From the publisher:
IWhat makes a Rangers game truly ‘great’? A well-matched cup final? An Old Firm demolition? A European glory night? Or is it always the prize won that determines greatness? Fans of Heart & Hand provide the definitive answer. In 2019 fans of the popular Rangers podcast voted in great numbers to establish the 50 greatest matches in the long history of the club. Would Pittodrie 1987 outrank Parkhead 1999? Is any game greater than Barcelona 1972? The host of The Time Capsule, Martyn Ramsay, brings the fan experience of these games back to life, analyses the action, places them in historical context and asks why some resonate more than others and why some don’t at all.
Rangers in the 1990s were in sync with the nation’s culture: an intoxicating, hedonistic swagger but one that was complacent too. Just as football was looking to the future, Rangers were diverted on a road back to the past.
The author:
Martyn Ramsay has followed Rangers home and away for over 30 years and is a regular voice on the Heart and Hand podcast network and in Rangers media conferences as well as in sell-out shows at Ibrox Stadium and beyond.
He is a prominent voice on Rangers history, with his successful shows The Time Capsule and Dominant: The Souness and Smith Years being a hit with Rangers fans in addition to his historical perspectives in The Rangers Review.
His debut, The 50 Greatest Rangers Games, was reviewed as ‘A book about a relationship that's endured for most of his life. Most football supporters will be able to relate to that, but few will be able to express it so well.’
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