With the anniversary of the Petrofac Cup win over Peterhead well in the past over at ‘Rangers Radio’ they have been forced to delve deep into the archives for material to reminisce over.
One of the greatest days out for the current generation of bears occurred in Manchester in 2008 with a visit that was later described as causing the greatest damage to the city since the World War II blitz.
In their thousand’s supporters left the darkest parts of Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and other notorious areas of Scotland to impose their culture on the citizens of the English city.
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Despite having the opportunity to make a fortune from a beamback at Old Trafford Manchester United decided to keep the turnstiles closed and leave the fans to mingle across the city centre.
On the park Walter Smith’s side again tried to park the bus, fortunately Zenit St Petersburg scored twice in the second half to ensure that there was no victory parade through Glasgow the following day.
Across Manchester the city was utterly trashed, so much so that an entire episode of Crimewatch was dedicated to the events that took place.
And John and his wife in Leicester were quids in.