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Well chaps NORMAL SERVICE HAS RESUMED. Another fabulous win for Walters unbeaten Glasgow Rangers. Rangers were absolutely superb in yesterdays 2 - 0 demolition job over arch rivals CEPTIC. Back to front every single player done there job. Celtics midfield were totally dominated by the fantastic Brahim Hemdani, the classy Kevin Thomson and the driving force of the great man BARRY FERGUSON. Poor Gravesen was even hauled off at half time. Also on 1 side of the park u had 36 year old David Weir who was superb against the average van hesse whatever then on the otherside u had old boy Lennon chasing shadows lol. Yes guys it certainly has been a terrific turnaround from Walter. He's quite simply turned a struggling team into a winning team. Until Walters arrival Ceptic had taken 17 points more than Rangers. Since Walters arrival Rangers have taken 8 points more than Ceptic. Quite a turnaround i think you'll agree. BRING ON NEXT SEASON !!

Breaking News Celtic won the league by Xmass and took their foot off the gas.

 

The fact that Celtic had won the league (since about october really) might have had a small bearing on the result. But Im sure those a lot more qualified on the subject than my self will be along shortly to pass comment...

Civility and restraint please lads.

 ;popcorn; ;popcorn;

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As for your comments - correct one team in it. Of course I remember such false dawns during your 9 in a row, they turned nothing around. Start consistently winning & I'll be concerned - but well played yesterday.

I know you are right obviously, another corner turned, another moonbeam. Maybe next season we just shouldnt bother turning up. Thats what we were told last season, because of the French Revolution taking place at Ibrox. The season before we were told it was all academic as well, because Rangers potentially had THREE teams that could take care of the pesky upstarts Celtic.

Anyway, congratulations on your win on Saturday. What trophy did you get for it ?

 ;bumwiggle;

beating celtic is getting boring again, sooooooooooooooooooo predictable

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LOL @ Fergus, creeping out of the woodwork after a meaningless end of season game  ;nanana;

Thanks for the pic TT I was needing a new avatar  ;)

i think its 12 pts + against celtic since walter came back ;tightend; get the treble bets on now boys ;)

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ive always said, the good thing about celtic, is that when thier ahead of rangers they never improve thier squad enough in the close season. they ll buy bargain basements again and allow rangers to claw any difference there is back and some

doubt there will be any bargain basements left, yon teddy bears will have snapped them all up...

Kirk Broadfoot
Alan Gow


pure shiting it....

celtic are buying the hero of helicopter sunday, says it all

I hope Celtic don't buy Beattie - the guy is shrapnel.

dun dun dundun, Charlie Adam!

 i cant see that happening , he is a proven dud now.

 i think we need to target solid players that are proven at a good level , Robbie Keane , Steve Sidwell , Jason Koumas , and Stephan Appiah have all been linked , i wouldnt object to any of them , Scott Brown is another option.

 we definitely need strenghtening in all positions , and hopefully next season guys like Hartley , Hesselink and Riordan will step and start to show their worth in a Celtic shirt.

 overall though we still have a stranglehold on the Scottish game , we are Financially secure , we have cruised the title 2 years running now , we have a good standing in Europe , we have an excellent squad and the means to strenghten the squad in the summer , if we get a bit of luck and avoid injuries to the likes of Naylor , Hesselink etc then i cant see Rangers winning the title next season , i do believe they will be stronger next season , just not strong enough.

 but lets hope we have some excitement next season , cos this season was awful , excluding the european nights.

koumas may go
appiah may go
sidwell no chance
keane no chance
brown is going to rangers, deals done

your squad is awful, worst celtic team in 10 years. the worst rangers team ever made you look good.

My dad could kick your dad's ass.

 ;booder;

and another thing.......

jarosik was a great player, what did you do to him?

All kidding aside, do you seriously believe that?

Rangers have NO money, they are skinto. Celtic on the otherhand are a sound financial footing thanks to the superb job Peter Lawell is doing.

If Rangers buy Scott Brown they'll need to pay for him in installments & that'll be the transfer budget gone, any other signings will be Bosmans, I mean you couldn't afford to pay for Riordan last year & Gow this year. The best you can hope for are Brown & Naismith.

Also Rangers have no players with any resale value whereas Celtic will be able to punt Jarosik, Gravesen, Miller for about 5million between them & free up about 70 grand a week in wages my only concern is how Strachan spends his 10-15 million transfer kitty.

Don't get me wrong it will be a lot closer next season but I think our bigger squad will win it again.

RAB DOUGLAS

STEPHEN HUGHES



If you carry on bickering Douglas goes back to celtic and Hughes to Rangers

"The Celtic manager has done great, they have had a great season. They have the chance of the league and cup Double and made the last 16 of the Champions League.

That's a great season so to be brutally honest I am a bit embarrassed having a conversation about how well we've done in finishing second."

- Ally McCoist

It's sad to support and team and base their success on how shit another team is...


very telling..

 

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40th Anniversary.
Entered five competitions....won five cups.

Glasgow Celtic.....Glories unmatched....Achievements unparalled!!!


