What was your lowest point on "The Journey" back up the Leagues

[Baigrc]

For me was losing 2-1 (aet) away to Forfar in the League Cup 1st Round on 3rd August 2013 at the start of the 13/14 season.

A horrible performance and result, coupled with no end in sight to the off field turmoil.

I really wondered at that time if we would ever get back to winning the Premiership again.

The whole 14/15 season.

 

[insanicdrunk]

TBH none of my low moments were on the field. I always believed that we would get back to the top league again, I expected us to be in the 1st div/championship for 2 seasons, dont know why just felt it would happen that way. Not to say Motherwell playoff didnt hurt.

Up until King and the Three Bears got control it was low, IIRC the stock exchange posted updates at 7am if there was anything to be released, felt like every morning up for work and checking this to see how Ashley had managed to inveigle his way deeper into our club.

 

[W_72]

Snowfall ends Rangers-Hearts game

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It was that day. I thought we were done.

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Haha i forgot that game. There was protests that day too right?

 

[daven37]

Cowdenbeath, pissing down on a miserable Wednesday night. Think we drew, but f*ck knows.

Think I got home back of two in the morning, up for work less than five hours later.

Genuinely remember thinking I'd had enough. Just a total low.

In terms of how I felt during the time I began travelling to that game and the time I got home I was constantly thinking what the hell I was doing.

I went to that game myself and it was a shit night.

Driving home I thought about my first Rangers match and all the great times after. I made myself believe these days would come again.

 

[hunter1rfc]

Cowdenbeath 0-0. One of the worst days ever. I will never ever go back to Cowdenbeath

The scottish cup game under gerrard is up there as one of the coldest nights i think i have ever had at a game

 

[Ferrybear73]

Let's just remember Seville on a Friday night or 55 eh?

Sorry m8, was just having a negative moment !!

 

[Awritenobad]

2013/14 Ramsdens final v Raith or 2014/15 semi final v Alloa

This.

Alloa shades it as we were 2-0 up and Ally was standing laughing and joking on the touchline right before they pulled the first goal back.

 

[Whosthedado9]

The Ramsdens cup final v Raith. To say things were heated leaving the game was an understatement. We were utterly pathetic and that was the day that even the most stubborn of McCoist’s fans snapped.

Losing at home to Annan Athletic ranks pretty high, also.

The two that stick out for me also. Horrendous looking back.

 

[Diego Maradona]

The scottish cup game under gerrard is up there as one of the coldest nights i think i have ever had at a game

Even without the game, it’s just a depressing place

 

[Martyboy70]

Are we allowed to include the bits before The Journey when you were going to bed at night wondering if you'd still have a club to wake up to in the morning?

 

[Liviger1984]

The Ramsdens Cup final 2014 at Easter Road.

Humiliating!!

This for me. Actually felt embarrassed leaving the ground.

 

[foxinthebox]

It wasn’t a game for me, it was the AGM in the tent on the pitch, just remember feeling so helpless watching our club being killed from within and there wasn’t a single thing we could do about it, i genuinely feared for us after that

 

[TheRoofeIsOnFire]

Alloa 3-2 defeat in the Ramsdens cup
losing 4-0 to hibs
Motherwell playoffs

brutal

 

[W_72]

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[YorkshireBlue]

Haha i forgot that game. There was protests that day too right?

Yeah. It was really just a horrible feeling all round.

 

[GovanFront4]

I only watched a re-run of the 2019 final recently, so upset I was at that result. It was still hard to watch ! We were robbed that day.

I was gutted obviously but felt at the time at least we were competing regularly now.

 

[TheHammerJorgAlbertz11]

The period just before the good guys took over. Struggling in the championship and it felt as if there was no hope that the off field situation would improve. I genuinely thought we'd be lucky to have a club at the seasons end I'd change didn't happen.

I remember around that time thinking that we (the fans) may need to start an FC United type club just to get away from the SPIVS.

For me it was worse than anything happened on the pitch.

 

[Blue Lew]

The Ramsdens Cup final 2014 at Easter Road.

Humiliating!!

