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GERS, n.  Nickname for Rangers Football Team.Sc. 1995 Daily Record 28 Oct 49:
There was even sillier talk of a vendetta by football big-wigs and the law against the Gers.
Rangers are too big to be involved in such childish nonsense.Sc. 1998 Aberdeen Evening Express 10 Mar 52:
Irvine was named man-of-the-match after helping Dundee draw 0-0 with the Gers at Ibrox last night in the quarter-finals of the Tennents Scottish Cup.Sc. 2000 News of the World 10 Sep :
Advocaat fury as Sara stuns stumbling Gers:
Rangers threw away two points as the dodgiest defence in the SPL dropped yet another clanger to bring up the Dirty Dozen. Sc. 2001 Daily Star 30 Jan :
"Why do you call your team the Teddies, Irvine?" "Teddies. Teddy berrs. Gers. Rangers. Easy-peasy."Sc. 2002 Observer 29 Sep 11:
Gers' fans had to wait until the 73rd minute so see their side's third, when Arveladze finished from a Claudio Caniggia cross.Sc. 2002 Evening Times 29 Nov :
I joined the Gers shortly before they lost to Berwick in the Scottish Cup.Sc. 2005 Edinburgh Evening News 31 Jan 2:
It was clear O'Brien had been singled out beforehand by Gers boss Alex McLeish as Livingston's greatest threat