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mccoist is on about the natural order of things

1. rangers
2.celtic
by 1 point or goal difference, im not fussed

rotflmfao

 why so fast to dismiss keane or sidwell ? they have every chance of signing.

 confident Brown is going to Rangers ?? dont bet on it.

 our squad is awful. pmsl  rotflmfao. , if a sqaud of 20 - 25 solid internationals ie Boruc , Pressley , McManus , Lennon , Hartley , Nakamura , Gravesen , Jarosik , Hesselink , Zurawski , Naylor , and thats not to mention the young talent , O'Dea , McGeady , Riordan , Sno , Beattie , etc etc is an awful squad , then im happy to have an awful squad.

 the worst Rangers team ever made us look good ?? yeah Rangers made us beat Man Utd over 2 legs and hold AC Milan to 1 goal over 2 legs ( 5 goals against Man Utd insemi finals. )

 and if this is the worst Rangers team ever , why are you all so confident your going to win the league next year ??

 cling on to the hope , itll only last about another  6 months , before its tied up again.  ;nana;

Several reports today that Sidwell is definitely off to Chelsea.

Guys

Rangers and Celtic fans always believe they are going to win the next championship,regardless how they finished in the previous season. Lets agree to disagree and see.

Going back to last Old Firm game Rangers 2 Celtic 0,yes that one. Rangers were different class,and as I said on another post,I expected to hear lame excuses of the league is already won...Bollocks. An Old Firm game is an Old Firm game ( for any non Old Firmers,that means every game means something)

A wee example is the Scottish Cup semi between Hibs and Dunfermline,attracted 6,000 fans.
Rangers U19 Celtic U19 had over 15,000 crowd(which Rangers won 5-0).
It's the biggest rivalry around and every game is a must win.

Rangers didn't deserve a trophy last two years and thats that. But Rangers played Celtic off the park in the last 3 games and that does soften the blow a bit.

All Celtic fans do have to stop believing they have a better team.The only Celtic player I think is good enough to play for Rangers is Naylor...saying that Stevie Smith will be back,forget that one. The rest are mediocre...

Yous rant and rave about Boruc,Nakamura and Van Missinglink
Boruc is shite.
Nakamura plays for about 5mins out the 90.shite.
Van Missinglink seems to fit nicely in the 36 year old Davie Weirs back pocket,shite.

Saying that Celtic have already strengthened their squad,just by getting rid of Lennon and Graveson (Both shite). Gordon Strachan says he needs £11 Million to replace Lennon. (Gordon pm me,I'll get you a replacement for a Monkey)

As for Rangers not affording Riordan...it's alot of wages for sitting on a bench(Celtics bench,wouldn't even make our bench)

Cheers

p.s Could be Italian International coming to Rangers to partner Boyd up front. Caracciolo

Simple question - if none of the Celtic players could make it into the Rangers first eleven, how come they've won the league by such a big margin?

Rangers are not a great team just now but there's not a Rangers player I would swap for a Celtic player.

The difference was Rangers team spirit in the first half of the season. There was no heart,especially against the lower teams in the league.
Half the team didn't want to play for Le Guen either.
If the league was played next season with both teams keeping their present squads, Rangers would win...simple.

Personally, I think Boruc is better than McGregor (i know you dont agree) and long term, McManus is going to do better than Weir, maybe not next season, but over the next 5 years. I agree Nakamura drifts in and out of game from what I've seen but he makes enough contributions that i think he could get in the Rangers team - he was named player of the year! Rangers need to IMO get rid of Novo. He only ever plays when he wants a move or a contract renewal. Give him a one year deal and you might get something out of him. As for the rest of the Celtic and Rangers players, i think its pretty much a much of a muchness.

The gas a smell is coming from your ass, Celtic supporters should be worried about next season

I think its all pretty much much of nothingness, as the football both sides have served up this season has been appauling, the championship in England play better footie, if they played out in my back garden I`d draw the curtains over!!
roll on next season & hopefully sum thing worth watching!!

If Van hesslink is so good then how come in 2 OF games and 2 CL games V Milan late in the season he barely mustered a shot at goal?

And how come when Nakamura curls a freekick into the top corner he's a genius and when Ronaldinho puts a free kick under the wall he's incredible, but when Charlie Adam does it its a fluke that the keeper should be sacked for not saving?

Dun dun dun dun, Charlie Adam!!!

What about the recent form of Alan Hutton who in the last 2 months has been looking like a class right back and has had Aiden "Ronaldinho in disguise" McGeady in his back pocket as he bombs down the wing in the last 2 OF games?

Guys this is fuc***g hysterical I haven't had such a laugh in ages.  All I have heard over the past few days is Walter's back we will win the league next season yada fucking yada!

Your boys only started playing when Celtic where 18 points clear.  Last year around this time when your lot where trailing Hertz - a provincial club in Embra yous where going on about next season and how PLG would have the league sewn up and make you's a force in Europe.  LMAO - whatever happened to him?  The captain was respected more than a manager who was sensational in France.  Not to worry though eh?  Walters back a guy responsible for some of your worse ver signings, responsible for some dodgy injuries becuase of his poor training.  A man who near got everton relegated.  Ohh hell yeah am shaking in my boots.

