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Stella hat-trick sparks Victory http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/melbournevictory/news-display/Stella-hattrick-sparks-Victory/59957

Rangers FC Official‏@RFC_OfficialLATEST: Gregor Fotheringham has joined Second Division side Forfar Athletic on loan until the end of the season: http://bit.ly/XokxuX

Rangers FC Official‏@RFC_OfficialLee Wallace has been named in Gordon Strachan’s first Scotland squad: http://bit.ly/11liHMl

Chris McLaughlin‏@BBCchrismclaug#SPL happy for #SFL to proceed with idea of 12-12-10-10. Reconstruction talks continue

Andy Goram‏@thegoalieAGGreat to see my old pal turn up at Broxburn Utd to watch one of my coaching classes. The kids loved it and all smiles. pic.twitter.com/hcboeoRU

Rangers FC Official‏@RFC_OfficialLATEST: @LewisMacleod_ will be out of action for up to two months after a scan revealed he has damaged medial ligaments http://bit.ly/XT3y2Y

first game i saw Brian Laudrup was 1994 preseason friendly against Sampdoria

RFC will NOT be stripped of titles *** EXCLUSIVE *** I can tonight reveal that Lord Nimmo Smiths enquiry into the EBT scheme ran by the club between 2001 and 2010 will NOT result in trophies leaving the Ibrox trophy cabinet. Although Rangers may yet be found guilty of a failing to correctly register players contracts with the SPL sources close to the early part of the enquiry have confirmed to me this evening that there is NO prospect of ANY of our world record 54 league titles being wiped from the record books. This news will come as a welcome relief to millions of Rangers fans across the globe but perhaps more importantly it will finally shut up the anonymous Rangers hating bloggers who have set up a vile campaign to discredit our club and its honours. My source close to the story has informed me of a recent UEFA directive passed to member associations and affiliated leagues which dealt with punishments for administrative errors in the game. Earlier this year Belarusian side Slavia-Mozyr took their national association to the CAS after being docked points in the league as one of their players (Lithuanian midfielder Dmitry Navikas) had not had his contract properly logged with the Football Federation of Belarus. The players contract, rather comically, was ten years out of date due to an administrative error which printed the wrong dates on his contract and the clubs was handed 3-0 defeats for the three league matches he participated in. Once the case went to the CAS it found in Mozyrâ??s favour and following this the memorandum went out by UEFA to advise that the precedent was now set and administrative errors should be dealt with in such a way that the punishment should not encroach as far as results fought for and gained fairly on the field of play. The first evidence of this new directive coming into play was when the FA ripped up their own rule book to allow Bradford back into the FA Cup despite fielding a illegible player in their tie against Brentford (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1261356/bradford-city-reinstated-into-fa-cup-after-appeal?cc=5739) Should you want to discuss the above story please contact me on twitter @celticareanewco I would also like to state that at this point I canâ??t give full details on my source or why I am 100% standing by this article and the fact we will NOT lose trophies. I am willing to confirm right here, right now, that if what I say is not accurate and the club is stripped of the trophies they won on the pitch Iâ??ll happily give £100 to Erskine and close my blog and twitter account. I am 100% positive in what I said. Spread the word Bears! WE ARE THE PEOPLE!! http://celticnewco.livejournal.com/2221.html

RANGERS Chief Executive Charles Green has released the following statement after an announcement by the SPL on league reconstruction today. He said: â??Because of Rangersâ?? position I can do little more than watch this scramble to reconstruct Scottish football with interest and also bewilderment. â??I have to wait until more detail of todayâ??s meetings at Hampden emerges but I must say I fail to understand why the SPL didnâ??t move to a vote on their 12-12-18 structure. "After all, SPL chief executive Neil Doncaster is telling everyone agreement was unanimous. So why the delay? â??Might it have been too big a risk to put the format to a vote today? â??The SFL clubs meet on Thursday and there has to be the concern that if they donâ??t vote or arrive at any concrete solution then Scottish football could be back in the same situation which caused so much trauma last summer. "What we donâ??t need is a repeat of that when one group would meet but do nothing hoping the other lot would make a decision. â??This is far too important an issue for it to be knocked back and forth but I really do wonder if all 12 clubs are happy with todayâ??s outcome. "Iâ??m not so sure that is the case but hopefully we will get to the end of this in a proper and coherent manner. â??And that should also mean every effort is taken to avoid trampling fair play in the stampede to bring in something new just for the sake of it. â??Clubs have been playing from the start of this season believing theyâ??d be rewarded for success through promotion and that should remain the case. "But of course I cannot represent my club at any of the meetings or have a say in league reconstruction so all I can do is hope the morally correct decisions will be made. "All clubs, Rangers included, deserve that much at least.â? http://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/item/3243-charles-green-statement

