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#4589 Bar 72 - The Official Rangers FC Thread
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Ian Black and Dean Shiels are expected to return to the squad for the weekend's game vs Stirling Albion, Andy Little should return in the next game against Queens Park and Templeton is having his injury reassessed within that timeframe. Only Sandaza as the long-term injury casualty. Looking forward to the trip to Stirling Albion, confident of taking our first away league win of the season. At least they better after the farce they served up at the last away game I went to at Berwick.

We've also announced another charity partnership through the Rangers Charity Foundation to raise £100,000 for a brand-new hospice being build close to Ibrox to care for patients in the twilight of their lives. We're looking to raise the cash to go towards the Family Suite in the centre to provide a place for patients to be with their loved ones. Yet another worthwhile commitment made through our ongoing charity work.
#3080 Bar 72 - The Official Rangers FC Thread
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By Obtuse | Permalink | On 29 September 2012 - 01:02 AM
Rangers are dead.

The Rangers are your club now.

I'll tell you who my team is, thanks very much.

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#2994 Scottish Football Thread
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By Jan. | Permalink | On 28 September 2012 - 23:12 PM
You've sat there and told me all that, yet there's absolutely hee-haw in regards to how Newco being in the third division is effecting Celtic. There was no doubt that you lot would turn out in your hordes at the start of all this, pity it didn't happen when oldco was struggling last season though, eh? From October onwards attendances won't be so merry, imo anyway - lets see.

Season ticket holders went for £12, £15 for general punters. F*ck knows about your game, got told alot of tickets were given away for free though.

£13 for ST, £15 general sale and still 20,000 more through the gates than the night before across the city. Also, you were told a lot of horseshit about tickets going for free.

The proof of the pudding is in the tasting and it tastes a lot like people aren't going to your domestic games now as there is no competition for the title. No Rangers, no Old Firm games, no last day finales. You even had "fans" running to the papers about the cost of your season tickets remaining the same despite the lack of OF games. Dress it up however you want, between last season and now, you have less fans turning up to your domestic games. The only difference? No Rangers. Doesn't take an analytical genius to work it out.
#2993 Bar 72 - The Official Rangers FC Thread
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Still the biggest story in Scotland.

RANGERS’ injury problems are mounting up ahead of the trip to play Forres Mechanics in the Scottish Cup.

Ian Black is still struggling with the hamstring problem which kept him out of the rousing 2-0 League Cup win over Motherwell on Wednesday.

Dean Shiels is also a doubt with a groin problem which forced him off in the latter stages of that victory against the Steelmen.

Added to that the fact Fran Sandaza is out for between two and three months with a broken cheekbone and things have certainly gone downhill for Ally McCoist this week.

Andy Little and David Templeton are two other players who are definitely not making the trip north and that means the manager is short of options for the game.

Kyle Hutton may well feature again in midfield beside Lewis Macleod while Lee McCulloch will almost certainly start in attack.

McCoist said: This is one of our worst scenarios, to have five players who are first-team starters struggling.

“Black has a hamstring problem, Shiels has one with his groin and we’re obviously missing Little and Templeton.

“We knew this sort of thing would be a possibility and with the transfer embargo coming up, it was important to try to strengthen and get bodies in.

“Unfortunately we never managed to do that but we’re going to have to get on with it. The flip side is that the younger boys who have been coming in have been wonderful.

“We’ve got a few injuries and we need to deal with that but the youths have been a breath of fresh air.

“Whether it has been Robbie Crawford, Lewis Macleod, Fraser Aird or Barrie McKay, they’ve done a job.

“The fans have really been enjoying seeing them play and that’s something which is really positive for the club at the moment.”


Sandaza won't play again this year after fracturing his cheekbone in the 2-0 League Cup victory over SPL leaders Motherwell so he's a long-term absentee alongside Temps. Glad to see Kyle Hutton back in the side, looked impressive against Motherwell as did Fraser Aird and Lewis MacLeod.

Unfortunately couldn't get a ticket for the Forres game but will be heading to the next game, which is Stirling Albion away next Saturday.
#2990 Scottish Football Thread
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By NOSNOS | Permalink | On 27 September 2012 - 14:18 PM
There is so much things that can define average attendances if a teams average automatically drops it doesn't necessarily mean it will be down to the Rangers playing in Div 3, I can see Aberdeen's dropping yet again but that is because we are so shit.

So our average attendance isn't going up and we aren't still amongst the European elite in terms of people coming through the gates?

Try as you might, you cannot take it away from our fans. We've turned out in droves to support our team, home and away, in all competitions, across the country. Berwick to Peterhead, Annan to Elgin, we're turning up. The same can't be said for those of you who took that oh-so-high place upon your moral high-horse and demanded that Rangers not be admitted to the SPL or season tickets won't be bought... then you didn't buy them anyway. That same moral high-horse that saw you brand one of the early weekend's of the season "sell-out Saturday"... only one ground saw an attendance that broke 50%.

We're putting our money where our mouths are. If that continues to be the case, who knows but I've got a funny feeling we will be seeing hefty crowds every time we run out at Ibrox. However, the bastions of sporting integrity that are the fans of the SPL are yet to show face, strangely enough.
#2988 Scottish Football Thread
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By Obtuse | Permalink | On 26 September 2012 - 18:00 PM
Only in Scotland do you get 'abused' for going to games and not going.

I would expect nothing less from him, in all fairness. Permanently confused.

By Jan. | Permalink | On 26 September 2012 - 19:19 PM
So... what effect is it having on Celtic may I ask?

Well, less people attended the first game of the season at Parkhead, flag-raising ceremony and all, than descended on Ibrox for the first Third Division game. You also sold less than 15,000 tickets for the Raith Rovers League Cup game and about a third of those people didn't turn up with your on-the-night attendance being less than 10,000. One night later, Rangers sell just shy of 30,000 tickets for a game in the same round. No arguments about price as your tickets actually went for less than ours did, I believe season ticket holders were charged £9 for theirs.