Look at your bosmans for next year superb signings. Youur club is near bankrupt.  What excuses will we hear from you next year?

Damon £50 says we beat you boys next year to the title I am so confident I will give you a 5 point start!!!

Aye ready!!  We arra peepel!

Is a turnaround the same thing as a revolution or is it more of a moonbeam.

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Be afraid!!


 Td Th

Yes welll done you've gone from 2nd in the league to erm.......... 2nd in the league

You are officially the "Man City" of Glasgow  ;D

The fact that Charlie Adam is the new ibrox poster boy fills me with great joy.

I had to suffer watching rangers teams with the likes of Laudrup, Gascoigne, Albertz, Van Bronkhorst etc...

rangers are basically one of the "diddy teams" in the SPL, they raise their game when playing the big bhoys.

I remember the 1994/95 season when Celtic only lost 1 out of 4 Old Firm games but we finished 5th in the league about 10 million points behind rangers.

The difference is we were not happy with that and we didn't hail Paul Byrne & Rudi Vata etc... as world superstars!

So to the answer the original point, the reason Charlie Adam is not held in the same esteem as Ronaldinho is the same reason Rolf harris is not held in the same esteem as Picasso!

 

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Leave them alone Bhoys they have got the team they deserve.

Now, i've nothing against either side of the old firm ( I'm actually quite enjoying the "debate") but do you guys not get bored going over the same s*** every time there is  a derby game/ new season.

Genuine question   >:?

To be fair Scott you couldn't get a Rangers fan on here for months (remember the PLG thread).
Its a big deal for Rangers to beat Celtic, I'm more interested in trying to improve in Europe.

That'll do it  ;ifm; rotflmfao


but still didn't answer the question - do you not get bored with the same point scoring against each other or is that part of the fun in being an old firm fan  ;carlocitrone;

Regarding...
1.The PLG revolution; Any team in the world would have been optimistic of great improvement with the record he had in France, thing is he inherited a good team in LYON and who have since improved even more since his departure. Half the Rangers squad didn't get on with Le Guen,which I would say puts the brakes on any revolution...unfortunate but true. Le Guen was hardly at training unlike Smith and Smith won't tolerate players not trying. I mean players weren't allowed to tackle in training...It's Scottish football for F..k sake.
2.Walter Smith deserves all credit as he has been part of a historic revolution already at Ibrox. Walter was the man who guided Souness in his days at Ibrox and then continued to improve the team after Souness departure (9 in a row, missing out on a European Cup Final due to the Marseilles scanda)l. It was a great team with great players from all over. Gazza,Laudraup,Hateley,Albertz,Gatusso are just a few foreigners who arrived at the club,who understood what playing for Rangers was all about. That will come again and is the reason the fans are happy to have Walter back along with a Rangers legend Super Ally( these two are part of the reason for Celtics worst run in their history...thats if you know the History). It wasn't that long ago yous Celts were happy with Smith and McCoist and their Scotland revolution.

There you are then. Rangers got it wrong appointing a manager with a great record in France but surely appointing a manager with an incredible record in Scotland can't be a bad thing. Sir Alex Ferguson rates Walter highly but I guess Bandit and the rest of the bhoys on this thread know better rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

It wasn't so long ago that the Celtic fans wanted Gordon Strachan hung,yes F..king hung after his first two games in charge( Pre season friendlies they were). Now they think he is a God.

I must also admit that the standard of football in the English championship has been a lot better than in Scotland this year,which is sad but true(except for last Saturdays Rangers performance)

Rangers have wasted two years not winning trophies,but still to this day have won more silverware than any team in the world...different class.

ScottM,the answer to your question about getting bored is NO it is also an excuse for a bit of banter. Also believe me when I say that the Celts are hurting after dropping 8pts from nine to the Gers,they probably stayed home Saturday night and sickied work. The Celts are hurting and we are loving it.

By the way Bandit, what odds are you asking for...realistically? and how much do you want to wager? (probably wise to check your biscuit tin)

 :cheers: and good luck next year

Damon

p.s to prove I am not a bitter man,you can tell Strachan that I've found a replacement for Lennon and for less than a monkey. In fact it will only cost a buy in to tonights £40 DC F/O @ Cincinnatis,and the boy is no too bothered
about Win Bonus either.

p.p.s I'm surprised the Bhoys haven't brought up their 40th Anniversary...you know the Lisbon Lions...the first British team to...everybody knows,coz we hear about it everyday.
 At the end of the day I am 33 and in my liftime, Rangers fans have had far more happy days than the Tic fans have had and there are even more to come  ;yippee; ;yippee; ;yippee;

Just a straight up £50 bet me an you mano el mano I say Celtic will win the league by 5 points minimum next season!

C'mon the Hoops!

Here's a bet...

£50 straight bet on who wins the league and I will even give you your £50 back if yous make second.
A one time special offer for the Bandit.

