| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... 23:01 - Jul 28 with 3339 views | loftboy |
The Rangers FC
Can't see them keeping their history if they are a total new set up. |  |
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| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 23:04 - Jul 28 with 2754 views | CHUBBS |
Of course they will AFC wimbledon have the 1988 FA cup final to their name. |  | | |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 23:40 - Jul 28 with 2703 views | Northernr |
Didn't Middlesbrough do something similar circa 1988? |  | | |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 23:43 - Jul 28 with 2696 views | LowerloftLad |
Next will be afc portsmouth |  |
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| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 23:47 - Jul 28 with 2681 views | CHUBBS |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 23:40 - Jul 28 by Northernr |
Didn't Middlesbrough do something similar circa 1988? |
They never completely folded,Gison took over and then the "Messiah" Bryan Robson arrived  | | | |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 23:50 - Jul 28 with 2674 views | Jamie |
Technically they are called Sevco Scotland. |  | | |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 04:00 - Jul 29 with 2622 views | NorthLondonR |
Also known as Cheating, fckers..... A point lost on the folk of Corby. I almost naturally had to comment on someone's "we don't do walking away #12" shirt on thurssday with a "yeah but you've done 130 years of cheating you're way" with a swift slap to the chops...the truth don't sit easy with the Huns... They always have cheksc@m and linfield.. |  | | |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 06:39 - Jul 29 with 2585 views | loftboy |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 23:04 - Jul 28 by CHUBBS |
Of course they will AFC wimbledon have the 1988 FA cup final to their name. |
That was given to the borough of Merton. | |
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| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 08:11 - Jul 29 with 2523 views | TGRRRSSS |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 06:39 - Jul 29 by loftboy |
That was given to the borough of Merton. |
Why, they did fck all for Wimbledon FC in their fight for survival and return to said borough.
Real shame what happened to Dons fans. |  | | |
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| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 10:18 - Jul 29 with 2411 views | Gloucs_R |
what was the other Scots team that went out of business recently? They were a Prem team? |  |
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| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 10:37 - Jul 29 with 2382 views | Northernr |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 23:47 - Jul 28 by CHUBBS |
They never completely folded,Gison took over and then the "Messiah" Bryan Robson arrived |
I think they did, until they changed their badge recently it said 1986 on it
I think the rules on insolvency were different then so you could effectively close your company on Friday and reopen it debt free on Monday. | | | |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 10:46 - Jul 29 with 2373 views | Jamie |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 10:18 - Jul 29 by Gloucs_R |
what was the other Scots team that went out of business recently? They were a Prem team? |
Gretna. They were minnows funded by a millionaire into the SPL where he abruptly pulled the plug and they imploded. | | | |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 10:49 - Jul 29 with 2368 views | Northernr |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 10:46 - Jul 29 by Jamie |
Gretna. They were minnows funded by a millionaire into the SPL where he abruptly pulled the plug and they imploded. |
By "abruptly pulled the plug" I think you actually mean "died." | | | |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 11:03 - Jul 29 with 2357 views | Jamie |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 10:49 - Jul 29 by Northernr |
By "abruptly pulled the plug" I think you actually mean "died." |
Nah. Club had been dissolved 6 months before he died. | | | |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 11:07 - Jul 29 with 2351 views | Northernr |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 11:03 - Jul 29 by Jamie |
Nah. Club had been dissolved 6 months before he died. |
Yes because he was ill and in hospital. He had two stomach operations and was then hospitalised with a brain infection before finally suffering a heart attack at home and dying. His support was withdrawn when the brain infection hospitalised him. So it's slightly unfair to say he just pulled out.
Max Griggs at Rushden pulled out of his own free will as they reached League One and they've subsequently collapsed. | | | |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 11:17 - Jul 29 with 2319 views | Jamie |
Unfair perhaps to say he pulled the plug as it was his family that ceased funding. In many ways they were the Crawley of Scottish Football. Spending exorbitantly to climb the leagues and making no friends on the way up. | | | |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 11:19 - Jul 29 with 2310 views | Northernr |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 11:17 - Jul 29 by Jamie |
Unfair perhaps to say he pulled the plug as it was his family that ceased funding. In many ways they were the Crawley of Scottish Football. Spending exorbitantly to climb the leagues and making no friends on the way up. |
They were the second prime example - after Rushden - of the dangers of rising above your level on the whim of one rich man. It's why new stadium, new youth academy, new training ground, commercial revenues etc is important to QPR.
