The Chronicles of the Banter Years (2012 - ∞)

[williemillersmoustache]

9 hours ago, JTS98 said:

One of my favourites was then the stickies (McCoist in particular) demanded to know why they had been fined in admin while Hearts and Dunfermline were not. McCoist went quite strongly on this and it was a media thing for a while.

The first hint that there might be comedy involved was Ewan Murray on Off the Ball on Radio Scotland saying 'wouldn't it be interesting if it emerged that Rangers actually asked to be fined'. Of course, turns out they did.

"Rangers' lawyer, in contrast, specifically asked for the club to be fined in respect of Charge 3, or Rule 14(g). He did not lead evidence of Rangers' financial position or ability to pay any fine.

"Rangers did not appeal the fine."

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11788/8857637/sfa-clarifies-why-rangers-were-fined-for-going-into-administration

IIRC the phrase was "should it transpire...."

 

But aye, glorious

[7-2]

39 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said:

One of the finest parts of the administration period was the rod they made for their own back.

There was probably a section of Scottish football supporters who were not that bothered about rangers dying/surviving/parachuted into the SPL or whatever.

Then they started with the ‘you’ll all pure go to the wall without us! Sink us or we’ll sink you!’ Rhetoric and cemented their own fate as every single c**t in Scottish football now hated them.

I think it was actually 'Yous'll all go to tay thi wa' wi'oot us ya ****** bastarts. Sink us an we'll sink yous ya ****** c***s. WATP. No surrender.' 

[Waspie]

On 12/13/2017 at 15:15, bennett said:

I'd forgotten about the fuss made by Oduwa trying to show a bit of skill and entertain the fans, wasn't it Burchill who claimed that he deserved to get halfed because he wasn't one of us?

That season was probably some of the best fitba we've ever played (lower level tho) and it felt like random guy spent two seasons constantly posting about the 1 - 3 game.

A few good cup results against the big boy teams in the Scottish cup before warbs sevco'd it against hibs in the final but overall an enjoyable season.

Another good from post minertaur.

 

The fuss about that wee trick was ridiculous. I doubt Colin Hamilton was used to journalists grabbing him immediately after a game for his opinion, but he did come across as being a bit churlish . He probably regretted it and the incident and the comments certainly didn't merit the attention they got.

After going toe to toe with Rangers over 2014/15 and providing a lifetime's worth of memories and LOLS - already well covered in this thread -  we got thumped twice in the opening two fixtures of 2015/16. We lost so many great Alloa players that summer and their replacements were not in the same class. Unfortunately, Danny Lennon sent them out to have a go at Rangers and we lost 5-1 at home and 4-0 at Ibrox. It appeared that the era of Alloa making mugs of Rangers was over.

The arrival of Jack Ross in December gave us new hope. Immediately recognising that we were shite, he sought and was granted permission to narrow the pitch as much as possible for the second half of the season. Even though this was done at the halfway point of the season and used before we played Rangers, the line was pushed before the game that this had been done specifically to frustrate Warburton's wonders.

 

Warburton, who had already complained about the surface, claimed to be "bemused". That proved to be the case as Rangers, after missing chances early on, got bogged down and frustrated. Their bemused manager had no plan B and despite winning more than 20 corners, they had no idea what to do with them. At the other end, they seemed clueless on how to defend the very few set pieces that Alloa won, with a header coming off the bar from a free kick before Jason Marr headed us in front from a corner.  Spot the seething away fans in the home end below.

Rangers scrambled a late equaliser and Warburton claimed afterwards that it was a freak result. In reality, the game showed up some serious flaws in him and his team. His failure to address defending set pieces  in particular would later cost him the Scottish Cup.

^^^

"Bemused"

This special set of games concluded with relegated Alloa going to Ibrox for flag day. There was controversy before kick off when two Alloa players, Duffy and Caddis, stood with bowed heads during the guard of honour. A few minutes later Duffy picked up a loose pass and put Alloa 1-0 up. There were only 50 Alloa fans there, high in the main stand, and the goal was greeted with almost complete silence. Rangers missed a penalty but equalised just before half time. The second half was just like the game at the Recs - minus the tight pitch - as Warburton was unable to work out how to break down a well organised but limited group of part-time players who were on their way to the third tier.

