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Members Blog 9
My Blog .......Written by Barry McCallum.
Part 1- A small taste of success.
My first match. Crisps, cokes, smelly old men, cheering, screaming, clouds of
smoke and beer cans with half naked women. And that was just the pub before the
game. Although my memory is a little bit hazy going back to my childhood over 20
years ago I am pretty sure that my old man brought me along to the game Rangers
had to win to clinch another league title during the Graeme Souness era. We were
playing St Mirren and I still remember Chris Woods and Terry Butcher celebrating
after the final whistle as though they had achieved the greatest possible
victory known to man. Maybe they had, what did I know? I was at primary school.
When I returned home with my empty Glasgow Rangers crisp packet as a souvenir I
made a vow- that one day I would return to cheer on the Scottish Champions once
again only next time I would have my own naughty beer cans! It was to be a few
years until I would return as a regular.
Part 2- A glorious return
The next time I returned to Ibrox I was a 15 year old milk boy with a couple of
quid in my pocket to burn. What was left of one of my first wages after some MD
20/20 and Old English was to be spent on the new Nike Rangers football top. What
made me determined to get my hands on the jersey was that the Rangers shop was
giving away 2 tickets for a pre season bounce match Rangers v Rangers. On parade
would be a selection of global football talents that we purchased that summer. I
was mesmerised from how the stadium had changed so much over the years and was
blown away by the atmosphere and quality of talent on display at what was surely
a full house. On this day an army of loyal bluenoses were introduced to a raw
talent who would conquer the footballing world (Rino Gattuso) and revelled in
soaking up the scintilating skills of one of my heroes and all time Rangers
legend Mr Paul Gascoigne. The match was a success and made
me more determined than ever that I HAD to get a season ticket.
Part 3- A decade of success
I got my first season ticket when I was 16 years old and have kept it ever
since. I gingerly took my seat in the East Enclosure and soaked up a vision
of true beauty. A sea of red, white and blue in what still remains my favourite
Section of Ibrox. The fact that you can turn 360 degrees and see EVERY section
of the ground in it's glory makes it something special. And the rain drops on
your face make it even better! The best memory of sitting in the East Enclosure?
The Amato cupid slide after scoring against the beggars, a true moment of
sublime skill circa November 1999 in a 4-2 win for the Teddy Bears. I swear he
aimed that arrow right at me. Not in a Celtic Boys Club type of way of course
but in. a "get it up them that was pure class" type of way. For me this was to
kick off a generation of success at Rangers and I am so proud to have been part
of it.
Part 4- Onwards and upwards
So how does the view from the Copeland Rear look these days? I'd say pretty
good. We're skint, we're now a "selling club" but we are still THE people.
Walter Smith has given our glorious team something that we haven't had in a long
long time- self belief and a spirit that any club would be proud of. So no
matter how bad it gets I will always be a proud bluenose and follower of Glasgow
Rangers.
Favourite all time player: Paul Gascoigne.
Best atmosphere: Rangers 2 Parma 0 (Vidmar & Reyna).
Most memorable goal celebration: Gio Van Bronkhorst v Stum Graz air guitar.
Best goal: Bert Konterman v jungle jims at Hampden in the cup.
Thanks for reading folks!
FOLLOW FOLLOW.
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