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Rangers will be without Daniel Cousin since the Scottish Premier League has declined to register the striker. Midfielder Jamie Ness has returned to training but is unlikely to feature, while Steven Naismith, Steven Whittaker and Kyle Lafferty remain sidelined. Kilmarnock striker Dieter van Tornhout is suspended after he was sent off against Hearts last weekend. Midfielder David Silva returns from the illness which kept him out the game against the Edinburgh side. Rangers manager Ally McCoist: "We are in a position at this moment in time where the club is maybe as low as it has been - possibly ever. "We have to put our trust and our faith in getting the club to a better place and the future will hopefully provide that. "There is no doubt about it, it's a low time, the club is at a low ebb. "So we all have to believe and have faith and hopefully we will all do that and the club will come out of this at the other end. "Of that I have no doubt and it's the most important thing." Kilmarnock manager Kenny Shiels: "We have a chance to create history. "We have never beaten Rangers home and away in the same season as an SPL club and that is our mindset, that's our incentive. "We are trying to steer away from all the politics." http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16994712

And the team wins all of the remaining fixtures,put the BHEASTS under some pressure,and you just never know:spl:,as big Marvin said ' keep believing '.

The Scotsman 02/03/1994 By Susan Dean UP TO 300 Celtic fans walked out during last night's game with Kilmarnock - the worst attended match at Parkhead in six years - in protest at the Celtic board. The walkout had been organised by groups of supporters in conjunction with a boycott of the match. Their plan seemed to have been effective because the Parkhead crowd was 10,882, which included about 2,000 Kilmarnock supporters. The walkout, in the 60th minute of the match, was jeered by the Celtic fans who stayed. The boycotting supporters claimed not to be disappointed at the number who had left the stadium, saying that the crowd size showed the dissatisfaction with the board. Malcolm Jones and Paul Drysdale, from Alloa, who walked out, said it had been the only way to show their feelings. ''We are season-ticket holders and this was our way of putting our point over because we've already paid to attend the match,'' Mr Jones said. Another fan, Michael Fisher, from Motherwell, said he had walked out but was not bothered that most of the crowd did not follow suit. ''It is up to the individual to do what he or she wants. The only thing that will put this board out is the Bank of Scotland.'' The walkout and boycott ended a day in which Celtic was plunged into another crisis over allegations about the funding for the proposed stadium at Cambuslang. A newspaper claimed that Gefinor, a Geneva merchant bank which Celtic said was providing the 20 million needed to revive the club, has denied that a deal had been struck. Frantic attempts were made yesterday by a Celtic director, Michael Kelly, to clarify the status of the promised money. Last Friday Celtic's vice-chairman, David Smith, said that Gefinor had underwritten the initial 20 million. The club, he said, would raise up to 6 million to reduce its overdraft of about 7 million and buy players by issuing about 25,000 shares. The latest allegations prompted renewed calls for the Celtic board to step down. Brian Dempsey, the Glasgow businessman involved with a consortium which wants to put 18 million into the club in return for the board's resignation, called on Mr Smith to give the fullest possible public statement. If the allegations were true, he said it was a ''disturbing'' way to do business. Peter Rafferty, the chairman of the Affiliation of Celtic Supporters, said the news was the ''final straw'' and put the club into disrepute. ''The board should go lock, stock and barrel, particularly David Smith, who gave 100 per cent assurances that this was OK,'' he said. Mr Kelly was said last night to be waiting to ''make contact with the people necessary to obtain answers to questions about Gefinor''. Mr Kelly issued a statement which read: ''We have no reason to believe that anything has changed since Friday.'' Mr Smith was not available for comment. Empty gesture: Wide open spaces were not confined to the pitch as Celtic played in front of their lowest home gate in six years

He is just a wee bigot scumbag of the highest order,well suited to the BHEASTS.