Now I know you've lost it Damon, have you been on the pipe  :o

I think it's a fair bet Teacake. Do yo u think I'm being tight by only giving Bandit his money back if Celtic finish second?

Bandit...Bandit...Baaaaannnnndit

I will give you your money back if yous finish 3rd. Last offer.
You have time to think about it,you know wait an see what monkees yous buy before committing yourself.

can i have this bet for £50,000?

Deal!!

can I have some?

say a reasonable amout.. £1,000 or so?

one time offer for the bandit.

neverends

Bandit runs gooooooood


I now realise all his tips were a plot to make us all think he is dead money on the sports betting arena, making us give him more and more favourable odds.

Damon that is simply not true. Celtic fans do not view Strachan as a "God"

I can't speak for all Celtic fans but I can speak for myself when I say I loathe Gordon Strachan.  I know many Celtic fans who feel the same way. I'm not going to put a % on it as I've not spoken to every fan but it is a significant proportion of the Celtic support who have just never taken to the guy

If Newcastle want him as manager then I'll drive him down there myself.

This doesn't change the fact rangers are mince. They are utter dross.

MMMM, whats not 2 like about Strachan??
how about Fergus McCann,Hero or Vilian??

Thats not true, Celtic will be relegated next season now just because of the Bandit bok now he has bet on them!

my own personal opinion is that Celtic and Rangers should merge, in the interests of Scottish football, social integration, sectarion peace and to save the rest of us from having to listen to this shite!!!!

i wasnt aware anyone was forcing you to listen. this part of the board is for sports discussion, and we are having a (shock horror) sports discussion...

I wasn't referring to this particular forum, more the wider picture

Who's your team CRIPPIN?

lol bloody brilliant

My team.....hmm, always had a soft spot for Manchester United since my cousin from Belfast got me a signed picture of George Best when I was 7 and then watching him play, without doubt the greatest ever to play in this land.

But now, with all the diving, cheating muppets that play the game I prefer rugby - although there are certain teams following the football line with the cheating.

For many it might be aload of shite,especially the guys down south.Up here the Old Firm fans take their football serious which is probably the reason we have a bigger support than all English teams bar 1(Man Utd being the biggest club in the world)
Here you grow up from your days at school following the Rangers or Celtic and depending on current form,you either give pelters or accept them...way of life up here.
As for Rangers and Celtic merging...F..king hilarious,you must be mad. What about the season ticket holders? Are they going to be content only playing the rest of the shite in the SPL and No Celtic/Rangers. Plus you would be killing the greatest derby in the world.

Crippin come up to Glasgow for an Old Firm game and then you will realise what it is all about.

Very true,aint no derby in England comes close!!

What would you call them Glasgow United, Glasgow City??
Real Glasgow??

Very true,aint no derby in England comes close!!
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Not in the world!!!

 Brilliant

 cant wait to see the ' Terry Butcher revival ' post come january

 or the ' Goughie's gonnae get you ' post

 pmsl  rotflmfao

 mon the hoops
 
 

SPL 2007/08

1. Rangers....................100pts
2. Hearts......................71pts
3. Celtic........................62pts
4. Hibernian...................56pts

Rangers to remain unbeaten all season
Scottish Cup winners - Rangers

CIS Cup winners - Rangers

Champs Lge Minimum Quarter-finalists - Rangers

Now that I have predicted that Celtic WILL make 3rd,means I stand to gain £0 from my bet with Glasgow Bandit.After some thought(not much) I realised it didn't matter as I can only lose if Celtic win the league(not gonna happen). So the fact that I have put my money where my mouth is,shows how confident I am. How many Celts would make the same bet(with Celtic winning of course)?


Definetley a Phenomenal Turnaround from Walter I would say.
Go on the Walters Revo.

Now that that is settled and everyone knows what to bet on for next season, and we all agree that Walter has been a Phenomenen ( not sure how you spell it) (it doesn't look right,f..k it).....................................Who's next?


Maybe Andy Goram(LEGEND) interesting to know his stats against the Auld Tic ( I know Celtic fans who still have nightmares about him) or Neil Lennon (muscles fae Belfast)

Damon

p.s I would like to wish Neil Lennon all the best wherever he goes. Shame.If he was half as entertaining on the pitch as off it he could have been good for Scottish fitba.

Fucking hilarious Damon!

I near  pissed myself this morning reading that, its sort of put a spring in my step as I get ready to head to work.

Rangers for the treble, FFS you haven't smelt a trophy for the last 2 years and now your going for a clean sweep next season.  As for Rankgers going unbeated next season I'll give you another £50 on that as well!!!

Nae value.
I think I'll start with £50 on my betfair account and LAY whoever plays Rangers and let my winnings ride until the end of the season. Aye.How much would that accumulate to?

Bandit

Forget the last two years mate...coz Walters back. ;applause;

never mind rangers, ifi were a celtic fan  id be shaaaating myself about dunfermline

The Tic think they have done the Double already.

C'mon the Pars.
I can see the Dunfermline sneaking it. Like Rangers they have been the form team of late.
I think 1-0 to Dunfermline.

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Tinsel, your getting a wee bit carried away now.

