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1. We have no plan B when Morelos is not playing, manager seems incapable of coming up with something different. Roofe is entirely different player. 2. Aribo way off the pace. 3. Kent too inconsistent. 4. Goldson thinks he's Beckenbauer. 5. Manager slow at changing things and when he does its the wrong one e.g. keeping Aribo on.

Sydney Tournament - Club 1872 Comment Dear Contributor, Club 1872 welcomes the decision to pull out of the Sydney Cup. We hope now that through meaningful engagement with supporters and shareholders Rangers will find a more suitable way to give overseas supporters an opportunity to see the team playing live in November. Club 1872

Muscle overload.

24 with links to Celtic. https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/bombshell-abuse-dossier-includes-names-26529791?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

DAVID GRAHAM, HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME Hi David You’ll remember me. I’m your ex friend who used to collect your tickets from the ticket office and make sure they were safely in the District Bar for your arrival where we’d meet for a beer and a catch up. Not seen you in there for a while. I’m your ex friend who texted to wish you the best of luck on the day of your appointment at Rangers only to get a call from you soon after accusing me of selling a story about investment and threatening that “it wouldn’t look good for me” if a private text you’d received from a journalist which included my name would some how become known to others. I’ll repeat what I told you then, I built up relationships with many journalists during the protest years and if any of them texted you suggesting you should ask me about the things they done for the campaign then I’d have no problem in educating you on their credentials. Anyway, enough of the introductions and back to why you should hang your head in shame. Yesterday you penned a club statement that would have been expected of the old board in the days when Jack Irvine was the PR man for the most despised board in our 150 years. Jack Irvine however is an experienced PR man who, despite being highly controversial, understands how damning the words you used yesterday to describe and threaten Rangers fans would inevitably have zero positive outcome. You managed to do the club more harm than those you suggest are acting to harm the club. In any other business you’d have been frogmarched out the front door for even suggesting publishing such an attack and threats to that business’s life blood. The only logical reason that you are still in employment today is that your ultimate boss must have the same distain for the rank and file as you obviously have. Your ability to coattail others has been remarkable. You seem to have a great ability to utilise relationships to get you access to someone of greater importance. The unfortunate side of your character allows you to soon forget those you coat-tailed. You arrived on the back of a “no surrender” video and had us believe you’d be taking the fight to others. My only recollection of you taking any fight to anyone was a teenage blogger while those intent on writing bollocks about our club still do so at will. Your abuse of fan media is worth noting as you’ve actually set these guys up for a fall because of the amount of pure lies you’ve fed them which they’ve accepted as gospel and passed on to the rank and file as the truth. Earlier in your stepping up career you promised the good people of Belfast that you’d serve them well and do your best for your community as a DUP councillor. You were touted as a potential Mayor of Belfast which would have gave you the ultimate opportunity to do so yet, unknown to many, you were looking for a way out and an unsuccessful attempt to become Linfields General Manager months later only delayed your u turn in your promises of looking after your people. Now you seem happy to forget those people you went to games with and stood beside supporting your team with, the rank and file. Your words used to describe them as “rump” and use of inverted comas around “supporters” suggests those who don’t toe the part line are not proper supporters. Does that mean those ignored by the board and seen simply as a cash cow are now to be considered the enemy of the club because they won’t bow down and accept every decision the club make without the right to question and debate? You taught history David. You’re now creating history but instead of being remembered like a brave man of the Somme as you’d like to be you’re going down in the books as a spin doctor for Kim Jong-Un. Your threat yesterday to deal with the disrupters and their propaganda war at the end of the season is laughable. I’ve no idea if I am one of the “rump” that you intend to target but I certainly hope I am because I’ve spent near a decade telling the Rangers fans the truth despite being arrested, sued and threatened with my life for doing so. That won’t stop me because it doesn’t suit you or your employers agenda. I thought I’d retired from campaigning but your threats and insults yesterday have made me change my mind. I’m out of retirement and stand proudly with the rump. Craig Houston Rump

As title. Good time to get it I suppose.

To be fair(I know) Club1872 have tried to speak to the club but have refused to talk. "It is a source of great regret that we are having to raise these matters publicly – having always attempted to engage privately and constructively with the club – but the current custodians of Rangers Football Club have refused to speak with us privately despite repeated attempts to do so."

