Fergie

[The Harp Awakes]

Thoughts on his recent interview?

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/11227740/alex-ferguson-rangers-rivals-treatment-liquidation-dignity/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=scottishsunfootballfacebook&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1R_4WIcErmXeXXGmfC253NNeAnoIgh13gx73Akl pfpCKgnBisPlVHKq_w#Echobox=1694597938

[Frazerbob]

I won't be clicking that link.

[Daily Hibs]

He's lost the plot there!

[Trinity Hibee]

Ferguson said: "I think it was a lesson to the ones who voted to put them out, because the crowds went down, they were missing the Rangers fans.

"I can't remember all the reasons why that happened but they could have found a better solution to it because at the end of the day the health of the game is derived around supporters and those supporters weren't there. “

He can’t remember all the reasons why it happened 😂😂😂

Must admit I had a slight panic when I saw this thread title. Glad it is just an old man becoming a little forgetful

[Trinity Hibee]

SIR ALEX FERGUSON has taken aim at the clubs who voted to expel Rangers from the Scottish top flight during their financial turmoil.

And the Scottish managerial great reckons a drop in attendances as the Ibrox side worked their way back through the divisions following administration and liquidation was "a lesson" to them.

Ten of the 12 then SPL clubs essentially voted to remove the Ibrox side from the top tier back in the summer of 2012 - with Kilmarnock abstaining and oldco Rangers themselves voting for a motion which would have allowed newco Rangers to take over their spot in the top tier.

The SFL then voted to re-admit the Ibrox men at the bottom level as they embarked on their journey back through the divisions.

And Ferguson - speaking in a major interview for Rangers TV - has hailed the Ibrox fans for "keeping their dignity".

He reckons they could easily have punished teams who voted them out by saying "well I'm not going there".

Ferguson said: "I think it was a lesson to the ones who voted to put them out, because the crowds went down, they were missing the Rangers fans.

"I can't remember all the reasons why that happened but they could have found a better solution to it because at the end of the day the health of the game is derived around supporters and those supporters weren't there.

"But to get back, it was a long journey, it wasn't overnight.

"I was surprised about Rangers, after they got back in the Premier League, they [the fans] still travelled.

They could easily have said 'well I'm not going there, you voted us out'. But they kept their dignity."

[Since452]

Age catching up with Alex. Will happen to us all.

[Sloop67]

The word dignity and Rangers shouldn't be used in the same sentence, he also seems to have forgotten that ''tis was the same club who asked him about his wife's religion and where is marriage took place .

[Bridge hibs]

Did crowds go down and did clubs suffer financially from it ? To be honest it was so long ago when rangers died as a club I honestly cant remember complaints in the media from clubs having to get the begging bowls out due to loss of income

Obviously the likes of St Johnstone/St Mirren, Kilmarnock etc would have taken a hit x 2 per season but was there such a big outcry ?

What I do remember is that the bucky swigging hordes of the undead swarmed all over wee towns and most likely bringing their bile with them and I certainly remember they were crammed into the likes of Brechin etc, certainly going by tv evidence as they were never off the bloody thing

[JimBHibees]

I can't remember all the reasons that it happened. Basically corruption and cheating. Kept their dignity ffs

[jacomo]

SIR ALEX FERGUSON has taken aim at the clubs who voted to expel Rangers from the Scottish top flight during their financial turmoil.

And the Scottish managerial great reckons a drop in attendances as the Ibrox side worked their way back through the divisions following administration and liquidation was "a lesson" to them.

Ten of the 12 then SPL clubs essentially voted to remove the Ibrox side from the top tier back in the summer of 2012 - with Kilmarnock abstaining and oldco Rangers themselves voting for a motion which would have allowed newco Rangers to take over their spot in the top tier.

The SFL then voted to re-admit the Ibrox men at the bottom level as they embarked on their journey back through the divisions.

And Ferguson - speaking in a major interview for Rangers TV - has hailed the Ibrox fans for "keeping their dignity".

He reckons they could easily have punished teams who voted them out by saying "well I'm not going there".

Ferguson said: "I think it was a lesson to the ones who voted to put them out, because the crowds went down, they were missing the Rangers fans.

"I can't remember all the reasons why that happened but they could have found a better solution to it because at the end of the day the health of the game is derived around supporters and those supporters weren't there.

"But to get back, it was a long journey, it wasn't overnight.

"I was surprised about Rangers, after they got back in the Premier League, they [the fans] still travelled.

They could easily have said 'well I'm not going there, you voted us out'. But they kept their dignity."


:faf:

Absolute load of s**** from beginning to end.

[greenlad]

The 4 years Rangers were "downstairs" saw the following unprecedented (in the modern era) wide array of clubs take a national trophy:

Celtic
Aberdeen
St Johnstone
St Mirren
Inverness
Ross County

Oh and another team in green won their first Scottish Cup since 1902.👍🏆

Plus Dundee United and Falkirk reached finals. Even the Jambos did too although they were bumped by St. Mirren. A great day!

Armageddon it was not.

[Glory Lurker]

Who is this guy? He clearly has no knowledge of Scottish football.