Damon, your baiting is different class fella  ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend;

I notice Tinsel sneaked in a wee photo of the Lisbon Lions. Was only a matter of time.

I can't see Kenny Dalglish and Paul McStay going back to Celtic either.

The one prediction from Tinsel I will go with is (look closely at the Hartson/Zurawski photo). We knew that all along though.

Carried away?? I think not. Just confidence in the facts that since the Lisbon Lions
the mighty Celts have won their league 19 times from 40!!!

 Just like  Aspades Kc v  Ks Qc .......it's Domination baby!!!!   ;first; ;first;   ;D ;D

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LOL!!

Just clocked that  ;D

SINCE the fluke of the Lisbon Lions.

Rangers have won 48 trophies (incl a European Cup Winners Cup)

Celtic have won 42 trophies ( NOT incl a European Cup Winners Cup)

;kneelsucker;

Tinsel

DOMINATION!!!

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Oh dear, the cup you qualified for when you didn't even win the Scottish Cup the previous season, you only got in by default as runners up to the all conquering Celtic who were in the middle of the original 9 in a row. A run that coincided with 2 European Cup Finals, another 2 semis (losing 1 on pens)& a further 2 quarter finals, hardly a fluke  rotflmfao

Oh aye & you got presented with the trophy in a wee cupboard in the Camp Nou cos all your mob were rioting on the pitch which led to you being banned the following season & unable to defend the trophy (a unique achievement!).  :-*

lol

Rangers won the European Cup Winners Cup '72

Teams including Liverpool,Chelsea,Bayern Munich,Sporting Lisbon,Barcelona and plenty others.

The fact that counts is Rangers played their way through the tournament defeating the likes of Dynamo Kiev,Bayern Munich, Sporting Lisbon and Torino.

What happened after the game wasn't a first in European finals. Ajax,Bayern Munich and of course Celtic fans had also invaded the pitches in their time, with no consequences.
The Rangers fans invaded the pitch in celebration and the Spanish police were extemely heavy handed. It's not as if the Rangers fans were fighting with the opposing fans ( as 99.5% were Rangers fans)
Rangers got banned for two years later having it reduced to one year and yes not being able to defend the trophy coz of the Spanish Police over reacting and nothing more.

Rangers were also the first team to play 3 European CWC finals...different class!

 ;joestrummer;

 rotflmfao

They invaded the pitch before the game had finished cos they were shitting themselves that Dynamo had come back from 3-0 to 3-2 & were looking like making Rangers the first team to lose 3 ECWC finals, different class indeed!!!  ;nanana;

made 3 finals though and the first to do so and 3-2 is still a win.

Since the famous rivalry began the stats are as follows.

Rangers v Celtic

Rangers won 149, drawn 92 and lost 134 ( not including the war period...b4 yous start another debate)

It is quite close after so many years but RANGERS just edging it.......if only yous knew the history.

a forgot

Rangers have also a goal advantage of 22

3 CWC finals. Why were you in the Cup Winners Cup in the first place?

Remembering of course that that other massive club, Aberdeen, have also won it.

My 18 year old nephew wants Damon to tell him what the Cup Winners Cup is??

He's never heard of it!!!!
Question. Name the last three Scottish Clubs to play in European club finals

Clue: despite being the establishment club, despite being ' the people', depite having three different
       sides in the 90's ( one for the league, one for the cups and one for europe), despite Murray's lies
       and Walters cardigan none...I repeat...none of them are rangers!!

Even Bucks Fizz have been in a European Final in the last 30 years!!!!

 Td Th

Aberdeen, Dundee United and Celtic

The ECWC was an added bonus.

As I said earlier we have the better of the Head to Head with Celtic,Aberdeen,Dundee Utd and the rest.

Every dog has its day ( even the TIC) but for Rangers to come out in front in all the Head to Heads should prove something. In 1966/67 Celtic were the better team than Rangers...BUT over the long term ( 134 years) Rangers have been the best team Scotland has produced. Does it no just ye make proud to be a Bluenose.

We have won 51 ( yes fifty-one) league championships- WORLD RECORD. European trophies are nice to win but like all other top teams,the League is priority and we've done it more than anyone.Does it no just make ye proud to be a Bluenose.

Did I see a Dundonian on this forum talking about football? Hope no! Dundonians are better stickin tae, whitever they dae...but no talking football.

Tinsel, tell yer nephew that it was the European trophy played for by clubs who had won their domestic cups (sometimes runners up)
and the Uefa Cup was for teams who liked City Breaks

Rangers also hold the record of entering the European Cup/Champions league the most number of times without actually winning it.

They hold the record aggregate defeat in a European Cup semi final. Losing 12 (yes TWELVE!) - 4 over two legs to Eintracht Frankfurt in 1960.

They were also the first team ever to be banned from defending a European trophy.

They were also the first club to be knocked out of Europe TWICE in one season in 1997/98. Losing to IFK Goteburg in the CL qualifiers before being knocked out of the UEFA Cup in the 1st round by Strasbourg.

