May God bless that poor monkey's soul. They like to party all the time too. Dead Bigot still dead IR Alex Ferguson has been branded "bitter and pathetic" by the family of an Ibrox figure he called a poisonous bigot. The Treble-winning Manchester United boss claimed Rangers PR chief Willie Allison created a torment for Fergie, as a young Gers player, because his wife Cathy was Catholic. And he revealed that he felt "not a crumb of pity" for Allison when he learned he was dying from cancer, nearly 30 years ago. But last night, the media chief's family said it was just a nasty way for the Reds manager to increase sales of his new autobiography. At her home in Glasgow, Allison's daughter, Geraldine Weir, said: "If this guy is going to make remarks like that he's a pathetic character. "It's sensationalism for his book so that it sells. It's rubbish. My father's been dead for almost 30 years." "If my father was still alive he would have had a few words to say to him, but in some ways I'd rather bring myself above that. "It's written by someone who has obviously got a very large chip in their shoulder. It's water under the bridge a long time ago. "I just wouldn't be bothered with the guy. If that's what he wants to say let him get on with it. "People who knew my father will not necessarily agree with him." Willie Allison was club PR chief when life-long Rangers supporter Fergie realised a dream, arriving at the club in the summer of 1967. Although his mother was Catholic, Fergie's own Protestant upbringing allowed him to sign for the club he had followed since his childhood days in Govan. In Glasgow at the time, there were Catholic-Protestant intermarriages in nearly half the homes. And Fergie's own Protestant father was president of the Govan Celtic Supporters Club. The young player was shocked at the anti-Catholic atmosphere at Ibrox, where he now claims that Allison had an "alarming influence" over club chairman John Lawrence In his new book, Managing My Life, Sir Alex said: "Allison was a religious bigot of the deepest dye." He fingered him as the "principle muckspreader" of evil gossiping about his wife's religion which was used to drive a wedge between Fergie and his teammates, including Davie White and John Greig - who is now a PR boss at Rangers. Allison's 94-year-old widow Amelia still lives in Glasgow but, of her children, only Geraldine Weir still lives in Britain. Mrs Weir said that would make it easier for the family to try and ignore Sir Alex Ferguson's comments. She added: "It is not doing anybody in the family any good to bring it up. "We are not involved in any football. "People can believe what they want. It's not going to make a whit of difference to anything now. "It's pretty nasty sort of stuff, but it won't effect any member of the family." Sir Alex, 57, recalls the moment during the 1969-70 season when Allison told him he had cancer - the year before it claimed his life. Sir Alex wrote: "I know it is a terrible thing to say, but I did not have a crumb of pity for him." But Geraldine Weir dismissed the claim. She said: "I know for a fact that my father didn't know he had cancer. He was never told. "My father was who he was and did what he had to do. He lived football all his life." Sir Alex Ferguson's bitter memories of the tough Ibrox regime are shared by many ex-players. One of them, Kai Johansen, yesterday described the "frightening air of bigotry around the club" in the 60s and 70s. He said: "In some ways I can see where Alex Ferguson is coming from. "As a foreigner , I found the issue of bigotry hard to understand. "When I first signed for Rangers I was asked what religion I was - before I'd even put pen to paper. I didn't really know what to say as these things are of no consequence in Denmark." He was amazed that Fergie left the club for Dunfermline after such a short time and a quick fall from grace from the first team. He played in only one Cup Final, which Rangers lost, during the years that Celtic were dominant. Johansen said: "As far as Alex Ferguson's career at Ibrox was concerned, we were all shocked that it was so short. He was a great target man in the box and a born leader. "You could see, even in those days, that he was destined for greatness. He left Ibrox under a real cloud and we were all stunned when he went to Dunfermline. "We definitely thought there was a lot more to it, but I'd be surprised if we'd let go of such a good player just because he happened to be married to a Catholic. "I mean Alex was obviously a huge Rangers fan, the club was in his blood and he gave everything for the jersey. It is possible that he simply fell out with certain people at the club." But Johansen was also surprised that Fergie could point to one man as behind the atmosphere he said drove him out. He added: "From memory I don't think Alex would have had much to do with Willie Allison. "I was at Ibrox for eight years and I spoke to Willie Allison twice." At the time, Rangers had the most sectarian signing policies Scottish football had ever witnessed. Club scouts sticking to the "Protestant-only" rule missed out on world-class players like Kenny Dalglish and Danny McGrain - non-Catholics who had outstanding careers at Celtic. The bigoted signing policy only ended in 1989 when Catholic Mo Johnston made a historic signing for Gers.
I blame the parents. And their aunts and uncles. The two of them should take a long hard look at themselves. Filthy orange ****pigs.
Talking about Orange bastards - the LRF have left their t-shirts at home today. please log in to view this image
FFS, What a trio of arseholes, unfortunately they could possibly be dangerous arseholes for some unfortunate catholic in the wrong place.
I've a new found admiration for Sir Alex now. What a shower of inbred filthy drum banging flute playing vile orange bastards Rangers were. I'm glad they died
Absolutely disgraceful, and should never have happened Reb but hate to say it ... if that is a picture of the 'club' she was in, were the warning signs not clear and would it not have put any sensible catholic off? It would seem that she was either very naive or very stupid but of course she may had impaired sight ...
I've had a drink in a gay bar but never had a cock up my ass But I take the point. Loyalists are worse than the gays
They are? Well, well, one lives and learns. That wasn't quite my point though ... would you have gone into that 'club'?
I would have thought you'd seen enough of my jokes over the last (how many years?) few years you would have figured out by now?
I'm continually telling jokes at work and at home, most of them bad, but I love a bad joke almost as much as a good one.