[Springbank]

2013-19 was the best ever time to follow Scottish football

The Brexitland/Rule Brittania bigots were being humiliated at grounds from Peterhead to "same old Alloa"

Everyone else was winning trophies (except Hearts of course)

4-0 at Easter Road
3-2 at ER
3-2 at Ibrox
3-2 at Hampden
3-1 at Hampden

All fantastic memories

[Bostonhibby]

Ferguson said: "I think it was a lesson to the ones who voted to put them out, because the crowds went down, they were missing the Rangers fans.

"I can't remember all the reasons why that happened but they could have found a better solution to it because at the end of the day the health of the game is derived around supporters and those supporters weren't there. “

He can’t remember all the reasons why it happened [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

Must admit I had a slight panic when I saw this thread title. Glad it is just an old man becoming a little forgetfulPoor wee lamb must have forgotten that the hun fans walked away from the previous entity, and it was the now defunct Glasgow rangers who actually decided to liquidate themselves as the alternative to paying all their debts.

If there was a negative effect on Scottish football I must have missed it.

Sevco fans continue to be a blight on modern Scottish society and culture but that's another story.

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[O'Rourke3]

The fine wine has finally got to him.

[gbhibby]

The face painter is no happy with that article Fergie.

[JimBHibees]

The face painter is no happy with that article Fergie.

Who the face painter?

Personally really enjoyed going to games without Rangers fans

[OtleyHibs]

Kept their dignity?

How do you "keep" something you never had to begin with??

[BILLYHIBS]

Who the face painter?

Personally really enjoyed going to games without Rangers fans

Unpaid creditor

[Jack]

Let's hope this article reawakens the sevcovians ire and they refuse to travel to away games!

[Rumble de Thump]

11 years on and Scottish media are still pretending clubs voted to expel Rangers rather than Rangers not being able to be in the league as per the rules due to liquidation. Rangers died. If Scottish football wasn't a farce before then (it was) it certainly has been since.

[J-C]

As great a manager as he was he's still an old blue nose who's bitter about the treatment of his old cheating club. I couldn't care less what he thinks about that period in Rangers history, **** them and him.

[JimBHibees]

Unpaid creditor

Aye right vaguely remember that. Think Kevin Bridges did a brilliant take off of that in one of his shows :greengrin

[BILLYHIBS]

Aye right vaguely remember that. Think Kevin Bridges did a brilliant take off of that in one of his shows :greengrin

They only have themselves to blame

They went bust not us

They voted themselves out

They let their club die

Walking away it’s The Rangers way

Walking away 🎼

[McD]

SIR ALEX FERGUSON has taken aim at the clubs who voted to expel Rangers from the Scottish top flight during their financial turmoil.

And the Scottish managerial great reckons a drop in attendances as the Ibrox side worked their way back through the divisions following administration and liquidation was "a lesson" to them.

Ten of the 12 then SPL clubs essentially voted to remove the Ibrox side from the top tier back in the summer of 2012 - with Kilmarnock abstaining and oldco Rangers themselves voting for a motion which would have allowed newco Rangers to take over their spot in the top tier.

The SFL then voted to re-admit the Ibrox men at the bottom level as they embarked on their journey back through the divisions.

And Ferguson - speaking in a major interview for Rangers TV - has hailed the Ibrox fans for "keeping their dignity".

He reckons they could easily have punished teams who voted them out by saying "well I'm not going there".

Ferguson said: "I think it was a lesson to the ones who voted to put them out, because the crowds went down, they were missing the Rangers fans.

"I can't remember all the reasons why that happened but they could have found a better solution to it because at the end of the day the health of the game is derived around supporters and those supporters weren't there.

"But to get back, it was a long journey, it wasn't overnight.

"I was surprised about Rangers, after they got back in the Premier League, they [the fans] still travelled.

They could easily have said 'well I'm not going there, you voted us out'. But they kept their dignity."


That chat did happen though, when they were drawn against teams above them in the leagues, Dundee Utd comes to mind, the rangers fans were threatening not to go and deprive them of the ‘blue pound’ - has fergie had his head buried in the sand all these years?


And as has been said, this is the same club he refused to manage because they wanted to know about his wife’s religion, yet now he’s suddenly defending them, a decade after the were liquidated…

[MWHIBBIES]

Always talked pish, nothing new.

[BILLYHIBS]

Remember him going radge because in his opinion his Aberdeen played poorly in defeating Rangers in a Scottish Cup Final ?

As other posters have pointed out difficult to erase from your memory banks that a former employer wanted to terminate your employment because you had married a Catholic

I don’t think I would be sticking up for them

Horrible despicable club

[Bostonhibby]

11 years on and Scottish media are still pretending clubs voted to expel Rangers rather than Rangers not being able to be in the league as per the rules due to liquidation. Rangers died. If Scottish football wasn't a farce before then (it was) it certainly has been since.The crooks running the now defunct Glasgow rangers are the ones who liquidated their own club/business, or at least let it slip into liquidation rather than meet their debts.



