Again, in Boredom: Lennon
It gives me no pleasure to once more address the Lennon issue.
I am at a loss to why anyone would wish to improve his standing among his tribe by assisting him to martyrdom. Let’s all give those wise fellows of the Celtic Board the opportunity to deal appropriately with their manager’s predilection to violence – in every aspect of his life.
Lets us give him not the oxygen of publicity, but instead wish him and his kind a long and happy retirement – preferably down the Shankhill. That way he won’t have to deal with a balanced, plural society. A communion of equals.
…. the small matter of football
I watched with pride and confidence the composure of Naismith, Weir, and Whiticker, as they guided the hand fate to beat a very good Dundee United side. For an ugly moment I felt Scottish Football wasn’t in the parlous state I frequently alluded. In fact a few moments of pride captured my sentiment as my eyes ran over the line of the old wall, adjacent to the technical area, I sheltered behind in those bleak mid-winters of yesteryear. I welled up – or was it the torrential rain? Most likely rain.
The ghosts of triumphs past danced across my inner eye as Willie Waddell tripped the wing, magicing the cross to the head of Kitchenbrand with which he’d demolish the posts (rather than score). Did they ever play together? Memory is such a fickle thing when recalling the romance of youth in football past. Was that Fergie that fell rather than scored? (we called him Fergie, or young Fergie back then, not Sir Alex or God). Read more
Walter Smith OBE Says GoodBye to the Beautiful Game & Rangers
The accomplishments of Walter Smith stand alongside any in the beautiful game. But despite an enviable CV that could fill a small compendium, two accomplishments, for me, stand out from the many, many others.
Firstly, there was that pinnacle of technical ability, the European Cup campaign of ‘92/93, when one more win added to the ten in the bag would have seen Walter stand to win the European Cup. No other Rangers’ manager can make such a claim. Not even the Dutch master nor the mighty Souness, although the latter was indeed far sighted in identifying the huge potential locked up in Walter’s grim adherence to duty, unimaginable fitness, something we don’t acknowledge nearly enough , and unmatched managerial apprenticeship, that included assisting Jim McLean scale the dizzy heights of Scottish and European football. Read more
Tribal Traditions in Scottish Football
John Grieg is well known for going in late, hard and low. But how justified is it this time? Is putting the inside right Whyte into row F to buy some time to rustle up an alternative rescue plan for Rangers justified?
I have to say I have always been concerned at the visibility of Mr Whyte’s money, or more correctly, invisibility.
I heard from some self attested media insider-luvies he’s been in everything from coco plantations to security companies in Easterhouse, and along the way he’s amassed billions. If so what’s the issue? He claims to be Rangers through and through, so why hesitate? Is the cost too much? Is the Bank of Scotland needing more than the club is worth to settle Sir David’s debt?
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Rangers are About Football, Not the Other Crap
With all the criminal and financial activities going on its hard to remember that we’re actually in the football business.
That’s right, that game that inspires us to turn out in wet and wind. And there’s been quite a bit of wet and wind around too.
The playing staff are either in old age or they are insufficiently acquainted with the Rangers’ tradition that they cannot be trusted to “keep-the-heed” when set upon by the protagonists; those troublesome pretenders. Read more
2 Glasgow Rangers Fans Caught on CCTV Charged
Gone are the days where you are going to get away with fighting inside a football ground. The CCTV cameras are set to cover and move into any hotspots that occur during a game.
And two Rangers fans are the latest to be caught this way, they have been charged with assaulting two police officers during the violent clashes at the 2008 UEFA Cup final in Manchester. Read more