{"id":219991,"date":"2025-10-23T09:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T09:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/219991\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T09:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T09:50:10","slug":"charlie-miller-fears-joke-will-be-on-rangers-as-he-reveals-epic-prank-he-fell-foul-to-during-storied-brann-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/219991\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Miller fears joke will be on Rangers as he reveals epic prank he fell foul to during storied Brann stay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Miller made the move to Scandinavia in 2004 and won a Norwegian Cup during a two-and-a-half year stint with Brann.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_GD11751439.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Charlie Miller celebrates <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">Charlie Miller ended up being pranked on national TV during his spell playing in Norway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">But the Ibrox legend fears the joke will be on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/danny-rohl\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Danny Rohl<\/a> if the new Rangers gaffer doesn\u2019t get off to a winning start against Brann Bergan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">Miller made the move to Scandinavia in 2004 and won a Norwegian Cup during a two-and-a-half year stint with Brann.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">But he\u2019s best remembered by the fans there for his appearance on a local sketch show Boff after being stitched up by his team-mates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">Miller found himself in a panic after being \u2018framed for an armed robbery\u2019 as police officers supposedly attempted to impound his car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">He said: \u201cI got punked on Norwegian TV!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">\u201cMy team-mates stitched me up and arranged for me to go on this prank telly show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">\u201cI knew something was up, but I just couldn\u2019t quite figure out what was going on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">\u201cI came out after training to find all these police standing by my car. They said it had been involved in an armed robbery. They opened the boot and someone had stashed a knife and a balaclava in the boot!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">\u201cThey had this guy standing there in handcuffs then the next thing you know, a motor comes speeding up and this lad in handcuffs jumps in the window and shouts, \u2018Telling them nothing, Charlie\u2019 before speeding off!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">\u201cI was standing there thinking, \u2018I\u2019m going to need a lawyer here!\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">\u201cI\u2019ll admit, they had me worried for a second but then they told me it was all a prank.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">\u201cThe lads in the dressing room had a good laugh about it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">\u201cI didn&#8217;t watch Norwegian television, all I could watch was Sky Sports, so I didn&#8217;t actually see the clip until I came home to Scotland when it suddenly appeared in all the papers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">\u201cBut it was good times over there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">\u201cTo be honest, I&#8217;d played in Scotland a lot of my time apart from the one year I went to Watford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">\u201cI just thought, let\u2019s try something different and see how it goes. I just wanted a change of scenery that was different from the Scottish game and I enjoyed it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">\u201cWe had a great two and a half years in Norway and the fans loved me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">\u201cThey were amazing and I met some great boys. Robbie Winters had moved over there before me so having him to hang around with made it a bit easier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">\u201cWe won the cup in my first season and the year I left, they won the league. They were a decent side then and they still are now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">Rohl will take charge of his new side for the first time in tomorrow evening\u2019s <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/europa-league\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Europa League<\/a> clash as he attempts to kick-start the club\u2019s faltering campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/danny-rohl\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gers<\/a> lost to Belgians Genk and Austrian side Sturm Graz under <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/russell-martin\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Russell Martin<\/a> but now it\u2019s former Sheffield Wednesday gaffer Rohl who has been asked to pick up their pieces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">But Miller warned the German he\u2019ll be under pressure to deliver results fast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">He said: \u201cIt will be a hard game for Rangers, I know that. The last game Brann played in the Europa, they beat Utrecht so they are definitely no mugs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_JS385276619.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Danny Rohl<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">\u201cThey are sitting third in the Norwegian league so I\u2019m not sure the new manager would have wanted this match for his first game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">\u201cObviously, he\u2019s only arrived this week and has had just one training session with the team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">\u201cWe will just have to see what happens. I don&#8217;t know if he has a magic wand to make things right but he needs to hit the ground running.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">The fans are clearly furious with the way the season has gone but I think everybody just has to give Danny a chance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">\u201cNot everybody wanted Russell Martin and you could see even after the first couple of games, it just wasn&#8217;t going to work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">\u201cNow Rohl has come in and the fans have to support him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">\u201cBut Rohl will know he needs to get results fast. We need to start winning games.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miller made the move to Scandinavia in 2004 and won a Norwegian Cup during a two-and-a-half year stint&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[86566,2600,218,2714,2715,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-219991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-danny-rohl","tag-europa-league","tag-football","tag-rangers-fc","tag-russell-martin","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}