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Club 1872 Statement on Sports Direct Litigation 29 July, 2019 Club 1872 was, in common with all Rangers supporters, concerned to see reports of the outcome of the latest court case involving the club and Sports Direct. Clearly it is not a positive situation to be on the wrong end of such decisions and of particular concern were tabloid headlines regarding the possibility of Rangers having to pay “millions” in damages following the latest ruling. It is always our wish to be able to communicate in detail with supporters but on this topic we must be mindful of the club’s position which is restricted by confidentiality provisions, court decisions and the ongoing nature of these proceedings. This means that they simply cannot discuss this issue in detail with Club 1872 or indeed anyone else. We have asked Rangers to give Club 1872 and the supporters what reassurance they can and they have reiterated their statement on the club website. It is the club’s position that the judgement is not as reported and that the damages cap of £1m has not been removed. As supporters will see from the release of the new away kit, there is no restriction on supporters buying this season’s kit and the purchase of those kits continues to benefit the club. This is a complex and far reaching legal dispute and there are a number of aspects of it still be to decided by the court. We feel the same frustration as all supporters when there are setbacks in that fight but the goal remains the same. We would remind supporters that Mike Ashley and Sports Direct were and remain a malign influence on Rangers Football Club. Club 1872 purchased a large portion of Mr Ashley’s shares in 2017, partly to remove one aspect of that toxic influence. We look forward to the day when he and Sports Direct no longer have any dealings with our club. We are fully supportive of the Rangers board’s efforts to stand up to Mr Ashley’s attempt to bully the club into submission. Mr Ashley’s approach on this matter continues to make no commercial sense – given the position of the vast majority of the Rangers support towards Sports Direct – and appears to be purely vindictive. We would urge individual supporters who are frustrated with these ongoing court battles to consider what action they can take to remove support for any and all parts of Mr Ashley’s business empire, and encourage others to do the same. We would also take this opportunity to express our sympathy with Newcastle fans who find their own club suffering under Mr Ashley’s ownership. We have made approaches to a number of their supporters’ groups to discuss ways in which we can work together to challenge Mr Ashley and Sports Direct in what we believe is a matter of shared interest. We appreciate that supporters want more detail and more reassurance regarding this ongoing fight with Mr Ashley and we are sorry not to be in a position to provide it, but we remain up for the fight and hope that supporters will continue to show the same determination which saw Mr Ashley and his lieutenants kicked out of our club in 2015. Issued by Supporters Voice Limited, a Club 1872 company

Why are multiple team changes not announced? If it’s 1 off and 1 on it's announced but not for more than that

Same again today. Asked Steward why, “ we have been told to look at all tickets, even though you may be a ST holder”.

Due to technical difficulties with online. Copland Rear for pay at the gate.

Sat in back row during one of the Parma games, absolutely stifling.

Did anyone else have their ticket checked a second time last night? All tickets in our part of the Broomloan were checked again after reaching the stand, not to show you to your seat. Never seen that before.

He’s a journalist that writes for The Herald (maybe others?). I don’t buy these papers so don’t know much about him, did a wee Google search and the only thing of interest was a spat he had with Phill 3 names.

All I did was post an article by a journalist just like others on here have done on many occasions. Obviously due to my political viewpoint you wish to make it something it ain’t. I will continue to post articles about our club unless told to stop from Frankie.

Eh? I posted an article by a “journalist” all the words are his, not mine.

Never heard this at any game, therefore cannot explain where Cameron gets its from.

Absolutely not.

I have not given a penny to any club that conspired against us and never will.

Everyone Anyone Welcomed By Government Previo Article Thursday, 25 July 2019, 12:00 by Rangers Football Club 15 RANGERS Managing Director Stewart Robertson was delighted to welcome Humza Yousaf, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, to Ibrox Stadium just days after the club launched its Everyone Anyone initiative. The campaign, which will bring together people from all backgrounds and cultures, has been widely welcomed since its launch at the beginning of this week and during a visit to Ibrox in midweek Mr Yousaf praised the club’s ‘proactive action.’ Mr Yousaf said: “Discrimination and prejudice have no place in society or football. Everyone should be able to enjoy our national sport, regardless of their background. “There have been long-standing issues in Scottish football and I have emphasised that society as a whole, including those who love our national game, needs to step up. Rangers, in collaboration with the Rangers Charity Foundation, is committed to making Ibrox a home for all regardless of their age, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and health. As part of this new strategy a series of events aimed at promoting positive behaviour through championing diversity, tolerance and understanding will be rolled out over the next year as Rangers reaches out to all. Mr Robertson added: “This project has been a long time in the making but we believe we have the correct strategy and Rangers will be a club open to everyone and anyone. “I believe he was impressed and his support is appreciated because this is an important step which should mean Rangers will play an active, significant and leading role in the local and wider communities.”

