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RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB announced today it has suspended Barry Ferguson and Allan McGregor following an internal club inquiry into the players' conduct over the last week while on international duty with Scotland.Barry Ferguson, Scotland Martin Bain, Chief Executive of Rangers, said the players have been suspended without pay for two weeks, the maximum sanction permitted under the guidelines governing players' conduct. Ferguson and McGregor were called to a meeting with Martin Bain at Murray Park this afternoon and were informed of the action being taken by the Club. Martin Bain said: "The overall conduct of the players during the last week while on Scotland duty has, regrettably, fallen considerably short of the standards expected by Rangers Football Club and our supporters and has brought the Club into disrepute. "The management of the Club has taken the view that this has damaged both Rangers and Scotland and is unacceptable. Even though our Club is entering the critical stage of the league season and the later stages of the Scottish Cup, appropriate disciplinary action was required." The Club has agreed with the players that part of their deducted wages will be donated to charity. Allan McGregor, ScotlandBarry Ferguson said: "I deeply regret what happened last weekend and the events during the last week and apologise wholeheartedly for the embarrassment caused to Scotland, Rangers, both sets of supporters and my friends and family. "I have always considered playing for Rangers and Scotland an honour and a privilege and nothing will change that and I am bitterly disappointed by the announcement that I will not be selected for Scotland again." Allan McGregor added: "I was absolutely delighted to be selected for Scotland last weekend and I am deeply sorry over what has happened since then. We all make mistakes in life and I am very disappointed to have let Rangers, Scotland, my family all the fans down. I am also desperately disappointed that I will not be selected again for Scotland at this stage in my career."

Right, if BF & Shagger do not play for Rangers again, which is looking likely, I wonder who will be next on the witch hunt hit list ?

The truth is though, none of the Scotland fans want Rangers players in the team,unless they are Rangers fans, long before this weeks events this has been the case

Getting rid of Ferguson will not cure any problems at Ibrox I'm afraid, the problems @ Ibrox are far worse than a so called '' bad apple ''

I would imagine we won't hear anything until 17:00 @ the earliest

Celebrate the 3 points

Steady Johnny boy :box:

Yip, I fear the worst because of this

Am I the only one that thinks this is a real kick in the nuts at this stage of the season ?,someone posted this will only have a short term negative effect on the team ?, we only have a short time to win this title, and we HAVE to win it this season, I really can't understand the excitement by some of our fans about this whole sad issue !!

Agreed, I also can't understand why the two of them were on the bench, and then Burley comes out and says Barry is still my captain

Don't be silly, it's all Barrys' fault, always is

Agreed, I am talking about going on and win the SPL, we MUST win the title this season, and IMO we had a better chance of that with BF in the team, of course everything could turn out well and we won't miss BF, but I just can't get excited at this news like some others and I honestly feel we have handed the title to the MOPES, if we hadn't already

Disagree, they do not have it in them to go and win the SPL,hope I'm wrong and you are correct

Serious when I said Walter will play them ?,yes

The MOPES will really be shitting themselves now that BF is out of the team and will be replaced by some real quality

Fleck ?, not ready, Edu ?, not ready, Naismith ?, hit or a miss. I'd still rather have BF than these guys

That is not who I'd play, but oor Walter will, I mean we do have a lot of quality to pick from !!!!

Nope, I just think Barry has been as good as Mendes & Davis

Davis, Dailly,Mendes,McCulloch:whistle:

I just have serious doubts that Mendes & Davis have what it takes to win the SPL

Correct, Broon 9 is a player all young players should aspire to , not '' BIG BAD BARRY ''

So where does that leave Whittaker ?, oh! I forgot he went to his bed just before he was caught

Yip, the blame culture in Scotland is great, this just backs up what a shambles of a club we are, but hey get rid of a couple of players and we will win the SPL and everyhting will be hunky dory

The old saying is '' be careful what you wish for '', I hope it doesn't come back to bite the guys that want BF out on the arse.

I wonder if now that Barry is finished with Rangers, Mendes & Davis will take us forward and win the SPL ??, I for one doubt it as they go missing in too many games, BF has not been playing any worse than any other midfielder this season,IMO, however this certainly could be a deciding factor in where the title ends up, still at least this will make a lot of Rangers fans happy, not to mention Murray saving some cash