Rangers v Motherwell 26/04/2026

[Happy Dosser]

5 hours ago, grizzlyg said:

Should be warn Willie about my jokes and MJC's positive vibes? 🤣🤣🤣

"Abandon hope all  who enter here!"

Run, Willie, run!

[yosemite sam]

Great name Wullie, but my favourite player of that era was the man whose photo I use, that of Charlie Aitken.

[Willie Hunter]

19 minutes ago, yosemite sam said:

Great name Wullie, but my favourite player of that era was the man whose photo I use, that of Charlie Aitken.

Yeah Charlie was one of the greatest players of his era altho theSFA selectors didn't think so!

[Yabba's Turd]

Welcome aboard Willie H, apologies for the confusion at sign up, I forget we have these things in place when people are signing up. Could give you the chewin the fat, GG,W,GG summary but you'll find out who soon enough

For the record I'm the only default GG on here everyone else has to earn it 

[Happy Dosser]

14 hours ago, Willie Hunter said:

Yeah Charlie was one of the greatest players of his era altho theSFA selectors didn't think so!

As a wee boy I always looked out for Charlie's blond hair at corners, since he was so good with his head. Of course sometimes Andy Weir would score directly  from them anyway and save Charlie the trouble.

A truly great Motherwell player ignored by the selectors? That would never happen! 🤣

[SteelmaninOZ]

 

[star sail]

I always assumed that I am one of the really old timers on this forum but when many of you are sharing memories of Ancell babes I realise that I am just a young thing.

Willie Pettigrew was my first Motherwell hero and that was in the late 1970's when I would sneak in to watch the last quarter of games for free after they opened the big terracing gates. 

I am feeling good about tomorrow. I think the team will return to form and the bad luck with decisions has to change at some point even if it is Rangers at Ibrox.

Biggest thing is to avoid getting any players sent off or making challenges in the box that give the referee a decision to make ( I know that is so much easier send than done).

Take some of the chances we create and it will put Rangers under real pressure. 

 

[Happy Dosser]

5 hours ago, star sail said:

I always assumed that I am one of the really old timers on this forum but when many of you are sharing memories of Ancell babes I realise that I am just a young thing.

Willie Pettigrew was my first Motherwell hero and that was in the late 1970's when I would sneak in to watch the last quarter of games for free after they opened the big terracing gates. 

I am feeling good about tomorrow. I think the team will return to form and the bad luck with decisions has to change at some point even if it is Rangers at Ibrox.

Biggest thing is to avoid getting any players sent off or making challenges in the box that give the referee a decision to make ( I know that is so much easier send than done).

Take some of the chances we create and it will put Rangers under real pressure. 

 

Apart from all the great goals Willie Pettigrew scored (often against Celtic), one of his greatest feats (imo) was scoring four against Dundee at Dens Park (a young Gordon Strachan and all) in a 3-6 victory. He and Bobby Graham ran riot that day. 

As for tomorrow, I expect to get little from the referee in front of the baying hordes of Castle Grayskull, even though I think we are good enough to beat them (think of the foul on Fadinger in the last minute of our game at Christmas against Rangers, for example).

I think Mr Slattery can expect some "incoming". I noticed Jens mentioned the importance of getting the right refereeing decisions in his pre-match press conference. Unfortunately this might be a further red rag to our "double-down" (and often vindictive) officialdom.