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    Dave King press conference at 2pm

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    FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015 21:00King Appointed Chairman

     

    WRITTEN BY RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB

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    RANGERS International Football Club PLC is pleased to announce that Dave King has been appointed Chairman of the Board. Mr King takes over from Paul Murray, who was appointed Interim Chairman when a new Board was formed after the General Meeting of March 6.

     

    Mr King had to wait until the Scottish FA’s Fit and Proper process cleared him to become a Director and when that clearance arrived on Tuesday (May 19) afternoon Mr King, along with his colleagues on the Board, immediately began the task of restructuring Rangers.

    After having been installed as Chairman at a Board meeting today he said: "It has taken much longer than any of us had anticipated to bring about Board changes but we have achieved that and I am deeply honoured to become the Club’s Chairman.

    "This is a privileged position and I do not accept it lightly. Our Club is a massive one, a great Club and it is my intention to make sure Rangers will now move forward with confidence and great optimism.

    "It might be some time before we are able to shelve some of the appalling things that this Club has been subjected to. It is important to remember the events of recent years to ensure that they are not repeated but it is equally important not to dwell on them. Rangers has to build towards a brighter future and none of us should be in any doubt that a lot of hard work will be required.

    "Our main focus is firmly on the future and we have to prepare for that through an intelligent funding strategy. Greater detail will be revealed very soon after our interest in the SPFL play-offs has been concluded.

    "We have to settle on the correct team management structure and we must make sure the new players who come here are capable and worthy of wearing Rangers jerseys because this is a huge Club. One only has to look at the media interest and coverage generated by Rangers to see that. It is now up to the Board to make choices and decisions that will drive the Club forward to success on and off the field.

    "The supporters might not always agree with the decisions made but every fan can be assured Rangers best interests will be to the fore at all times. Their needs will also be recognised because they have played a big part in ensuring our survival.

    "I would like to take this opportunity to thank Paul Murray who had no hesitation in stepping forward at a difficult time just after the General Meeting in early March. He has worked extremely hard to deal with the myriad problems that he inherited and Rangers should be grateful to Paul for his support and determination to help force change.

     

    "Finally, I would like to say that I will do my best to protect the interests of this club and restore its values and traditions. It has been a long struggle but the unity demonstrated throughout should make us stronger and more determined than ever to succeed."

     

    http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/item/9346-king-appointed-chairman

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    Double Award Win For Darren

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    Rangers FC ‏@RangersFC 7h7 hours ago

    Congratulations Darren McGregor who has been voted as the @RangersFC Player of the Year & Players' Player of the Year http://rng.rs/1c4DMqr

     

    Double Award Win For Darren

     

    WRITTEN BY RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB

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    RANGERS can announce that Darren McGregor is the club’s Player of the Year and Players’ Player of the Year for 2014/15.

     

    20-year-old Andy Murdoch has picked up the Young Player of the Year award while Lewis Macleod has won Goal of the Season for his sensational overhead kick against Livingston on October 4 at the Energy Assets Arena.

    The Rangers supporters and Stuart McCall’s first-team squad were recently asked to cast their votes for their Player of the Year and McGregor came out on top for his powerful displays throughout his debut season with the club.

    The versatile defender has featured across the backline and has now made 50 appearances in total, four from the bench, while also scoring four goals.

    Supporters also selected Andy Murdoch as their Young Player of the Year with the 20-year-old having played in 17 first-team games this term.

    The talented midfielder had to wait patiently for his first taste of senior football this season but it arrived on February 8 when he replaced Ian Black in the Scottish Cup tie against Raith Rovers at Ibrox.

    Just 12 days later he netted his first, and so far, only goal when he fired home a stunning shot from distance as the Light Blues beat Raith 2-1 at Stark’s Park.

    That, however, wasn’t enough to win the Goal of the Season award with Lewis Macleod, who is now at Brentford, coming out on top for his acrobatic effort against Livi.

