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Hearts 0 - 2 Rangers FGS Colak

“When Scotland played England at Wembley, Lee Wallace's every touch of the ball was booed by the Tartan Army.” This is not correct, only video I can find of that night is this one Lee Wallace on two occasions makes great chances for Scotland to score, no booing.

I must be glass half empty type. I see no reason to be positive, two points behind but that will widen as the season goes on. We’re doomed I tell you. Private Fraser Loyal.

Lee Wallace was not booed at Wembley.

Did they just change the rules to get this through?

https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/sport/22644970.premiership-clubs-approve-150million-tv-deal-sky-sports/ Premiership clubs 'approve' £150million TV deal with Sky Sports 23 mins ago By Aidan Smith@SmithAidan1 /resources/images/15855243.jpg?type=responsive-gallery-fullscreen New £150m Sky TV deal 'approved' by SPFL clubs SCOTTISH football clubs have agreed a £150million TV broadcasting deal with Sky Sports, according to reports. The agreement hung in the balance after Rangers and Livingston delayed their response to the proposed contract last week. But the Daily Mail now report that the SPFL have gained the votes required for the deal to go through. If confirmed, the Sky's new deal will allow them to broadcast 60 games per league campaign, starting from 2024/25. It would also mean that clubs will receive an increased collective payment of £30million, rising from the current £25million. In an email to clubs, SPFL chief Murdoch MacLennan said: "I am pleased to be able to advise you that the Commercial Resolution in respect of the proposal from Sky has now been approved by cinch Premiership Clubs and that the Qualified Resolution amending the SPFL Rules (to accommodate the Sky proposal) has also been approved. "Thank you for your support of this important rule change. The extended contract with Sky will underpin the finances of the SPFL for the next seven years, in the face of what appear to be strengthening economic headwinds. "Over the coming days, we will look to contract with Sky and to announce the extension, which, by value, will be by far the largest single commercial contract in the history of Scottish league football." The TV deal has drawn controversial comment from both Rangers managing director Stewart Robertson and Aberdeen chairman Dave Cormack. Robertson argued that the deal was undervaluing the Scottish game, while Cormack insisted it was a good move for the Scottish Premiership given it's current level.

Grant Russell on Twitter. "The reality is that Sweden has sold all 240 top league games per season to live television. The SPFL currently sells only 48." Can't believe I'm reading this from a club chairman. The SPFL sells away the rights to all 228 games, of which 48 are broadcast. That's the fact. The "value per game" chart is a complete and utter distortion of the facts. It can only potentially be valid if clubs are handed back the rights to all non-broadcast games to do as they see fit. Clubs ran PPV all through 2021/22 while grounds were fully operational. Where is the evidence that it had an impact on what's mentioned? This is from our "Innovation and Strategy Group". This is what they're coming out with? Twisted sums, gross assumptions and no innovation or strategy in sight. Start panicking. The solution is staring them in the face. Take the Sky deal on the basis it's only for rights to games shown. What's behind the inability to structure it that way?

Lee Wallace has retired from playing. One of the good guys imo, wish him all the best.

Supporter Information: Liverpool (A) MYGERS members who have registered for independent travel match tickets should be aware of the following information. Liverpool FC V Rangers FC Tuesday 4 October 8pm Kick-off Independent Travel match tickets for the Liverpool away game are available to purchase from now until 9am on Monday 26 September ONLY to supporters who have previously registered for this game and have accrued 1,622 or more MyGers points (points accrued as of 9am on 23/09/2022). All tickets are to be collected in the host city by the registered MyGers Member, in person and on production of photo ID. All supporters who fail to collect their ticket will forfeit the associated MyGers points; refunds will not be available. Tickets are priced at £48 and can be purchased online here: Away Games (rangers.co.uk) Should any tickets remain unpurchased following this initial window, updates will be issued in due course. If you require any further information, please email contact@rangers.co.uk Thank you for your ongoing loyalty and support. My ticket for Kop is £37(ST holder price).

