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Jordan Jones - Wigan - permanent - undisclosed fee- offishull https://www.rangers.co.uk/Article/jordan-jones-departs-rangers/1HXAkYM5oHzLbwEoV3WMIm

Davis. He hit the only note of note in a discordant performance.

Well, the tie is still winnable, and Davis's away goal remains precious, although devalued, somewhat, this season. It is a little ironic that the Ist choice, go to, default, regulation, defence let us down with completely uncharacteristic, horrifying play.

Done now, I fear. Kazakhstan is at its best this time of year, I am told

0 - 2 Fgs: El Ced

I'm almost looking for a Livvi equaliser to galvanise our lot.

4 - 0 FGS: Hagi

I thought that BBC Scotland's Irishman, English, was a Cabbage and Ribs man.

Now that is a young Sturgeon, who just didn't believe her granny when she said, "Nicola, behave, or your face will stay like that for the rest of your life." Well researched, Rousseau, well researched.

Big Ange doesn't look quietly terrified........ ...............but he ought to.

Obituary — Ally Dawson: A Rangers lionheart who loved the game Ewing Grahame Tuesday July 27 2021, 12.01am, The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/obituary-ally-dawson-a-rangers-lionheart-who-loved-the-game-v565wmnds Ally Dawson, the former Rangers and Scotland full back, died at the age of 63 yesterday, after a long illness. A two-footed player who could be used with confidence on either flank, Dawson was unfortunate to captain the club during the nine-year spell between 1978 and 1987 when they failed to win the league title, although he enjoyed more success in cup competitions. He was signed as a 16-year-old straight from Johnstone High School early in 1975 and manager Jock Wallace gave him a first-team debut in Canada during a world tour the club undertook that summer. He took his competitive bow the following season in awkward circumstances. Defending a 1-0 lead from the first leg of their League Cup quarter-final against Queen of the South at Ibrox, Dawson played for the full 120 minutes as Wallace’s side needed extra time to claim the 2-2 draw which took them into the semi-finals. Rangers would go on to win the treble that season but Dawson, faced with tough competition from the likes of Sandy Jardine, Alex Miller and Alex Forsyth, would not establish himself in the starting XI until the 1978-79 campaign, when he made 36 appearances in all competitions and won the first of his six medals as Rangers claimed the Scottish Cup and League Cup in John Greig’s first season as manager. The following year he was part of the team which lost the Scottish Cup final to Celtic after extra time, an occasion which was marred by both sets of supporters fighting on the pitch at the end of the match. “My parents were at the game,” he said years afterwards. “It was the last game my mum, Elizabeth, saw live. It put her off the rest of it.” That same summer he fractured his skull while on another tour of Canada but the lionhearted Dawson was soon back in action. He reached the high point of his Rangers career the following season, when he captained a Davie Cooper-inspired side to a 4-1 win over Dundee United in the 1981 Scottish Cup final replay. He would go on to win three more League Cups with the club, the last against Celtic in 1986 under Graeme Souness. His ability to fill in at centre back helped to prolong his Ibrox career and he was unlucky to play in an era when Scotland were particularly well served in the full-back department. Nevertheless, he was selected five times by Jock Stein between 1980 and 1983. He played 316 times for Rangers, scoring eight goals, before joining Blackburn Rovers for £25,000 in 1987. He then had a spell in Ireland at Limerick and returned to Scotland with Airdrieonians before becoming player-manager of Maltese club St Andrews. Dawson later spent three years in charge of Hamilton Academical, guiding the Lanarkshire club to the Third Division title in 2000-01. He also managed the Scotland team at the 2016 Homeless World Cup in Glasgow. His family said in a statement: “It is with much sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Ally Dawson following a long battle with illness. To us, Ally was a loving husband, father, son and brother but we know he meant a lot to so many others. We will remember the impact he had on our family with affection, inspired by the courage with which he fought his illness and the way he lived his life and grateful that Ally spent his final days with those he loved and who loved him.” A modest, engaging individual who loved watching and talking about football, he was a regular at Ibrox in his later years. Rangers — who inducted Dawson into their Hall of Fame in 2011 —paid a tribute to him on their official website. “The thoughts of the directors, staff and players of Rangers are today with the family and friends of Ally.”