They Hold the record defeat in a British domestic Cup final losing 7 (yes SEVEN!) - 1 to Celtic in the Scottish League Cup Final in 1957.


"As a Scottish football club , they ( Rangers ) are a permanent embarrassment and an occassional disgrace. This country would be a better place if Rangers did not exist " -  Ian Archer - Glasgow Herald - 1972.

This is like watching 2 retards fight....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pACePi441ds&mode=related&search=

 ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;karabiner; ;karabiner;


 Td Th

and we are still the best team Scotland has produced

a forgot again

Rangers held the record for an aggregate win 18-0...different class

Bit silly to base it on the past, unless you are going to claim Pro Vercelli are one of the strongest teams to be produced in Italy....(they did win serie a 7 times after all)

You're right Royal.
I can see our future being brighter than our past.

Rangers to do the treble next year and win a European trophy within 5 years with WALTER SMITH

Like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znZ4APZjq44&mode=related&search=

Good one JohnBhoy, add in a quote from some moron from the herald, like that has any meaning!

Since Rangers spanked down the rest of Scottish Football during 9 in a row, in the 10 years since Celtic have only won 6 titles to Rangers 4, slightly better but not domination and as Damon pointed out, we hold the world record for League Championships won.

Celtic have made a lot of history though, they were the 1st Scottish club to play a European tie behind closed doors because of their fans behaviour.

when was this ?

I thought Mr Archer's quote would rattle a few cages  ;D

They're his words not mine! (although I agree with him  ;D )

See this world record that yous keep going on about for the most Champonships. It's hardly a great achievement given that it's for Scottish Championships.

I mean it's not as if Man Utd, Juventus, Real Madrid etc..... can enter the SPL to challenge for this record is it? So other than from a statistical point of view what does this "World Record" actually show?

At least when Celtic have had domestic success we did something in Europe at the same time. The same can be said for Aberdeen & Dundee Utd when they had their day in the 1980's

During rangers 9 in a row they were regularly humilated in Europe. It's not a "world record" but it's worth pointing out

If rangers beat Kilmarnock today they will hold the "world record" for beating Kilmarnock the most times on a sunday at 2pm.

Surely that's worth another star on the jersey ;D

Ahhhh..Leave us alone!!!

We're old firm fans.  We are genetically programmed to produce this nonsense.

We can't help it.  ;D ;D

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I agree. That is so sad. Celtic will win 50 leagues. It's only a matter of time.
As it was only a matter of time before Rangers ( with the backing of the establishment, referees and press) achieved this first.

Now, will Rangers win a Eurpoean cup, play in a World Club final, win every tournament they enter in a single season
.......I doubt it. These are genuine achievements that are unsurpassed by any Scottish club.

 Td Th

In 1985 versus Atletico Madrid after the fiasco that was Rapid Vienna

 Td Th

:D

i got one to admit it!

The fact that th Scottish league is not that strong is a fair point,but Celtic are also part of that league and they haven't won as many championships as Rangers( what does that tell you about Celtic)

As for watching retards fight,Rookie and RoyalFlush have to understand that this the OLD FIRM.
We go to work on Mondays and discuss football...down south yous go to work and talk Big Brother or Coronation St or some sh..

If the English had let us join the Premiership,we could have shown them what the Old Firm is about( that would end up a 2 horse race aswell)

Another stake in the ground today? Or just proof that the current team will continue to drop points while showing they can raise their game (given the opportunity) , but won't?

BTW as a Mod can I thank all the Scots boys involved in this thread for keeping it civil, and point out that all stirring and  ;popcorn; etc has come from south of the border  ;ifm;. Well played folks.

TBH Rod, I couldnae spell half the words I wanted tae use.

The ENGLISH dae talk fitba afterall.
There is a post on the Genaral Discussion Forum from a guy called Vinni. He has just rounded of a good year by his team(Wigan) avoiding relegation on goal difference.
Vinni should be thankful the powers don't allow Rangers and Celtic to play in the Premiership,coz then Wigan would have to make do with the Championship.

Best of luck to Billy Davies and Derby in the play-offs

Wigan are not his team, Sheff Wed are, he was taking delight in the relegation of Sheff UTD.

Best of luck to Billy and to George Burley who is also Scottish
and best of luck to Mick McCarthy and Tony Mowbray two former Celtic Centre Halfs.

That's me got that covered.

 Td Th

sorry vinni

Seff Wed - Sheff Utd

Second biggest derby in Britain

Great revival by Walter Smiths Rangers

Where's the BANDIT?

Bandits disappeared after learning a few things about Scottish Football

Bandit Bandit Bandit,why am a no surprised. Just cannae get through tae yous silly bhoys ( is that awright Rod Paradise?)

Yous are drawing dead

We have won more trophies and games than Celtic and we have played in the same tournaments and that's taking it from 1888 the year shite was founded.

Accept it.

Bandit, up for a beer in the Glaswegian?

if celtic and rangers were in the premiership todays relegation battle would have had whole different flavour.

Stats, stats, stats and more damn lies mate!

End of day Celtic have won the last 2 league titles at a canter.  Rangers haven't won a trophy in 2 years and I admire your optimism about next year but your only setting yourself up for another fall.

