8 Years Ago Today - Administration

There were so many people on here at the time who wilfully ignored the warning signs under Whyte and Charles Green. Pointing them out got me abuse. Same thing happens if you question the current board strategy of an unsustainable level of spending and what appears to me to be gambling on European group stage football.
 
On another note, I had a lot of Morton fans (I'm from Greenock) slagging me off and taking delight in our problems.

Absolutely hated that club ever since despite it being my local team. It's a shame, I used to pop along to the occasional Saturday game if I was stuck for something to do.

Hope they languish in the lower leagues forever.
 
It was such a bad feeling but even then I never thought for a minute it would end in the utter carnage that it did.

This. I mean it was bad enough, but I had no idea the years of chaos it would unleash. I looked at the likes of Dundee and Motherwell etc who’d just taken the 10 point deduction and got on with it.
 
On another note, I had a lot of Morton fans (I'm from Greenock) slagging me off and taking delight in our problems.

Absolutely hated that club ever since despite it being my local team. It's a shame, I used to pop along to the occasional Saturday game if I was stuck for something to do.

Hope they languish in the lower leagues forever.

That’s another consequence of it all for me. I hate every other club, certainly in the top league. Take Hearts for instance, I like a number of Bears used to be fairly ambivalent about them. Now I lump them in with Celtic and want them to go down more than anyone else.
 
As gutted as we were on that day, I don't think any if us realised how bad it was going to get. I mean we had seen clubs like Dundee and Hearts go into admin and emerge relatively unscathed. And we thought Whyte had played a blinder by appointing Duff and Phelps rather than letting HMRC appoint administrators. We eventually got back to the top league but the reality soon hit home. Having been humiliated by us at Hampden the mentally challengeds appointed Rodgers and signed Dembele. We signed Joey Garner. And that financial gulf is still hurting us.
 
As things were at the time, I was not having a particularly good week. I was walking my daughters dog while listening to Radio 5 on my headphones when I heard the news. I just could not get my head around what had happened. It is still hard to co e to terms with what then ensued.
 
A horrible day, I can still remember watching STV News with Raman outside Ibrox.

It wasn’t even the worst news to come that year.
 
Administration.

I remember leaving work an standing outside the main doors absolutely dumbstruck.

The previous 8 years have been chaotic,emotional,lots of anger,fear and absolutely its played a part in my own personal health but never enough to stop me travelling home an away (though I won’t be there tomorrow due to having the flu an it’s a million times worse being type 1 diabetic)

The club is in a great place right now an it was never going to be easy.

They didn’t want us.

Results like the other night hamper people.

Don’t forget where we are folks.

Stick with it.

We're the club that refused to die!

As much as we are down at the moment I will never surrender
 
Had taken the day off work, slept in till about lunchtime. I put sky sports news on in the kitchen while sorting a coffee.
That feeling as i watched on and the enormity of what was unfolding before me. Will never leave me absolutely horrible.
 
One of a handful of Rangers fans in work that day, with about the same amount of mentally challengeds.
worst day of my footballing life.
us bears looked at each other in shock, disbelief, heartbreak, totally lost.
Some mentally challengeds cheered and whooped like they'd just won the league, one of two of the older ones didn't know what to say other than "we know how you feel and exactly what you're going through!"

people wonder why these days a Rangers defeat doesn't affect me as much as it used to, the fact I was wondering if I'd have a club to support at all is the very reason . I no longer take the club for granted.
 
Think I've managed to blot that day out of my head, thankfully.

Just remember going to the first home game after we went into administration - Kilmarnock beat us 1-0. Never cared less about a game or result in my entire life.
 
Horrible, horrible day and what I remember of it I was honestly just numb not knowing what was going to happen to my Rangers that I had been introduced to by my oldest brother as a youngster and fell in love with straight away.

The heartache, pain and struggles should never be forgotten also the hard work that so many put in over the years to get us back to where we belong, top flight silverware is the next step in that journey.
 
Agreed. Rangers have never fully recovered from those days. Financially, the club has never been in a better place, but off the park we have a board who really couldn't care less about the average fan. The only department I can really see Rangers progressing in is Commercial, James Bisgrove has proven that with his deals. The board couldn't care less about defending the club, Jim Traynor is all for Jim Traynor. On the park, we are missing a Scottish core of players who would have died for the badge. Mike Ashley and Sports Direct still massively hindering us as well. Still problems with the Tartan Army and the Rangers support which I hope mends over time as it is horrific for us to be the biggest and most Scottish club there is in the country, yet it makes it difficult for us to support the National Team. The SNP and Glasgow City Council have fucked us over time and time again as well, not to mention the media.

So many problems our board actually need to address.
If it wasn’t for this board and Dave King and the three bears.our club would have been dead as we know it.yes we all have gripes about the board but without them the Ashley and his two goons the easdales would still be in charge and rangers would be a mid table also ran and tens of thousands would have walked away and refused to come back until the rats were gone.
 
