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Daily Record
27-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Rangers fans get chance to grab piece of 9 in a row memorabilia as historic silverware to go on sale at auction
The item will be sold next month and is a rare chance for supporters to get their hands on a coveted piece of club history An authentic piece of silverware that marked Rangers ' ninth consecutive title victory in the 1990s is set to go up for auction next month and could collect a whopping £12,000. The Bell's Whisky League Championship Trophy from the 1996-1997 season will go up for auction on Thursday June 19 at Glasgow-based McTear's, which is one of the oldest independent auction houses in the UK. On May 7 1997, Gers skipper Richard Gough lifted the league title at Tannadice after a lone goal from Brian Laudrup against Dundee United saw the Ibrox giants retain the league championship for a ninth year in succession. Neither Rangers or Celtic have ever managed to win the league 10 years in a row, and Walter Smith's side were denied that remarkable feet in the following season when Feyenoord legend Wim Jansen's Hoops edged out the Light Blues to claim the crown for the first time since 1988. But the trophy - which is 21 centimetres wide - that Gough held aloft just over 28 years ago will be up for auction at a special event next month. The lucky buyer of the trophy will also receive the piece of silverware in it's original box with paperwork from the Scottish Football Museum verifying it's authenticity. The trophy's estimated value is between £9,000-12,000. McTears' full listing of the auction event reads: "Rangers FC history will be showcased by the important 'Nine in a Row' Championship trophy, as well as a remarkable Hall of Fame trophy awarded posthumously to legend Davie Cooper. "Further Rangers FC medals, also Celtic FC medals, rare jerseys, early tickets, programmes and many more sporting relics will come under the hammer in this, Scotland's premier auction dedicated to sporting history." Also on sale at the Sporting History, Important Trophies, Medals & Jerseys event is a Rangers Hall of Fame Trophy that was posthumously awarded to Ibrox legend Davie Cooper following his death in 1995. It's estimated value is between £2,000-4,000. Other items in the auction include rare Rangers programme for a match against Clyde way back in 1947 that could fetch £500 and a Coronation Cup Final programme from the clash between Celtic and Newcastle United in 1953 that is valued at approximately £120. Follow Record Sport on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-the minute breaking news, video and audio on the SPFL, the Scotland national team and beyond. You can get all the news you need on our dedicated Rangers and Celtic pages, and sign up to our newsletters to make sure you never miss a beat throughout the season. We're also on WhatsApp where we bring all the latest breaking news and transfer gossip directly to you phone. Join our Rangers community here and our Celtic community here.
Daily Record
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Why Rangers play Simply the Best and the reason Celtic fans hijacked Tina Turner hit
The anthem has been a fixture at Ibrox for more than 30 years – so why have Celtic fans taken such a shine to it in recent weeks? If you've been to a Rangers home game in the last three decades, chances are you've heard it blaring over the tannoy. Tina Turner's 1989 hit 'The Best', a cover of a Bonnie Tyler song which better known by its chantable Simply the Best chorus, has been an anthem at Ibrox for the last 30 years. It was first adopted in the early days of their Nine in a Row dominance but over the years it's become synonymous with the club, and doesn't even need to be playing for Rangers fans to belt it out from their chest. It speaks to the pride the Ibrox faithful hold in their historic record that at one stage did have them standing out in front as the proven most successful team in the world, But this season has seen Celtic match them both for league titles (55) and overtake them on the overall trophy front. And that was what was on the mind of taunting Hoops fans when they gleefully sung the Ibrox terrace anthem from the away end during last month's 1-1 draw. A Priest in a Paisley parish even referenced the hilarious moment in a confirmation speech in the days after the game. But where did start in the first place, and how did Rangers come to be blaring an unlikely pop tune over the tannoy at every home game? Why do Rangers play Simply the Best? The prevailing theory for why Rangers played the tune to the point they became synonymous with it is simple. The story goes that, during the early 90s, when they were beginning to gather some steam on their way to Nine in a Row, the hit was played over a BBC TV montage of Walter Smith 's team running riot. It struck a chord with fans and the club then adopted it into their repertoire – and it's stuck there ever since. That's only one theory, however. Others more ambitiously suggest that it's down to the fact Turner herself had a fondness for the club who adopted the hit as an homage to her in her pomp. We'll never know for sure, unless any Rangers historians pipe up!