Club1872 blog. Rangers – What we’ve got here is, failure to communicate Contributor Blog It would be fair to say that Rangers supporters have been clamouring to hear something from the custodians of our club following an underwhelming start to the season and major question marks over their ambition to build on the success of ’55’ and a Europa League Final. So it was with some interest that I noticed what appeared to be an in depth interview with Vice Chairman, John Bennett appear on Facebook. I have enjoyed hearing from Mr Bennett on previous occasions. He has spoken fairly well at AGMs and it is apparent that he is one of the few individuals at Rangers who can sound coherent on camera. Things did not start well, presumably through no fault of Mr Bennett. In his wisdom, Communications ‘Chief’ David Graham decided to release the interview behind a paywall. This was instantly irritating to supporters who feel they are already being squeezed for every penny by the club they love. It took two hours to remedy this ridiculous gaffe and release the interview on YouTube. Unfortunately, things did not improve once the interview got under way. Bennett’s delivery, which previously has seemed precise and confident took on a patronising tone almost immediately. His nods to social media jokes about Edmiston House and finances betrayed a board which is clearly very sensitive to even the most mild criticism but has absolutely no idea how to deal with it. Perhaps this is symptomatic of custodians who have grown more and more out of touch with the supporters of the club. Perhaps it is just that not even Bennett was convinced by his 33 minute monologue which said virtually nothing. I have seldom heard someone talk for so long without a single, pertinent piece of information being imparted to the listener. If I had to sum it up, the overall message seemed to be “pipe down, you just don’t understand, we’ve got this”. It is arguable whether an organisation has ever shot itself in the foot in terms of public relations quite like Rangers over the past two years. In the process of winning a historic 55th title and with a huge name in the management hot-seat we managed to somehow withdraw into ourselves to the point that supporters are sceptical of almost every utterance from the club – with good reason. RTV interviewers are never going to ask good questions of a Vice Chairman – particularly one under pressure. The puff piece nature of the interview did not serve Mr Bennett well. He is clearly a very capable man and should be able to submit himself to proper questioning. Perhaps if he had then we would have learned something worthwhile. Fan media outlets, who themselves have had issues adjusting to their open access to Ibrox and regularly have to defend themselves against allegations of being too soft on the club, have apparently been asking for some time to sit down with the Rangers hierarchy. The choice of RTV was cowardly and smacked of a lack of confidence in the message – perhaps with some justification as there didn’t seem to be one. The Stewart Robertson interview which followed, with Jonny McFarlane, the ex Daily Record videographer and now ‘Rangers Review’ Editor, also betrayed both the schizophrenic nature of the club’s communications policy and the refusal to submit to any kind of competent questioning. McFarlane, just a couple of days previously on his own podcast had declared himself completely unable to properly scrutinise Rangers’ finances. Who better then for Rangers Communications Director, David Graham to choose to sit down for an exclusive interview with the Rangers MD on…the club’s finances? The Rangers Review is owned by The Herald. It is not fan media but rather a mainstream media outlet which passes itself off as fan media. On the one hand therefore we have official fan media partners of the club telling us the MSM can’t be trusted whilst on the other, David Graham hands a plum interview to the Herald newspaper. Without dwelling on McFarlane’s admission of financial and business illiteracy, that is an odd choice. They are clearly seen by Graham as an unstintingly friendly outlet who refuse to challenge the club when even official fan media partners are raising concerns. In any case, the interviews with Robertson were so badly received that they appear to have been aborted half way through a two day release. On Wednesday, McFarlane announced that the 3 part interview with Robertson that day would be followed on Thursday with more from him on “recruitment, signings and why Rangers did their business the way they did in the transfer market.” As of today, Friday, none of that content has appeared and the tweets referencing it have been deleted by the ever accommodating McFarlane. Support Club 1872 All in all it builds a picture of a Rangers Board who are either unwilling or unable to submit themselves to real scrutiny. As a Club 1872 member I was extremely disquieted by the Club 1872 Board’s statement earlier in the year which was so scathing of the Rangers Executive Team but it seems they have been proven to be correct. There is a clear level of contempt for supporters. I have some sympathy with Mr Bennett. A Vice Chairman should not have to take on the responsibilities of Chairman simply because the man holding that position shirks them on such a regular basis. Douglas Park is conspicuous in his absence not only from these type of set piece interviews but also at AGMs where he has scarcely been heard from. I also have some sympathy with Mr Bennett that the Managing Director of Rangers, who last year received a handsome sum of over £450k for his contribution, is unable to sit in front of a camera and appear in any way convincing. In Mr Bennett’s position, you would also expect your Communications Director to have the knowledge and awareness to spike a 33 minute interview which says nothing and from which the main takeaway is that the Vice Chairman of Rangers thinks being beaten 3-0 at home to the third seed in your Champions League group is a “real Rangers performance”. However, then I remember that Mr Bennett sits as Vice Chair of the Rangers Board that employed David Graham, who as far as anyone can tell had no prior experience of either PR or business in general. He sits as Vice Chair of a board which appears happy to have a Chairman who won’t communicate with supporters. A Chairman who appears determined to ignore not only Club 1872, a major shareholder representing thousands of Rangers fans, but also the Rangers Supporters Association which represents over 100 Rangers Supporters Clubs. He also sits as Vice Chair of a board who wants supporters to believe they are striving for “best in class” but employ a Managing Director who can’t even deliver a tame interview without it having to be pulled halfway through. So perhaps I shouldn’t feel sorry for John Bennett and should instead feel sorry for myself and my fellow supporters who have had to put up with two years and counting of this failure to communicate. Yogi Bear

