7-2 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 PS - Also the first time I've heard of the 'world famous blue room'. I take it it's world famous in Ibrox anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Out of context the term "Loving Cup" sounds pretty dubious 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insaintee Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Eventually Rangers will go the way of Scotch and Wry, Only an Excuse and Chewing the Fat. One day in the future we'll get tired of hearing the same jokes over and over again. And then they'll be gone for good. Until then enjoy 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 16 minutes ago, 7-2 said: PS - Also the first time I've heard of the 'world famous blue room'. I take it it's world famous in Ibrox anyway. Really? It's their trophy room, which led to the song Oh the blue room is bare There's no silverware There's no Mr Sheen Cos there's f**k all to clean 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 6 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: Really? It's their trophy room, which led to the song Oh the blue room is bare There's no silverware There's no Mr Sheen Cos there's f**k all to clean Its not their trophy room its a hospitality type room. Funny song though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Minertaur Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 (edited) 2014-15 - The Cups While the league campaign would ultimately end up with nothing to show for it there was still the chance of 3 cup victories. After failing to win the Challenge Cup in their previous 2 efforts you'd expect Rangers to step it up a gear this season. Challenge Cup - Clearly Rangers were taking this seriously this season. A battling 2-1 win over Hibs at Ibrox in the first round saw one of their biggest rivals knocked out almost immediately. The other big rivals for it would be Hearts but they crashed out in the 2nd round to Livingston admittedly with a rather weakened side. Their 4-1 loss left the door open for Rangers to crown their first ever Challenge Cup. Round 2 - Rangers 8 (EIGHT) - Clyde 1 Wow. Rangers run riot against a dismal Clyde side managed by former Rangers legend Barry Ferguson. Kris Boyd scored a hat-trick while Lee McCulloch and Lewis MacLeod score two each. The other goal coming from Fraser Aird. All smiles from Ally while poor Barry.... Next up? A trip to Methil on an October night. This could actually be a tough encounter for Rangers.... East Fife 0 - 2 Rangers Jon Daly and Ian Black with the goals here. The most interesting part of the evening was Richard Foster and some of the Rangers fans having an argument after Foster lost the ball. There was good news off the pitch as well as a businessman called Dave King was in discussions with the board regarding ploughing in £16million into the club. A Challenge Cup semi final and money in the bank? A bright day for the Rangers fans. Semi Final - Alloa v Rangers Alloa had drawn their first 2 league matches against Rangers so this definitely had a whiff of banana skin in the air. Alloa had never beaten Rangers before and were missing Simmons, Marr, Holmes, Cawley and Tiffoney. However Ally McCoist fielded a full strength side and it looked to be paying dividends. Kenny Miller opened the scoring just after half time before Dene Shiels put Rangers 2-0 up and guaranteed their place in the final. The Final v Wait what? Back to Alloa we go... With 18 minutes to go Greig Spence popped up with a goal to make it 2-1 and create a little bit of tension in the Rangers back line. Amazingly Ryan McCord would equalise 2 minutes later meaning with 15 to go it was 2-2! Who would grab the winner? Step forward Spence again to score a last minute winner to spark wild scenes of jubilation in the home end. The full time whistle went shortly after and Rangers were out of the Challenge Cup. This would be their 3rd season in the lower leagues (and probably their last) so they had missed their final chance to win this prestigious trophy. Livingston would beat Alloa in the final. League Cup Sound the klaxon! It's an Old Firm match for the first time in years! Credit where it is due Rangers did a great job in the League Cup knocking out numerous big sides - Queens Park, Inverness, Falkirk and St Johnstone were all dispatched with relative ease. The St Johnstone match was a strange one though as only 13023 people turned up to watch the match at Ibrox in protest against the clubs decision to accept a £2m loan from Mike Ashley which would basically give him control of the club. Sons of Struth protested outside the ground. A sore save by Simonsen! The Rangers players celebrate the winning goal scored by Lewis MacLeod. So on to Hampden Celtic 2 v 0 Rangers In what was possibly the most dull Old Firm match ever seen Celtic cruised through against the lower league opposition. Ronny Deila's side never looked in any danger and goals from Leigh Griffiths and Kris Commons saw Celtic into the final. A rare sight... Goodness knows what the Celtic fans were doing here... There was no shame in losing to Celtic though as they would go on to win the Cup beating Dundee United. The Scottish Cup A week after the above defeat to Celtic, Rangers had the perfect chance to bounce back with a home Scottish Cup clash with Raith Rovers. A narrow 1-0 win in the 3rd round over Dumbarton was follow followed by a 3-0 thumping of Kilmarnock at Ibrox. With this being their last chance at silverware this season a lot of pressure was on the Rangers players when they took to the pitch against the Fife side. The protests both inside and outside the ground were much bigger than before. Not a single member of the Rangers board attended the match. Has anybody ever seen such anger in a young mans face before? Literally looks like he's about to shit a hedgehog. Somewhere in there is Christian Nade who scored the winning goal as Rovers ran out 2-1 winners in front of a...well...empty Ibrox as can be seen above. Ryan Conroy had opened the scoring with an absolute beauty of a free kick before Haris Vuckic equalised on his debut. A massive goalmouth scramble followed with the ball falling perfectly for Nade to tap home. So the 2014/15 season would see 3 different managers and a total of 0 trophies won. Nicky Law was their star man as he finished the season as top scorer. Summer signings Kris Boyd and Jon Daly both managed just 3 league goals. I've been looking for the DVD review of the season but can't seem to find it anywhere online. Would 2015/16 bring some joy to the troubled side? Edited December 12, 2017 by The Minertaur 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al B Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 8 hours ago, ancientnoise said: When this play-off finished my respect for the Well went into orbit. Did it, aye? 8 hours ago, ancientnoise said: Firhill Bellend. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 14 hours ago, 7-2 said: Oh Motherwell... I was at Ibrox for the cup game that day and they broadcast that total minter live on the big tellies. Added to a superb day all round. The dignity that Rangers showed before, during and after the LC cup semi recently just serves to show why we should never engage with them at any level, never mind the fucking abomination above. I love the taste of re-heated seethe. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 13 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: Really? It's their trophy room, which led to the song Oh the blue room is bare There's no silverware There's no Mr Sheen Cos there's f**k all to clean Who needs Mr Sheen when you've got Barry Scott? http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/rangers/15713969.rangers-appoint-barry-scott-to-ibrox-board/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 13 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: Really? It's their trophy room, which led to the song Oh the blue room is bare There's no silverware There's no Mr Sheen Cos there's f**k all to clean 13 hours ago, cowdenbeath said: Its not their trophy room its a hospitality type room. Funny song though Really. Why would I know what it is? I know Ibrox has a trophy room to hold the trophies they bought from the dead club, a picture of the Queen in the home dressing room from pics on here and a marble staircase thanks to Alex Totten comments otherwise the less I know about that place the better. Going by Cowden's comment it doesn't look it's as world famous as believed! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesM82 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 (edited) This may be controversial, but I think 2011/12 should be included in the Banter Years. May 2011: "Self-made billionaire" Craig Whyte buys Rangers. Sounds promising. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/craig-whyte-profile-the-scots-billionaire-1076110 For a pound. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/13292829 But, don't worry Bears, he's promised "an immediate £5 million injection" for new manager Ally McCoist. 3 August: Rangers are knocked out of Champions League qualifying by Malmo. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/14321323 Not to worry, they might make some money out of the Europa League. 25 August: Oops, put out of that as well (by Maribor). http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/14569511 21 September: Papped out of the League Cup by First Division Falkirk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/14910198 15 October: Off to a good start in the league, though.10 points clear of Celtic, and Neil Lennon narrowly avoids the sack by coming back from 0-3 to draw 3-3 at Killie. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/15322813 20 October: A BBC documentary suggests Craig Whyte might not be wholly kosher. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-15377454 After Rangers lose at both Killie and St Mirren, a win for Celtic in the derby puts them top of the league at New Year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/16281414 Rangers need some reinforcements in the January transfer window. They sign Mervan Çelik. Nah, me neither. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervan_Çelik 5 February: Dundee United knock Rangers out of the Scottish Cup (this becomes an annual occurrence). http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/16778861 13 February: The shit really hits the fan. Rangers enter administration. People seem to be more bothered about the 10 point deduction, than an existential danger to the club. How odd. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-17026172 This is also the night of "The big house must stay open". The first real inkling of the banter potential here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyFXEHp-u-o 18 February: In their first game after entering administration, there is a full and passionate Ibrox.("Our club will never die"). Rangers lose 0-1 to Kilmarnock, http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/16994712 April: A "tow truck tycoon" is linked with buying Rangers. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13053252.Tow_truck_tycoon_plans_to_pull_Rangers_out_of_trouble/ 28 April: The SFA have imposed a 12-month transfer ban on Rangers (this is eventually deferred until the end of August). Their fans march on Hampden, because it's obviously the SFA's fault that Rangers are going down the pan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-17877910 May: Despite the 10-point penalty, Rangers still manage to finish second. Only problem is they can't enter Europe, because they haven't filed accounts for 2011. Motherwell get stuffed in CL qualifying instead. May/June: Charles Green becomes the preferred bidder, but his CVA is rejected. Unleashing the full fury of the banter years. Edited December 12, 2017 by JamesM82 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 I'm going to add this piece of pure comedy gold statement from Rangers in Feb 2013 to this thread, was originally posted in the "lets all laugh at rangers" thread. https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/club-statement-27/ Credit goes to McQuade for finding it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 I'm going to add this piece of pure comedy gold statement from Rangers in Feb 2013 to this thread, was originally posted in the "lets all laugh at rangers" thread.https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/club-statement-27/ Credit goes to McQuade for finding it. I must have missed that one.That is so embarrassing it’s untrue. That’s an official club statement FFS. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 17 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: I must have missed that one. That is so embarrassing it’s untrue. That’s an official club statement FFS. It reads more like a guy being interviewed on Sportscene and talking off the top of his head than a (presumably) carefully-worded statement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 22 minutes ago, GordonD said: It reads more like a guy being interviewed on Sportscene and talking off the top of his head than a (presumably) carefully-worded statement. Or someone sitting at the end of the bar in a Rangers pub that's a few pints in 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afca32 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 19 pages and no mention (from what I can see) of- Neil Alexander's last minute own goal to give 10 man Elgin a draw at Ibrox Gary Thom putting the boot into Ian Black's stomach https://twitter.com/CraigGTelfer/status/633696496043597824 Lee "Jig" "Elbows" McCulloch diving to try and win a last minute penalty in front of 14 people in a game they drew 0-0. (47:25) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 I'm going to add this piece of pure comedy gold statement from Rangers in Feb 2013 to this thread, was originally posted in the "lets all laugh at rangers" thread.https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/club-statement-27/ Credit goes to McQuade for finding it. Even comparing to other statements that one is mental. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Is that topless Motherwell fan on here? I'd like to greenie every post he's ever made. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbirdonthewire Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 7 hours ago, JamesM82 said: This may be controversial, but I think 2011/12 should be included in the Banter Years. May 2011: "Self-made billionaire" Craig Whyte buys Rangers. Sounds promising. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/craig-whyte-profile-the-scots-billionaire-1076110 For a pound. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/13292829 But, don't worry Bears, he's promised "an immediate £5 million injection" for new manager Ally McCoist. 3 August: Rangers are knocked out of Champions League qualifying by Malmo. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/14321323 Not to worry, they might make some money out of the Europa League. 25 August: Oops, put out of that as well (by Maribor). http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/14569511 21 September: Papped out of the League Cup by First Division Falkirk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/14910198 15 October: Off to a good start in the league, though.10 points clear of Celtic, and Neil Lennon narrowly avoids the sack by coming back from 0-3 to draw 3-3 at Killie. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/15322813 20 October: A BBC documentary suggests Craig Whyte might not be wholly kosher. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-15377454 After Rangers lose at both Killie and St Mirren, a win for Celtic in the derby puts them top of the league at New Year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/16281414 Rangers need some reinforcements in the January transfer window. They sign Mervan Çelik. Nah, me neither. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervan_Çelik 5 February: Dundee United knock Rangers out of the Scottish Cup (this becomes an annual occurrence). http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/16778861 13 February: The shit really hits the fan. Rangers enter administration. People seem to be more bothered about the 10 point deduction, than an existential danger to the club. How odd. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-17026172 This is also the night of "The big house must stay open". The first real inkling of the banter potential here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyFXEHp-u-o 18 February: In their first game after entering administration, there is a full and passionate Ibrox.("Our club will never die"). Rangers lose 0-1 to Kilmarnock, http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/16994712 April: A "tow truck tycoon" is linked with buying Rangers. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13053252.Tow_truck_tycoon_plans_to_pull_Rangers_out_of_trouble/ 28 April: The SFA have imposed a 12-month transfer ban on Rangers (this is eventually deferred until the end of August). Their fans march on Hampden, because it's obviously the SFA's fault that Rangers are going down the pan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-17877910 May: Despite the 10-point penalty, Rangers still manage to finish second. Only problem is they can't enter Europe, because they haven't filed accounts for 2011. Motherwell get stuffed in CL qualifying instead. May/June: Charles Green becomes the preferred bidder, but his CVA is rejected. Unleashing the full fury of the banter years. Remember the Malmo! -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CambieBud Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 None of those club died. Unlike the uber diddies from Govan. That's why, no matter what the zombie club do in the future, they'll always be the biggest laughing stock in Scottish football. I take exception to zombie club, pedant that I am. A zombie suggests that they didn’t die. Tribute club is more accurate 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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