rangers were kicked to the bottom league of scottish football after being taken over by some bad men & hung by lynch mobs..
they have since climbed up the leagues & are presently in 2nd position in the top league.. but need rebuilt in order to regain #1 & next season looks to be a potential rebirth..
i played for rangers at the age of 10 & occasionally attended games, mostly when we played in the champion's league during my teenage years..
it's an exciting time for rangers fans following a pretty gloomy past couple of years.. hopefully gerrard will attract some decent players..
But yeah rangers... i remember we got chased from our end of the ground - this was before segregation - and the ground was full of rangers fans.
and yeah i know all about recent time with Craig Whyte and all that. I think the appointment of Gerrard could be a good one. No matter who they appoint he needs money. Major investment in the team is the only way rangers can start to compete with celtic again.
When I was younger, I was really interested in football. No one cared about football in my family except my grandfather who would watch a game now and then and I remembered that at first I started watching with him just because it allowed me to get closer to him. But then I really enjoyed it and I even asked my parents to play in a team. But at the end of the 80s/early 90s, let's say there was no female team in town. So I settled for playing with boys from my school when they let me. Then World Cup 98 happened (I'm French...) and for a year or two, all my female friends suddenly claimed they loved football (although when you asked them what offside meant, they had no idea ) and whenever I said I loved football, people laughed at me and said "Yes, right? Which player are you in love with, huh?", that got on my nerves!!
I went twice to Liverpool (mostly because I am a huge Beatles fan), spent a couple of days there in 2000 and 2002 but there was no home game during my time there. I visited Anfield though.
For a couple of years (2001 to 2004 or 2005, can't remember), I had what they called an "e-season" ticket, which allowed me to listen to the games, Watch highlights, exclusive footage... on internet etc, when the games weren't on TV (French tv, that's it). I have also fond memories of the lfc.tv, there were some nice folks there (well, but also a lot of twats ), after all these years, i'm still in touch with two guys I "met" there. Oh, 2001 was such an amazing season!
He passed away in 2012 but for some reason, I never really felt like "going back" to football. I'm always so busy I hardly find time to sleep (I usually sleep about 2 hours a day) so following a team again (even if it were just on TV/internet) wouldn't be an option anyway.
I've just tried to take a photo of myself in my Rangers cap to impress 13D, but it's not come out for some reason. No great loss. I always used to watch the Glasgow derbys with my Grandad and cheer Rangers on, he was a Carnoustie man, and a lifelong supporter.
I've never been a big football fan, I don't have a team. I used to enjoy World Cup and European tournaments as they came round, but I've become so conditioned to abject disappointment I don't seem to get excited anymore. We've a World Cup on the horizon and I've not even thought about it this year, I'd struggle to name more than three players in England's squad. Come to think of it I'd struggle to name any.
legless, that was a good post. it made me smile and i could totally relate to what you were saying. i enjoyed reading that and fogg as well talking about your grandad.
not going by this picture, but i feel when i look at older footage, the players usually appear to be in their 40's.. maybe it's the moustaches etc.. when footballers were "real men"
theres a certain drive that pro footballers have, a winning mentality.. to be honest, i enjoyed more playing with friends and scoring goals, which i did a lot.. but it didn't ruin my weekend if we lost.. sometimes i scored like 5 or 6, i think the most i scored was 8 in one game... the feeling of scoring is a real buzz and still is a nice feeling even playing at the park..
i was uncomfotable during trials, sitting in changing rooms with people i didn't know.. i guess i was anxious or lacking in confidence..
i shall have to consider who to follow in the world cup..
I was the same, i didn't have that focus i mucked about too much. and like you i just enjoyed playing with friends. we used to have a 11 against 11 and sometimes more than that most weekends. other time during the week i would be out until it was dark with a few friends playing in all weathers. no internet, computers or sky tv in those days. good times though. but yeah i never had the dedication to take it further and was not good outside my comfort zone.


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