It finished 1-1 and pissing on the title party was an appropriate way to end a couple of surreal and quite magnificent seasons of games between Alloa and Rangers. We only lost 3 from 9 and only once from four at Ibrox.

Special bonus pic, more seething away fans in the home end the night of the 3-2 Challenge Cup win.

And to put in all in perspective, the previous Alloa team to avoid defeat at Ibrox

Edited December 15, 2017 by Waspie

[Swello]

Chick Young looking raging there - some things never change.

[SaintDougie]

21 minutes ago, Waspie said:

The fuss about that wee trick was ridiculous. I doubt Colin Hamilton was used to journalists grabbing him immediately after a game for his opinion, but he did come across as being a bit churlish . He probably regretted it and the incident and the comments certainly didn't merit the attention they got.

After going toe to toe with Rangers over 2014/15 and providing a lifetime's worth of memories and LOLS - already well covered in this thread -  we got thumped twice in the opening two fixtures of 2015/16. We lost so many great Alloa players that summer and their replacements were not in the same class. Unfortunately, Danny Lennon sent them out to have a go at Rangers and we lost 5-1 at home and 4-0 at Ibrox. It appeared that the era of Alloa making mugs of Rangers was over.

The arrival of Jack Ross in December gave us new hope. Immediately recognising that we were shite, he sought and was granted permission to narrow the pitch as much as possible for the second half of the season. Even though this was done at the halfway point of the season and used before we played Rangers, the line was pushed before the game that this had been done specifically to frustrate Warburton's wonders.

 

Warburton, who had already complained about the surface, claimed to be "bemused". That proved to be the case as Rangers, after missing chances early on, got bogged down and frustrated. Their bemused manager had no plan B and despite winning more than 20 corners, they had no idea what to do with them. At the other end, they seemed clueless on how to defend the very few set pieces that Alloa won, with a header coming off the bar from a free kick before Jason Marr headed us in front from a corner.  Spot the seething away fans in the home end below.

Rangers scrambled a late equaliser and Warburton claimed afterwards that it was a freak result. In reality, the game showed up some serious flaws in him and his team. His failure to address defending set pieces  in particular would later cost him the Scottish Cup.

^^^

"Bemused"

This special set of games concluded with relegated Alloa going to Ibrox for flag day. There was controversy before kick off when two Alloa players, Duffy and Caddis, stood with bowed heads during the guard of honour. A few minutes later Duffy picked up a loose pass and put Alloa 1-0 up. There were only 50 Alloa fans there, high in the main stand, and the goal was greeted with almost complete silence. Rangers missed a penalty but equalised just before half time. The second half was just like the game at the Recs - minus the tight pitch - as Warburton was unable to work out how to break down a well organised but limited group of part-time players who were on their way to the third tier.

It finished 1-1 and pissing on the title party was an appropriate way to end a couple of surreal and quite magnificent seasons of games between Alloa and Rangers. We only lost 3 from 9 and only once from four at Ibrox.

Special bonus pic, more seething away fans in the home end the night of the 3-2 Challenge Cup win.

And to put in all in perspective, the previous Alloa team to avoid defeat at Ibrox

Is that Pa Broon on the right there?

[shull]

Same old Alloa, always cheating.

[D.A.F.C]

21 hours ago, Waspie said:

The fuss about that wee trick was ridiculous. I doubt Colin Hamilton was used to journalists grabbing him immediately after a game for his opinion, but he did come across as being a bit churlish . He probably regretted it and the incident and the comments certainly didn't merit the attention they got.