I just can't stop laughing at them,quality TV viewing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUM6HKpjFFs

FOOTBALL showman Milan Mandaric has launched a bid to become the next Mr Rangers. SunSport can reveal the Serb, 73, has noted interest in taking over with Gers' administrators. It's a stunning twist in the story that has rocked Scottish football as the current Sheffield Wednesday chairman looks to take over the stricken champions. Mandaric is one of those who have told the administrators now running Gers they want to take over from the Craig Whyte regime. Former Portsmouth and Leicester chief Mandaric has just emerged not guilty from tax evasion charges alongside his close pal and Spurs boss Harry Redknapp. Now he wants to add Gers to the list of clubs he has bossed. Yesterday Paul Clark of Rangers' administrators Duff & Phelps said: "As administrators we also have a duty to look at other expressions of interest in the club. Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/4135558/Milan-Mandaric-I-want-to-buy-Rangers.html#ixzz1maor8lYD

A MYSTERY American millionaire is among " several" interested individuals and groups ready to rescue Rangers when it emerges from Administration. The Stars and Stripes businessman has been approached in the past to be a potential buyer but baulked at taking on the debts and tax demands to take control at Ibrox. Express/Star sport has learned however that he has now forwarded a " note of interest " to Administrators Duff and Phelps asking to be kept informed about developments. With the long term interest in Rangers of current owner Craig Whyte remaining uncertain Adminstrator Paul Clark yesterday confirmed a number of parties --including at least one consortium -- had already been in contact with a view to buying the club once the financial crisis has been resolved. "As Administrators we have a duty to look at all other expressions of interest in the club. To date we have had several such expressions and these will be examined in the forthcoming days and weeks and I will not comment on them individually As Administrators we have a duty to look at all other expressions of interest in the club Paul Clark "I would like to say that as Administrators we are acutely aware of the 140 year history of Rangers and we are taking the first steps to ensure this great sporting institution will endure." It's thought that any new owner would have to fork out in the region of £25m to secure the stadium, Murray Park training complex and the Albion Car Park. Former Rangers chairman Alastair Johnston who is based in Cleveland, Ohio and has been highly critical of Whyte tried to find a buyer in previous years and helped source a £20m cash injection from Bahamas based billionaire Joe Lewis back in 1997 .But it's not known if he is involved in finding another " white knight " http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/302654

