We knew how much was at stake the honour of Soviet football. A minute into the second period, Stein equalised again, but Yazalde then broke Ronnie McKinnons leg hed miss the rest of the season and then a late Manuel Pedro Gomes goal sent the contest into extra-time. 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First minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was "utterly disgusted by the Rangers fans who rampaged through the city", condemning the "violence, vandalism and vile anti-Catholic prejudice on . [29], Manchester City Council announced that 39 fans were arrested for various offences. Rangers must overcome a one-goal deficit against RB Leipzig to seal a spot in the Europa League final in Sevillelater this month. At the time, he was an inside-forward, making the first of his record 755 appearances at the age of 19, against Airdrie; he scored, as he did in his first Old Firm game, because certain types find a way. Accordingly, when Jackson called off the day before the final after breaking down in training, it became even more important that Greig and his goatee grown for the Lisbon home game to cover a nasty gash, retained thereafter for luck be available to play. The banner read:"The deeds of those who were before us are our inspiration". Comments have been closed on this article. A huge display was then rolled down from the top of the stands to the bottom depicting match information from thehistoric triumph over Dynamo Moscow in 1972. He also stated that the club was "in general, absolutely delighted with the behaviour of the hundreds of thousands of our supporters. [8] An official report found that missile-throwing and fighting by Rangers fans occurred as long as eight hours before the match began. Dinamo, though, were not inclined to make things easy; when Wallace travelled over to scout them, along with more general hassle, he was forced to pay in. Police chiefs expressed their disappointment after violent clashes between fans and riot police marred Rangers' attempt to become the first Scottish club to win a European trophy in 25 years. Roger Hynd hurled his runners-up medal into the crowd. Ive got a photo of the Kaiser and myself exchanging pennants which hes signed to my friend Dave Smith, he said. They cant afford to be without him, we can afford to be without you, he was told. (Photo by Action Foto Sport/NurPhoto) RM 2H8TYNT - Easter Road Stadium .Edinburgh .Scotland. News - Results from La Liga, European Football and Spain National Football Team. So, in the away leg, his team employed a harrying style, strikers Willie Johnston and Colin Stein pressurising defenders in possession, while Willie Mathieson, Jardine and Alex MacDonald man-marked the wingers and midfield schemer respectively. Soccer fans can get their kicks with these ftbol-friendly TV providers and streaming services. Perhaps wary of Glaswegian hospitality, Bayern flew in for the return on the morning of the second leg. "We have found ourselves on an incredible journey from Armenia to Andalucia in this tournament, and the coaching staff and every player who has played a part on that journey deserves enormous credit. BACK TO THE DARK AGE Sometimes we get lucky & see how people must have lived in the "DARK AGE", so called because human knowledge stopped & the masses were without education. TumshieMay 28, 2009 in General Football & Sport, Found this tucked away on the BBC website. Rangers triumphed 3-2 in the Cup final back in 1972 with Colin Stein scoring the opener before a brace from Willie Johnston. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. Then, in the tunnel, he met his manager, Greig taking Waddell by the neck, Waddell taking Greig by the ear, Greig burying his face in Waddells shoulder, and each shaking the other. HP10 9TY. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. And its there! RANGERS fans unveiled a spectacular Barcelona Bears inspired banner display ahead of kick-off against RB Leipzig. . A sensation! yelped Archie Macpherson, the roar of the crowd, it is claimed, audible as far away as Kinning Park Subway.. ", Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group, How Ten Hag flexed his muscles to keep United stars in line: Strict dress code, fixed meal times and rigid punishments have seen him transform a club in turmoil into a genuine force in English football, We don't fear you! A Gannett Company. The Greatest Ever Ranger has made the journey to the south of Spain where he'll be hoping to see Giovanni van Bronckhorst's side secure a momentous Europa League triumph against Eintracht Frankfurt in the final. [24], There were 63 complaints about police conduct, mainly on the grounds of excessive force. The icon skippered Rangers to the 1972 Cup Winners' Cup by beating Dynamo Moscow in Barcelona. Rangers fans unveil spectacular 'Barcelona Bears' inspired display at Ibrox. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. Derby Della Madonnina - Inter vs Milan . During that short tenure, criticism of White was particularly strong in the Daily Express, in whose pages he was known as the boy David by Willie Waddell. We will come to Glasgow and show how football should be played. But they did not, MacDonalds 37th minute goal enough to settle matters. By which time a crowd of 60,000 had created a febrile, intimidating atmosphere, with the help of drums, chants, fireworks and a stadium announcer who jeered the visiting players. Police were called but were powerless in the face of the large number of supporters. Watch ex-Arsenal star Dani Ceballos pull Gavi's hair and spark a huge argument in Real Madrid's loss to . This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Though Dinamo generally played an attacking style with three or four strikers, two of them were injured, so they planned to sit back. He was a better player than me, no question, but that time I maybe had the edge., The previous year, Smith had broken his leg twice, the lustre of his comeback acknowledged by Scotlands football writers, who voted him their player of the year and yet, he only won two international caps. Suddenly, Johnston was in again, and equally suddenly, had scored again; 3-0! "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. At least six Scottish supporters were arrested. graeme_4 Man United fans say new Casemiro footage dispels transfer myth,The midfielder has become a favourite among fans thanks to his outward passion and mentality, which supporters have used as evidence to hit back at claims made about him by rival fans. Official concern as to the safety of this particular exit had first been raised in 1963, two years after two people were crushed to death there, and there followed further incidents in 1967 and 1969 but nothing was done. We are doing this to improve the experience forour loyalreaders and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. [13][14], An arrested rioter was found to be a serving Essex police officer who was off duty at the time of the incident. And Rangers continued their assault on The Russians, Johnstone in particular imposing himself in the first quarter-hour. But even in that context, Rangers journey to the 1972 European Cup Winners Cup was special, capturing so many dramatic staples as to be almost cliched. Well, there were plenty of good players around, he explained. Whether the encroachment was because the match was believed to be over (Rangers said aye, Dinamo said nyet) or to obstruct its flow (Rangers said naw, Dinamo said da) made no difference to Francos police. [11][12][13] Rangers fans then tore down the barriers, as riot police arrived en masse. That was the day The Rangers came to Wolverhampton town. Greig wrote: "I wanted to write to each and every one of you on the verge of one of the biggest matches in the clubs history. Certain types who say and mean things like: When you play for a club like Rangers, youre expected to win trophies. in Barcelona to see the [New York] Yankees play [baseball] at home and it's so limp. Willie Henderson quickly put Rangers back ahead, but Fernando Peres gave Sporting a 4-3 win on the night and tied the tie 6-6 on aggregate to force a shoot-out. But there is one chink in his armoury that could haunt him if he moves to Rangers. Riot cops had to intervene after thugs, many of them wearing balaclavas to mask their faces, began throwing flares at a large group of Rangers supporters enjoying late-night drinks. Several former . ", She added: "I've watched them commit damage, assault my officers and I'm really sickened and disappointed.". Prior to the Europa League final match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Glasgow Rangers, at the Ramn Snchez Pizjun Stadium in Seville, the fans of both teams cheered the streets of the Spanish city with chants and cheers to support their teams. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Police and council officials blamed a "minority" of fans for the violence. The reward for this achievement was more of a reward: a semi-final against Bayern Munich, or Bay-urn, as they were known. And then, at Ibrox, MacDonalds goal 54 seconds into the second half was enough to see them through. [10] The technicians who were brought in to try to rectify the fault couldn't gain access to the enclosed facility and had to withdraw and the police tried to prevent supporters leaving the enclosed square to relocate to another screen facility. And they played precisely as you might expect, eventually finishing third with a grand total of 39 goals in 30 games. Violence broke out at around 7.30pm - and the trouble continued for around five hours. An ex-pro, Waddell had played for and only for Rangers, debuting for the reserves at 15, the first team at 17, and appearing 201 times between 1939 and 1955. "Thank you again for your magnificent support, and as well as wishing you a safe journey to Seville, I want to wish Gio, Tav and all the boys all the best for the match.". BlueVanguard The icon skippered Rangers to the 1972 Cup Winners' Cup by beating Dynamo Moscow in Barcelona. Editors' Code of Practice. