Rangers legends Alex Rae and Marvin Andrews reopen pub as fans let off flares to celebrate Glasgow moving to Level 2

[BlueMeanie]

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RANGERS legends Alex Rae and Marvin Andrews reopened a Glasgow pub as fans let off flares to celebrate the city moving to Level 2.
The Ibrox heroes were met with a red carpet at popular Light Blues pub Oswald's Bar as they cut the ribbon to declare that the venue was officially back for business.

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Alex Rae and Marvin Andrews reopened Oswald's Bar

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Fans let off flares to celebrate
Excited drinkers poured into the bar for the first time this year and blasted tunes as confetti was fired into the air.
Jubilant customers also cheered in unison before pouring into the pub as the indoor booze ban in Glasgow came to an end.
Ex-Gers stars Andrews and Rae both joined in with the celebrations as they made their way into the pub alongside punters.

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The bar thanked the duo for coming along to help out, and welcomed back the "Rangers family".

 

[Family bam]

Cracking wee pub!!

 

[Bigeye]

The Times are saying it was a riot.

 

[Tino_Col]

Like a war zone.

 

[El Jock Grande Sabia]

Rangers should've done more to stop this happening.....

 

[simply_the_best]

Celebrating getting to level 2!!


I'm away to George Sq.

 

[Guerilla]

Hardly seems worth it for a month or at a stretch 2

 

[TN8]

Never been, had a pint planned there before the first lockdown. Hoping to pay a wee visit in the next couple of weeks after the initial madness dies down. Will it be a booking system does anyone know?

 

[Main Stand]

Never been there, but quite keen to try.

 

[Porrohman]

what about covid?????
Alex Rae .... never a Rangers legend, yet another ex bear who creams himself talking about the selik same as our ex captain baz, turns my stomach listening to the praise he lords on the dark side, i used to listen to GO Radio podcast but it was actually nausiating listening to Baz , it's even worse than listening to james english

 

[Scaramanga]

what about covid?????
Alex Rae .... never a Rangers legend, yet another ex bear who creams himself talking about the selik same as our ex captain baz, turns my stomach listening to the praise he lords on the dark side, i used to listen to GO Radio podcast but it was actually nausiating listening to Baz , it's even worse than listening to james english

Was he ever really regarded as a legend by fans? He didn’t do anywhere near enough as a player to be held up there with the legends.

 

[The Clunge Taster]

Neither of them will be Rangers legends in a month of Sundays.

 

[Rbmckie3]

Was he ever really regarded as a legend by fans? He didn’t do anywhere near enough as a player to be held up there with the legends.

May be

Was he ever really regarded as a legend by fans? He didn’t do anywhere near enough as a player to be held up there with the legends.

Iam pretty sure they both don't go around calling themselves legends.

 

[Kowloon72]

Didn't think I'd see Marvin Andrews and Alex Rae taking stick on a Rangers forum, but there you go.

How staunch does an ex-player need to be to be liked in the social media age?

Basically just Jock Wallace and Nacho and that's it.

 

[Buffalobluebear]

Glasgow moving to level 2

a week before the Euros start. But I’m sure it’s all just a coincidence and wasn’t pre planned to remain at level 3 while we won and celebrated 55

 

[Leo_Ger]

Was he ever really regarded as a legend by fans? He didn’t do anywhere near enough as a player to be held up there with the legends.

Alex Rae is a million miles from a Rangers legend. Started 28 games for us over two seasons.

Marvin Andrews is a cult hero.

 

[Raffles]

Marvin Andrews risked ending his career to help us win the league.
That qualifies him as a legend in my eyes

 

[Gramps1]

Ffs who cares if he’s a legend.
He’s a ex Rangers player who supports the club opening a Rangers boozer.
Great to see.

 

[Humbug]

Some on here want to give themselves a shake, a couple of players helping out one of the few pubs in this City willing to show their colours and it turns into a shit show.

 

[MarkWalters11]

I thought the extract was from a newspaper or a blogger. I doubt they are going around calling themselves Legends, the point is there are helping a fellow bear open a bar, it isn’t something we should be getting angry about.

 

[Tagsbear]

Tabloids use legend to describe pretty much every ex player of every club, and then some sad people use it as an excuse to demean the players as if it's their fault.

 

[Battlefield Bear]

Glasgow moving to level 2

a week before the Euros start. But I’m sure it’s all just a coincidence and wasn’t pre planned to remain at level 3 while we won and celebrated 55

That's just mental!

 

[LenzieLoyal]

Didn't think I'd see Marvin Andrews and Alex Rae taking stick on a Rangers forum, but there you go.

How staunch does an ex-player need to be to be liked in the social media age?

Basically just Jock Wallace and Nacho and that's it.

No one's safe on Follow Follow. No one.

We're world champions at sticking the boot into our own.

 

[sprally]

The chicken donner next door is amazing.

 

[IslayGer]

The Tims are saying it was a riot.

Sorted that for you.

 

[Blu_ultra]

Some people can turn anything into a negative.

 

[China Bear]

Didn't think I'd see Marvin Andrews and Alex Rae taking stick on a Rangers forum, but there you go.

How staunch does an ex-player need to be to be liked in the social media age?

Basically just Jock Wallace and Nacho and that's it.

Well said mate

 

[BoomSong]

Popped into Oswalds with the missus before the lockdown, great wee pub.

 

[FSM]

Popped into Oswalds with the missus before the lockdown, great wee pub.

Sounds painful, was Oswald okay with this?