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[Carheenlea]

Rangers didn’t get voted out, the clubs voted to invite Rangers in did they not?

Not that there was ever much in the way of thanks from the ungrateful Hun.

[cabbageandribs1875]

SIR ALEX FERGUSON has taken aim at the clubs who voted to expel Rangers from the Scottish top flight during their financial turmoil.

And the Scottish managerial great reckons a drop in attendances as the Ibrox side worked their way back through the divisions following administration and liquidation was "a lesson" to them.

Ten of the 12 then SPL clubs essentially voted to remove the Ibrox side from the top tier back in the summer of 2012 - with Kilmarnock abstaining and oldco Rangers themselves voting for a motion which would have allowed newco Rangers to take over their spot in the top tier.

The SFL then voted to re-admit the Ibrox men at the bottom level as they embarked on their journey back through the divisions.

And Ferguson - speaking in a major interview for Rangers TV - has hailed the Ibrox fans for "keeping their dignity".




and this is where i've stopped reading, yep it's dignified to have a songbook full of hatred, sevco fans and dignified in the same sentence, behave Ferguson ffs

[Onceinawhile]

Tbh, her solo career has been rubbish since she left the black eyed peas.

Not sure why she's commenting on scottish football.

[Bridge hibs]

Tbh, her solo career has been rubbish since she left the black eyed peas.

Not sure why she's commenting on scottish football.

Some comedown, from the Black Eyed Peas to the One Eyed Orcs

[Bostonhibby]

Some comedown, from the Black Eyed Peas to the One Eyed OrcsShe should never have married Handy Andy. All downhill since.

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[gbhibby]

ibrox fans and dignity should never be mentioned in the same sentence Fergie you should know better.

[SHODAN]

He's a Hun, he'll defend his own. Shame though.

[HoboHarry]

I can only hope that what's said there has been selectively taken out of context since the interview was by Rangers News.

[KeithTheHibby]

Sir Alex has lost it here.
If the clubs had allowed them to remain in the league it would have been tantamount to cheating. This wasn't a club who went into administration and took a points penalty, it was liquidation due to the fact that no-one wanted to take over a club facing a massive tax evasion case due to the scandal around the EBT payments.

Their situation was akin to Gretna who were bombed entirely from the professional leagues.
You won't get any hun admit it however even after all these years I still think they were very fortunate to begin again in the 4th tier - if it had been up to me it would have been a lot lower.

Ferguson going on about dignity - sporting integrity was far more important here and the top flight knew they were going to suffer financially for a few years but the majority of the clubs and fans look back fondly on the time that they were not in the top league.

[DH1875]

Did attendances not go up for some teams?

[NAE NOOKIE]

If the Sticky Buns absence from the premiership proved anything its that the clubs could get by just fine without them.

Rangers ... dignity .... Is he having a laugh :faf:

[HoboHarry]

Did attendances not go up for some teams?
That's exactly what I seemed to remember but wasn't sure where to get that information.

[Torto7]

The word dignity and Rangers shouldn't be used in the same sentence, he also seems to have forgotten that ''tis was the same club who asked him about his wife's religion and where is marriage took place .

This is political though. Fergie is a Labour man and a Unionist. He'll sell out any principles for his precious union. It's the same reason both Tory and Labour are trying to cosy up to the Orange Order. Utter welts and any respect I've had for Sir Alex has just gone down the swanny.

[Jim Herriot]

Almost all the lower league teams got higher attendances as The Rangers climbed up through the leagues. But I felt sorry for Albion Rovers and Morton, who missed out due to relegation in 12/13 and 13/14.

[zitelli62]

It's terrible to see old people having memory issues suppose it may come to some of us at some point sad to ser.

[Bushwoof]

Fergie used to be a bit of a legend. This is all rather sad.

[Roxyhibee]

Couldn’t be more off the mark the slavering, silly old fool. What a load of embarrassing nonsense - been sucked in by his old Govan hordes.

[Bishop Hibee]

Out of touch. He probably believes Utd have a chance of winning the EPL this season too.

[wookie70]

Did crowds go down and did clubs suffer financially from it ? To be honest it was so long ago when rangers died as a club I honestly cant remember complaints in the media from clubs having to get the begging bowls out due to loss of income

Obviously the likes of St Johnstone/St Mirren, Kilmarnock etc would have taken a hit x 2 per season but was there such a big outcry ?

What I do remember is that the bucky swigging hordes of the undead swarmed all over wee towns and most likely bringing their bile with them and I certainly remember they were crammed into the likes of Brechin etc, certainly going by tv evidence as they were never off the bloody thing

Our average attendance went up the year after they were given their very underserved lifeline. Saying that our average would have been higher if team like Livi, Dundee, The Rangers and Hearts had not cheated their way to false league and cup positions

[A Hi-Bee]

Couldn’t be more off the mark the slavering, silly old fool. What a load of embarrassing nonsense - been sucked in by his old Govan hordes.

:top marks:aok:

[A Hi-Bee]

Fergie used to be a bit of a legend. This is all rather sad.

He has always been a sheitebag, dont be fooled.
:thumbsup: