Alania Vladikavkaz 2-7 Rangers

[WinkieWATP]

This popped up on YouTube earlier. IIRC it was only on the radio and then the full game shown later on that night? 17 min hattrick from Super getting the job done early.

 

[JohnD]

That was a mental game. Could have ended 10-10. Scoreline majorly flattered us.

 

[IrvineLoyal]

The first game at Ibrox we couldn't get near them for 30 mins

 

[Roadrunner]

I like how it's captioned 'The Rangers'

 

[Brian Laudrup]

Dont think Alania exist anymore

 

[Shengus Malengus]

I thought they were a handy looking side in the first leg and we were a bit fortunate.

I expected a really tough 2nd leg.


I was playing that night and my mate was giving me updates from the touchline.
I genuinely thought he was winding me up.

 

[ricicles]

The first half at Ibrox they had complete control of the game.

Thankfully one Derek McInnes stepped up and the rest is history.

 

[immortal7]

Did any bears go?

It's on my bucket list of a tour from Astrakhan to krasnodar, via Grozny and Vladikavkaz.

 

[PT98]

I thought they were a handy looking side in the first leg and we were a bit fortunate.

I expected a really tough 2nd leg.


I was playing that night and my mate was giving me updates from the touchline.
I genuinely thought he was winding me up.

Strangely just came on to post similar. Was an early kick off and I gad training with the school team during it. Couldn't believe when my dad picked me up and told me the score

 

[rangeral]

5pm UK time kick-off

Only on radio with highlights later on STV

Sure this the game that Ian Archer was that drunk he fell asleep at the game and someone supplied the match report for him?

 

[rangeral]

Did any bears go?

It's on my bucket list of a tour from Astrakhan to krasnodar, via Grozny and Vladikavkaz.

Yes some did go

 

[HandsomeHead]

Jock Brown sounding like he’s at a funeral.

 

[SG 8]

Home leg was my first ever game.

 

[55degreesnorth]

This popped up on YouTube earlier. IIRC it was only on the radio and then the full game shown later on that night? 17 min hattrick from Super getting the job done early.

Was it against this mob Petric scored and done the top swinging celebration?

 

[Boddah]

This popped up on YouTube earlier. IIRC it was only on the radio and then the full game shown later on that night? 17 min hattrick from Super getting the job done early.

I was at the home game. Glory days.

 

[muttley]

Jock Brown sounding like he’s at a funeral.

Is that not Gerry McNee and Charlie Nicholas, mate. ?

 

[WinkieWATP]

Was it against this mob Petric scored and done the top swinging celebration?

Don’t see footballers with the old white vest on these days

 

[HandsomeHead]

Is that not Gerry McNee and Charlie Nicholas, mate. ?

Sorry, yes, I meant McNee

 

[55degreesnorth]

Don’t see footballers with the old white vest on these days

Aye, personally I credit Rab C Nesbitt with that fad, times tie in. Clearly made it all the rage.

 

[YorkshireBlue]

Was it against this mob Petric scored and done the top swinging celebration?

Yes, home match. Think he scored the second.

Sure we were 1-0 down at HT and chasing shadows first half.

 

[nelster]

5pm UK time kick-off

Only on radio with highlights later on STV

Sure this the game that Ian Archer was that drunk he fell asleep at the game and someone supplied the match report for him?

STV 6pm bulletin showed first few goals while radio still playing 2nd half.

Great night.

 

[venturablue]

Used to love the sound of the old commentary away from home on the radio and TV.

 

[55degreesnorth]

Yes, home match. Think he scored the second.

Sure we were 1-0 down at HT and chasing shadows first half.

I'd have been 8 at the time, that was one of the few clear memories of it

 

[albertz81]

1996 and the footage looks like it’s being broadcast from the moon.

 

[WinkieWATP]

Yes, home match. Think he scored the second.

Sure we were 1-0 down at HT and chasing shadows first half.

Scored the 3rd goal with about 10 to go. Super scored the 2nd that night

 

[muttley]

Used to love the sound of the old commentary away from home on the radio and TV.

Broadcast provided by Radio Luxembourg Productions. ( For our older posters)

 

[mark hateley]

A super hatrick game.

That's all I really remember from that game.

 

[Crown_Defender]

Remember rushing home from school that afternoon to listen to it. Just as I arrived home my next door neighbour let out a huge roar as we scored. Shouted up to him and it took a good minute for me to comprehend we were winning 4-2 on the night, and not on aggregate. Crazy game.

 

[The Logan Roy Experience]

Yes some did go

3 guys off the Stewarton bus went, brilliant stories of their trip I heard from them.

If memory serves there were around 50 that made it

Just found this article , interesting reading

Archie Knox remembers Rangers' trip to Russia in 1996

In this excerpt from The Rangers Review's special 150th anniversary magazine, Archie Knox looks back on one of the club's most famous European away…

www.heraldscotland.com

 

[rangeral]

3 guys off the Stewarton bus went, brilliant stories of their trip I heard from them.

