Champions and Survivors

[Bill 13,717]

So here the journey really does end, nine years after the clubs in the SPL and SFL took an unnecessary decision to put the country's foremost club in it's place and share the kudos of lording it over the "bigheads and bigots" at Ibrox. No one will ever convince me that what Rangers was put through was motivated by anything other than envy and bigotry, nowhere more so than amongst the Scottish nationalist and pseudo-Irish communities. There should be no doubt either that many of those who pulled the rug out from under us were quite prepared to see Rangers extinguished altogether. You just know that after nine years of struggle and disappointment, there are still many in Scottish football who see this, our day of glory, as their failure and a profound disappointment.

 

You might think this is a day of renewal and forgiveness when we should put the past behind us but I think not. If there's one thing we should never forget as we enter a new era for Rangers, it's the fact that those we have to share this league with and those who administer the game are the same people and clubs who would have destroyed our club. For me, that day nine years ago ended any respect I had for the rest of Scottish football and that's a fence that will never be mended. You might like to think there are one or two who will see the league trophy raised at Ibrox and feel a tinge of guilt or remorse .... but I doubt it.

 

Enjoy the day, celebrate to the full, it's been a very long time coming. But never lose sight of why we went through all that pain and for God's sake don't be the people who line up to criticise bears who want to take to the streets to mark what is our equivalent of reaching the summit of Everest. 

[ranger_syntax 4,330]

On 15/05/2021 at 11:54, Bill said:

You might think this is a day of renewal and forgiveness when we should put the past behind us but I think not. If there's one thing we should never forget as we enter a new era for Rangers, it's the fact that those we have to share this league with and those who administer the game are the same people and clubs who would have destroyed our club. For me, that day nine years ago ended any respect I had for the rest of Scottish football and that's a fence that will never be mended. You might like to think there are one or two who will see the league trophy raised at Ibrox and feel a tinge of guilt or remorse .... but I doubt it.

Quite.

 

Forgiveness is predicated on an apology. 

 

Few understand this.

[compo 7,055]

It was an infuriating journey with plenty of low points but I like to think we helped the cash registers of all the clubs in the lower divisions on our journey plus all the wee shops and dont forget the bookies , but yesterday's celebrations were a delight to watch my son took his two sons up to Glasgow to join the fans in their celebrations and said they had a great day .

Mon the gers 

[Bill 13,717]

Of course, the end of one journey is merely the beginning of another. Let's go!

[MacK1950 2,378]

Good to know that in the games against the scum/sheep the fans who despise us most the last two saw us win  8-1 on aggregate score,good training ground practice for us as well.

[CammyF 8,131]

Celtic conceded more goals at Ibrox this season than we did 

[Tannochsidebear 2,420]

4 hours ago, CammyF said:

Celtic conceded more goals at Ibrox this season than we did 

They conceded the same number of goals in one game at Ibrox as we did in 19 games.