Motherwell statement Today both Leeann Dempster and Derek Weir attended a Scottish Premier League (SPL) General meeting where the main agenda item was League Reconstruction and the future of the professional game in Scotland. The clubs were presented with more details and were able to debate and discuss the options as they stand. It was agreed by all clubs that that the SPL Executive has the authority take discussions to the next level with our colleagues in the Scottish Football League (SFL) who are meeting separately on Thursday. There was no formal vote today however as a club, we indicated our support to the SPL Executive to progress discussions with the SFL. It is now our intention to share what we heard today with our supporters so we can have the same discussion and outline why it is our view this is the best option for the game at this time. Today we will contact the board directors of the ‘Well Society with a view to arranging a members meeting for an evening this week, specifically on the topic of league reconstruction, so we can share with our fellow ‘Well Society members what we have been presented with to date. http://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2013/01/28/club-statement-league-reconstruction/

Agree with that

Charles Green is popping in to say hello to the RSC

exec box tomorrow for me

Rangers FC Official‏@RFC_OfficialTICKETING: Just under 3,000 tickets remaining for tomorrow's match against Montrose, are you coming to the match?

Hearts have agreed to sign the former Rangers defender Danny Wilson on loan from Liverpool until May, pending international clearance.

According to a few reports, Wilson out of contract at the end of the season. Would you like to see him back at Rangers if he was?

NEGOTIATING contract terminations with a number of players, Melbourne Victory boss Ange Postecoglou has begun the rebuilding he hopes will take his side to an A-League championship - if not this year then next. Victory on Thursday swooped to sign Victorian youngster Francesco Stella on a 2½-year deal. The 21-year-old is among a growing number of players who left Australia at a young age for Europe, failed to make the breakthrough overseas and are returning home to reboot their career. http://www.watoday.com.au/sport/soccer/melbourne-victory-welcomes-a-stella-recruit-20130117-2cw8t.html Read more: http://www.watoday.com.au/sport/soccer/melbourne-victory-welcomes-a-stella-recruit-20130117-2cw8t.html#ixzz2IFJKCIVj

Email from Rangers Hospitality ref Screening - Dundee Utd V RFC - all areas sold out I asked for an update and got this note. Hi Mark Just to advise that we are now sold out for the screening in all areas. Many Thanks, from FF

Rangers Supporters‏@rangersfctrust Latest we are hearing is the Stadium naming rights rumours are not accurate.

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from same FF poster Along the visible [tv cameras]top of the Broomloan, Copland, and Govan stands, also something in the Superstore area, but do'nt quote me on that(singage)

Craig Swift‏@TopFenceClimber@rangersfctrust £7.5m over 3 years from Sports Direct. Dude beside me adamant he's doing the job. Will be changed for next home game? Craig Swift‏@TopFenceClimber @TommyMexes @rangersfctrust £2.5m per year for 3 years. Said AMcC is to get £5m of it when the time comes to spend rangersfctrust across front (pitch facing) of roof of 3 stands and all advertising hoardings on stands to carry SportsDirect

from FF Just in from work,and I wondered whether this would have broken or not. I intimated this a few weeks ago but did'nt want to elaborate too much as its a mate who has got the contract. The plan is indeed for the work to be completed in time for the next home game and by all accounts the signage is LOUD.