Liverpool are sending out emails cancelling hospitality bookings from Rangers fans(or others who have booked). States you need purchase history to book.

The Board wish to communicate with the fans, but only if the fans pay for the privilege.

From Twitter. Our home game against Celtic last season got a crowd of 6596, today we had a crowd of 6331 despite giving Celtic 1600 less tickets. We had over 1300 more home fans today. I’d say the experiment got off to a huge success.

From BBC website Rangers are among the clubs being linked with former England midfielder Fabian Delph, 32, following his summer release from Everton. (Football League World) DM who has scored 13 goals in his career.

RANGERS are delighted to announce a new partnership with Dundonald Links, one of Scotland’s premier Golfing venues. Dundonald Links will play host to the Rangers Annual Golf Day on Monday 10 October 2022, which will feature a number of Gers heroes. Situated along the picturesque coast of Ayrshire, Dundonald Links is the ultimate place to stay, play golf and dine in Scotland. The club’s Par 72 course offers a classic links golf experience and has hosted several professional and amateur golfing events throughout the years. Rangers’ Commercial and Marketing Director, James Bisgrove, commented: "We are thrilled to partner with Dundonald Links Golf Resort, which has established itself as one of Scotland’s most prominent golfing destinations in recent years. "At Rangers, we strive to associate ourselves with best in class and liked minded partners, and with the incredible course and new facilities at Dundonald, we believe the partnership fulfils this ambition “We look forward to collaborating closely with the Dundonald Links team in the years ahead, and are excited to launch our first Annual Rangers Golf Day at the venue on the 10th of October." General Manager of Dundonald Links, Ian Ferguson, added: "We are thrilled to announce our partnership with Rangers FC, which felt like a very natural one for Dundonald Links given how passionate we both are about our respective sports and creating legacy within them. We look forward to welcoming the club and their partners to Dundonald Links to enjoy some of the very best facilities in Scotland. For more information on the Rangers Annual Golf Day or to book, please contact events@rangers.co.uk.

Received the survey from club. It is not specific to the Napoli game as indicated, or am I reading it incorrectly?

CL - no points and possibly no goals. SPL - 2nd. Cups - none.

Rangers 3 - 0 Dundee Utd FGS Morelos

Being reported that there was trouble from UB when Napoli players were warming down after game. Twitterland showing bits and pieces.