    It was Ian Black who floated a cross into the 18-yard box and with his back to goal, Lewis produced a moment of magic to give his side a 1-0 victory.

     

    You can read exclusive interviews with POTY Darren McGregor and YPOTY Andy Murdoch in tonight’s play-off matchday programme with Hibs the visitors to Ibrox.

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    The 3rd Semi Annual Gersnet Dinner with Guest, Rangers Historian, Robert McElroy

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    What was the grub like lads? Hope you all had a great night, would be interested in how it all went.

     

    The war years! What's the story of our 8-1 win against those who are always cheated never defeated? Not much info about this resounding victory on Google sadly.

     

    Again, hope you guys had an enjoyable night and well done to the trusty BH for organising. Admirable effort from that man, nothing but respect for him!

     

    In 1939 football stopped after the outbreak of World War II. However, it returned in a slightly altered fashion soon after as the authorities attempted to make everyday life as normal as possible despite the war effort.

     

    Crowds were restricted in size, the competitions were restructured and players were often unavailable, meaning teams on occasion had to play with less than eleven men and sometimes required 'guest` stars (the great Stanley Matthews appeared in a Rangers shirt for two matches.) But, for many clubs, some semblance of normality returned to Scottish football.

     

    Division A had been suspended five games into the 1939/40 season with Rangers sitting top by a point, unbeaten and with only three goals conceded. When league football returned, the Scottish clubs were split roughly into 'East and North-East` and 'West`, with the latter featuring Bill Struth`s Rangers.

     

    The first season of wartime football saw Rangers lift the Western Division title, eight points ahead of runners up Queen of the South with Falkirk claiming the East and North-East division over second placed Hearts.

     

    The Edinburgh clubs were none too happy at missing out on games against the big clubs from the West of Scotland and the league structure was changed again, with clubs split between the Southern League and the North-Eastern League. Rangers fielded a reserve side in the North-Eastern league and were victorious in the first season, making it a unique double at Ibrox.

     

    The 'Gers went into the Ne`er Day Old Firm game in 1943 on the back of six consecutive victories against Celtic across all competitions since September 1941. Despite this form, it would have taken a very optimistic supporter to predict the outcome of the first derby of 1943.

     

    The Evening Times wrote on January 1st:

     

    "CELTIC PLAYERS ORDERED OFF"

     

    "The Rangers-Celtic match at Ibrox to-day did

    not pass without the customary sensations associated with the fixture.

     

    "At the beginning of the second half Young scored an extraordinary goal for Rangers from midfield. Celtic protested, and as a result of some wordy warfare with the referee Malcolm McDonald was ordered off.

     

    "A few minutes later, Lynch, the Celts` right half, was also dismissed following a reprimand from the referee.

     

    "The crowd, which was in the region of 30,000 was well behaved and quite unaffected by the scenes on the field."

     

     

    Rangers were a goal up inside half a minute when Waddell crossed for Jimmy Duncanson, who scored from ten yards. Waddell netted from the edge of the box on five minutes with a screaming shot but after ten minutes Celtic had pulled a goal back.

     

    The report continued:

     

    "Tradition reared its head when McDonald had his name taken for saying something. The referee took his gloves off to perform the ceremony."

     

    An outstanding header from Torry Gillick almost brought a third goal for Rangers but the sides went in 2-1 at the break.

     

    Gillick did score Rangers` third just after half time after a mix up in the Celtic defence before George Young scored with a spectacular shot.

     

    "Young, from the centre of the field, let go a long go-as-you-please ball which flew gaily past everybody until it found a refuge in the net behind the bewildered Miller.

     

    "Celtic protested strangely, apparently on grounds that a Rangers forward was offside.

     

    "In the process McDonald was ordered off. Five minutes later Lynch followed McDonald to the pavilion afterwards with the referee."

     

    Rangers` fifth goal, scored by Waddell on 70 minutes, was followed by a penalty from Young after Dornan fisted the ball over the bar from Gillick`s header.

