Home
FM Discord
YouTube Channel
FM24 Data Update
FM26 Data Update
FM26 OOP Player Roles
Downloads
Graphics
Challenges
Blog
Forums
Videos
Tactics
FM26
FM26 Real Name Fix
FM26 Shortlists
FM26 DB
FM26 Men's Wonderkids
FM26 Women's Wonderkids
FM26 Men's Club Finances
FM26 Women's Club Finances
FM24 Update
FM24
FM23
FM Saves
FM Database
FM Guides
Installation Guides
Records
Search
#121922 SS 13-14 W.I.P. Thread
Charlie M
#121816 Glasgow Rangers: More Than A Club - An FM14 Story
Charlie M
Thanks amigo. I took a wee week off the story to play a personal save so good to get back to updating this one.
#121815 Glasgow Rangers: More Than A Club - An FM14 Story
Charlie M
5 October 2013
Last Updated at 16:50
By Jonathan Sutherland
BBC Scotland at Bayview
Lee McCulloch and Barrie McKay scored two goals each as Rangers extended their sequence of Scottish League One wins to 7 with victory against East Fife at Bayview.
The visitors almost had an early lead had it not been for a Jack Hamilton save from a Lee McCulloch chance.
However, David Templeton's 3rd league goal of the season put Rangers ahead early in the first half.
And two strikes from McKay followed by a strike and a header from McCulloch secured a comfortable win for the league leaders.
Ally McCoist's side are 6 points clear of Brechin City.
Ian Black threatened for Rangers and the Fifers' striker Christian Nade also came close before Lee McCulloch had a good chance saved by Hamilton.
Nicky Law's pass found David Templeton who's speculative effort found the net early in the first half and from there Rangers took control.
McKay met Lewis MacLeod's long pass to fire Rangers' second and then set up McCulloch's first goal.
And McKay crossed for McCulloch to net again midway through the second half with a header.
Ian Black's short corner to the young winger allowed McKay to make space to shoot from a tight angle to take his tally this season to two and wrap up his sides scoring.
Rangers goalkeeper Cammy Bell denied Craig Johnstone a late consolation with an impressive save.
Rangers boss Ally McCoist:
"I'm pleased with the efforts today and the professional manner that we displayed.
"The comment's from Aitcheson in mid-week didn't even cross my mind if I'm honest, we just set up and went about today's game like we do with any other.
"We are on a real good run of form in the league and the whole team deserve credit for that and there's a real feel-good factor around the dressing room.
"I'm not going to talk about our chances of keeping this run up but we will take each game as it comes as always and see how we do"
#121774 Glasgow Rangers: More Than A Club - An FM14 Story
Charlie M
FRIDAY, 4 OCTOBER 2013 12:15
Continuing The Good Form
WRITTEN BY ANDREW DICKSON
ALLY MCCOIST is optimistic that the squad can continue their excellent league form this weekend when they face East Fife in League One.
The Light Blues have marched to a seven match unbeaten run in the league so far this season, chalking up six wins and one draw in the process.
Rangers will be without the services of Sebastien Faure as the central defender is still recovering from a twisted ankle that he picked up during tarining.
Lee Wallace, Matthew Bates and Chris Beardsley are also expected to sit-out tomorrow's fixture after they failed to prove their fitness to the gaffer in-time.
McCoist will be boosted by the return of skipper Lee McCulloch though, who has returned to full training a week earlier than expected.
Barrie McKay, Lewis MacLeod and Ross Perry are expected to be handed starts after impressing in training through the week.
Earlier in the week, East Fife manager Willie Aitcheson aided to the build-up of the match, claiming that he is confident in his sides ability to defend and counter-attack against the manager's style.
McCoist told a packed press room: "Willie is entitled to his opinion.
"Personally I'm happy with the way we attack and if he feels that his side can cope with us then we will just wait and see how the game pans out.
"They are sitting third in the league table so we can't take them for granted.
"We are delighted to welcome big Lee back in for selection earlier than we had originally thought, he's been magnificent for us so far in this campaign.
"Some of the younger lads have really been putting the effort in in training as well so we will reward them with some game time and see how they play.
"Selection-wise we are doing really well right now, with only Sebastien our long-term casualty.
"A few of the other lads are struggling a wee bit with the recent fixture congestion but we have enough depth to field a strong enough team."