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Again, Rangers could barely clear their box, but escaped from the first half with just a one-goal deficit, Breitner putting Bayern ahead at its midway point. Paul Johnson, 25, from the Knightswood area of Glasgow, said: "I'm absolutely gutted. The game finished 1-1. The inside-left I was playing against was a slow reader of the ball, I just got in front of him all the time, he explained. [4] In addition to property damage, fifteen policemen were injured and ambulance crews attended 52 cases of assault. Started 11 hours ago, By ", "The Rangers fans were absolutely tremendous. Rangers are among the elite in Scottish football and all of us at Molineux are eagerly looking forward to seeing them. But the meticulous Waddell was ready for them, as Greig recounts in his autobiography: The boss held up a photograph of one of the Torino players and said to me: John, this is their number one player, Claudio Sala. Rangers defeated Aberdeen 4-0 at Ibrox before collecting the Scottish Premiership silverware. Six men, believed to be Rangers supporters, were arrested after a Russian supporter was stabbed inside the stadium. The club was then grieving again two weeks ago when the passing of long-serving kitman Jimmy Bell was announced. .Williamson. Or, put another way, they were not simply one of the best sides around at the time, nor simply one of Bayerns best ever sides, but one of the best sides in history. UK .1st Dec 21 Hibernian vs Rangers .Cinch Premiership game . But they finished the season in fourth place, 16 points shy of taking the top spot, and continued in similarly miserable vein at the start of the next. [37], Plans by Manchester United to invite Rangers to be the opponents for Gary Neville's testimonial match were reportedly abandoned in April 2010 due to objections from police and the local council over fears of trouble due to remaining bad feeling over the damage caused to Manchester city centre by the riots.[38]. Greig also gave a nod towards two other club icons Rangers lost during the course of the season. 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Nowhere near the most talented player to have excelled at Ibrox, his contribution was encapsulated by the speech that followed his election as the greatest ever Ranger, in which he referred not to the final period of his life, but to however many years Ive got left to serve the club. The sales units were "overrun" and frightened staff had to flee. Police chiefs said they were "sickened and disappointed" after hours of violence following the UEFA Cup final marred what should have been a proud night for British football. Thousands. rangers fans riot in barcelona. Kardashian fans gasp as Kylie Jenner claps back at Kim after big sister called her on Instagram; . READ MORE: Video shows Rangers fans clash with Danish riot cops ahead of Brondby game. They picked me out of crowd of fans at random, beat me black and blue with their batons and set their dogs on me. PANorwich City's Todd Cantwell, who Rangers boss Michael Beale is a fan of[/caption] The 24-year-old is on the cusp of a transfer to Ibrox. Gavi assisted two and scored one as Barcelona beat Real Madrid to win the Spanish Super Cup and claim the first trophy of Xavi's reign as manager. The likes of Derek Johnstone, Colin Stein and Willie Johnston were all part of a group of iconic ex-Ibrox heroes waiting to set off at the airport. And Rangers faced a tricky opening assignment, drawn against the quick and technical Stade Rennais. In 1966, they won their first championship in 12 seasons, beginning a run of nine straight, and a year later, a team recruited from within a 30-mile radius of Parkhead won a quintuple of league, Cup, League Cup, Glasgow Cup and European Cup. Spot the difference pic.twitter.com/zG0kqF24Hz Robyn (@RobynPh_) September 1, 2021 Rangers are currently one point short of winning the Scottish Premiership. Watch ex-Arsenal star Dani Ceballos pull Gavi's hair and spark a huge argument in Real Madrid's loss to Barcelona; VIOLENT clashes broke out in Amsterdam last night where Rangers fans gathered ahead of their Europa League showdown with Feyenoord. So, though he couldnt walk, he took an injection, and he was. Sega Mega Drive, knd som Mega Drive (japanska: , Hepburn: Mega Doraibu?) Hes right over beside the Rangers supporters, said Archie of the perpetrator, who would look hostile at The Russians if they even sneezed at Stein. Justice at the imagined infraction was served from the free-kick; though it was cleared, Smith glided forward, clipped in a high ball, and Johnston headed home. Greater Manchester Police reported that a "minority" of the [2] 200,000visiting Rangers' fans were involved in the violence;[3] while Detective Superintendent Geoff Wessell, of Greater Manchester Police, stressed that a "very, very low proportion" of the travelling Rangers fans had been involved in disorder. