First it was Club 1872 with their attack on the board, then followed a statement from the club calling out a section of the support as a ‘rump’. Now as predicted the Ibrox Civil War is picking up in its ferocity, as the questionable decision from the club’s board to go public in their criticism of the hordes has seen the worshipful master in charge of theRangers PR – great job he’s doing, I must commend him – receive an astonishing personal attack on social media from Sons of Struth – as staunch a name as you get, that one – Craig Houston.
This one is a belter, do take the time to read, in fact grab a cup of tea first and enjoy the moment -unlike David Graham, who probably spat his out reading this over breakfast this morning.
DAVID GRAHAM, HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME
Hi David
You’ll remember me. I’m your ex friend who used to collect your tickets from the ticket office and make sure they were safely in the District Bar for your arrival where we’d meet for a beer and a catch up. Not seen you in there for a while.
I’m your ex friend who texted to wish you the best of luck on the day of your appointment at Rangers only to get a call from you soon after accusing me of selling a story about investment and threatening that “it wouldn’t look good for me” if a private text you’d received from a journalist which included my name would some how become known to others. I’ll repeat what I told you then, I built up relationships with many journalists during the protest years and if any of them texted you suggesting you should ask me about the things they done for the campaign then I’d have no problem in educating you on their credentials.
Anyway, enough of the introductions and back to why you should hang your head in shame.
Yesterday you penned a club statement that would have been expected of the old board in the days when Jack Irvine was the PR man for the most despised board in our 150 years. Jack Irvine however is an experienced PR man who, despite being highly controversial, understands how damning the words you used yesterday to describe and threaten Rangers fans would inevitably have zero positive outcome. You managed to do the club more harm than those you suggest are acting to harm the club.
In any other business you’d have been frogmarched out the front door for even suggesting publishing such an attack and threats to that business’s life blood. The only logical reason that you are still in employment today is that your ultimate boss must have the same distain for the rank and file as you obviously have.
Your ability to coattail others has been remarkable. You seem to have a great ability to utilise relationships to get you access to someone of greater importance. The unfortunate side of your character allows you to soon forget those you coat-tailed.
You arrived on the back of a “no surrender” video and had us believe you’d be taking the fight to others. My only recollection of you taking any fight to anyone was a teenage blogger while those intent on writing bollocks about our club still do so at will.
Your abuse of fan media is worth noting as you’ve actually set these guys up for a fall because of the amount of pure lies you’ve fed them which they’ve accepted as gospel and passed on to the rank and file as the truth.
Earlier in your stepping up career you promised the good people of Belfast that you’d serve them well and do your best for your community as a DUP councillor. You were touted as a potential Mayor of Belfast which would have gave you the ultimate opportunity to do so yet, unknown to many, you were looking for a way out and an unsuccessful attempt to become Linfields General Manager months later only delayed your u turn in your promises of looking after your people.
Now you seem happy to forget those people you went to games with and stood beside supporting your team with, the rank and file. Your words used to describe them as “rump” and use of inverted comas around “supporters” suggests those who don’t toe the part line are not proper supporters. Does that mean those ignored by the board and seen simply as a cash cow are now to be considered the enemy of the club because they won’t bow down and accept every decision the club make without the right to question and debate?
You taught history David. You’re now creating history but instead of being remembered like a brave man of the Somme as you’d like to be you’re going down in the books as a spin doctor for Kim Jong-Un.
Your threat yesterday to deal with the disrupters and their propaganda war at the end of the season is laughable. I’ve no idea if I am one of the “rump” that you intend to target but I certainly hope I am because I’ve spent near a decade telling the Rangers fans the truth despite being arrested, sued and threatened with my life for doing so. That won’t stop me because it doesn’t suit you or your employers agenda.
I thought I’d retired from campaigning but your threats and insults yesterday have made me change my mind. I’m out of retirement and stand proudly with the rump.
Craig Houston
Rump
Dodgy Dave must be rubbing his hands together this morning as a plan comes together that Hannibal and the A-Team would be proud of.
Meanwhile the used car salesman and his divided board must feel as if they are under siege. Well, what do you expect when your answer to burgeoning discontent is to publicly abuse the rank-and-file support? And now when the head of PR becomes the story itself you do have to wonder what next for the worshipful master.
To think last season the Celtic board had to contend with protests outside the ground as the backside fell out of the season. Meanwhile an unchallenged club playing out of Ibrox headed to a title and the Champions league riches they assumed would follow, and they delighted the fans they now describe as a ‘rump’ and use inverted commas when describing their ‘support’ by reminding us all of Dodgy Dave’s house of cards quote.
Now it seems a trip to Australia as far less paid support act for Ange Postecoglou’s homecoming tour appears to have been the straw that broke the camel’s back – and from simmering discontent, full blown Civil War has ensued.
Makes you wonder where it all went right.
Shaun Riley