Close, but no cheroot. Yahoos = Glasgow City Council = Safety Advisory Group. That's how it works.

Astrology, more like. 4 250 increments. Based on the no of spin doctors employed by the National Party Governent, divided by 2. Seems fair.

The -very- new Lord Advocate has stepped aside from further involvement in legal cases and actions related to Rangers' administration, neatly, and, probably quite scrupulously and fairly, handing the hot potato, or, since this is a fitba' forum, giving the hospital ba', to the equally -very- new Solicitor General. Of note: "Arrangements have also been put in place to ensure that any allegations of criminal conduct in relation to these cases will be considered fairly and objectively, including the appointment of external senior counsel with no previous involvement." “The solicitor-general for Scotland, Ruth Charteris QC, will now issue instructions to the independent legal team and senior counsel advising on these cases." These, I take it are the lawyers who have already cost us c£1M in fees, disbursements, and expenses. A roast which continues to drip, too. Lord advocate Dorothy Bain recuses herself from Rangers administration cases Daniel Harkins Tuesday July 20 2021, 12.01am, The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lord-advocate-dorothy-bain-recuses-herself-from-rangers-administration-cases-gm98cxzn0 Dorothy Bain QC had previously acted for solicitors who worked for Duff & Phelps, the Rangers administrators Scotland’s new lord advocate has recused herself from further involvement in litigation relating to the collapse of Rangers FC over conflict of interest concerns. Dorothy Bain QC was appointed Scotland’s most senior law officer in June. Her predecessor, James Wolffe QC, had been forced to apologise to several people involved in the administration of the football club after they were wrongfully prosecuted. David Whitehouse and Paul Clark, who worked for the firm Duff & Phelps, were appointed joint administrators of Rangers in 2012. They were arrested in 2014. They were awarded more than £20 million after charges brought against them were dropped or dismissed. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service said that on her appointment Bain had “raised the issue of a perceived conflict of interest as she had previously acted for a firm of solicitors who represented the corporate entity, Duff and Phelps”. It said that she had “recused herself from further involvement in related matters”. Its statement added: “The solicitor-general for Scotland, Ruth Charteris QC, will now issue instructions to the independent legal team and senior counsel advising on these cases. “Arrangements have also been put in place to ensure that any allegations of criminal conduct in relation to these cases will be considered fairly and objectively, including the appointment of external senior counsel with no previous involvement. “The lord advocate has written to the convenor of the [Holyrood] criminal justice committee to advise them of the new arrangements.” Nicola Sturgeon has previously backed calls for an inquiry into the prosecutions fiasco, once outstanding legal proceedings have concluded. Russell Findlay, the Scottish Conservative shadow community safety minister, said: “It is welcome that the lord advocate has agreed to recuse herself from future involvement in the Rangers malicious prosecution scandal after I raised concerns about her previous involvement in the case. “It is also quite proper that she will also take no role in consideration of any possible criminal prosecutions.”

Andy Carroll has left Newcastle United, and is a free agent. (Light blue touchpaper, and retire to a safe distance.)

A pity. I think that the lads may hit Blackpool, anyway. Lock up your daughters, Lancastrians.

15 years old, eh? Median, mean, or mode?

OK, sabres. If you suggest handbags, I'll know.

All I can say is that it is not an anagram

BBC 'talent'. Sshhshshhh

Coke and hookers has more street cred, or so I am told.

I remind you of David Coleman? I demand satifaction. Rapiers or Pistols, I give you the choice.

Fuxake, it's in Melrose Abbey, but no-one is quite sure where....

All Joshing aside, let us hope the scare for Ofoborh is just that, a scare, and nothing more.