http://johndcgow.com/2012/02/16/four-men-still-have-a-dream/

Posted on 16/02/2012 by johndcgow Four men had a dream To start a football team They had no money, no kit, not even a ball They still carried on The Rangers were born After 54 titles weâ??re still going strong Rangers arenâ??t going strong any more. The unthinkable is reality â?? Rangers are in administration and close to liquidation. The natural inclination for many is to feel helpless and give up â?? in action, if not in mind. But you would be wrong. This is our moment as Rangers fans to show courage. This is your moment. Yes, you reading this. Not just Paul Murray or the Rangers Supporters Trust. Not just some organisation or group of rich fans. Every single Rangers fan has a part to play in saving the club. When we admire those who overcome extreme adversity, itâ??s easy to forget that those in the middle of turmoil didnâ??t know the future, but they had the courage to fight on. Rangers fans have been so demonised that we have forgotten how many of us there are, and how strong we are as a lobby. We are crucial to the Scottish economy. We are crucial to the survival of Scottish football and we can make or break political and media careers. We have influence â?? so use it! If a politician helps or hinders the club, then let them know every Gers fan will hear of it. This can, at the very least, stop possible mischief-makers from harming the club. Believe me, it doesnâ??t take many contacts for a politician to get the message. We also have financial clout. If a business, or media organisation helps Rangers then thank them. Buy their products and promote them. If they go against Rangers then politely let them know it, and never buy their products, read their newspapers or listen/watch their shows. We have this new invention called the internet. Spread the word on everyone who helps or hinders Rangers at the moment. Itâ??s important. Look at Dunfermline and Dundee Utd. Both are owed money from Rangers and both should get their money from Rangers. So far Dunfermline have acted with class while Dundee Utd are rumoured to have chosen to make life very difficult for Rangers in the future. In both cases they deserve Rangersâ?? money, but I would suggest Dunfermline also deserve the fans money too. In Dundee Utdâ??s case, if they go against Rangers they should not get a penny of our hard-earned cash, and it should never be forgotten. Ever. That goes for every football club, journalist, politician, business and media outlet. They are perfectly entitled to choose to harm our club, but Rangers fans are also free to make our memories last very long indeed. As Rangers fans we donâ??t know what will happen. At best, we could have many barren years and come out stronger. At worst, The Rangers Football Club will be liquidated and a new legal entity will take over, but it will still be The Rangers. The club can only truly die if you let it die. We might have â??no money, no kit, not even a ballâ? but we will still carry on and rebuild if we choose to do so. There is a reason we sing â??four men had a dreamâ? and not â??four men had a financial legal entityâ?. Rangers have had many different kits, we even wore the hoops before Celtic Football & Athletic Company (a body that ended in 1994). We have played in different areas and even another Ibrox, but we are still The Rangers. Being a Rangers fan is not something that can be taken away unless we let it. It is something we share as fans. We are attached to a dream, to an idea. We sometimes differ on that what that is, but we feel it every time the ball hits the back of the net. Of-course it would be devastating for the current legal entity was to be liquidated, but I for one will not allow the dream of The Rangers Football Club to die because of the disgusting personal management of a few people. You donâ??t need to let The Rangers die either â?? even in the worst circumstance â?? because as long as Rangers fans come together that is where the Rangers heartbeat resides, not at Companies House. If we stick together that dream stays alive. If we put petty internal rivalries aside we can overcome. If Rangers fans in the media and politics show some courage and stop hiding we can win. The Rangers lion will still roar this Saturday because we will stay together. Let your voice be heard at every game like never before. We sing that â??we will follow onâ? and we have. But the club no longer just needs followers. For once the club will take our lead and follow us out of the darkness. I know we will not let our dream die. Time to let others learn that lesson too. â??Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.â? â?? Winston Churchill

Rangers Football Club has lodged legal papers signalling its intention to go into administration. The Ibrox club lodged papers at the Court of Session in Edinburgh on Monday, notifying an intention to declare an administrator. It now has five days to confirm whether administrators have been appointed to take over the running of the club. The moves comes while Rangers awaits a tax tribunal decision over a disputed bill plus penalties totalling £49m. If the club is formally put into administration it faces an immediate 10-point penalty from the Scottish Premier League. That would place the Ibrox club 14 points behind first-placed Celtic in the race for the championship. Craig Whyte bought the club last year from Sir David Murray It is understood the papers relating to administration were lodged by Rangers' lawyers on behalf of directors. Craig Whyte, who bought the club from former owner Sir David Murray last year, said recently that administration was an option if the club lost the tax case. BBC Scotland's business and economy editor, Douglas Fraser, said the legal moves on Monday surrounding administration would give the club "a few days for negotiations with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)". The revenue could stand to lose out on any tax due if Mr Whyte chooses to collapse the company. Mr Whyte is understood to be the club's main secured creditor via a floating charge over its assets. This would allow him to pursue other avenues such as receivership or pre-pack administration to satisfy the debts which the club owes him. These would involve transferring Rangers assets out to another company or companies to satisfy outstanding debts to the floating charge holder and leaving the club behind with the debt. In such scenarios, it would be likely that Rangers FC - formed in 1873 - would be formally wound up.

How would this affect the tax bill?

Hardly think this is the big news of the day!

Rangers have filed court papers signalling their intention to go into administration. STV can exclusively reveal the Ibrox club lodged the notice at the Court of Session in Edinburgh at lunchtime on Monday. It is understood the papers are the first step in any formal administration process. They now have ten days in which to declare administrators have taken over the running of the Glasgow-based club. STV understands owner Craig Whyte, director of operations Ali Russell and board member Andrew Ellis had a meeting with manager Ally McCoist on Monday as the papers were lodged. HM Revenue and Customs guidelines state that "The appointment of the administrator will take effect within ten business days of the date the notice of intention is filed." This period allows the company to speak to creditors to see if they reach an agreement. If they enter administration the Scottish Premier League champions would automatically be docked ten points. Rangers FC are currently awaiting the result of a £49m tax case with HM Revenue and Customs in relation to the club's use of an Employee Benefits Trust to pay players and staff. It is thought the decision to lodge court papers means the result of this tax case is likely to be known imminently. The First Tier Tax Tribunal confirmed the decision in the case against Rangers has not been published, although it could not confirm whether or not the club had learnt of it ahead of it being released publicly. The Court of Session confirmed to STV that papers signalling the intention to appoint administrators had been received from the club's solicitors acting on behalf of their directors.