After going toe to toe with Rangers over 2014/15 and providing a lifetime's worth of memories and LOLS - already well covered in this thread -  we got thumped twice in the opening two fixtures of 2015/16. We lost so many great Alloa players that summer and their replacements were not in the same class. Unfortunately, Danny Lennon sent them out to have a go at Rangers and we lost 5-1 at home and 4-0 at Ibrox. It appeared that the era of Alloa making mugs of Rangers was over.

The arrival of Jack Ross in December gave us new hope. Immediately recognising that we were shite, he sought and was granted permission to narrow the pitch as much as possible for the second half of the season. Even though this was done at the halfway point of the season and used before we played Rangers, the line was pushed before the game that this had been done specifically to frustrate Warburton's wonders.

 

Warburton, who had already complained about the surface, claimed to be "bemused". That proved to be the case as Rangers, after missing chances early on, got bogged down and frustrated. Their bemused manager had no plan B and despite winning more than 20 corners, they had no idea what to do with them. At the other end, they seemed clueless on how to defend the very few set pieces that Alloa won, with a header coming off the bar from a free kick before Jason Marr headed us in front from a corner.  Spot the seething away fans in the home end below.

Rangers scrambled a late equaliser and Warburton claimed afterwards that it was a freak result. In reality, the game showed up some serious flaws in him and his team. His failure to address defending set pieces  in particular would later cost him the Scottish Cup.

^^^

"Bemused"

This special set of games concluded with relegated Alloa going to Ibrox for flag day. There was controversy before kick off when two Alloa players, Duffy and Caddis, stood with bowed heads during the guard of honour. A few minutes later Duffy picked up a loose pass and put Alloa 1-0 up. There were only 50 Alloa fans there, high in the main stand, and the goal was greeted with almost complete silence. Rangers missed a penalty but equalised just before half time. The second half was just like the game at the Recs - minus the tight pitch - as Warburton was unable to work out how to break down a well organised but limited group of part-time players who were on their way to the third tier.

It finished 1-1 and pissing on the title party was an appropriate way to end a couple of surreal and quite magnificent seasons of games between Alloa and Rangers. We only lost 3 from 9 and only once from four at Ibrox.

Special bonus pic, more seething away fans in the home end the night of the 3-2 Challenge Cup win.

And to put in all in perspective, the previous Alloa team to avoid defeat at Ibrox

 

 

[D.A.F.C]

You see that's the difference from normal decent human beings and most rangers fans. When Dunfermline got relegated by Alloa we could have moaned about having to play youngsters and the likes of John Potter but we deserved to be punished for years of cheating.

Alloa fully deserved to beat us and it was karma, yet our fans applauded them winning it.

[bennett]

I'd forgotten about Alloa narrowing the pitch down to about 30 ft or so and going all shield wall on us, memories...

 

[Mon Dieu]

The Derek McInnes Saga

 

Official Unveiling Ceremony

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[Mark Connolly]

Today's result suggests this thread may never die...

[Toma_BullyWee]

Is anyone here oldfirmfacts on Twitter? I just noticed part 1 of the "definitive history of the banter years" article.

http://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/craig-whytes-banter-era-rangers-13992355.amp?__twitter_impression=true

[Trackdaybob]

[dayman fighter of the nightman]

I always thought this was a woman.

Me too[emoji848]

[ayrshire_nomad]

Awesome, this will go gold

[naegoodinthedark]

The banter years will never end.

[7-2]

'Aw, mah God'
© Rangers TV

[Enigma]

You see that's the difference from normal decent human beings and most rangers fans. When Dunfermline got relegated by Alloa we could have moaned about having to play youngsters and the likes of John Potter but we deserved to be punished for years of cheating.
Alloa fully deserved to beat us and it was karma, yet our fans applauded them winning it.

At least you admit you were dirty cheats who bought a league you couldn’t afford back in 2011.

[cyderspaceman]

11 hours ago, 7-2 said:

'Aw, mah God'
© Rangers TV

Twice!

[BawWatchin]

11 hours ago, 7-2 said:

'Aw, mah God'
© Rangers TV

"Aw.... naw"