Remember FF being all worried in case hmrc got the administrators they wanted appointed.instead whyte got his wish and we were landed with duff&phelps and from that minute we were fucked
 
Agreed. Rangers have never fully recovered from those days. Financially, the club has never been in a better place, but off the park we have a board who really couldn't care less about the average fan. The only department I can really see Rangers progressing in is Commercial, James Bisgrove has proven that with his deals. The board couldn't care less about defending the club, Jim Traynor is all for Jim Traynor. On the park, we are missing a Scottish core of players who would have died for the badge. Mike Ashley and Sports Direct still massively hindering us as well. Still problems with the Tartan Army and the Rangers support which I hope mends over time as it is horrific for us to be the biggest and most Scottish club there is in the country, yet it makes it difficult for us to support the National Team. The SNP and Glasgow City Council have fucked us over time and time again as well, not to mention the media.

So many problems our board actually need to address.
What Scottish players are out there that could improve us out there that we can afford? Not to detract from the original point of the thread and I think you’re post for the most part is valid but I’d rather have players who are good and care for the club, they don’t need to be Scottish.
 
I remember driving and listening to the radio and feeling somewhat relived that whyte had managed to get his preferred choice of administrators in, how wrong was I?
Same here I remember thinking he must have a plan to save us very naive and stupid looking back
 
The absolute worst feeling as a football supporter I have ever felt. I genuinely felt like just leaving Scotland for about 2 years after it too. I'd go so far as to say I've never ever got over it. I don't think we as a support have ever recovered either. We lost our trust in everything that day

It finished us imo. Combined with the rise of nationalism and the EBT tax scandal, it has sunk us into a dark age which will destroy even the legacy of our 9iar team.
 
You know the worst thing about the whole day, and for every other year afterwards. The bheasts shake eachothers hands and wish each other a happy administration day. They cheer and whoop that the Huns are deid Etc.
And now, I’m in work at the moment. A dirty Tim scumbag has just received a parcel and in said parcel is a copy of that bastards book.
he gleefully shows me the book and starts reading it in front of me. Needless to say I walked off and told him to %^*& off!!! I certainly wont be Party to their dirty tim porn fest reading that bastards book.
 
That’s another consequence of it all for me. I hate every other club, certainly in the top league. Take Hearts for instance, I like a number of Bears used to be fairly ambivalent about them. Now I lump them in with Celtic and want them to go down more than anyone else.

I'd piss myself if those Lundy cants from Hearts were relegated.
 
Was only 16 so I didn't really understand the gravity of the situation until I saw my dad when he got in from work. The first time in my life I had seen him on the verge of breaking down in tears.
 
In the lead up to administration a friend I play football with who is a pal of Alastair Johnston mentioned admin and I laughed at it.

I was genuinely stunned when it happened and with hindsight there was always something not quite right with Craig Whyte.

As much as administration was painful/shameful I never once believed at any stage we would be no more.
 
We nearly lost our club that's why you should treat every game you go to as your last never forget they wanted us gone but we are still standing.to bears thinking of missing tomorrow because of Wednesday's result we nearly didn't have a club to follow follow.
And sadly a lot of our fans are not concerned about where we have been in the past 8 years and expect us to win every game before the rebuilding of the club is complete.
 
People should read this post.

The reaction when we lose is pathetic. Gerrard is committed to the long haul here until the job is done.

The playing field is not even in this challenge. Let's support him and his team.
Nailed it mate. Memories seem to be very short. The fact that we're actually still in Europe, fans enjoying the big nights again home and away to places like Rotterdam, Porto and Warsaw. These events were nearly gone forever.

Time to stop throwing the toys out the pram when things dont go well and really ask yourself where or what you would be doing now. No club, no banter with fellow fans, making new friends, especially on euro travels. A way of life gone for good and maybe a few forums of us older geezers reliving our memories.

Yes, that's how bad it could have been.
 
My dad was a broken man when he heard, he was in tears, and he isn’t a crier.

we have came a long way since then.
 
The writing was on the wall for months leading up to it.There was a horrible fog around the club where no one really knew what was going on and what exactly Whyte was up to.

The whole administration period then being thrown out the SPL and dropping into the bottom league after the club had finally been saved was utter chaos.Every day something new was thrown up.

I genuinely felt like as an individual supporter and a collective supporter,we were in the middle of a battle every morning we woke up.

Thankfully Rangers Football Club survived it all and we’ll celebrate our 150th birthday in 2 years time.
 
Just remember looking at my 8yr old son and thinking we may never have the special moments that you dream of with a son. (he wasn't into football then and didn't understand)
At his first OF a couple of years ago when Windass put us 1 nil up I held him, I cried and I went momentarily back to that seat on the sofa and watching the news.
Right now we are down, some bad results but we are here and we will be where we belong again and I will never take any win for granted again.
 
Put on a brave face in front of all the Tims who I worked with at the time, but later sat in the car numb. Couldn't believe it.
I was desperately disappointed at the result on Wednesday but looking back at how far we have come gives it some perspective.
 
