Gary Mitchell
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Mindless vandalism of a shopping centre is not big or clever.saw windass and alnwick in braehead once but bricked it.
Mindless vandalism of a shopping centre is not big or clever.saw windass and alnwick in braehead once but bricked it.
I met Ian Wright once when Arsenal were training at Troon, got his autograph and he spent quite a bit of his time with us youngsters answering questions. I was very impressed by his good nature. The same couldnt be said about Bergkamp who wouldnt sign any autographs.
Ive met a few of the Gers over the years. Ian Ferguson always stood out in my memory as the nicest one.
Also met Paulo Di Canio at Royal Troon when I worked there. Didnt seem quite as much of a nutjob in person.
I havnt really met any players as an adult, things might be different compared to being a kid!
He's Lustig mk2 that prick.Met the likes of goram, novo, lafferty and a few others but the two bad times I’ve had was jelavic when he signed seemed pretty rude and kris ajer especially bumped into him in town with a few mates who were Tim’s and he was fine until I made a joke about the recent OF score (win at Ibrox in 2018) and he just growled and walked away
I echo this, I had a quick chat with him outside Ibrox one time and I'd openly admit its the most daunted I've been talking to someone as he is right up there with the icons of our club but what a guy. I've since had a few conversations on facebook with him as well and he's extremely polite and approachable.I met Richard Gough just before xmas in the Rogano and he was an absolute gentleman, chatted to me for a good 10 minutes about the Gers
Kyle Lafferty was unbelievably kind to my and my wee cousin. Gave my cousin a ton of time. Absolutely made his day . May comes as a surprise to some
I saw that too. Me and my old man worked in his house years ago in his first spell. There must have been about 5-6 lassies hanging about, all in their early 20s maybe a couple 19 or so. Must have had a wad as much as £10k sitting in bundles of £50s on a coffee table, bookie line all over the place. He was a riot as well!! He was nice enough to talk to to be fair but he was mental when he was youngerI was literally coming in this thread to post the complete opposite - used to come into an old workplace of mine a lot. Was the most arrogant, rude person I'd ever come across. Could always be found hanging around lassies far too young for him as well
Met Charlie adam at the darts in liverpool a few years back when he was playing for liverpool. Very rude. Ok he was on a night out I wasnt asking for photos or autographs. He was stood next to me in a line getting a drink and I just said Charlie I enjoyed watching you for rangers really hope the move to liverpool works out for you. He just blanked me not even a cheers. Just thought it was rude
Billy and his sons sport agency company had an office in the same building as the place I worked up in the Mearns, really nice guy and what he didn't know about football you could write on the back of a postage stampMet Billy McNeill a few times. Couldn’t have met a nicer man
Was in players lounge at den's park when Scott Allan was there, called him a rat, and lets say, he didn't take it too well.
What was Ian black up to?Met a few.
Jim Baxter - Hilarious, was at the Races and I was younger but remember he had me laughing lots.
Alex Rae - Again at the Races, not long after he signed and he was brand new, talked away.
Alan Shearer - One of my footballing heroes, A prick, wish I had never met him.
A few Rangers legends, all brand new - Goram, Amo, McCann, Numan, Boyd and more.
Ian Black - when he played for us, billy bigbaws who would have been sacked for what he was up to.
I met the older generation as well when i was young, the best guy to then ask for an autograph was bobby shearer, a gent but my hero then was slim Jin Baxter probably the greatest player ive ever seen but an arrogant man.Met loads. Older generation Gers players total gents. Chaps like Hubbard, Simpson, Brown, Davus, Brand, Millar, Richie, Grieig, Provan etc could not have been nicer.
Many of the 9 in a row team pretty sound too.
I didn't like Artera much when I met him.
As for non Rangers, Aguero, Forlsn, Reyes, Papin, Massaro and Baresi were all pleasant.
I’ve met a few but also worked in a few footballers houses
Harris Vukic was friendly enough. He had a bird walking about in his house that had a Rangers strip on from before his time which I found a bit weird.
Patrick Roberts was decent for one of them. Tipped me £50 after I ripped him about his miss in the semi final against us and got a bit of banter back and forward
Andy little is a good guy and I do a bit of work for him now. Came down and helped out and the kids football training one night when I was coaching and it gave the boys a boost to see someone that actually played the game help them out.
Jim Forrest is a cracking guy. Him and his mrs were always chatting away and making you tea and things to eat. I didn’t know who he was when I first worked in his house then my tradesmen told me so I was quizzing jim for ages and he was happy to sit and tell me stories of his time at Ibrox, much to the annoyance of my mentally challenged tradesman lol
Jason Cummings before he was at Ibrox and lived in a top floor flat near Easter Road. Place was manky and he was an arrogant prick.
Not a footballer but also worked in Dominic keane’s house. What a pad this was and we were taking out a kitchen that was worth a right few quid and didn’t have a mark on it to replace it with something similar. Dismantled the kitchen carefully and sold it on lol. Wasn’t the friendliest of people and thought he was better than anyone
Met quite a lot of footballers and celebrities in my old job , easily the nicest was Kevin Keegan who was with his wife and daughters but spent a lot of his time getting selfies , signing autographs and chatting but not once did he refuse anyone- really nice guy generous tipper as well ! I was off the day Roy Keane was there but apparently he was pretty rude. Scott Brown was a regular, very quiet never said much but tipped well . As much as I despise him as a footballer not once was I tempted to give him the kind of grief that Morelos gets from the unwashed !Dennis Law , Ronnie McKinnon and Kevin Keegan the top three for me from over the years. Met Law in Dundee and also at a Scottish Cup Final many moons ago. Great guy. Had his telephone number for years. Ronnie McKinnon asked me back to his house for lunch. Had freshly caught haddock which his Mum cooked. Delicious it was too. Remember Ronnie would only eat one potato as he was watching his weight. Got a call then to say the game v Aberdeen the following day was off. Think it would have been 1967. Keegan was a super guy, bubbly full of stories. Met Kevin twice and both times he was great company. Strange thing I discovered years later. My wife and Kevin were in the same class in Primary school in Doncaster.
Been in Alex Rae's company a few times through a mate. Good guy.
Met Ally McCoist recently at a charity do and he was absolutely brand new, as you would expect.
Tin hat firmly on for this next one. Neil Lennon, late 2000s at a wedding just after he'd stopped playing. Was perfectly pleasant with me and bought everyone a drink. However I also know Celtic supporters who have met him and said he was an obnoxious little c*nt.
I would have loved to have met Ray Wilkins. By all accounts and absolute gentleman and as humble a man you could ever meet. Would have been an honourBeen fortunate enough to spend a lot of time with both Super Ally and Bomber Brown, both absolute gentleman could not say a bad word about either.
The most pleasant one off encounter I had was with Ray Wilkins he was in a hotel in Derby prior to the Ted Mcminn testimonial and was the most polite, humble individual ever, we asked him for a picture and his response was “Any time lads, take as many as you want it’s guys like you that paid my wages” an absolute legend.