Nae lies mate

maybe so or maybe not. It's all hypothetical isn't it?

I'd love Celtic to play in the premiership.

But I can understand clubs like Wigan taking the hump at us just wanting to be parachuted into the Premiership as if English football somehow owes us a living.

Wigan have come from Division 4 (or 3 or whatever they call it now) to get all the way to the Premirship. They have EARNED the right to be there by being better than all the other teams in the lower leagues.

If Celtic want to play in the Premiership we should apply to join Division 4 and if we are as good as we think we are then we'll get there on our own merits and not as part of some shitty Rupert Murdoch "super league".

Also the idea of slogging it out against clubs like Darlington, Swindon, Hartlepool etc.... is no less appealing than playing Falkirk, Motherwell, Gretna etc....

Anyway that's gone a wee bit off topic but just my tuppence worth on "Celtic in the Premiership"

 ;iagree; :goodpost:

only posted because damon seems to be suggesting that celtic and rangers would stomp all over the premiership and that seemed a little silly to me

Given the chance to play in the Premiership, Rangers and Celtic would probably spend the first year or two playing for European places...after that though they would be competing for the Championship evey year and why not?

Man Utd would always be a contender, apart from them,there are no bigger in teams in England than the Old Firm.

There's even more records for ye, Scottish clubs have a great record against English clubs

i wouldn't expect old firm to manage UEFA in premiership, let alone top 4. no offence meant but dispite some gutsy cup performances in europe, over a whole season I couldn't see either CONSISTANTLY beating premiership sides.

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 Best yet Adam and I thought Bandit was a laugh...you take some beating

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Who's your team Adam?

if the old firm was to get into the premiership they would have and extra 30million to invest a season with old firm revenue they would be top 6 EVERY season with atleast 1 of them making top 4 every season

without the russians money chelsea couldnt compete with them
arsenal arent even in the same league in revenue
man U and to some extent liverpool are the only ones that could compete off the field

ok current squads celtic and rangers couldn't compete for a whole season but they would be able to with the extra tv and prize money

and thats from a man who dislikes the old firm as much as he dislikes the EPL

 :goodpost:

 ;iagree; to a certain extent ( defo top 4 guaranteed)

This is what most English fans fail to consider when they talk about Celtic or Rangers struggling in the Sky league. We wouldn't be playing with the current squad as we would attract the players who would like to play for Celtic but don't want to play in the SPHell. I also don't think they realise how little we make from TV. Every penny Celtic bring in is earned (merchandise, ticket sales etc) we do not get a 30 million quid kitty from Sky every season.

Well as Celtic beat Man U over 2 legs and played better against Milan I'd suggest you're talking mince, how many times must we show ourselves as a match for your clubs in competitive games before you get the "wee league relegation fodder" arrogance out of your heads?

Man U
Liverpool
Blackburn

Win the EPL, not immediately, 3-4 years of the money your mob get - challenge the Euro places, within 1-2 seasons.

I'd go back to  ;popcorn; ;D

We probably have more right to be in the Premiership than Arsenal, having more English players than they have.

English clubs would also make more money with the Old Firm in the Premiership...think how much better it would be. A decent rivalry, a real derby instead of Liverpool-Man Utd or Chelsea-Liverpool which are not derbies. The tabloids would also love it with every game being a Battle of Britain.

Problem is the English clubs feel threatened by the Old Firm.

I reckon a start in the Championship  adding 2 more teams,so not to do any League 1 promotions out of a place.

saying that, if the Old Firm were allowed into the Premiership, most English teams would have to have their stadiums made a hell of alot bigger than they are at present.

Lot of supporters up here who like to travel and there are only 2 or 3 teams who could accomodate us.

lol

If Chelsea, Arsenal, and the likes were in the Scots Premier getting the same money as the Old Firm get they would probably struggle to get a UEFA place... and I am no joking

Dunno - but they'd be struggling not to go out of business at the drop in TV money.  Celtic/Rangers average ticket price about £25, TV money about £2m yet still in the top 20 or thereabouts for turnover in Europe. Give us the £20m the bottom English teams get we'd both be near enough top 10.

Exactly!

i said it b4, id take the conference over the spl,
i hate domestic football, bar the close title race seasons which are about 1 every 3 seasons

English clubs think there all big time charlies.A part from manu the old firm with sky money would hold there own.Im a blue nose but celtic would do just as well as us

If Reading can do it then I'd fancy Celtic's chances of doing it.

Celtic would get £30 million in TV money before kicking a ball

Revenue from Shirt sponsors, corporate hospitality, multimedia would treble overnight.

Celtic are already a massive club with worldwide support if we actually had the worldwide exposure that playing in the Premiership would bring then we'd go supersonic.

The problem we have just now is that Celtic over the last few years have lost players such as...

Viduka - Leeds
Van Hooijdonk - Forest
Di Canio - Sheff Wed
Petrov - Aston Villa

None of those players would have left Celtic if Celtic could offer those players Premiership football.  They all stated their reason for leaving was to play in the premiership

Celtic would not only get a financial boost from playing in the Premiership but we'd be able to attract and retain a better quality of player.

