10 Big Moments All Glasgow Rangers Fans Are Waiting For

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Found this on Google, thought I'd share it on here (good read)

 

Not sure the order is correct, but here it is....

 

10. Hearing The Last Of Tax Rumours And Witch-Hunting

 

 

In July, 2014, the HMRC lost the so-called ‘Big Tax Case’ against Rangers, as the case was thrown out of courts. It had been claimed that the club hadn’t been paying tax for a number of years, and there were also problems stemming from alleged use of Employee Benefit Trusts, otherwise known as EBT. In effect, Glasgow Rangers were cleared of any wrong-doing, so why is this being talked about?

Rangers fans simply can’t wait to hear the end of this sort of thing, because surely if a court of law has cleared the club, then it’s all just a case of Celtic fans – and those of other clubs – simply being unable to move on? There’s been a witch hunt in Scottish football over the past few years, glorifying in the fact that Rangers were placed down in the lower tiers of the game without first being found guilty.

In short, the sooner this all blows over, the better, because even though the finances at Ibrox still largely need to be sorted out properly, things seem to be back on an even keel, and those in charge seem determined to take Rangers out of the embarrassing mess – at least financially – that they’ve been over the past few seasons.

9. Being Able To Focus On Football And Nothing Else

 

 

As an extension of this, there are few Rangers fans who want to focus on anything else other than the actual game of football itself. For too long, board room politics and new stories warning that doomsday is imminent for the Ibrox institution have dominated headlines, making it difficult for long-suffering fans to simply support the team they love.

There’s fresh hope that in the upcoming Scottish Championship season, fans of the Teddy Bears will be allowed the chance to simply attend matches and cheer on their team, rather than been bogged down by repeated reports over the future of Rangers and how the business side of things needs to keep borrowing money to stay afloat.

On the business side, Glasgow Rangers has been an awful mess for years, and that’s had an impact on how much enjoyment regular fans get from attending football matches and discussing the game. Millions of fingers are being crossed worldwide, from Govan in Glasgow to Toronto in Canada (where there’s huge support for the Light Blues) that things are on the up, and football can once again become the focus.

 

8. Seeing Murray Park Start To Produce The Goods

 

 

On July 4th, 2001, then-Chairman David Murray and then-manager of the first team Dick Advocaat opened ‘Murray Park’, a world class training facility situated in Auchenhowie, on the outskirts of Glasgow. The basic idea behind the place was that it would pay for itself within a few years, producing the best young talent in Scottish football.

Costing around £14 million, Murray Park hasn’t really served as a farm system for the club as much as an inflated training facility for first team players. Many supporters have complained that the facility doesn’t seem to have produced the same level of talent that’s been pumped out by smaller clubs, such as Dundee United or Hibernian, which really beggars belief.

It’s high time that Rangers started putting the focus on youth. Even when the club were playing in the old Third Division in season 2012-2013, there simply weren’t enough young players breaking through into the first team – the age old ‘they’re for the future’ nonsense has bee heard enough, Gers fans want to see results from Murray Park, otherwise what’s the point in having it?

 

7. Having A Captain Worthy Of The Title

 

 

In fairness to Lee McCulloch, the man did stick by Rangers when the club needed him the most, refusing to depart Ibrox when so many of his peers did in 2012. With that said, McCulloch was also reportedly taking a wage of close to £17k per week last season, and his performances on the park didn’t reflect that, especially when Rangers were in dire financial straits.

Before McCulloch, Carlos Bocanegra briefly wore the armband at Ibrox. Not since David Weir (now Assistant Manager at the club) from 2009-2012 have Rangers fans had a reason to believe that the man wearing the little piece of material on their sleeze with a big ‘C’ emblazoned on it is the best leader in the dressing room.

Previously, captains of Rangers were steely men, guys such as Richard Gough, Barry Ferguson and even Lozenro Amoruso all served the team admirably as the leader of men. Able to whip the team into shape when players were flagging, the captain should lead by example, and that’s something the Gers badly need going forward, a linchpin to steer them through on the pitch.

 

6. Gaining Revenge On Teams That Voted Rangers Down

 

 

Somewhere laying dormant underneath all the internal problems at Rangers, there’s a real desire from fans for the club to stick it to those who voted the Ibrox side down in 2012. Being forced to reapply for membership to the then-SPL, Rangers weren’t exactly shocked to find that pretty much every other member club elected against voting them back into the mix, which meant the blue half of Glasgow had to apply for membership into the lower tiers.

Let’s be honest, there was next to no chance of the likes of Celtic, Aberdeen, Hibernian or Dundee United voting Rangers back into the Premiership, because those clubs either have had an intense rivalry with Rangers (Celtic) or pretty much suffer from a bad case of jealousy over the success both sides of the ‘Old Firm’ have had (everyone else).

For Rangers fans, it’s only a matter of time before things are restored to their natural order, and that’s something nobody involved in the organisation can wait to experience. Lording it over sides such as Dundee United was the way it always was, and it seems likely – if Rangers can get their own house in order – that this will happen again.

 

5. Returning To The Top Flight

 

 

Giving Stuart McCall sincere credit, the interim manager worked wonders to drag last season’s Rangers squad – kicking and screaming – into the Premiership Playoff Final against Motherwell. There, against his former club, McCall watched in agony as the Lanarkshire outfit ran out 6-1 winners over both games, consigning the Gers to another season in the Championship.

In many ways, there’s little difference between the Premiership and the Championship, because both leagues have one big team apiece, Rangers in the latter and Celtic in the former. For many fans at Ibrox, there’s very little difference between playing Dumbarton – for example – and Aberdeen, they’re just obstacles.