42k tickets sold as at 1100hrs today.

Following an increase in the number of incidents of unacceptable conduct within Scottish football last season, Aberdeen FC has today announced its plans for the coming season, designed to ensure the Pittodrie matchday experience is one that can be undergone in as safe and enjoyable environment as possible for all supporters. As a consequence of the review, undertaken in conjunction with Police Scotland and the Sports Ground Advisory Working Group, the South Stand segregation area currently used in lower category games will now be in place during all categories of games. A total of 1,662 tickets will subsequently be available in the away section. A segregation banner will be utilised in the middle of section R and will be stewarded and policed accordingly. This ensures that at all games there is an enhanced area between the two sets of supporters.

24th July Neil Cameron: Rangers couldn't ignore how their support has changed By Neil Cameron Gers fans these days have changed from their intolerant history IT is 30 years since a day-late Scottish newspaper told a 16-year-old holidaying in Malta that Mo Johnston had signed for Rangers. A phone call home, which was half my spending budget, confirmed news so sensational that only those around at the time could even attempt to describe what it meant to Scotland. Super Mo was the first high-profile Catholic to sign for Rangers, thus ending an unwritten but well-adhered-to signing policy of those in charge at Ibrox asking what school a would-be player went to; although it’s transpired since that a few left-footers slipped through. “It is a sad day for Rangers,” so said Rangers Supporters Association general secretary, David Miller, in 1989. “Why sign him above all others? There will be a lot of people handing in their season tickets. I don’t want to see a Roman Catholic at Ibrox. It really sticks in my throat.” Never mind the throat, Miller’s brain was stuck in the 1800s. He was also wrong. There was no boycott. The ticket office wasn’t open 24 hours to deal with folk handing back their season books. The average Rangers supporter worked out that their club had got one over Celticand signed one of the best strikers in British football. What section of Christianity the bold Mo, never a great church-goer it must be said, was brought up in mattered not a jot to most. Catholics have played, captained and managed at Ibrox and yet I still see Rangers as a Protestant institution. That’s not a criticism, by the way. But as a club, Rangers have found it harder to shrug off what a section of their support sing, blog and tweet with regards to some of the old ways which, to right-minded people, belong in the past. Those who see nothing good within the Rangers support, and remember it’s the biggest in Scotland, have an image of the shaven head, earring, tattoo, wearing an ill-fitting replica strip and whose politics are to the right of Klaus Barbie. And you do see them about. You hear them, mostly at away games, and social media can feel dominated by the pro-Katie Hopkins brigade who boast of their love of Rangers more than anything. However, that’s not the bluenoses I know and have hung around with for years. Left-leaning, Atheist, some from Catholic backgrounds, working class, middle class, funny, smart, some want independence while others don’t. They are into music, films, food and, of course, the famous Glasgow Rangers. They do not spend their day listening to Loyalist battle songs. Some, whisper it, aren’t all that keen on the royal family. Are they anti-Catholic or anti-Irish? No, and I wouldn’t spent time with bigots from all sides if I can possibly help it. That is why the bigots think we all think the same way. It’s because the only people happy to be in their company share the same poisonous views. I hate to break it to those who view Rangers as the baddies with no redeeming features but most punters go along to Ibrox, take in the game, then go home again. Just like everyone else. As one Bear put it to me: “We get blamed for everything. I know the Rangers support can let us all down but it’s not as if the rest of us go about punching kittens.” I was at Ibrox on Monday for the launch of Rangers’ new diversity and inclusion campaign, which hopes to show Rangers are the place for you regardless of background, sexuality, faith, disability etc. “Everyone, Anyone,” was the message. Good on them. This was no box-ticking exercise. A lot of work has gone into it by good people who love Rangers and would rather like a few more to fall in love, no matter who they are. The reaction was predictable from non-Rangers fans. The usual “Ah whatabout” began and will still be going. At least they are doing something. They had to. Not because it’s the right thing but because the Rangers support has changed. There are 10s of thousands going to games every week who would rather some of the old songs weren’t belted out. They cringe when a chant goes up about the Lisbon Lions dying. They are less than proud of what led to 2012, and quite a few things which happened afterwards. And yet they watch their team, go back home to a partner who may well be of the other persuasion, and many of their friends will be. The world keeps spinning. The playwright Alan Bisset, whose politics are of the left and he’s in favour of independence, is also big Rangers fan. This is what he said a few years ago when discussing Rangers from a cultural perspective. “Scotland has changed, Scottish nationalism is in the ascendancy and if you are a Unionist diehard you will feel under siege. There is that terror of no longer being relevant, of losing control. “The cliched response is when Yes folk say: ‘How can you be a Rangers fan and support independence?’ – I am and can. I am frustrated at all Rangers supporters being lumped together.” Rangers fans I know have no problem voting SNP, being one of those soppy liberals, having their kids at the other school and at the same time wanting their team to win trophies. And they would like as many people as possible to join their gang. Who cares who they sleep with, what they do on a Sunday or if their second cousin, twice removed, once went on a date with Charlie Nicholas. The Rangers support these days is a broad church. They like the idea of the person sitting beside them at the match not being from the usual “proddie” background. As long as they support the team. Most of us have worked out it’s all that matters.