     

    Gillick scored rangers` penultimate goal five minutes from the end before he completed his hat trick with the eight of the day.

     

    Malcolm McDonald was subsequently banned until August and given a fine of £10. Matt Lynch was suspended until March and fined £5. The teams that day were:

     

    Rangers: Dawson, Gray, Shaw, Little, Young, Symon, Waddell, Venters, Gillick, Johnston, Duncanson.

     

    Celtic: Miller, McDonald, Dornan, Lynch,

    Corbett, Paterson, Delaney, McCauley, Airlie, McGowan, Duncan.

     

     

    The Rangers XI from the 8-1 game featured some of the great names from Ibrox history. The side included two future managers - Scot Symon, Bill Struth`s successor who lead Rangers to six League titles, five Scottish Cups, four League Cups and two European finals, and Willie Waddell who, in a 50 year career served Rangers as an outstanding player, manager, general manager, managing director, director and vice-chairman. He also, of course, lead the club to the 1972 European Cup-Winner`s Cup.

     

    Aside from two future managers, this Rangers team also included the longest-serving Rangers player in history. In a career that spanned 22 years, Dougie Gray played in no less than 940 games for Rangers and is, without doubt, one of Bill Struth`s greatest signings.

     

    This side also featured two of Rangers` great captains. With the likes of Tom Vallance and David Meiklejohn previously leading the 'Gers, George Young lived up to the idea of being a colossus both on and off the park - a born leader and a legendary captain for both club and country. Jock 'Tiger` Shaw was a short but fearless full back that continued playing for Rangers until he was 42 years old.

     

    Having had the privilege of speaking to supporters that attended this match, the notion that wartime football was "unofficial" doesn`t sit easy with them. All sides were crippled to some extent during the war but football certainly didn`t lose its competitive edge. Speaking to a Celtic fan that was amongst the crowd that day he replied simply: "Unofficial? It didn`t bloody feel unofficial on the walk home!"

     

    Read more: http://www.rangers.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=507374#ixzz3aR30F0bC

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    Tomorrow's Daily Mail - Rangers show interest in Warburton and Weir

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    We need a manager who gets teams playing good football. Someone who on a restricted budget coaches young players and brings them through.

    Step forward John Hughes

    Nothing but the best: Southampton's head of scouting and recruitment reveals how Falkirk took on Celtic and Rangers - and won

     

    http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/nothing-best-southamptons-head-scouting-5711992?

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    Back The Gers At Ibrox!

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    seen on FF

     

    For the past 3 seasons we have averaged 3200 ticket sales per game even with a 45k ish crowd.

     

    There's another Glasgow club who sell an average of 20k tickets per game - even with a smaller crowd than us. They sell 30k tickets for CL games

     

    There are some games where we sell more Rising Stars tickets in the Away section than we do in the entire Govan Stand

     

    We once had the Rangers Cheerleaders (in their outfits) sell tickets in The Govan Stand. For 1 hour they went back and forward selling. Result = 43 tickets sold

     

    We sell more in the Ibrox Bar than we do in the entire Copland Stand

     

    If we sell out on Sunday someone will go home with a £5000 cheque SPL.gif

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    Daily Record back page

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    Kenny MacDonald of the Sun gives the scum both barrells
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    PITY poor Celtic. What a week they’ve had.

     

    On the wrong end of a reffing howler in the Cup semi-final. Their treble hopes up in smoke. And now some loony from the Green Brigade has somehow got into their offices, fired up their computers, and sent a complaint about Sunday’s game to the SFA.

     

    If not someone from the Green Brigade, then presumably it’s been someone from the wild-eyed lunatic fringe element of their support.

     

    How else can you explain the sort of completely off-their-meds wibble-wibble hatstand stuff they came out with on Monday afternoon?

     

    With one single 113-word statement, Celtic managed to completely undermine the reputation their football has helped them towards this season.