Can you purchase a one match Sky day pass through Virgin? Usually purchase from club but don’t see it available today.

Would be a pity if that was a reason given for any cancellation, would just embolden the morons in the future. They already think they’re the most important thing about match days.

Sydney Tournament - Update Dear Contributor, Club 1872 is pleased by reports this morning from Australia that the Sydney Super Cup, Old Firm ‘friendly’ may be in doubt. We wrote to Stewart Robertson last week on this issue but have not received the courtesy of a response. It has, however, been clear from public communication from James Bisgrove that the Rangers Executive team is doubling down on their wish to participate, despite the backlash from supporters. However, if reported issues with the organiser have now presented an extremely fortunate opportunity for Rangers to pull out of this debacle then we would urge the RIFC Plc board to step in, belatedly take the correct decision to remove Rangers from any participation in this tournament and find a more suitable way of enagaging with our loyal overseas supporters in Australia and beyond. Club 1872

Celtic and Rangers will meet in the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup, while city rivals Hearts and Hibernian also go head-to-head at Hampden. It is the first time the Glasgow and Edinburgh clubs have all made it this far together in the history of the tournament. The ties will be played on the weekend of 16/17 April.

RANGERS have appointed a new Disability Access Officer to help continue to make the club an inclusive environment for all supporters and visitors. https://www.rangers.co.uk/article/rangers-appoint-new-disability-access-officer/4TuY1CZrWToYhqs5PJ3LQ

RANGERS travel to Dens Park this Sunday with the match scheduled for a 4pm kick off. With parking restrictions in place around the stadium, supporters are encouraged to park responsibly or risk a fine. Coach parking is in the usual location at Fairburn Street and Tannadice Street. We encourage supporters to arrive early as there will be a stewarding operation in place that will include ticket checks and profiled searches with turnstiles opening from 3pm. Dundee have also advised that they will have a robust policy regarding excessive drinking. Please note, large supporter flags will also not be permitted due to a lack of available display positions. Dundee have requested that we remind supporters to ensure they bring a valid ticket for the fixture as tickets for the SPFL fixture are very similar and cannot be accepted. Thank you for your continued support.

Voted for Tav due to VAR not being on list.

When he came in I thought he was the man for the job, but now I have my doubts. It looks like he does not have it in him to make the big decisions e.g. McGregor as Bluedell had already said.

So the club did make a mess of it, not in Sydney proportions though.

Club forgot to register it and only realised 5 mins before KO, anyone confirm? At the game I did say to mate that teams were late in coming out.

https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/spor...p-storm-issues-Ibrox-board-demand/?ref=twtrec DAVE KING has thrown his weight behind furious Rangers supporters and called on chairman Douglas Park to 'reverse the cult of personality' has developed at Ibrox. The Light Blues board - which has been headed by Park since King stepped down in March 2020 - and the champions' executive team have come under severe criticism following the decision to sanction a controversial trip to Australia. Giovanni van Bronckhorst's side will take part in the Sydney Super Cup and play the first ever Old Firm match outside of Glasgow in November as two A-League sides - Western Sydney Wanderers and Sydney FC - also participate in the four-team tournament. Fans unfurled banners during the Premiership clash with St Johnstone on Wednesday night and made their feelings clear towards their board with a series of protest chants throughout the 1-0 victory. King has harboured deep worries over events at Ibrox for some time now following Rangers' public fight with the SPFL over the cinch sponsorship deal and the departure of manager Steven Gerrard to Aston Villa in November. And the former chairman - who voted against the re-election of Graeme Park at the AGM last year - has expressed his concern at the way in which Rangers are being managed at boardroom level as they fight to retain their top flight title. King told Herald and Times Sport: “I am 100 per cent with all supporters on this. It is not something that I would have sanctioned if I was still on the board. “Unfortunately, this is another in an increasingly long list of recent instances where the club has shown its indifference to supporter wishes and interests. “The shoddy treatment of Club 1872, the firing of Mark Hateley, Richard Gough, Derek Johnstone, etc, as ambassadors, the unseemly spat with the football authorities to assist Douglas’s personal agenda, and the completely unnecessary loss of a manager that won title number 55 and would have successfully defended the title are among the concerns that have caught my attention. “I have not spoken to Douglas since I stepped down as Chairman but, as an ordinary supporter, I call on Douglas to reverse the cult of personality that has developed at the club and to remember that the present board are temporary custodians of the club on behalf of present and future generations of supporters. “Recent success has unfortunately created short memories and supporters have every right to be concerned.”

