Hun's, sell the family silver!

An authentic piece of silverware that marked Rangers' ninth consecutive title victory in the 1990s has sold at auction for £20,600 to an unknown buyer.

The Bell's Whisky League Championship Trophy from the 1996-1997 season went under the hammer on Thursday at Glasgow-based McTear's, with bidding starting at £9,000.

The Ibrox-side lifted the trophy at Tannadice on 7 May 1997, after a header from Danish forward Brian Laudrup in the 10th minute sealed a 1-0 victory over Dundee United.

The result secured Walter Smith's team a ninth Scottish Premier League title in a row, equalling the feat achieved by Celtic from 1965 to 1974.

The trophy was presented to Rangers captain Richard Gough on the pitch after the match, while images from the night show star players like Ally McCoist and Paul Gascoigne celebrating with the trophy on the pitch.

Wonder who was selling it and how they got their hands on it. Won’t have been the club selling that

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Originally Posted by Trinity Hibee

Wonder who was selling it and how they got their hands on it. Won’t have been the club selling that

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Yes sounds a very odd thing to go to auction.

Didn’t Charles Green buy the trophies ?

Are they selling the bike as well?

So was this a separate trophy given to them as well as the actual league trophy (which is now given to the winners of the championship)? Is that normal or was it a special one to mark the 9 in a row achievement?

Tiny Wharton's special Huns whistle next.

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Originally Posted by Pagan Hibernia

So was this a separate trophy given to them as well as the actual league trophy (which is now given to the winners of the championship)? Is that normal or was it a special one to mark the 9 in a row achievement?

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Not sure, but I always thought the way trophies worked were there was 1 official trophy and each winner got a replica for that year. So I would think this is the official replica... I'm surprised it wasn't within Rangers possession- in fact, unless they sold it previously I would imagine they'd have a legal claim to it (maybe not now they're sevco right enough...) equally, Id expect that the winning bidder would be Rangers or some sort of associated historical trust.

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Originally Posted by danhibees1875

Not sure, but I always thought the way trophies worked were there was 1 official trophy and each winner got a replica for that year. So I would think this is the official replica... I'm surprised it wasn't within Rangers possession- in fact, unless they sold it previously I would imagine they'd have a legal claim to it (maybe not now they're sevco right enough...) equally, Id expect that the winning bidder would be Rangers or some sort of associated historical trust.

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It's not a replica, it's the thing they're holding down low here:

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standar...99d04.jpg.webp

Probably dismissed as a bit of sponsor's tat.

Close up

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standar...60deb.jpg.webp

You'd think for such a low cost that Sevco themselves would have bought it. What a strange organization they are.

Coming soon: Fire sale
Garage sale
Old turf sale, in fact anything that will give them money to try and compete with the Tic!!!!!

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Originally Posted by JeMeSouviens

It's not a replica, it's the thing they're holding down low here:

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standar...99d04.jpg.webp

Probably dismissed as a bit of sponsor's tat.

Close up

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standar...60deb.jpg.webp

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Yes, guessing it was given away to a fan or a charity auction with the club not really seeing it as being of value.

I remember Hibs got presented with two trophies in 1991, the Skol Cup and the League Cup.

Its a piece of sponsors memorabilia. A bit of tat.

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Originally Posted by He's here!

Yes, guessing it was given away to a fan or a charity auction with the club not really seeing it as being of value.

I remember Hibs got presented with two trophies in 1991, the Skol Cup and the League Cup.

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....or they lost ownership when they went out the box/died/were liquidated.

Nothing belonged to Rangers any more as there was no Rangers and The Rangers hadn't come into being.

Rangers owned shares in Arsenal through some kind of old historical twist. They lost those too.

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Originally Posted by Kato

....or they lost ownership when they went out the box/died/were liquidated.

Nothing belonged to Rangers any more as there was no Rangers and The Rangers hadn't come into being.

Rangers owned shares in Arsenal through some kind of old historical twist. They lost those too.

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Here's Craig Whyte's side of the shares story.

https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/...hares-arsenal/

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Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod

Here's Craig Whyte's side of the shares story.

https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/...hares-arsenal/

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How uninteresting. ;.)

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Hate to call the grammar police, but the thread title hurts my eyes.

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Originally Posted by SON OF PADDY

An authentic piece of silverware that marked Rangers' ninth consecutive title victory in the 1990s has sold at auction for £20,600 to an unknown buyer.

The Bell's Whisky League Championship Trophy from the 1996-1997 season went under the hammer on Thursday at Glasgow-based McTear's, with bidding starting at £9,000.

The Ibrox-side lifted the trophy at Tannadice on 7 May 1997, after a header from Danish forward Brian Laudrup in the 10th minute sealed a 1-0 victory over Dundee United.

The result secured Walter Smith's team a ninth Scottish Premier League title in a row, equalling the feat achieved by Celtic from 1965 to 1974.

The trophy was presented to Rangers captain Richard Gough on the pitch after the match, while images from the night show star players like Ally McCoist and Paul Gascoigne celebrating with the trophy on the pitch.

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Will the face painter get his money from this sale then😁

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Originally Posted by SON OF PADDY

An authentic piece of silverware that marked Rangers' ninth consecutive title victory in the 1990s has sold at auction for £20,600 to an unknown buyer.

The Bell's Whisky League Championship Trophy from the 1996-1997 season went under the hammer on Thursday at Glasgow-based McTear's, with bidding starting at £9,000.

The Ibrox-side lifted the trophy at Tannadice on 7 May 1997, after a header from Danish forward Brian Laudrup in the 10th minute sealed a 1-0 victory over Dundee United.

The result secured Walter Smith's team a ninth Scottish Premier League title in a row, equalling the feat achieved by Celtic from 1965 to 1974.

The trophy was presented to Rangers captain Richard Gough on the pitch after the match, while images from the night show star players like Ally McCoist and Paul Gascoigne celebrating with the trophy on the pitch.

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It wasn't der hun who sold it though,it was sold privately years ago.(can't remember who to)

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Originally Posted by tamig

Its a piece of sponsors memorabilia. A bit of tat.

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Wouldn’t mind hibs owning the tat that represents champions of the top league

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Originally Posted by jacomo

Hate to call the grammar police, but the thread title hurts my eyes.

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Agree.

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Originally Posted by bod

Wouldn’t mind hibs owning the tat that represents champions of the top league

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The League Championship Trophy was the prize. The thing that was sold was a bit of junk.

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Originally Posted by tamig

The League Championship Trophy was the prize. The thing that was sold was a bit of junk.

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Disagree, it was presented at the same time and as such is a piece of their history. Bizarre to me that Sevco didnt buy it at the auction.

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Originally Posted by HoboHarry

Disagree, it was presented at the same time and as such is a piece of their history. Bizarre to me that Sevco didnt buy it at the auction.

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Someone else mentioned the trophy that Skol provided along with the League Cup. The League Cup is iconic and is the true prize - maroon teams excepted. The Skol trophy was also a bit of meaningless junk. It really is stretching things a bit to call it “family silver”. In my opinion at least.