Did CW mention going into administration at their meeting?

Rangers have lodged an intention to go into administration with the Court of Session. The Ibrox club lodged the notice in Edinburgh at Monday lunchtime. They now have ten days in which to declare administrators have taken over the running of the club. It is understood the papers are the first step in any formal administration process. It allows the club to speak to creditors to see if they reach an agreement without appointing administrators to take over the running of the club. Rangers FC are currently awaiting the result of a £49m tax case with HM Revenue and Customs in relation to the club's use of the Employee Benefits Trust to pay players and staff. The Court of Session confirmed to STV that papers signalling the intention to appoint administrators had been received from the club's solicitors acting on behalf of their directors.

He won't now surely if we are going into administration?

Rangers have lodged an intention to go into administration with the Court of Session. The Ibrox club lodged the notice in Edinburgh at Monday lunchtime.

DANIEL COUSIN has scoffed at suggestions he’s too old to make an impact at Rangers – and keep the Ibrox club in the hunt for the SPL title. The Gabon striker, 35, was expected to kickstart his second spell at Rangers by taking part in training at Murray Park this morning. Veteran Cousin, who spent over a season at Ibrox after joining from Lens in 2007, took in Saturday’s win over Dunfermline. He has agreed terms with manager Ally McCoist, but is still waiting for international clearance before the player can pull on a light blue strip again. Last night Cousin insisted he was up to the task of trying to help Rangers retain their championship – and lead them back into the Champions League. He said: “I’m very happy to be back. I want to play well for Rangers. “I have great memories of playing in the Champions League. I hope to do the same again – 35 is young and I am healthy.” McCoist swooped for the hitman after being impressed by his displays for Gabon in the Africa Cup of Nations. And he revealed he hopes to have the deal done by tomorrow as they seek confirmation he is a free agent from the Gabon FA. McCoist said: “We’ve been told it’s nothing major. It should be here by the start of the week. With that being the case we can get Daniel training and hopefully involved next weekend. “He’s something we have been lacking and that’s a physical presence.”

Is this such a big deal?

DAVE KING has been ruthlessly axed as a Rangers director for daring to question Craig Whyte’s regime. South-African based King was told by e-mail late on Friday afternoon he had been kicked off the beleaguered club’s board. Record Sport believes the latest boardroom change will be announced on the Plus Market today with Ibrox sources insisting King’s dismissal is punishment for objecting to Whyte’s dealings. Rangers fans will be shocked by this latest departure as many of them saw King as the man who would save their club. King was alarmed when we revealed the new owner had mortgaged four years of season tickets to raise £24.4million. The deal with Ticketus was done without the previous board’s knowledge and although Whyte later said he’d been left with a £7m bill from Ticketus, he was quickly slapped down by the man who sold him the club last May. Sir David Murray firmly denied Whyte had been left to pick up a Ticketus tab. King was the last link between Whyte’s board and the old guard but he has been dumped just as chairman Alastair Johnston, chief executive Martin Bain, financial director Donald McIntyre and Paul Murray were after the takeover.

Welcome to gersnet to all the new users

I see the Rangers are still a decent price to win the league: The BHEASTS 1/8 The Champions 9/2 http://sports.williamhill.com/bet/en-gb/betting/y/5/cp/449/Football.html

http://www.101greatgoals.com/goals/scotland/rangers-rout-lowly-dunfermline-to-keep-up-spl-title-race/