Finally wearing the royal blue shirt of my idols Rangers aged 33 was special We won the league in 1988-89, the first of nine in a row, so I am part of history IAN LADYMAN reveals the GREATEST weapon a manager has against a journalist - Listen to It's All Kicking Off My highlight as a kid every birthday and Christmas would be tearing open the wrapping paper to discover the kit of Rangers, my idols. As a boy, I watched them win cup finals in front of 130,000 at Hampden. To finally pull on their royal blue shirt as a player at nearly 33 was special, particularly when I scored my first goal — a header of course — against St Mirren. I wasn’t there long but we won the league in 1988-89, the first of nine in a row, so I am part of the club’s history. A funny memory was being called in by my manager at West Brom, Ron Atkinson, to say the team I’d always wanted to play for had made a bid. I joked I was too old for Real Madrid — when he confirmed it was Rangers, I jumped in my car to sign. To pull on a royal blue shirt of my idols Rangers at nearly 33 years old was a special moment We were part of the 1988-89 champions, as Rangers started a run of nine titles in a row Ron Atkinson said my dream team had made a bid - and I joked I was too old for Real Madrid Match DayChristmas
