Sunderland fans review of Rangers away to Midtjylland. (Good Read)

Calico Jack said:
There was absolutely no trouble at all, in Herning city center, outside the stadium and inside I didn't see one incident.

It was brilliant.

Excellent article OP.
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The way should be. I can never understand why a few fans of any club can prefer trouble over having an enjoyable fun time. Maybe the trouble is their idea of fun in their weird badly wired brains.
 
Will never catch on in Scotland. Love the blue pounds and hate the people subsidising their hateful clubs.
 
Reading the replies on the SMB thread was the usual guff that you'd expect with the obligatory ugly arguing with the guy over whether or not he was telling the truth. Even one dude asked if he was going on another away day (until knocked out of course).

Another claims to hate Rangers because we trashed Birmingham playing Villa in a friendly in the mid-seventies.

And to think, in years gone by Sunderland used to be a soft spot team for bears and anytime Roker Park was on tv you'd see several Rangers tops on the terraces.

Changed days.
 
Arminius said:
Great article from the lad.

However, as you say, the tramp mhankies really do take their black op propaganda to amazing lengths. It’s almost as if they have brain implants that trigger “good Rangers comments” alarms in their heads.

Absolutely mental but delighted that the writer enjoyed the same experience as we do every time our brilliant fans go abroad.

Oh one last thing. Did you read the mhankie bastard on the comments claiming TBB was sung during the game. Utter bullshit. Liars from the cradle to the grave.
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Even if the TBB was sang the parameters have moved on again with them proclaiming they are a 19th Century Terrorist Army last week with the banner proudly on show for everyone ,its sanctioned by their club otherwise they would have condemned it.
 
Good read. Worked in Newcastle with loads of Newcastle and Sunderland
fans and can honestly say I got on a lot better talking about football with
the Mackems. Geordies IMO are up their own arses.
 
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Another positive Trip Advisor feedback for the Glassy!

It was a fantastic trip and the Hamburg Tankstelle boys once more did us proud. One correction on the scores though, bus 3 were the road killers, bus one has the accident!
 
Tydfo1872 said:
https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/fc-midtjylland-away-review.1482340/

I left Birmingham Airport on Wednesday afternoon extremely tentatively with an expectation of running battles with the local police and other unacceptable conduct that I was led to believe was the Glasgow Rangers way. I had never done a European away and had grown to understand that the Rangers support cause unnecessary trouble wherever they go. What I encountered was the exact opposite. I left Birmingham without a ticket and due to Rangers' reputation I wasn't keen on sitting in the home end but before I had even left the tarmac at Birmingham Airport I had folk taking my number and promising to sort me out! Genuine football supporters looking out for other genuine football supporters it could be said.

I had planned my trip to go via Hamburg. Rangers and Hamburg have a strong connection (similar in many ways to Sunderland - Feyenoord) and as such the Glaswegian Loyal had arranged for 3 coaches to depart Hamburg on the morning of the game and then return afterwards. This meant spending the night before in Hamburg. We were encouraged to spend our night in the St Pauli area of the city at Sportpub Tankstelle otherwise known as the home of the Hamburg Rangers Supporters club. I dropped my bags in the hotel and decided to take a walk to the Tankstelle. Sure enough lads I had briefly spoken to for 10 minutes in Birmingham greeted me at the bar and put me in contact with people that could possibly help on the ticket hunt. I then received an inbox from a stranger on FollowFollow (the Rangers equivalent to the SMB). I had spoken to him on FollowFollow briefly at the weekend but he remembered my plight and when a spare ticket come up he got in touch, told me he could email me a PDF of a ticket if I could find a printer to get it printed! He insisted that I worry about finding a printer rather than spending my evening trying to transfer the money. Luckily I had a good friend from Denmark who was attending the game the following day who sorted me out. The ticket was mine and the big bad Rangers fans had sorted me out!

That evening was spent in the Tankstelle with probably close to 150 other Rangers supporters. Not a hint of trouble, local tourists coming in for a pint and a chat when they heard the noise and the streets were self policed by the big bad Rangers. Anyone thinking they were big and clever stepping out of line was told to clamp it or f*ck off. The local police regularly drove by but their presence wasn't needed and they soon left again with a wave and a thumbs up.

Onto the match! We boarded the buses at just after 1pm, bus 1 hit a stray dog on the motorway, bus 3 was involved in a minor collision with another vehicle who claimed they never seen the massive bus that was in the way as they tried to join the road from the slip road but all 3 buses eventually arrived in one piece-ish with no complaints from any of the 150 Rangers fans on board. It was all part of the experience. I spent an hour pre-match in the club house and spotted Newcastle Brown Ale on tap! I informed my Danish friends that they need to get that sorted but they insisted it was popular although they would go for a lager out of respect for me. :lol:

The match itself was pure entertainment. Rangers supporters were insisting that a draw would be a good result and that they couldn't allow Midtjylland to take a big lead into the game at Ibrox. 6 goals followed, 5 of which came in a 20 minute spell. The noise was something to behold led by the trusty Union Bears ultras and their drum. Young and old were aware of the Union Bears and everyone participated as they jumped from song to song serenading the locals and the team with songs of Rangers history. The beat of each and every song controlled from the beat of the drum.