https://www.ayradvertiser.com/news/19962878.plaque-unveiled-prestwick-honour-penalty-king-johnny/?fbclid=IwAR0MmpXYRCI6GuJfmIk0ZlLpH9haIdaNOqM78fKmLdWanQasMNokmhm0P9o 12 hrs ago Plaque unveiled in Prestwick in honour of ‘Penalty King’ Johnny By Calam PengillyReporter Johnny Hubbard Court 0 comment A NEW housing development in Prestwick has been completed – and named in honour of a football legend who played for Ayr United. The amenity housing on Main Street, right in the centre of the town, was delivered by Ashleigh Housing and has been officially named Johnny Hubbard Court. The building contains 11 new homes designed for the elderly or infirm. It was named in honour of South African, Johnny Hubbard, who was known in his playing days as “The Penalty King”. Johnny’s playing career encompassed 10 years at Rangers where he took 68 penalties for Rangers, and scored 65, earning him his nickname. He also spent three years at Bury, and two years with Ayr United, a move which saw him settle in the South Ayrshire area after his playing career came to an end. Johnny died in 2018 at the age of 87. He was involved in local community sport, working for the council. He captained Prestwick Cricket Club and managed and coached at Prestwick Tennis Court, as well as coaching football at schools across the Ayrshire. A plaque featuring a likeness of Johnny is displayed at the front of the building. A group of around 30 people gathered outside the development on Friday, February 25 to hear from those involved in the project. Councillor Phillip Saxton, speaking at the opening of the Johnny Hubbard Court, said: “Construction has been built to a very high standard and fits in with the town centre, with the exterior matching the surrounding buildings. I would like to say a personal thank you to the fundraising group for the plaque.” Speaking on behalf of the fundraising group that raised £4,500 for the plaque to be made, Bill Baillie said: “The plaque was the endpoint of what we started just after Johnny passed. “Tam Cairns, is actually the one who initiated it and we got a small team together. We were actually going to go for a statue at one point, but because of Covid, it all fell down and we had to downsize it a bit. I’d like to thank Tam (Cairns), Allan (Hago), and Gordon (McKenzie) for all their help and sticking with me to get this done, I’d like to thank Linda, Linda Burridge, for coming along and being part of the group for the plaque as well. “And Ruth Davis, Ruth is the Sculptor, who did the plaque. “I want to say one small thing about this, it’s composite material, it’s not worth stealing. The plaque cost £4,000 and with money left over from donations, the group is to install a memorial bench at Prestwick Cricket Club. Bill added: “Thanks to everyone from the whole community for investing in it.” Bill also relayed a message from Sir Alex Ferguson, who praised Johnny’s sporting impact. “As a young fan growing up in Govan supporting my team Rangers, the emergence of Johnny Hubbard was starting to catch supporters attention, was his intelligence he’d arrived from South Africa in 1951 and was not your normal well-built players Rangers were accustomed to, he was a small diminutive left-winger but bit by bit he became an important player in the mid-50s. “This culminated on New Year’s Day in 1955 for the Old Firm match where he scored a goal that would equal the Ryan Giggs’ goal of the 1999 FA Cup semifinal against Arsenal. “I was also at Broomfield Park in Airdrie when Hubby missed his first penalty, cutting his shot to the right-hand side of the Airdrie goal keeper, however his record of converting 65 penalties out of 68 22 of them consecutively, takes some beating. It was my pleasure to meet Johnny in later years, he was an absolute gentleman.” Johnny Hubbard’s daughter, Linda Burridge, said: “It’s a great honour for the family that he’ll always be remembered in Prestwick, his adopted home, it’s a massive honour.” “He loved sport that was his passion he loved nurturing young people regardless of their ability. to take part and enjoy it as well he could be quite a disciplinarian sometimes, but that was his upbringing with sport and everything. “He’s sorely missed, it’s three and a half years now since we lost him and then we lost my mum in April, so she’s not here to witness this, so it’s a bit bittersweet, but yes, it’s a huge honour for the family.”

We are one slip away from another disaster.

And I suppose that will also be the excuse for FTP & no Pope of Rome? These people are morons.

Nearly Alfredo. Unlucky.

TBB oh dear. UB just don’t care.