Brechin fear financial chaos if Rangers don't get licence

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BRECHIN chairman Ken Ferguson realised just how momentous his side’s showdown with Rangers is when the Wall Street Journal turned up at Glebe Park.

 

Ferguson was gobsmacked when the famous broadsheet, America’s biggest-selling newspaper, asked for an interview in the build-up to Sunday’s Ramsdens Cup first-round clash.

 

The match will be newco Rangers’ first competitive action since being ordered to start life in the Third Division in the wake of the Ibrox financial crisis.

 

And Ferguson admits it hit home that interest in the fixture had gone global when his Second Division side attracted the world’s media.

 

He said: “I never thought I’d see the day the Wall Street Journal came to Brechin. That shows how much interest this tie has generated. The guy from the Wall Street Journal was happy to come all the way up from London and he brought a different perspective than normal.

 

“This obviously isn’t any normal cup-tie. He was wanting to know more about the impact of the Rangers

situation and the effect it might have on the smaller clubs like ourselves.

 

“It’s another indication of just how much this Rangers story has caught everyone’s attention.” Brechin are bracing themselves for a 4100 capacity crowd at the televised tie and Ferguson rates it as the Angus club’s biggest occasion for decades.

 

He added: “I would have to say this is our biggest game in recent years.

 

“In the older days before the stands were built we had bigger crowds at certain fixtures.

 

“But in the modern era this tops the lot even though it’s still only the first round. To have a capacity crowd and to welcome newco Rangers means history will be made at Glebe Park on Sunday.

 

“It’s a brilliant start to the season and it’s momentous for various reasons.

 

“To kick off the new season at home to Rangers in the Ramsdens Cup is the stuff of dreams.

 

“We had been planning for Dundee to come here which would have brought a good crowd until circumstances obviously changed. But we’re relishing the prospect of facing Rangers.”

 

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[Guest Dutchy]

The pulling power of Rangers exposed again. I hope Ferguson told the Wall St Journal exactly who he was blaming for potentially ruinging their biggest game of this century.