The sad thing about Rushden is it was the amalgamation of two small non league clubs who'd been quite happily plodding along for years. Now neither of them, or the new club, exist. | | | |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 13:03 - Jul 29 with 2223 views | loftboy |
Blimey they've twisted history a bit there. | |
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| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 13:05 - Jul 29 with 2215 views | hoopstilidie |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 13:03 - Jul 29 by loftboy |
Blimey they've twisted history a bit there. |
That's why they have this caveat:
The supporters of AFC Wimbledon believe that our club is a continuation of the spirit which formed Wimbledon Old Centrals in 1889 and kept Wimbledon Football Club alive until May 2002. We consider that a football club is not simply the legal entity which controls it, but that it is the community formed by the fans and players working towards a common goal. We therefore reproduce the honours won by what we believe was, and will always be, 'our' club, in our community |  |
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| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 13:33 - Jul 29 with 2193 views | NathanNI |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 04:00 - Jul 29 by NorthLondonR |
Also known as Cheating, fckers..... A point lost on the folk of Corby. I almost naturally had to comment on someone's "we don't do walking away #12" shirt on thurssday with a "yeah but you've done 130 years of cheating you're way" with a swift slap to the chops...the truth don't sit easy with the Huns... They always have cheksc@m and linfield.. |
You'd 'naturally' slap someone for wearing a shirt? |  | | |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 09:04 - Jul 30 with 2026 views | NorthLondonR |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 13:33 - Jul 29 by NathanNI |
You'd 'naturally' slap someone for wearing a shirt? |
to confirm it was I, who received said lusty blow! In truth you do not wear a suit in Corby at the best of times, but to then insult the huns - bad mistake. | | | |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 12:52 - Jul 30 with 1914 views | Mr_Foxy |
Well, much as I disliked them, the new Rushden & Diamonds are very much alive and kicking. The reformed club has moved into Senior Football for this year, playing in the United Counties League Division One (5 divisions below the Conference) and groundsharing with Wellingborough Town.
They've managed to get a shirt sponsorship deal from EA Sports worth around £12k (a friend of mine is on the committee at AFC R&D and told me the ballpark figure but wouldn't give me the exact number!). They've been signing a few decent players too so I wouldn't be surprised if they reach about Southern League Division One level in the next few years, provided of course they can keep the 400-500 hardcore who watched the youth team last year going.
Still can't stand them and they've actually upset a lot of the local clubs in the Northants area with a very arrogant attitude so they're not actually too popular! |  | | |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 13:04 - Jul 30 with 1896 views | Metallica_Hoop |
Random factoid
"In 1978, Nene Park became the first United Counties League stadium to have floodlights, which were turned on by Bobby Robson," |  |
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| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 13:15 - Jul 30 with 773 views | NorthLondonR |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 12:52 - Jul 30 by Mr_Foxy |
Well, much as I disliked them, the new Rushden & Diamonds are very much alive and kicking. The reformed club has moved into Senior Football for this year, playing in the United Counties League Division One (5 divisions below the Conference) and groundsharing with Wellingborough Town.
They've managed to get a shirt sponsorship deal from EA Sports worth around £12k (a friend of mine is on the committee at AFC R&D and told me the ballpark figure but wouldn't give me the exact number!). They've been signing a few decent players too so I wouldn't be surprised if they reach about Southern League Division One level in the next few years, provided of course they can keep the 400-500 hardcore who watched the youth team last year going.
Still can't stand them and they've actually upset a lot of the local clubs in the Northants area with a very arrogant attitude so they're not actually too popular! |
are they still at Nene Park? I know Kettering were playing there despite having a perfectly adequate stadium in Kettering, but that the rent on Nene Park was adding to their costs tenfold. Not had an update but heard a while ago that they were on their last legs. | | | |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 13:18 - Jul 30 with 769 views | Monahoop |
| Didn't realise Rangers are now called.... on 12:52 - Jul 30 by Mr_Foxy |
Well, much as I disliked them, the new Rushden & Diamonds are very much alive and kicking. The reformed club has moved into Senior Football for this year, playing in the United Counties League Division One (5 divisions below the Conference) and groundsharing with Wellingborough Town.
They've managed to get a shirt sponsorship deal from EA Sports worth around £12k (a friend of mine is on the committee at AFC R&D and told me the ballpark figure but wouldn't give me the exact number!). They've been signing a few decent players too so I wouldn't be surprised if they reach about Southern League Division One level in the next few years, provided of course they can keep the 400-500 hardcore who watched the youth team last year going.
Still can't stand them and they've actually upset a lot of the local clubs in the Northants area with a very arrogant attitude so they're not actually too popular! |
What has happened to their Nene Park stadium? Went to a Conference game there in 2000 with Kingstonian. Looked modern and plush for that level at the time. |  |
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