By Tony Attwood The story of Rangers has long fascinated Untold, not least because we were one of the first (I canâ??t really say â??the firstâ?? since I donâ??t know who was first) to suggest that big clubs could start to fall to bits for all sorts of reasons. Somehow, in the minds of many football followers, the demise of Leeds United either didnâ??t count, or was seen as a one-off. The impending collapse of Portsmouth was also dismissed â?? although this time because they were not deemed really a big club. But Rangers, that was a different matter. When the stories started to emerge that they were going to go out of business, there were many who simply would not or could not believe it â?? but go bust they most certainly did. Even now many fans in England still donâ??t believe that there will be further collapses. Rangers are, after all, Scottish and it is different in Scotland. But they are continuing to make waves, and it is just possible that they will in the next year or two make a wave so big, that it could affect all of football. The issue involves what league Rangers might play in. At the moment they are in the fourth tier of Scottish football (Scottish League Division 3). But for many years they have been saying that they should not be in Scottish football at all. At the moment there is a plan to change Scottish footballâ??s structure yet again and have a first division of 12, a second division of 12, and a third division (which would include Rangers no matter where they end up at the end of the season â?? and winning their league looks a formality). What Rangers want to do is join or set up a league with clubs in other countries where there are just a few clubs who can win the league each y ear. Standard Liège are the club often cited in this regard as they are looking to see if they can find a way to leave the Belgium league and play in the French League. Fifa however have said that this would not be allowed. (Swansea playing in the Premier League, and Berwick playing in the Scottish League are seen to be anomalies from the past, and allowable anyway because they are actually in the country of the United Kingdom). Now this argument is one that Rangers could exploit â?? since at different times the clubs cited above, and others, have played outside their part of the UK â?? although of course Rangers would have to persuade the Football League to let them in. But there have been previous attempts to expand the number of clubs playing across the borders within the UK. In 1972 for example, fed up with endlessly being refused a place within the Football League Wigan applied to join the Scottish League. The application was refused by the Scottish League but not for non-qualification reasons. So no way forward thenâ?¦ except that Charles Green, the Rangers CEO has said he might try and utilise EU sex discrimination laws against Uefa. His argument is that there is a cross-border league which is sanctioned by Uefa: a professional womenâ??s league that takes in Belgium and the Netherlands. He has also said that Rangers could apply to join the Conference in England. Obviously some Conference clubs would welcome the once a season pay-out from playing Rangers. I donâ??t know if Conference clubs keep all their home gate money or if they share it with the away club, as the Football League clubs used to do, but even one full-house (quite possibly at double prices) is better than nothing. But the problem is that football is seen by the EU as an exception to its normal rules because of its unique nature. Womenâ??s teams are not seen as a breach of sex-discrimination policies any more than womenâ??s athletics is seen as discrimination. Sport in general has exemptions from the strict adherence to certain rules because it is different from the rest of society. . Quite probably Uefa could do nothing about Rangers playing in an English league, but the problem is, in England there is a complete pyramid of leagues and although one can be relegated down several divisions for failure to complete fixtures and failure to meet financial regulations, there is nothing in the rules that allows a club to parachute into a league from elsewhere. But then there is probably nothing in the rules to forbid it either. . But there is another way in because there are leagues in England which are not part of the pyramid system, but are recognised by county football associations. There is a long history of clubs from these leagues applying to join a league which is in the pyramid. . The bottom level of the fully structured pyramid is level 8 which includes, Northern Premier League Division One North, Northern Premier League Division One South, Southern Football League Division One Central, Southern Football League Division One South & West, Isthmian League Division One North and Isthmian League Division One South. There are 22 teams in each league. . Now I canâ??t see Rangers dropping that low down, and of course the grounds for clubs in these leagues could not take the number of away supporters Rangers would want to bringâ?¦ but you never know â?? I suspect if they applied to the Conference North (the league in which my local club, Corby Town, plays) they might well get in. . And I for one would be at the match if I could get a ticket â?? not least because Corby (being an ex-steel town) is packed with Rangers supporters http://blog.emiratesstadium.info/archives/26715