Did anybody see the ESPN programme about Jimmy Johnstone last night?

What a player. What a man. In today's market he'd be worth £20 million 
easily but you couldn't ever buy the man's class.

It was really ironic that on one of Rangers greatest ever nights, there's a 
programme about JJ - and I don't mind saying the two things so close 
together really made me proud of Scottish football.

And thinking about it, there is a LOT to be proud about - forget the 
arrogance of the condescending English and their remarks about a Mickey 
Mouse league. We're just about the smallest footballing nation in Europe and 
yet in the past 5 years we've produced 2 UEFA Cup finalists, qualified for 
the CL group stages every year and the last 16 three times.

No other country of our size even comes close to that. Fuck, countries 4 or 
5 times our size don't even come close to that.

Don't know if I'm still drunk from last night, but I still cannae believe 
it. UEFA Cup final. Fuck me.

"FishSupper"  wrote in message 
news:ULCdnRHcps1ukYbVRVnygQA@bt.com...
> Did anybody see the ESPN programme about Jimmy Johnstone last night?
>
> What a player. What a man. In today's market he'd be worth £20 million 
> easily but you couldn't ever buy the man's class.
>
> It was really ironic that on one of Rangers greatest ever nights, there's 
> a programme about JJ - and I don't mind saying the two things so close 
> together really made me proud of Scottish football.
>
> And thinking about it, there is a LOT to be proud about - forget the 
> arrogance of the condescending English and their remarks about a Mickey 
> Mouse league. We're just about the smallest footballing nation in Europe 
> and yet in the past 5 years we've produced 2 UEFA Cup finalists, qualified 
> for the CL group stages every year and the last 16 three times.
>
> No other country of our size even comes close to that. Fuck, countries 4 
> or 5 times our size don't even come close to that.
>
> Don't know if I'm still drunk from last night, but I still cannae believe 
> it. UEFA Cup final. Fuck me.

my head is killing me, drank far too much and i have no nails left ;-)

On May 2, 1:45 pm, "FishSupper"  wrote:
> Did anybody see the ESPN programme about Jimmy Johnstone last night?
>
> What a player. What a man. In today's market he'd be worth £20 million
> easily but you couldn't ever buy the man's class.
>
> It was really ironic that on one of Rangers greatest ever nights, there's a
> programme about JJ - and I don't mind saying the two things so close
> together really made me proud of Scottish football.
>
> And thinking about it, there is a LOT to be proud about - forget the
> arrogance of the condescending English and their remarks about a Mickey
> Mouse league. We're just about the smallest footballing nation in Europe and
> yet in the past 5 years we've produced 2 UEFA Cup finalists, qualified for> the CL group stages every year and the last 16 three times.
>
> No other country of our size even comes close to that. Fuck, countries 4 or
> 5 times our size don't even come close to that.
>
> Don't know if I'm still drunk from last night, but I still cannae believe
> it. UEFA Cup final. Fuck me.

Aye, we're all Jock Tamson's bairns.

FFS lay off the booze!

"FishSupper"  wrote in message 
news:ULCdnRHcps1ukYbVRVnygQA@bt.com...
> Did anybody see the ESPN programme about Jimmy Johnstone last night?
>
> What a player. What a man. In today's market he'd be worth £20 million 
> easily but you couldn't ever buy the man's class.
>
> It was really ironic that on one of Rangers greatest ever nights, there's 
> a programme about JJ - and I don't mind saying the two things so close 
> together really made me proud of Scottish football.
>
> And thinking about it, there is a LOT to be proud about - forget the 
> arrogance of the condescending English and their remarks about a Mickey 
> Mouse league. We're just about the smallest footballing nation in Europe 
> and yet in the past 5 years we've produced 2 UEFA Cup finalists, qualified 
> for the CL group stages every year and the last 16 three times.
>
> No other country of our size even comes close to that. Fuck, countries 4 
> or 5 times our size don't even come close to that.
>
> Don't know if I'm still drunk from last night, but I still cannae believe 
> it. UEFA Cup final. Fuck me.

Enjoy it mate. I can remember the feeling when we got to the final. It was 
unbelievable. Even losing a final, just having attended a major European 
final and supporting your team in it was an experience I will never forget.

ZB wrote:
> "FishSupper"  wrote in message
> news:ULCdnRHcps1ukYbVRVnygQA@bt.com...
>> Did anybody see the ESPN programme about Jimmy Johnstone last night?
>>
>> What a player. What a man. In today's market he'd be worth £20
>> million easily but you couldn't ever buy the man's class.
>>
>> It was really ironic that on one of Rangers greatest ever nights,
>> there's a programme about JJ - and I don't mind saying the two
>> things so close together really made me proud of Scottish football.
>>
>> And thinking about it, there is a LOT to be proud about - forget the
>> arrogance of the condescending English and their remarks about a
>> Mickey Mouse league. We're just about the smallest footballing
>> nation in Europe and yet in the past 5 years we've produced 2 UEFA
>> Cup finalists, qualified for the CL group stages every year and the
>> last 16 three times. No other country of our size even comes close to 
>> that. Fuck,
>> countries 4 or 5 times our size don't even come close to that.
>>
>> Don't know if I'm still drunk from last night, but I still cannae
>> believe it. UEFA Cup final. Fuck me.
>
> Enjoy it mate. I can remember the feeling when we got to the final.
> It was unbelievable. Even losing a final, just having attended a
> major European final and supporting your team in it was an experience
> I will never forget.

When Novo's penalty went in, it suddenly dawned on me what you lot meant 
when you said even though Rangers won the league in 2003, you still had a 
smile on your face all year