If memory serves there were around 50 that made it

Just found this article , interesting reading

Archie Knox remembers Rangers' trip to Russia in 1996

In this excerpt from The Rangers Review's special 150th anniversary magazine, Archie Knox looks back on one of the club's most famous European away…

www.heraldscotland.com

Yeah around 40-50 made the trip from memory

 

[GEODGC]

Dont think Alania exist anymore

They are still on the go in the Russian First Division.

 

[The Logan Roy Experience]

Yeah around 40-50 made the trip from memory

Would’ve loved to have done that one
To me those unusual locations are the unique trips, wish I’d done Ufa & Alashkert

Skopje, Podgorica , Moscow , tel aviv, molde all a wee bit different / glad I managed to do those especially now when Israel and Russia ruled out for the foreseeable

 

[Aragorn]

On seeing the thread I initially thought it was the odds on us signing some Eastern European striker I had never heard of…

 

[Unicorn]

I mind the Vladikavkaz manager puffing on a cigarette in the dugout at Ibrox.

 

[ekbear]

Used to love the sound of the old commentary away from home on the radio and TV.

Memories there of watching Rangers and Scotland games in far flung places as a kid with the commentators talking down the phoneline.

 

[ekbear]

I remember they’d played Liverpool in the uefa cup the year before and gave them a run for their money. When they played Liverpool they were called Spartak Vladikavkaz. Anyone know why the reason they were called Alania Vladikavkaz when we played them?

 

[HerMajesty's11]

Did any bears go?

It's on my bucket list of a tour from Astrakhan to krasnodar, via Grozny and Vladikavkaz.

I was there

Unbelievably it was my first Rangers away game in Europe. I was 19 at the time.
I'd just been given a contract to move to Tokyo that September with BP so thought %^*& it.... this'll be the last time I'll see Rangers live for a while (my next away europe game was Graz in 2000)

There were 4 of us in the travelling group that went, 2 older guys I'd never even met before.

We went london to Turkey, Turkey to Tblisi then by bus from Tblisi to Vladikavkaz

 

[WinkieWATP]

I remember they’d played Liverpool in the uefa cup the year before and gave them a run for their money. When they played Liverpool they were called Spartak Vladikavkaz. Anyone know why the reason they were called Alania Vladikavkaz when we played them?

They seem to have switched from Alania and Spartak several times. No idea why though.

 

[The Logan Roy Experience]

I was there

Unbelievably it was my first Rangers away game in Europe. I was 19 at the time.
I'd just been given a contract to move to Tokyo that September with BP so thought %^*& it.... this'll be the last time I'll see Rangers live for a while (my next away europe game was Graz in 2000)

There were 4 of us in the travelling group that went, 2 older guys I'd never even met before.

We went london to Turkey, Turkey to Tblisi then by bus from Tblisi to Vladikavkaz

Brilliant , that must’ve been some bus trip!

How long did the journey take? / how long were you away for?

Did you need a visa for Georgia as well?

 

[scobie1873]

I had £50 on us at 3/1. Listened to it on the radio working in Govan Shipyard.

 

[EIAFF]

Jock Brown sounding like he’s at a funeral.

I mind Gerry McNee saying they were the worst Russian Chanpions ever.

Oh really Gerry? Who was the 2nd worst then?

 

[Thommo2006]

I remember thinking after that result we have a real chance of winning it that season. How wrong I was

 

[tazzabear]

I mind Gerry McNee saying they were the worst Russian Chanpions ever.

Oh really Gerry? Who was the 2nd worst then?

That wasn’t untypical of that scumbag though.
Even more quntish though was Spiers’ comment that “the first thing you’ve got to say is how bad the Russian side were.”
He’d never have said that about Celtic.
It wasn’t the first thing that had to be said.
What would have been wrong with “a great result for Rangers, and Scottish football, but it has to be tempered with the fact that the Russian team were poor.”?

 

[tazzabear]

My first thought, when we were drawn against this side was how close Vladikaslav was to Japan and how much they’d be spending going to Moscow etc each week!

 

[Bristol_bnose3]

An amazing result. Sadly the Champions League group that followed was an absolute shitshow

 

[WinkieWATP]

My first thought, when we were drawn against this side was how close Vladikaslav was to Japan and how much they’d be spending going to Moscow etc each week!

Just the 4815 miles between Vladikavkas and Tokyo

 

[GERS&SGE]

This popped up on YouTube earlier. IIRC it was only on the radio and then the full game shown later on that night? 17 min hattrick from Super getting the job done early.

I was at the home game ..I thought back then that their were a really good side .. Russian champions .. I mean they had to be a quality side .. when McInnes scored it wasn’t enough for me.. I thought that we would need at least another 2 goals to have a realistic chance for making it to the group stages .. second leg I was in Holland so I phoned my Dad for the result and couldn’t believe it .. that was a massive European result which never got the recognition it deserved

 

[Corriebear]

I was at the home leg. Derek Mcinnes changed the whole game.

I listened to the away leg on the radio.

 

[nelster]

Had a look at where their players went after playing us. 1 to Roma, 2 to City, 1 to Frankfurt and Yanovsky went to PSG in 1998

 

[Big D]

This popped up on YouTube earlier. IIRC it was only on the radio and then the full game shown later on that night? 17 min hattrick from Super getting the job done early.

Yeah, listened to it on the radio in the Hayburn in Partick. Different times!