#121681 The Career Of Kevin Hancock
Charlie M
Oh yes I remember that one now!
Epic stuff. Look forward to following this one.
#121614 Shedender's Journeyman Career
Charlie M
Great budgets to play with as well.
#121612 The Career Of Kevin Hancock
Charlie M
This will be good
#121570 Glasgow Rangers: More Than A Club - An FM14 Story
Charlie M
04 October 2013
Last Updated at 10:15
Former Rangers captain David Weir says the club's strong start to the season shows the club are heading in the right direction under Ally McCoist.
McCoist replaced Walter Smith in July 2012 and had a less-than-impressive first season in-charge of the club whilst competing in the bottom tier of Scottish football.
"Last season's form was a real wake-up call for the players and manager," Weir told BBC Sport Scotland.
"Ally has done well in the summer to bring in some new players and strengthen the squad, I think you saw that against Kilmarnock."
Weir, 43, who took over as manager of Sheffield United in the summer, added: "It was always going to take a bit of time after one man had been so successful over at the club for that period of time, there was always going to be a transition period."
Smith resigned at the end of the 2010/2011 season after winning 21 trophies in two spells as manager of the Glasgow club, including a domestic League Cup and SPL double in his final season.
McCoist's side have racked up 19 out of a possible 21 points in seven matches in their League One campaign so far, as well as qualifying for the Challenge Cup Semi Final and the Third Round of the Scottish League Cup at the expense of Scottish Premiership side Kilmarnock.
Their only defeat of the season so far came in the League Cup when they lost out to Motherwell thanks to a late Bob McHugh goal.
Weir also believes that McCoist is the right man to take his former side back to the pinnacle of Scottish football,
"He spent a few years working directly under Walter and there isn't many better managers in the game that you can learn from.
"Last season wasn't as good as many fans and the media had maybe expected, but this season you can see the difference.
"I think now the players are applying themselves and working hard as a unit and they need to work as a team if they want to be successful and Ally will be drilling that in to them.
"I'm confident that they will just get better and better now and hopefully be back in European football before too long".
Also related to this story
Wallace & Bell called up for Scotland 03 Oct 2013 | RANGERS
Daly & McCoist win monthly awards 01 Oct 2013 | RANGERS
Rangers reject FC Istres bid for defender Sebastien Faure 25 Sep 2013 | RANGERS
Rangers loan Simon Lappin and Chris Beardsley 18 Sep 2013 | RANGERS
#121187 Shedender's Journeyman Career
Charlie M
#119096 Glasgow Rangers: More Than A Club - An FM14 Story
Charlie M
THURSDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2013 21:30
Wallace, Bell and Aird Called Up By Scotland
WRITTEN BY DAVID MELVIN
LEE WALLACE and Cammy Bell have been included in Scotland's latest squad, named this evening by Gordon Strachan.
The Scots will face Croatia and Macedonia in their latest FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.
This will be Lee Wallace's first involvement for the National side since he was forced to pull out of the first qualifying match against Croatia in October 2012.
Cammy Bell was last part of the squad for the qualifying match Against Belgium last month when he was drafted in to replaced injured ex-Ger Allan McGregor.
Scotland face Croatia on October 11 and Macedonia on October 15.
Also, Fraser Aird has been called up to the Scotland U-19 squad by manager Ricky Sbragia ahead of their UEFA U-19 Championship qualifyer against the Netherlands which takes place on Wednesday October 9.
#119084 Glasgow Rangers: More Than A Club - An FM14 Story
Charlie M
2 October 2013
Last Updated at 21:30
By Martin Conaghan
BBC Scotland at Ibrox
An impressive hat-trick from on-loan striker Chris Beardsley was enough to give Rangers the win and stretch their lead at the top of League One to 6 points.
The match started off as a tense affair as both sides had chances to take the lead in the opening minutes, Ian Black and Jamie Doris missing for each team respectively.
It was the Ayrshire men who thought they had taken the lead in the 12th minute when Jamie Doris headed the ball into the net but was perhaps unlucky to be robbed of his first goal for his side as the referee pulled the play back and awarded Rangers a free-kick in their own box.
Two minutes later the home side took the advantage as Chris Beardsley opened his goalscoring account with his temporary club
The on-loan striker received a pass from Nicky Law and jinked past former Rangers player Alan Lithgow before driving his effort into the net.