Rangers were excellent from front to back. Alfredo Morelos was at his unplayable best whilst Niko Katic strolled it in defence like a seasoned pro although Midtjylland did have a 10 minute spell in the second half where it looked like they could do the unthinkable and recover from 0-3 down but Scott Arfield soon ended all their hopes with a well worked goal resulting in a clever finish. The final 20 minutes was played out to the noise of the away end with the locals watching on from either side in awe. As the game finished I was expecting an announcement to inform us that we were going to face a hold back. I just couldn't believe that the local police could trust the Rangers support to leave the area safely and without bother but the announcement never came and they done the unthinkable and let the away end stroll out into the streets alongside the home support. Rangers fans responded by trading scarves with the locals, shaking hands with the stewards and taking selfies with the local police.

We boarded the buses and faced a 4 hour journey back into Germany. We landed back in Hamburg shortly after 2am after a loud and jubilant trip home with genuine football supporters with an undying and almost unhealthy obsession with their team. One of the many topics of conversation on the way back was how the big bad Rangers were once again rescuing the coefficient after Aberdeen let down Scotland once again in Europe. :rolleyes:

I left Hamburg at lunchtime today and arrived home shortly after 7pm to reflect on a trip of a lifetime watching the... big bad Rangers in Europe.

German coach companies - 2/10
Rangers support - 10/10
Match - 10/10
Result - 10/10.

Comments on the big bad Rangers from the Danish Police - 10/10
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Should get the guy to send his story on to a newspaper or something doubt the mhedia would publish it but could be very good press if somebody did
 
Some wee bit harsh comments on here re-Sunderland. Remember Jim Baxter and Ally McCoist played for them. Also, they won me a few quid in the 70's when I had a double on us winning our respective FA cups. They shocked the mighty Leeds and we beat Hearts that day.
 
AZBlue said:
Some wee bit harsh comments on here re-Sunderland. Remember Jim Baxter and Ally McCoist played for them. Also, they won me a few quid in the 70's when I had a double on us winning our respective FA cups. They shocked the mighty Leeds and we beat Hearts that day.
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It was 1973, beat the mentally challengeds 3-2.
 
A wee hawf volley said:
mentally challengeds polluting the Sunderland forum. Their masks slip at any opportunity where Rangers are mentioned.
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On that thread in the Sunderland forum?



That's a fantastic story. Wish I'd seen it when I posted this.

Especially @gerrard32 and his attractive girlfriend (no pics) for sorting out so many Bears with tickets.

Also the 3 Rangers supporting Danes (young lads that follow Rangers often and were in the Louden for one of the old firm games last season). They brought over to us 2 rounds of beers in the stadium and cheered on the Bears.

Lovely people the Danes. Great wee stadium and spotless country. A half-and-half scarf I will treasure. Very impressed overall and they put every other Scottish club to shame.

Let's get a friendly arranged for next summer - fantastic away euro trip.
 
Not believing this!
What about when we “destroyed” Manchester!
Zzzzzzz

Best fans in the world imo.
Hopefully get to a Euro trip this year myself.
 
gordon_blue said:
Everyone Anyone.
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Exactly what that campagin and phrase is about. Anyone wanting to be a Rangers fan is welcome.

People we don't care for who have taken issue with it (Haggerty, Richard Gordon and Michael Stewart et al) can %^*& up and %^*& off with regards to it. It's not meant for people who hate us.

It's for all the good people of the World who want to join our family.
 
AZBlue said:
Some wee bit harsh comments on here re-Sunderland. Remember Jim Baxter and Ally McCoist played for them. Also, they won me a few quid in the 70's when I had a double on us winning our respective FA cups. They shocked the mighty Leeds and we beat Hearts that day.
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Remember Alfie Conn, Kenny Miller and Mo Johnston played for Septic. Should we be kind to them as well?
 
Went 90 odd euros for away fans when they played Man U in Europa League Midtjylland didn't they?
 
1690 said:
If I hear “big bad Rangers” one more time...

Nice read though. Reminds you what a backwards, feral shithole of a place we’re in, where we can never expect any sort of decency or respect.
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If you have ever read the "Friends, Romans Countrymen", speech in Julius Caesar,you will notice that Shakespeare keep on repeating "honourable men" when referring to the murderers. This guy seems to have noticed this also and repeats "big bad Rangers",to hammer the point home that we aren't as the Scottish media portray us.
 
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