That was a cracking day out until the football started. We were near the away end and some dick was giving us pelters when the final whistle went and I bit.
Told him he was fat bastard and that I would be waiting for him in the car park. He spotted me and actually looked quite worried before my brother huckled me out.

*Narrator: Blue Lew couldn’t fight sleep…

 

[Ferrybear73]

TBH none of my low moments were on the field. I always believed that we would get back to the top league again, I expected us to be in the 1st div/championship for 2 seasons, dont know why just felt it would happen that way. Not to say Motherwell playoff didnt hurt.

Up until King and the Three Bears got control it was low, IIRC the stock exchange posted updates at 7am if there was anything to be released, felt like every morning up for work and checking this to see how Ashley had managed to inveigle his way deeper into our club.

I must admit I knew we would be finally OK and on the right track when Dave King gained control.

 

[Wishbone]

The Ramsdens Cup final 2014 at Easter Road.

Humiliating!!

This

 

[rinosprayer]

The Ramsdens Cup final 2014 at Easter Road.

Humiliating!!

This and losing to Alloa in the cup having been 2-0 up

And the Motherwell play offs

And the hibs cup final defeat

And the absolute scudding at hampden under Murty. players were a disgrace that day

Banter years? Some fucking banter that was

 

[GovanFront4]

@Rangers72 Our livers will be glad the boycott ended. Spent that whole season in Tingle wrecked.

 

[Highway Star]

There was quite a few,sadly.
Awful cup tie at home drawing 1-1 with Albion Rovers.
0-0 away at Cowdenbeath as mentioned above,just about left you speechless.
Ramsdens Final v Raith,brilliant support that day but utterly dreadful performance.
Losing 3-2 away at Alloa in the challenge cup after being up two up with less than 20 minutes left,felt like greeting walking out of the ground,everyone was just stunned.

Was at all them and you're right, they were grim.

Most weeks the football was absolutely desperate, but the camaraderie with my mates and family at the games made it all worthwhile.

 

[sr1983]

Deservedly losing at home to Annan is definitely right up there.

 

[inigo]

The Alloa loss when we were 2 nil up and lost 3-2.

 

[govanfront85]

The events that led to the boycott with the boardroom stuff.

Proud to have boycotted though, and played my part.

 

[Ferrybear73]

Are we allowed to include the bits before The Journey when you were going to bed at night wondering if you'd still have a club to wake up to in the morning?

Fill yer boots m8.

 

[Deejj206]

Alloa away in the cup 0-2 up

 

[daven37]

Snowfall ends Rangers-Hearts game

The Championship match between Rangers and Hearts at Ibrox is abandoned at 0-0 after 25 minutes due to snow on the pitch.

www.bbc.co.uk

It was that day. I thought we were done.

Check the related content.

I genuinely believe that night was a turning point. The Spivs were left in no doubt they were not wanted at Ibrox. Despite the snow, things were very heated that night.

 

[SDF]

TBH none of my low moments were on the field. I always believed that we would get back to the top league again, I expected us to be in the 1st div/championship for 2 seasons, dont know why just felt it would happen that way. Not to say Motherwell playoff didnt hurt.

Up until King and the Three Bears got control it was low, IIRC the stock exchange posted updates at 7am if there was anything to be released, felt like every morning up for work and checking this to see how Ashley had managed to inveigle his way deeper into our club.

The only saving grace of that period was the weekly CRO pod that was doing a great job highlighting everything the spivs were up to

You used to get some laughs on there. The Neil Lennon dot com episode remains a personal highlight.

CROpod Discovers Neil Lennon dot com Shop - Clyp

Just what the title says. #CROpod #RangersFC

clyp.it

 

[insanicdrunk]

I must admit I knew we would be finally OK and on the right track when Dave King gained control.

Agreed, we needed a street fighter at the time, that didnt mind getting dirty. I still see the facebook memories from the time and reminds me that we were close to the edge.

If the £5m had been drawn down we were fuked.

 

[A Class Above]

The “journey” was bleak at times but for me the lowest point was when we were in the premiership and Celtic won the league by scoring 5 and our keeper was man of the match. A week later we announced Gerrard and the rest is history.