It only took another 5 minutes of play before the Englishman doubled his tally and his side's lead.
Another cross in from Law enabled the 6ft 2in striker to out-jump his marker and power a header into the roof of the net.
Rangers could have been 3 or 4 goals up by the end of the first half but Beardsley was unable to add to his account, at least in the first half.
The second half began and it as all Rangers again, this time Richard Foster and Andy Little both having chances to score but neither player was able to keep their shot from going wide.
More chances came for McCoist's men, Beardsley again missing an opportunity to make it a hat-trick.
The Honest Men had a chance to half the deficit when Michael McGowans wayward cross nearly found the net by accident had it not been for a supern headed clearance from Matthew Bates.
Rangers' lead was completed in the 72nd minute as was the hat-trick for their man of the match.
A lung-bursting run from the left-wing from Lee Wallace resulted in a deep ball into the box and Beardsley's aerial prowess again shone as he flicked a header on that left David Hutton rooted to the spot.
That seemed to finally put the match to bed as a contest and the only real chance of the match after that was an audacious attempt from Beardsley to make it 4 goals.
Rangers boss Ally McCoist:
"We are delighted with that.
"Especially for big Chris, it's vital for a new striker at any club to get among the goals early and I don't think we could have asked for much more than that from him.
"Nicky [Law] was also instrumental for us today, always making dangerous runs and he's not afraid to take on his man, laying on two goals as well.
"Chris was the stand-out player for us though. If he keeps this up I'll need to look at the possibility of keeping him beyond the end of the season!"
#119040 The Story Continues
Charlie M
Couple of solid results to start with as well.
#119034 The English Rangers...A Berwick Rangers Story
Charlie M
#119031 Please delete
Charlie M
Good dignings and a great showing in the CL so far. Shame about the draw you got though.
#119018 Glasgow Rangers: More Than A Club - An FM14 Story
Charlie M
Haha cheers mate. Really appreciate that!
We ain't that bad! Lol.
#118566 Canada
Charlie M
Good luck with this!
#117961 Shedender's Journeyman Career
Charlie M
#117697 The English Rangers...A Berwick Rangers Story
Charlie M
#117489 SS 13-14 W.I.P. Thread
Charlie M
Can't wait for the bottom two!
#117377 Shedender's Journeyman Career
Charlie M
#117310 The English Rangers...A Berwick Rangers Story
Charlie M
#117308 Shedender's Journeyman Career
Charlie M
Yeah I think its the top 8 teams in the premier league who compete in it, winners get something like £800,000 which is a lot of money in that league!
#117168 Glasgow Rangers: More Than A Club - An FM14 Story
Charlie M
TUESDAY, 1 OCTOBER 2013 14:14
We Want To Bounce Back
WRITTEN BY ANDREW DICKSON
MANAGER Ally McCoist says that the focus this week has been put on the team bouncing back from disappointment.
The team lost 2-1 to Motherwell to exit the Scottish League cup last mid-week thanks to a late Bob McHugh strike which ended the teams run of unbeaten games on all competitions.
Rangers face Ayr this mid-week and the gaffer is hopeful that the team can show some bounce back-ability and get another win under their belt.
The Light Blues are currently top of the table by three points and a win at Ibrox tomorrow night will see them double that advantage.
Ayr haven't quite had the start that they would have wanted this season and are sitting in the relegation play-off place with just five points from a possible eighteen.
McCoist will also be without Sebastien Faure and Lee McCulloch for the match as the former misses five weeks with a twisted ankle and the latter has yet to return to full training after a gashed leg.
Other than that the manager has a full squad at his disposal for the clash.
McCoist said: "The loss last week was disappointing for us.
"Especially after we pulled it back to 1-1 because I felt that we had the momentum at that stage and looked like we could have got another.
"But the sending off hurt us and gave Motherwell the opportunity to control the game a bit and credit to them, they did that
"The best thing for us to do now is move on and focus on the competitions that we are still involved in.
"This will be a chance to get us back to winning ways and cheer the boys up a wee bit.
"It's a shame that we will be without Lee and Sebastien but there are good depth at the back and upfront in the squad so we will manage without them, although of course I'd rather we had them available.
