Underlining how out of touch they are the Daily Record has shelled out to serialise Dave Murray’s book.
Back in the eighties and nineties it seemed that many books were being published mainly to cash in on a lucrative serialisation which also helped to promote real life book sales.
A bump in circulation would follow, you might retain new readers while existing readers were reassured that their preferred newspaper was at the cutting edge, going out of their way to provide them with the big stories.
In 2025 things are a little different, it is very rare to see a book serialised but when it comes to Dave Murray strange things happen at the Record, they just can’t get enough of the man who carried their sales through the nineties with a multitude of back page EXCLUSIVE! stories and bombastic splashes, often the front page was used for the more ridiculous moonbeams.
Times change, anything exclusive in 2025 is quickly picked up and shared through social media, that world exclusive can be viewed on hundreds of outlets within an hour, readers don’t need to rush out for their copy of the Record.
Among the whoppers offered up today is the claim that Murray poured in £80m of his own money to keep Rangers afloat- if only he had used some of that money to settle with HMRC and pay footballers the same way as other clubs then Rangers might still be with us today.
By 7am this morning The Sun had reports on four stories from the Record’s expensive serialisation, there are links to the Record in each story but all that matters is that the Record story is being read elsewhere. It is kind of simple.
Murray and his shameless self pity, his attempts to whitewash his actions, sticking by the ‘duped’ excuse and revealing a medical condition at the time will dominate social media and legacy outlets over the next day or two.
Very few of those reading and discussing with click through to the Record website, newsagents that charge £1.70 for a print copy won’t see a pick up in sales today or tomorrow, costing £2.40 on Saturday’s.
Sun readers will get the content, The Sun website gets their cut of the traffic, engagement and impressions.
And Internet Bampots are sitting back laughing at the fawning coverage given these days toCavenagh and Marathe, it all seems kinda Whyte and Murray in a very funny sorta way. As if 2012 and liquidation never really happened.
” Hello David…it’s Peter here…I have decided to sue you for remarks you have made about me in the Daily Record article” ” Eh…5 Way agreement Peter ??” .., ” Right…I will let it go this time David “.
Probably like many, as soon as I saw the unexpected headline from Minty, I was thinking: what’s he selling now?
Not just a book of lies, but a feeble attempt at PR management to ‘improve’ his legacy?
Even with his recounting of his car crash, which could elicit some sympathy from readers, he carefully fails to mention
at what speed he was driving his Lotus sports car alone. It must have been traumatic for the passers-by who stopped to
help him.
And we all know: he spent HBOS money to buy and underwrite his ibrox excesses / cheating,
whilst he took a fat EBT salary – and contracts from ibrox including the steel from MIM for the Club Deck.And
Murray killed Rangers FC, and was desperate NOT to be in charge when Administration happened: everyone knows that!
He would have given White that pound coin to buy Rangers – just to ensure he escaped!
Murray’s legacy: a despicable, dishonest, and shameless human being? (allegedly)
Swallow Swallow
I am actually surprised that he has went down this road as he was slowly slithering like the snake he is into a kinda obscurity…
He is obviously trying to desperately trying to curry favour with a The Sevco Hun Hoards once again…
Well – If the ones that I know are anything to go by – It sure as night follows day ain’t gonna fuckin work for the sill old clown !
Big Andy , one of the senior print Record scoops ,who covered the Murray story today was at pains to explain to his dozens of readers that it was theRangers ‘ company ‘ that was forced into liquidation …omitting the ‘ club ! ‘ That’s like if you sadly have an accident with your car wheel getting badly busted …you have to claim insurance which you have taken out …then the insurance mob say ‘ sorry old stick ..no can do ! ‘ The wheel is separate from the main body…it’s another thing altogether ..you aren’t covered so tough titty ,chief ! This is where the insanity and disgraceful backtrack by the SMSM is concerned on this subject is there for all to see ! Expect lots more puff pieces by the daily Record in next week’s daily dosages on Murray ….with not a single condemnation , anywhere . After all the poor lamb was ‘ duped . ( Still succulent though ) .
It’s like Mcghee’s taking over the Morton’s roll factory to make McGhee’s rolls there knowing Morton’s does not exist but then telling the public it’s a Morton’s roll.