Jeff Randal and that quote

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Too lazy to type the quote into the thread title.

 

Football Diary: The best of British

 

The Telegraph.

By Martin Smith

Last Updated: 1:32am GMT 02/03/2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

When Jeff Randall responded to a throw-away question in a Q&A for the Radio 5 Live website, little did he expect to have the answer repeated in two-foot high letters on a banner spanning half the width of the Copland Stand at Ibrox. Asked which team he supported, the BBC's Business News presenter said: "Glasgow Rangers...they are the quintessential British club."

 

It was immediately pounced upon by The Blue Order, a collection of die-hard Rangers fans dedicated to making Ibrox a loud, fun and intimidating arena, and their banner duly made its debut at the Uefa Cup tie against Hapoel Tel Aviv last week.

 

"It was not really a throw-away line because I meant it," says Randall (pictured), The Daily Telegraph's editor at large.

 

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"Quintessential means the very essence, something in its purest form. And the thing about Rangers, it is based in Scotland, but first and foremost it is a British club. A lot of fans come over from Northern Ireland to support, and a lot of English fans, too. Like Barcelona, it is mas que un club [more than a club]: it stands for something in society. It embraces the whole concept of the union of the United Kingdom, and if you go to Ibrox you'll see the union flag is the one flying highest above the stadium."

 

South of the border, Randall supports West Ham; but that's a different story.

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Didn't see Barry's thread.

 

Chop chop admin.

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will leave yours in m8.

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will leave yours in m8.

 

Cheers mate.