Soccer Football - Europa League - Group C - Rangers v Sparta Prague - Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - November 9, 2023 Referee Davide Massa walks out before the match REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
‘By your side we’re loyal and true’ announced the Onion Bears at Ibrox last night with the media messengers happy to share the ‘stunning image’ with their loyal followers.
Later today the Daily Record will run with their World Media Reacts story when no one outside of Scotland and the Czech Republic is the slightest but interested in either club.
A bizarre display of red and white against a mainly blue background brought suggestions that the display was sponsored by Pepsi or was based on an old Aguafresh box.
Loyal and True requires some heavy lifting- especially when genuine bears like Barry Ferguson, Kenny Miller and Kris Boyd described the closing scenes at the end of the September match against Celtic as the most toxic that they have known.
James Tavernier knew all about it as he led Micky Beale’s losers on a lap of honour just days after losing 5-1 to PSV Eindhoven in a Champions League qualifier.
When Aberdeen won 3-1 at Ibrox at the end of September it was the final time that Beale heard the booing and abuse that he had forced Giovanni van Bronckhorst out of the club 10 months earlier.
BY YOUR SIDE WE’RE LOYAL AND TRUE.
EXCEPT IN 2012 WHEN THE TAX WAS DUE https://t.co/CIDiTcyQpW— Tam sellic son (@TamseIIicsonIII) November 9, 2023
Most famously in 2011 and 2012 the loyal and true bears sat back grumbling as their club was sold for £1 before going into administration and liquidation.
Fans of Hearts, Dunfermline, Dundee, Motherwell and Partick Thistle dug deep into their pockets when their clubs went into administration- coming up with the funds for CVA’s to avoid the humiliation of liquidation.
At Ibrox they marched to Hampden, staged a red card protest and blamed the Kaflik takeover of HMRC, Lloys Bank and a sinister campaign from the Vatican and their UK based agents for the death of their club in 2012.
Haven’t they booed them all season?
— Seoul CSC ?????????? (@Seoul_CSC) November 9, 2023
Is that the same zombies who were booing the team off at half time and full time ??
— John Lambie (@JohnbhoyL1888) November 9, 2023
The new aquafresh slogan is weird man
— Calmac's white mask (@rynrbrtsn) November 9, 2023
By your side we're loyal and true..but a full time we often boo.
— one club since 1888. (@wrighty1888) November 9, 2023
??? pic.twitter.com/2i0GKjs6Vm
— Max Doyle (@doylermax70) November 9, 2023
except when we all leave for the subway at half time ?
— PABLO FAE GOVAN (@Pablo55toga) November 9, 2023
Do they reuse the bits of paper every week? Same thing all the time just change the pattern ?
— ryan denholm (@rdenholm18) November 9, 2023
Looks like a Pepsi poster
— Billy BACKING RODGERS sing up (UP THE RA!!!) ?? (@Wrobb1975) November 10, 2023
Except in the case of Administration or Liquidation, obviously.
— Anthony Sheridan Neil ll (@AnthonyNumamoid) November 10, 2023
Saw it on Al – Jazeera last night at 11pm
They cut away from the Gaza shelling to bring us the breaking news
Rangers ‘ Swept aside ‘ Sparta Prague
2-1 but ‘ Swept aside ‘
‘Swept Aside’ – ‘Jetted in’ – ‘Most successful Klub in Scotland’
Jeez Oh – Denialism is truly such a Protestant mental health issue and mental health illness !
They set the Bob Shankley stand ablaze, with flaming flares, from side to side and from top to bottom.
And a thirteen year old girl was allegedly assaulted during the game!
Where is the evidence from out Board of misdemeanour from the Green Brigade, for Celtic to ban them
“Indefinitely”?
Or are they just nodding in obedience to their sevco masters at Ibrokes?