"If we perform the way that we have been in the league so far then we can come out of this game with the right result for us."
#117043 Glasgow Rangers: More Than A Club - An FM14 Story
Charlie M
Daly voted Player of the Month
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 1st October 2013
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rangers striker Jon Daly has been voted SPFL League One Player of the Month for September.
The big Irishman scored three times from the centre of defense in the League One last month and also helped his side overcome Dumbarton and progress into the Challenge Cup Semi Finals.
Daly, who turns 31 in January, joined Rangers from Dundee United during the summer and follows team-mate Lee Wallace, who was named SPFL Player of the Month for August.
view all articles >>
#117039 Glasgow Rangers: More Than A Club - An FM14 Story
Charlie M
Haha I knew you'd have enjoyed that cup draw mate!
Mon the Scottish Rangers!! Lol.
#117035 Glasgow Rangers: More Than A Club - An FM14 Story
Charlie M
McCoist voted League 1 Manager of Month
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 1st October 2013
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rangers boss Ally McCoist has been voted Scottish League One Manager of the Month for September after guiding the Ibrox side to three wins in their three games.
Rangers kicked off September with a 3-0 win away to Stranraer and 4-0 against Airdrie at Ibrox before thumping Stenhousemuir 6-0 at Ochilview Park.
The Gers also kept clean sheets in all three of their league games last month.
This is the second consecutive month that the Light Blues boss has been given the award.
McCoist's men are three points clear of Brechin in second place with a game in-hand which is against Ayr at Ibrox and will be played on Wednesday night at 7.30pm.
view all articles >>
#117011 Glasgow Rangers: More Than A Club - An FM14 Story
Charlie M
MONDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER 2013 13:00
Faure Joins McCulloch In Physio Room
WRITTEN BY NEIL SMITH
ALLY McCOIST has been rocked by new injury blow as he contemplates the second quarter of the League One season.
The injury was picked up in today's match against Stenhousemuir after a challenge from Sean Dickson.
Sebastien Faure is expected to miss six weeks after twisting his ankle in training today.
However, the good news is that Lee McCulloch should be back in full training on Wednesday.
McCoist told the official web site: “We seem to have a bit of a jinx on injuries, when we are getting them it's two or three players at once.
“McCulloch is due back training in a few days so that will be a wee boost for us.
“But Sebastien's injury is a wee bit of a blow.
“At this stage I think we would be lucky to have him back for selection towards the middle of November.
“He's looking to be missing about seven or eight games, including the Challenge Cup Semi final and the Scottish Cup Third Round.
“He's a bit gutted about that.
“Sebastien has been recommended to rest it up and we will monitor it further when the swelling goes down.
"It wrankles a bit but there is not much that can be done about it, we will get on with it.”
#116999 Glasgow Rangers: More Than A Club - An FM14 Story
Charlie M
SUNDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 2013 16:45
Gers Get The Wee Gers In Scottish Cup
WRITTEN BY DAVID MELVIN
RANGERS will visit League Two side Berwick Rangers in the third round of the William Hill Scottish Cup after the draw was made this afternoon at Hampden Park.
Former Light Blues forward Nacho Novo picked his old club out of the hat to play away from home in the game, which is set to be played on Saturday, November 2 subject to live TV coverage.
Gers were winners when they met the Wee Gers in their final game of last seasons League Two campaign at Ibrox, coming out on top by a 1-0 scoreline.
This will be the first meeting of the clubs in the Scottish Cup since their third round clash at Ibrox back in 2002.
On that occasion Gers won the contest 3-0, with Lorenzo Amoruso, Bert Konterman and Shota Arveladze getting the goals.
The match with Berwick will kick off a run of three fixtures within the space of seven days.
Following the cup tie, Rangers will travel to Forfar for a league match on November 5.
Stranraer then come to Glasgow on November 9.
Ticket information for the tie against Ian Little’s team will be made available via the official website as soon as an agreement on prices is reached.
#116914 The English Rangers...A Berwick Rangers Story
Charlie M
Be good to see how you get on in League One next season. You'll most likely avoid Rangers which is a bonus! lol.
#116913 Shedender's Journeyman Career
Charlie M
I managed in FM12 during my Pentagon challenge and it was lots of fun. When you get promoted and are competing in the MTN-8, that's where the money is!