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. But I walked into a room and there was a big table the Uefa committee stood at the back of it, the cup in the middle and they said Rangers Football Club, winners handed me the cup and I walked back along a corridor. This did not go down well. I always liked to play the game within the rectangle and even now am amazed when a full-back gets applause for a hoof out the park, he told the Scotsman in 2012. It seemed the vast majority were drunk and they just wanted to cause trouble. If he goes off for a wee-wee at 20 minutes, you follow him into that toilet, make sure he stays there. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. The 1909 riot, in which 6,000 spectators beat up police, tore down goal posts, lit bonfires and cut firemen's hoses lasted for two and a half hours and resulted in 58 police and 60 others being treated at hospital. [35][36] Twelve people were convicted of rioting and eleven given prison sentences varying from six months to three and a half years in September 2010. This meant that the club could not defend its title, not that anyone cared all that much they had their trophy, but, more than that, they had one of the most spectacular, ridiculous football stories ever experienced. Kardashian fans gasp as Kylie Jenner claps back at Kim after big sister called her on Instagram; . Police have broken up a large gathering of Rangers fans from the centre of Glasgow after thousands ignored warnings and descended on the city to celebrate their team's title win. Greig's words to supporters come after other Ibrox legends made similar pleas for fans to behave in Spain. "I trust every single one of you to have the time of your lives, and hopefully see the Europa League trophy come back to Ibrox. But his desire was personal as well as communal. For Rangers, things would get yet worse; just a week later, they lost the Cup Winners . [17] PC Paul Ritchie received a High Commendation for saving a police officer knocked to the ground by a bottle thrown by a rioter. heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment. ' What we can promise is another 90 minutes of hard football in which this time the roars from the terraces will be urging the English side into action just as the tremendous crowd at Ibrox sought to inspire their favourites three weeks ago. Since 1967, Sepp Maier, Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Mller had developed into international superstars, with Paul Breitner, Hans-Georg Schwartzenbeck and Uli Hoeness arriving since; their team had narrowly eliminated Rangers from the previous seasons Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. Large numbers of fans were jumping upon the roofs of sales units and urinating. I bounced mine off every wall in the dressing room, he recalled of the 67 aftermath, and, given the five years that had elapsed since, knew that this might be his last chance. Serious disorder was allegedly sparked by the failure of a big screen erected in Piccadilly Gardens to transmit the match to thousands of Rangers fans who had travelled to the city without tickets. Greig, meanwhile, was dressed in sunglasses, light three-piece suit, dark shirt, right hand still choking the trophy held either by his side or straight above his head like the Statue of Libertys torch. Many Rangers fans argue that 'bigotry' and 'sectarianism' are not exclusive to the largest communities in any one society, but are prevalent in all social . But nothing could have prepared them for Ibrox that evening, where 80,000 bams made the loudest noise in its history, while over at Parkhead, where Celtic met Internazionale, the same number did the same thing at the same time. It had been done. They came here only to stop us playing football. Thousands of Rangers fans took to the streets in May to march to George Square, with violence and disorder breaking out that left officers injured. Except that Rangers werent out of the competition; in a quite magnificent display of dunderheadedness, Laurens van Ravens, the Dutch referee had failed to note that even away goals scored in extra-time counted double. A very powerful looking team, asserted Macpherson while they were kicking-in, Eastern Europeans being the West Africans of the day. Celtic had beaten them in the Scottish Cup final replay before the first game, their captain, John Greig was photographed exchanging what appeared to be a masonic handshake with Tiny Wharton, its referee but as league champions, were busy elsewhere. But Sporting rallied in the second period, scoring twice to set up a fascinating return. Photograph: Bob Thomas/Getty Images, The statue of John Greig, who played 755 times for Rangers and captained the side, at Ibrox stadium. In the past, the journalists job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. [2] In response the Leader of Manchester City Council, Sir Richard Leese, said "If we are going to put a finger of blame anywhere it has to be with those fans having to take responsibility for their own behaviour. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. His reverence for the club made him its ideal manager. 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