Casual Bystander

I think I've always had a "soft spot" for the local town. That doesn't normally stay with me once I move though. When I grew up my local team was Rangers and I was sure as hell not going to support them (or the other half for that matter). I have "supported" Aberdeen and Hibs in my time, and by that I mean they were the closest team and paid to watch them. I lived near Pollok stadium for maybe a year or so and I like the ridiculous clumsiness of the juniors, so I sort of have them as my team these days.

In hindsight it's amazing how well Gretna did by buying players from the higher leagues then winning the league they are in, while having a small fan base, a very poor ground, no merchandising or television rights and very few (if any) supporters in the mainstream media. Compare that to another team trying to do the same bottom to top league transition.

For my sins, it was the Daily Record. I appreciate how stupid it is to lift figures from those cockweasels, so it's probably wrong. They did leave creditors with millions of debt though so the whole "it's a fairly tale" is bullshit.

£12m worth of debt left unpaid. Yup, "true fairy tale".

One man's ego trip and determination to cheat by spending beyond the club's means while screwing the fans.

Yes, seriously. Even the most stupidest of con men wouldn't kill the golden goose if it kept laying eggs. Considering I received no 'dots' for the posts that makes your comment as daft as the conspiracy that somehow the world is against your team.

It's alright, going by some posters in the Premiership forum, it seems you just pick a random member and I'm their alias. If it helps, I hold both Rangers and Celtic in equal contempt.

I've not commented on this thread before (at least I don't think so, 6000+ pages is a bit much to check) but I just don't understand how Rangers can keep on doing this to themselves. If other teams with far less resources can run on an even keel why are Rangers so spectacularly bad at it?