embarrassing to some of our fans by the looks of it, at least these fans are doing something about the state we're in and not sitting back thinking this board will come to our rescue like they have done in the last 2 seasons! How anyone can trust this board is beyond me. The only negative is that there are too many fans groups, we all want the same thing, if they could only put egos and differences aside then this board wouldn't stand a chance! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real PapaBear 0 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 If there was every a salutary tale, it's what happened to Leeds Utd. This is a club every bit as big as we are, who ended up penniless because the ambition of the owner blinded him to financial reality. The ensuing devastation left them badly wounded and they have been unable to get back to their rightful place as one of England's natural top 10 clubs ever since. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Their sack the board campaign ended up with them getting a dodgy Italian 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 5,257 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Their sack the board campaign ended up with them getting a dodgy Italian Do you prefer 'homebred dodgy geezers' ? Are you voting UKIP ? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Do you prefer 'homebred dodgy geezers' ? Are you voting UKIP ? Nah Tories 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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