LET'S be honest - if you were picking the Best 11 Rangers players, even in positions: best goalkeeper and so on, John Greig (above) would not get a game. He might, from his ability to fill-in in so many different positions, get a place on the bench, but, for all this, I have never heard too many people, even dyed-in-the-wool "Bears" argue with his right to the title: "Greatest Ever Ranger".
So, I would not quibble with his right to be at the heart of Saturday's post-match celebrations, when Rangers were presented with the SPFL Chamionship trophy. It was, after all, a reunion for big Greigie with a trophy he got to know well during his paying career, when it went to the Scottish League Champions.
It also suits the current regime to have the blessing of and be associated with such an icon of the old club, he has the status the Glib and Shameless Liar and his associates seek for their Rangers Tribute Act.
I continue to harbour grave doubts about the club's management, but, since Scottish Football - a considerable sept of the Celtic Family apart - seems to wish a "Rangers" presence in the game, as on one hand a comfort blanket, and on the other, perhaps some one or thing to hate - we seem to be stuck with them.
Certainly our press seems to have bought into the continuing Rangers line. The new club, like the old, is always a couple of poor performances away from the Record's sports pages designer summoning-up the cracked crest.
The League is won, the players have nothing to play for except a cup final place, and I reckon Mark Warburton already knows more or less what (injuries permitting) his cup final squad will be. Under such circumstances, it may be difficult to maintain the intensity shown when there was still a title to be won. Have the scribes not noticed, Dunfermline Athletic, the first Scottish club to win their division this season, has also dropped a few unexpected points in the weeks since they clinched the League One crown and promotion?
The RTA will be alright for the Cup Final - I still have a nagging suspicion, however, the long Hibernian wait for cup success might be over come late May.
KIM LITTLE, pictured above, has been short-listed for the BBC's Women's Footballer of the Year award - the only British player to be nominated.
IF Kim had been English, I'd have said she was a shoo-in, but, I just wonder if, with a view to world-wide exposure etc, she will be overlooked. The short list is full of worthy conteners, and it is a real demonstration of where Kim stands in the pantheon of current women footballers that she is on it.
I hope she wins it, but, can you honestly seeing the English Broadcasting Corporation picking a Scot - even if, like Andy Murray, she has done great things in a GB strip.
Ah hae ma doots.
A WEE mention for "real" fitba, of the Junior variety. The 2016 ETHX Energy Scottish Junior Cup Final, on 29 May, will feature Beith and Pollok, who claimed their place by winning a nervous penalty shoot-out, 4-3 against Hurlford United, at Newlandsfield, on Saturday.
There is not a lot between the two clubs, if league form is anything to go by, so the final, which looks set to go to St Mirren Park, promises to be a tight affair.
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