 

[OohAhHuistra]

Was he ever really regarded as a legend by fans? He didn’t do anywhere near enough as a player to be held up there with the legends.

None of the two are legends it’s just a newspaper headline someone has decided to get raging about haha

 

[TCWNS1872]

Don’t listen to Clyde so I don’t know if Alec is too cozy when trying to be impartial, but when he’s on RTV he doesn’t offend in any way if you ask me.

As for Big Marvin? How many ex-players can lay claim to an immortal soundbite?

Despite the whys and wherefores regarding legendary status, both are better than decent ambassadors for the club and gave everything for the jersey when they wore it, and for those reasons, they’ll do for me.

 

[LOL 133]

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RANGERS legends Alex Rae and Marvin Andrews reopened a Glasgow pub as fans let off flares to celebrate the city moving to Level 2.
The Ibrox heroes were met with a red carpet at popular Light Blues pub Oswald's Bar as they cut the ribbon to declare that the venue was officially back for business.

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Alex Rae and Marvin Andrews reopened Oswald's Bar

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Fans let off flares to celebrate
Excited drinkers poured into the bar for the first time this year and blasted tunes as confetti was fired into the air.
Jubilant customers also cheered in unison before pouring into the pub as the indoor booze ban in Glasgow came to an end.
Ex-Gers stars Andrews and Rae both joined in with the celebrations as they made their way into the pub alongside punters.

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The bar thanked the duo for coming along to help out, and welcomed back the "Rangers family".

Apparently the bar staff rampaged through Glasgow insulting people with Irish looking faces.

An exhausted member of staff at a big hospital said over ten people were stabbed and one man was admitted to hospital with his testicles badly burned when a pyrotechnic exploded prematurely.

Peter Murrell was attacked while making a withdrawal from a Bank of Ireland atm. Nicola Sturgeon said, "if anyone sees him can you tell him to call me"?

Susan Aitken of GRCC broke off a shopping trip at a well known garden centre to say, "the benches, the benches how many this time"?

Humza Useless said, "were the staff white"?

Hugh Keevins said, "if anyone witnessed anything or heard any rumours, please get in touch and I'll print it in the interests of fairness".

 

[WATP_74]

Was he ever really regarded as a legend by fans? He didn’t do anywhere near enough as a player to be held up there with the legends.

Only thing I remember is Rae putting in a horrendous tackle in his debut CL qualifier away from home to make the group stages.
It was a straight red all day and somehow he managed to get away with a yellow.

 

[OohAhHuistra]

Only thing I remember is Rae putting in a horrendous tackle in his debut CL qualifier away from home to make the group stages.
It was a straight red all day and somehow he managed to get away with a yellow.

Wouldn’t say tackle sure it was a kick to the head haha

 

[pelem]

The Times are saying it was a riot.

Correction to Headline


The Tims are saying it was a riot.

 

[pelem]

Sorted that for you.

Hey you, stop getn there before me.

 

[pelem]

Neither of them will be Rangers legends in a month of Sundays.

But you'll always be a clunge taster.

You're a leg end.

 

[Tony75tfc]

No flower beds were harmed in the cutting of this ribbon

 

[iaatpies]

This'll be Alex Rae who is routinely slaughtered as being a patsy when he's on phone ins or doing commentary?

Marvin isnt a legend either but is the definition of a cult hero - and rightly so. Big Marv was great.

 

[Govan36]

The Times are saying it was a riot.

Jimmy Krankie says Fans were "rampaging"

 

[daven37]

Was he ever really regarded as a legend by fans? He didn’t do anywhere near enough as a player to be held up there with the legends.

I look back to Helicopter Sunday and he was on the pitch that day at Easter Road.

Every player that day is a hero to me. Marvin Andrews for obvious reasons - his picture at full time kneeling on the turf is one of my all time favourite pictures.

I remember Rae calming Barry Ferguson down as Fergie started celebrating when we all started dancing when the news filtered through from Fir Park.

 

[Pliskers]

Big Marvin, what a guy. If not a legend for his achievements he is for him as a person. Rae is not a legend in my book. I completely agree that both deserve credit for supporting a bear’s pub in these times.

 

[Scaramanga]

I look back to Helicopter Sunday and he was on the pitch that day at Easter Road.

Every player that day is a hero to me. Marvin Andrews for obvious reasons - his picture at full time kneeling on the turf is one of my all time favourite pictures.

I remember Rae calming Barry Ferguson down as Fergie started celebrating when we all started dancing when the news filtered through from Fir Park.

Really mate, Steven Thompson is a hero?

 

[snoopyboymason]

Marvin Andrews is a genuine cult hero Keep Believing will go down in Rangers folklore

 

[daven37]

Really mate, Steven Thompson is a hero?

Don't remember Thompson getting any playing time that day.

 

[Flying Fullback]

Neither of them will be Rangers legends in a month of Sundays.

Big Marv was a pretty memorable part of the helicopter Sunday season. I reckon he maybe deserves to be called a Rangers legend.

Alex Rae, my main memory of him was getting banned from Europe for kicking someone in the head. Not a legend in my eyes, though does come across as a genuine bear that lived the dream, so don't see a reason to have a go at him.

 

[Scaramanga]

Don't remember Thompson getting any playing time that day.

You didn’t specify they had to have played minutes at Easter Road, he was on the pitch after full time

 

[daven37]

You didn’t specify they had to have played minutes at Easter Road, he was on the pitch after full time

OK fair enough buddy.

 

[BlueBaloo]

Big Marvin played on with a serious injury just to pull on that Blue Jersey.

The man is an icon

 

[Elvisger]

How much did it cost