     

    It would be a curious onlooker who suggested the champions-in-waiting haven’t been the best footballing team in the country this season. They currently have the three best players in Scotland in their ranks, in Craig Gordon, Stefan Johansen and Virgil van Dijk. No one else comes close to that trio.

     

    Their new manager is a sane, articulate and cheery bloke who has somehow gone from being a total unknown to fans’ darling in the space of six months.

     

    And now, this hogwash.

     

    There’s something uniquely deluded about the supporters of a club whose trophy haul is one of the biggest in the world history of the game suffering from a persecution complex. But here they come, whining about being “robbed” because a referee made a simple mistake in a match.

     

    And such is Celtic’s bloated, self-important sense of entitlement that they can come out with all this guff about being “inundated” and “the level of reaction from our supporters” with a straight face.

     

    It’s insulting to the intelligence of any sane onlooker and all Peter Lawwell and Co. have done is pander to the paranoid element of Celtic’s support who see every decision which goes against them rooted in bias, bigotry and good old-fashioned sectarianism.

     

    Among the element of their support who take a more measured view of things, Celtic’s puffed-up, arrogant response to being bounced out of the Scottish Cup is a source of embarrassment – as well it should be.

     

    They’ll know that, for the foreseeable future, anything that goes against Celtic will lead to mocking suggestions they’ll be seeking more ‘clarification’ for the latest perceived wrong done to them.

     

    But if Celtic’s conduct over the matter has been risible, cowardly and morally indefensible, what of our chums on the sixth floor at Hampden?

     

    Ernie Walker and his ilk must be spinning in their graves at the SFA’s craven response to Celtic’s letter.

     

    In Ernie’s day, Celtic’s ludicrous complaint wouldn’t even have got a written reply.

     

    He’d have been on the phone, barking, “It says here you want to understand the circumstances of what went on. OK, here goes. The ref and his assistant made a mistake, end of story. Grow up.”

     

    For Compliance Officer Tony McGlennan – who’s looking a more petty and absurd figure with every passing week – to yesterday issue Inverness’ Josh Meekings with a Notice of Complaint simply looks needlessly vindictive, and again you have to wonder if he’d have been as pro-active on it if Celtic hadn’t been banging their spoon on their high-chair in their customary manner of attracting attention.

     

    While we’re at it, if Meekings is being done because of something the ref didn’t see on Sunday, why hasn’t Lukasz Zaluska been done for thumping Edward Ofere like a train hitting the buffers?

     

    The referee obviously didn’t see that, or he’d have awarded Inverness a penalty, no?

     

    The whole affair has left Celtic’s manager Ronny Deila in something of a spot.

     

    He didn’t show up for yesterday’s pre-match press conference – John Collins toed the 'we just want an answer to a question' party line, highly unconvincingly – but Deila will have to speak to the media after tonight’s game at Dens.

     

    He’s a sharp guy and I suspect deep down he’ll be bemused at his new club’s stance on the semi-final matter.

     

    Without any of the diseased worldview which infects some of Celtic’s more rabid support, he’ll know his side didn’t get a penalty on Sunday because the referee made an error – an error, incidentally, which has conveniently removed the spotlight on how poorly his front quartet of Griffiths, Johansen, Commons and Forrest played in the game.

     

    Whether or not he’ll say that, though, is another matter. I’d anticipate more babble of the type Collins came out with yesterday about the club having “moved on” when it’s clear that’s the last thing they want to do.

     

    Personally, I’d like to see two things now happen. I hope tonight’s Dens ref, Calum Murray, has a good game.

     

    Otherwise there’s going to be more sanctimonious drivel from Celtic about how beastly their treatment from referees is.

     

    And second, for the good of the sport, it’s to be hoped Meekings’ appeal against his Cup Final ban succeeds.

     

    The precedent for supporting him is there, in Law 5 of the game – “The decisions of the referee regarding facts connected with play, including whether or not a goal is scored and the result of the match, are final.”

     

    Amen to that. Hopefully...

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