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Gazza was a god on the pitch and a hero to millions during an era of total domination for Rangers. This article needs no research on Wikipedia or copy and paste quotes from articles unrelated to football by lazy mainstream journalists who’re only interested in sensationalism. Nobody is perfect, but on the pitch Gazza was up there with the very best. Maradona, Zidane, Messi, on his day Gazza was every bit as good as these three.

 

Music - 1983-2018                    

Apart from the Rangers songs I'd been brought up on I never really knew there was a music scene unless it was ' I belong to Glasgow ' or ' The Northern lights of old Aberdeen ' sung by drunken aunties and uncles at new year parties, or some Tammy Wynette or Rod Stewart on a Sunday courtesy of my mum.That changed as the Bowhill war memorial club started underage discos playing brutal 80s Stock Aitken & Waterman dross.

The Scottish Cup Final riot 1980. Scenes of mayhem engulfed Hampden as Rangers lost to bitter rivals Celtic, in a 1-0 Scottish Cup final defeat that ended in scenes described by the legendary Archie MacPherson in his own unique way " This is like a scene now out of Apocalypse Now...We've got the equivalent of Passchendaele and that says nothing for Scottish football. At the end of the day, let's not kid ourselves. These supporters hate each other".

Raymond Colin Wilkins 14^th September 1956 -4^th April 2018.Yesterday the football world lost an absolute Legend and Gentleman as Ray ' Butch ' Wilkins sadly passed away. The one man I could watch all day on TV as his knowledge of football was second to none. One of a limited few pundits I'd never mute the TV for.

Walter Smith’s 1995 summer capture of England’s star of Italia 90 was seen as an absolute coup de maitre.  His arrival at Ibrox captured the imagination of the obsessive Gers fan base and stoked up expectations to white hot level.  And despite Gazza’s appalling injury record and a much maligned battle with his erratic weight gain, the ‘Geordie Galactico’ proved to be as successful as the manager who signed him by amassing the biggest trophy haul of his career; two League Championships, one Scottish Cup and one League Cup.  Furthermore, he secured a place in the greatest ever Glasgow Rangers team and was also rightfully inducted into the Rangers Hall of Fame.