SOME Rangers shareholders remain interested in a controversial bid to part-own the club that is being fronted by an American businesswoman. That's according to former chairman Paul Murray, in court documents seen by The Sunday Herald. Mr Murray has been assisting Kyle Fox's company, KRF Capital, who Rangers are suing over what they allege is a secret plot to try and sell the club. Mr Murray and Ms Fox are said to have been working with ex-English FA executive Adrian Bevington in their attempt to acquire a stake in the Glasgow giants. The Ibrox club is seeking compensation for damage to its “business relationships, goodwill and reputation”, claiming she used their official crest and logos to attempt to lure investors without permission from the club. Ms Fox however has accused Gers' "all-male board" of "unfair and baseless bullying tactics", which have deprived the club of much-needed investment. An offer to acquire a minimum of 25 per cent in the club was followed by a bid to buy 75 per cent at 25p per share, which valued the club at £108 million. Both were put to current deputy chairman John Bennett before being turned down by the board. Ms Fox also proposed buying 75 per cent of the club's shares as well as investing £50 million in Rangers over the next five years. The offer and a subsequent higher offer of 40p per share and £75 million in cash investment. This was also rejected in late July by the club, with court documents revealing Rangers said: “Discussions with KRF Capital have concluded.” Mr Murray has said however that certain shareholders ARE still interested in flogging their shares, despite the ongoing legal action. He said: "At that time, I was in discussions on Ms Fox's behalf with certain large Rangers shareholders who were interested, in principle, in selling their shares at her offered price of 40p which would have given Ms Fox a plurality ownership of Rangers. These shareholders remain interested in Ms Fox's proposal." Despite owning no part of the club, Ms Fox issued a plea to would-be investors for cash after her bid was turned down and this prompted Ibrox chiefs to call in their lawyers. Rangers’ claim says: “The Investor Deck contains Rangers’ branding and trademarked proprietary material — intellectual property that KRF Capital was never authorised to use.” Lawyers for the club say the emailed document also used many Rangers “brand assets”, including crests and photos of players. Their claim continues: “Defendant created this Investor Deck with the intent to trick any reader into thinking that: (1) Rangers is for sale; (2) Rangers is working with KRF Capital to sell a controlling stake in the enterprise; and (3) Rangers authorised this offer and presentation. “KRF Capital has been meeting with, and presenting to, Rangers’ corporate clients on the purported basis that the sale of equity in Rangers has been endorsed by the club’s board of directors. This is false. Rangers has not given KRF Capital authorisation to meet with its corporate clients or anyone else for that matter.” But Ms Fox now says Rangers are missing out on vital investment and accused the "all-male board" of "unfair and baseless bullying tactics".

Rangers 1 - 0 Napoli FGS Arfield

I would like to think so. But we do know that Tav has been carrying an injury for the last two games. Could be that he made light of it and/or insisted on playing I suppose.

Change the captain? More like change the manager. We now have proof that Tavernier has been playing while carrying an injury, piss poor management. Tav will now be out for weeks? We also had the suspicion that Morelos was played while unfit last season, and look what happened there.

DAVE KING has called for greater boardroom transparency at Ibrox as he raised several concerns over the running of Rangers and the direction of the club on and off the park. The former chairman penned an open letter to Douglas Park and his directors on Thursday as the under-fire Rangers hierarchy - still reeling from the successive four goal defeats to Celtic and Ajax - were put under the spotlight once again. Supporters have become increasingly disillusioned with the way the club is operating at present and King has now questioned: • When the board decided to ‘change its commitment to supporters to reinvest the proceeds of player trading back into the squad and why was this not openly communicated to supporters?’ • What has happened to the funds banked by the run to the Europa League final last term and whether the ‘focus has moved onto competing in the financially lucrative European competitions as a pure profit motive rather than as a means to improve the squad?’ • The relationship between the board and fan organisations and why Park is ‘so against the transfer of my shares into the control of supporters via Club 1872?’ • If Rangers are for sale ‘if the price is right’ following an approach by American businesswoman Kyle Fox amid suggestions, which Rangers have refuted and have launched legal action over, that a share deal and £75million worth of investment was on the table. King voiced his concern over Rangers’ transfer strategy and their role in the cinch sponsorship fiasco last week and has since seen Van Bronckhorst’s side suffer humiliating defeats in the Premiership and Champions League as the Dutchman has been left fighting for his job at Ibrox. Supporters have been critical of areas such as communications, ticketing and the merchandise arrangement with Castore in recent months and were successful in forcing the board to pull out of the controversial Sydney Super Cup trip that was scheduled for November. King said: “I have been closely following the Club’s activities on and off the pitch and as a supporter (and still largest shareholder) I have become increasingly alarmed about what I am witnessing. “Being a director of Rangers is a privilege that comes with an individual and collective responsibility that appears to have been absent from decision making for some time now. “There is a shroud of secrecy around what is happening within the Club and the lack of meaningful engagement with supporters and shareholders, who are entitled to a greater degree of respect, is completely unacceptable. “The Club is being run like a private concern with supporters being increasingly treated as customers rather than people who give their hearts, souls and hard-earned money to Rangers. “Rangers fans know only too well the pain and suffering that can come from a lack of scrutiny over those entrusted to protect our Club. “This is why I am forced to speak out at this time by sending an open letter to the Board and by asking for future transparency, honesty and respect for all supporters and shareholders.”

Aberdeen 0 - 2 Rangers FGS Colak