At the time I worked for an employer and he asked me what the phuck I'd done all day as no work was done. I was on the net all day refreshing pages.
 
Horrible day. We've been to some dark places since then but the light is coming through the tunnel just a bit. Yes we're all disappointed at recent results but we'll always be here for our wonderful club
 
Apart from any family tragedies that happen in your lifetime, the only time I felt totally dumbstruck by seeing news on TV was watching the planes crashing into the Two Towers and finding out my club had actually gone into administration.
It was almost like normal reality had been suspended and it all got a bit surreal!
 
I think this thread should really put into perspective where we are today- more good play than bad, great euro run, good young assets in the team and beating the unwashed...yip sure we’ve hit the buffers over jan Feb (again) but let’s get perspective here

Good post that mate.

Thinking back on that dreadful day and compare it to our current situation really puts things into perspective. Onwards and upwards and most of all we have The Famous to follow and support.
 
Shed many a tear and tbh it changed my whole attitude to this country. People may say how can a football club have such an impact on your life ? Because our club represented not just my football but my way of life. Even to this day FF is the only place that I find a common belief and share so many things not just football but everything that effects my life. We really are the people.
At the time I thought this will take a massive amount of Time to get back to our place in football. I said 10 years and I still believe that.
Wednesday night proved that.
I’m not saying I agree with everything said in here or even expect a return on what I post but this is our club it’s what we are all about. At times though we are our own worst enemy. If we don’t win a trophy this year it will be seen as a disaster. No eight years ago was a disaster. Like it or lump it we are still in a recovery phase. Ignore the irrelevance across the city. Tainted titles.
Any bears in doubt should stay strong , we are taking hits all over the place. The media are feeding on the negativity. They thrive on any setback. They built us up just after the win against them knowing full well that the fallout would far exceed the desire to win. They swarm and wait for any negativity to feed the desire for them to do 10. Don’t give in to them bears don’t face the devil of evil , don’t buy the papers don’t listen to the radio don’t click on the links to give them the adverts they want.
We are still in recovery , we will get back to where we belong. We are the Rangers.
 
Whats the point of this group crywank of a thread? Posts are being screen grabbed all over social media.
 
Apart from Ibrox disasters, the darkest hour for our club.
It's been bloody hard at times. We have paid big time for the Murray era
 
One of most horrible yet also surreal days i can remember.
Whyte has so much goodwill towards him coming after the charlatan Murray that right up to that moment he had my trust without reservation.
Then that day happened, his bizarre statement at the main entrance.
 
Even though the rumours had been kicking around from the previous day, when the news came through officially, I was literally dumbstruck. Mind was racing at a million miles an hour and no words seemed capable of describing the complete shock.

All I could think of was that we might lose the club forever and of all the loyal staff who's jobs were now seriously under threat. For far too many, that fear was realised.

Eight years on, the effects are still being felt, and I don't think that feeling will end until we win the league and get back into the prestige and financial reward of the Champions League.

Until then, the financial chasm will always be with us, and the wrongs will remain unrighted.
 
Only 8 years? It certainly feels like a lifetime. I really need to see a trophy.

Groundhog nights like Wednesday test my resolve but we will prevail.
 
A truly horrific day can rmbr going out that nite with the Mrs for Valentines nite. Didn’t enjoy anything I ate that nite, all I could think about was our great club, I was naive to think it would be sorted within a few weeks. Can rmbr going raj with 19th Century Terrorists in work completely losing it with them, needless to say they never spoke to me again about it. Will Honestly admit it affected me massively, it consumed my every thought. I would go to sleep worrying about it, wake up thinking about it. Didn’t have a decent nights sleep for months.

Would be on here to all hours every night waiting on the next Klaxon Jackson exclusive & it was followed usually by another kick in the balls. That day we got demoted & I knew our club would survive starting in the 3rd division was nothing but relief. The “journey” back I didn’t enjoy but still went to all the games. This amazing club of ours meaning everything to me & to all of us I’m sure. After what we went through I now love this club of ours more than ever. When 55 arrives & it will, it might not be this season but it’s coming. When it arrives I will shed tears of joy. WATP
 
The absolute worst feeling as a football supporter I have ever felt. I genuinely felt like just leaving Scotland for about 2 years after it too. I'd go so far as to say I've never ever got over it. I don't think we as a support have ever recovered either. We lost our trust in everything that day
I think I’m with you on that. And the way Scotland is now I’m not sure Ive recovered yet . We need something to make us feel that a real corner has been changed.
 
Out with family deaths this was the worst day of my life and I will never forget it. The news came through on sky sports and then I went to my room and watched videos and had a cry. There was a video posted on YouTube with the song Ibroxania and all different clips of games and moments from Rangers games. I balled my eyes out at this and the thought of not having Rangers was unthinkable. What would I do? Who would I support ? I couldn’t support another Scottish team, I would need to support an English team. Now we are back where we belong, the last few weeks haven’t went to plan but we are where we are. I hate every team in Scotland more than I ever have, and more importantly love Rangers more than I ever have.
 
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