I can never really criticise Gerrard due to the lift he gave us after that.

 

[Ferrybear73]

Alloa 3-2 defeat in the Ramsdens cup
losing 4-0 to hibs
Motherwell playoffs

brutal

Losing 4-0 to Hibs was humiliating, we were shocking that day and to make matters worse my best m8 (no longer btw) was a Hibee.

 

[Fingers1872]

This

Felt like it would never end.

Oddly the 2019 league cup final hurt like this too.

Whilst disappointed at the outcome of the 2019 LCF I really came away with a positive from that game, it was like a turning point. The first time since 2012 I saw we had the measure of them. Had it not been for frather foster that day we would have won by 3 or 4.

 

[Pennine Walk]

Are some people brainless? This journey shite and such threads are a timmy wank fest.
Its in the past let it be.

 

[OohAhHuistra]

Cowdenbeath, pissing down on a miserable Wednesday night. Think we drew, but f*ck knows.

Think I got home back of two in the morning, up for work less than five hours later.

Genuinely remember thinking I'd had enough. Just a total low.

We drew 0-0 a week after Hearts beat them there 10-0

 

[Blue As]

Was at all them and you're right, they were grim.

Most weeks the football was absolutely desperate, but the camaraderie with my mates and family at the games made it all worthwhile.

Absolutely 100%,the camaraderie of the “Rangers“ family on the bus on these days was priceless.

 

[Bubba Zanetti]

Ian Black in a Rangers strip

 

[VelvetOrange]

Losing to Stirling Albion away 2012-13,They were bottom of the bottom league, and i thought that must have been the worst League result in our history. By the time we reached October 2012 it was clear this was going to be no joy ride.

 

[Audubon Blue]

The Ramsdens Cup final 2014 at Easter Road.

Humiliating!!

I was there. Grim.

Hopefully the only time I'll witness Rangers losing in a domestic cup final - to a team from a higher division !

 

[insanicdrunk]

Are some people brainless? This journey shite and such threads are a timmy wank fest.
Its in the past let it be.

Fuk them. Its something that most of us went through, why shouldnt we discuss it? You dont like it, dont click it.

 

[OohAhHuistra]

The scottish cup game under gerrard is up there as one of the coldest nights i think i have ever had at a game

Was Baltic

Raith final, Alloa drawing with Stirling Albion everything off field.

This is fun wore off after about two weeks when the realisation of how long we had to get back set in

 

[PT98]

Alloa or the Challenge cup final. Both were sickening.

Losing the league cup semi to Motherwell, think it was our first year back in top league so won't technically count, was also a sickener

 

[Talktalk]

For me was losing 2-1 (aet) away to Forfar in the League Cup 1st Round on 3rd August 2013 at the start of the 13/14 season.

A horrible performance and result, coupled with no end in sight to the off field turmoil.

I really wondered at that time if we would ever get back to winning the Premiership again.

4-0 v Celtic in the cup , nothing else comes close

 

[Ferrybear73]

Alloa away in the cup 0-2 up

This seems to be a very common (unsurprisingly common) response in this thread.

I wasn't actually at that game but listened to updates on the radio from my sick bed at my parents house. I was going through a major health scare at the time ( thankfully I recovered) and this result just compounded my utter misery.

Thank christ things improved !!

 

[Broxi12]

Getting hammered off Motherwell in the play off final. (6-1)

 

[In Walter We Trust]

The Ramsdens Cup final 2014 at Easter Road.

Humiliating!!

Yip for me that was the lowest point , was near last out the stadium and went down pitch side and just looked at the players in disbelief

 

[strathavenbear]

Was Baltic

Raith final, Alloa drawing with Stirling Albion everything off field.

This is fun wore off after about two weeks when the realisation of how long we had to get back set in

I think the fun lasted until we were losing to Peterhead in injury time in the first league game.

 

[grinandbearit]

Finding out ally mcoist was actually taking a wage for that

 

[Weebilly]

Doing what Dave King asked and my pals and I cancelled our season tickets to help force regime change. Did it with a heavy heart. Watched games on tv instead that season but it wasn't the same but needs must at the time.