Put it this way, the likes of Kilmarnock, Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Ross County and not reasons why Rangers fans want to be back playing in the top flight. Simply put, Glasgow Rangers supporters just want to see their team winning, and that’s why it was such a bitter pill to swallow for many when Motherwell turned Rangers over.

Going head-to-head at the top of the Scottish game is what Rangers fans want to see, and they can only do that by being in the Premiership. It’s not the teams in it that necessarily matter, it’s the idea of winning top flight titles again.

 

4. Hearing That Champions League Music At Ibrox Again

 

 

The last time that Glasgow Rangers competed on the European stage, there wasn’t much to shout about for the 50,000 at Ibrox Stadium, or the millions watching around the world. After being eliminated from the UEFA Champions League Playoffs by Malmo of Sweden, Rangers were then beaten over two legs by NK Maribor of Slovenia and thus failed to enter the group stages of the Europa League.

For one of the world’s most successful clubs, this was hardly prolific, and fans haven’t seen their side grace Europe since, mainly due to off-the-field problems that threatened to put the entire club out of business. This means there’s an emerging generation of young bears who haven’t witnessed the beauty of seeing Rangers line-up for a Champions League match against a galaxy of stars.

Ok, so Rangers were hardly a heavy-hitter in Europe during the modern era, but there was still an excitement to be found during these campaigns, a real underdog vibe that fans yearn for once more. After a while, facing the likes of Aberdeen, Hearts and others becomes dull, so it’s only natural supporters can’t wait to see Rangers on the European stage once more.

 

3. Being Crowned Champions Of Scotland

 

 

The last time Glasgow Rangers won the top flight title in Scotland was 2011, sealing 3 consecutive league championship titles in a row. It felt like a historic moment for many fans, because there had already been reports that the club didn’t have a lot of money, but it was a case of then-manager Walter Smith making the right signings that paid off.

Using his resources wisely, Smith brought in key players such as Kenny Miller and David Weir, both of whom were raging success stories. Compare that to the signing policy of one Ally McCoist, throwing thousands of pounds at out-of-shape, injury-prone strikers such as Kevin Kyle, and it becomes clear just how vital having a good manager is!

McCoist’s tenure has since ended, and his successor in full, Mark Warburton has spoken about his ‘3 year plan’ for the club, which includes winning the Scottish Premiership Title. This is something a lot of Rangers fans are salivating over, because it would represent redemption from near-extinction, and would certainly throw it right back in the face of the Scottish football authorities, who haven’t exactly protected the club during their troubles.

 

2. Winning The Treble

 

 

Standing proud with 7 to their name, Glasgow Rangers have won the most domestic trebles out of any club on the planet. To win a ‘treble’ in Scottish football, a club must win the national league title, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup trophies, something Rangers have achieved more than anyone else in the Scottish game.

Winning the top league championship is clearly a huge achievement, but it takes a special kind of team to win the trio of trophies that make up the treble. Being brutally honest, Rangers over the past few years have been ill-equipped to win even the smallest of domestic honours (Petrofac Training Cup, anyone?), but with just a little bit of focus, organisation and determination, it’s not implausible that the club could secure one of the national cup trophies.

This would mark a significant chapter in the history of Glasgow Rangers, and stranger things have happened. For their part, Celtic – in the absence of a strong Rangers – have been unable to win a treble, something which is more to their shame than anything else.

 

1. Beating Celtic

 

 

Perhaps the sweetest moment of all for any fan of Glasgow Rangers will be when the club assembles a team on the park capable of putting their fiercest rivals to the sword, Celtic. In February, 2015, the ‘Old Firm’ met for the first time in years, but the result was a fairly routine win for the green and white side, something which sticks in the craw of many Rangers fans.

It wasn’t the fact that Celtic emerged victorious that angered many, it was the fact that the men pulling on that infamous blue jersey were so brow-beaten before they’d even stepped foot onto the park. It really seemed that guys like Kyle Hutton, Ian Black and Nicky Law were amongst the worst footballers ever to play in the historic derby, and it made the job impossible for Rangers.

Being frank, Celtic are far from being a strong side themselves, so it wouldn’t really take much other than a fresh approach, a steely level of determination and some better players for Rangers to beat Celtic again. When that moment comes, maybe all the problems at Ibrox will feel like they’ve been washed away.

 

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One step at a time.

 

No.10 is probably gone.

 

No.9 The mess is starting to get cleared up and we are in a far better position than 6 months ago.

 

No.8 If anything we have the best manager in place to utilise this since MP was opened.

 

No.7 Gough was the best captain in my lifetime and it will be difficult to get another near him. He was more than a captain, he was a Captains Captain. Weir was the last top one we had and its an interesting appointment that he has given his student Wilson the armband.

 

No.6 Im looking forward to this one a lot. Its inevitable and TBH not going up via McCall last season may stead us better for when we do go up. One step back to take two forward.

 

No.5 That's what the next 10 months is going to be all about.

 

No.4 We need to get No.3 first but it will be an unreal feeling when that comes again (not if! but when)

 

No.3 That's going to be an awfully big party day! Again its when and not if. Its not like we are going to do a Liverpool and not win it for more than quarter of a century, its probably only 1-2 seasons away after this one.

 

No.2 That's probably the most far off one of the list but will happen.

 

No.1 I would rather change this to 'beating Celtic regularly again'. I can see us beating them at Ibrox when are promoted, its all about dominating the fixture again and being rightly back on top.