Seeing as the Old Firm make loads anyway, such a high turnover, what difference would 30m make?

Where Celtic are concerned £30 million is a conservative estimate. It would be £30 million from SKY alone. Celtic PLC already have planning permission in place to extend the stadium to 80,000. They renew this planning permission every year just incase we ever get to the Premiership/European league. 20,000 extra season tickets at £400 a pop is another £8 million

We'll probably loose Artur Boruc this summer. That wouldn't happen if we played in the EPL. It's not just about the money

lol, fire in the hole

 ;popcorn;

Because it's £30m income with no outlay. We make a lot of turnover on tickets, strips etc, but the TV money is the icing on the cake as it has no associated stewarding, policing, etc costs.

We've high turnover, low profit as most income is at high cost. The fact that it's still a lot more than the majority of EPL teams showsw the potential though.

::)

So Scott Brown is signing at Parkhead tomorrow ( good signing lads)

 ;carlocitrone; ;carlocitrone; eh ? where you hear this ? Record today has a bid of 5.5 million for him from middlesboro (way too much for him imo)

He's signing for Celtic today.

Damons' taking a break

He's Gooonnnnne Fiiiiiiiiiishing!!!

 Td Th ;)

Damon went to bed

Did any of you take advantage of my Scott Brown tip.

He signed for 4.8 Million.

Celtic have now spent 2 years TV money on one player(good player though)

Is this confirmed?

I think he's a good player and potentially a great player but the word here is "potentially"

He is currently a player for a mid-table SPL side who has only been capped once by Scotland. I know he's only 21 but if by the age of 21 you haven't been able to get a game ahead of the likes of Paul Hartley, Nigel Quashie & Darren Fletcher then you are clearly not worth almost £5 million.

I hope the transfer fee is dependent on future performance as this seems like a lot of money to pay up front for potential

Good Scoop Damon. Hats off to you   ;hattip; ;hattip;

 Td Th

damn, bad news for rangers. great buy.

4.5m, scotish player, between scotish clubs.
is this a record?
big dunc was 4m, any others?

This is a tremendous signing for Celtic.  Was told this was a done deal a few weeks back, have also heard word on the grapevine that the other two players who WILL be signed in the summer by Celtic are Craig "the golfer" Bellamy and Juan Román Riquelme

yea i completely agree, both defo signing

Don't be jealous now Andrew.  While the might Teddy Bears chase the might of eh ....!!!  ROCKET MAN we'll be improving our squad with quality.

As I posted earlier Rangers couldn't afford Brown although that hasn't stopped the bears in my work going of their nut now that he appears to be coming to us  :D

Willie Mackay says Celtic are interested in Joey Barton, buy out clause 5.5mill. I would expect him to end up at Everton or Newcastle but a move out of England for a while might be a good idea for him.

The Bellamy story has been going round for a while but the season ticket renewals are due at the end of the month so Celtic won't mind these rumours even if they have no foundation.

Teacake is right about the Gers not affording Brown. It isn't really surprising as TV money is shite and no money from Euro comps and the Champs League £10M is  not yet guaranteed (in my mind it is though)
As much as I like Brown who will improve even more over the next 2 years ( unlike Fat Hartley), I would rather see Rangers spread the money they've got on a couple of decent players. Plus our midfield is not in bad shape. I can see 7 or 8 new faces at Ibrox for next season ( possibly 4 or 5 Bosmans) including 2 keepers ( 2nd & 3rd choice) as young Lee is going out on loan and probably return as #2. Rangers already have the best keeper in the league( But back up Keepers is a must)  this will be the season when Craig Gordon passes the baton to Greegs, and before the Bhoys start another 30 page debate on how good Artur Boruc is...Don't even go there. Boruc when focussed on a game can be a class act but only when focussed( which is not very often). He cost Celtic a few goals trying to look good.

Gow and Broadfoot are obviously not the best we have to look forward to. They are both squad players with Broadfoot unlikely to make the bench. Gow on the other hand could play a part and bring something to the club.
Jean Claude is a good capture and should adjust to Scottish Footbal with no probs.

As for the Tic, Joey Barton going to Celtic could happen but wages could be a problem as with Mark Viduka...but maybe the possibility of playing Champs League could be the lure. Both players are good enough and deserve to be playing Champs League.

Not paying way over the odds for Scott Brown is the least of our worries ATM.

Get Healy from Leeds 500k BARGIN!

Healy is a strange one.  Has never really done anything special domestically but his international record is exceptional.  Havn't really seen enough of him to form concrete opinion though.

He will Ship goals in up north thats for sure.

If Celtic sign Riquelme this year Ill run through cincins bollock naked!

No ye'll no.

ban him

I don't think we have to worry about Boba running through the club bollock naked as I think those Basketball tops are glued to him rotflmfao

I just have lots of them innit, when i come into the club wearing them innit, know wot I mean innit, done on the river innit, know wot I mean innit?

 heard you were asking about me damon , must have missed you when i was in the other night.