Rangers face major bill after Sports Direct court defeat By Chris McLaughlinBBC Scotland sports news correspondent 1 hour ago Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Image captionMike Ashley, the founder of Sports Direct and owner of Newcastle United Football Club, runs a sprawling retail empire Rangers could be forced to pay millions of pounds to Sports Direct following another courtroom defeat in a long-running dispute over merchandise. A judge ruled the company should have been given the chance to match a shirt deal struck with Elite/Hummel. Rangers terminated a merchandise agreement with Sports Direct last year, but the firm should have been given the chance to compete with new offers. The club said it would "meet any financial award made by the court". Judge Lionel Persey QC ruled that the new deal with Elite/Hummel, thought to be worth £10m, breached the agreement which said Sports Direct was to be given the chance to compete with new offers. 'Unconvincing and untruthful' The judge also threw out Rangers' request for any payment to Mike Ashley's company to be limited to £1m. As part of the judgement, there was stinging criticism aimed at Rangers secretary James Blair who was accused of being "unconvincing" in his evidence and "untruthful" in his dealings at the time. The judge said: "The consequence of my findings is that Rangers was in breach of its obligations. "I am satisfied that SDIR (Sports Direct) was not only entitled to match the rights offered to Hummel/Elite but would have done so. "Those rights were not only not offered to them but Rangers, through Mr Blair, untruthfully asserted that Hummel had not been granted any Offered Rights and did not provide SDIR with a copy of the Elite/Hummel agreement." Fans boycott He went on to say that, as such, Sports Directs losses were likely "to be in the order of many millions of pounds." Sports Direct has now been granted an injunction to the latest deal - an injunction that Rangers argued would see them lose significant revenue, be open to legal action from Elite and even impair its ability to function as a football club. Mike Ashley, who was a former Rangers shareholder, struck a deal with a previous board that saw his company take in around 93p from every £1 made from the sale of strips and merchandise. That deal led to some fans boycotting Sports Direct stores and their sale of Rangers kit. The amount of money now due to Sports Direct is still to be determined but Rangers are understood to be appealing against the latest ruling. A statement posted on the club's website read: "Rangers would like to reassure supporters that matters concerning the litigation currently being brought against it by SDI Retail Services Limited are not as reported. "Rangers was disappointed by the terms of the recent court judgment but respects the decision of the court and will meet any financial award made by the court. "No such award has yet been decided and at this stage Rangers does not even know how much will be sought. Contrary to some reports, the judge has not determined that the contractual cap on damages will not apply. "Rangers would also like to reassure supporters that no steps have been taken to stop supporters being able to buy this season's replica kits."

Rangers face major bill after Sports Direct court defeat By Chris McLaughlinBBC Scotland sports news correspondent 1 hour ago Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Image captionMike Ashley, the founder of Sports Direct and owner of Newcastle United Football Club, runs a sprawling retail empire Rangers could be forced to pay millions of pounds to Sports Direct following another courtroom defeat in a long-running dispute over merchandise. A judge ruled the company should have been given the chance to match a shirt deal struck with Elite/Hummel. Rangers terminated a merchandise agreement with Sports Direct last year, but the firm should have been given the chance to compete with new offers. The club said it would "meet any financial award made by the court". Judge Lionel Persey QC ruled that the new deal with Elite/Hummel, thought to be worth £10m, breached the agreement which said Sports Direct was to be given the chance to compete with new offers. 'Unconvincing and untruthful' The judge also threw out Rangers' request for any payment to Mike Ashley's company to be limited to £1m. As part of the judgement, there was stinging criticism aimed at Rangers secretary James Blair who was accused of being "unconvincing" in his evidence and "untruthful" in his dealings at the time. The judge said: "The consequence of my findings is that Rangers was in breach of its obligations. "I am satisfied that SDIR (Sports Direct) was not only entitled to match the rights offered to Hummel/Elite but would have done so. "Those rights were not only not offered to them but Rangers, through Mr Blair, untruthfully asserted that Hummel had not been granted any Offered Rights and did not provide SDIR with a copy of the Elite/Hummel agreement." Fans boycott He went on to say that, as such, Sports Directs losses were likely "to be in the order of many millions of pounds." Sports Direct has now been granted an injunction to the latest deal - an injunction that Rangers argued would see them lose significant revenue, be open to legal action from Elite and even impair its ability to function as a football club. Mike Ashley, who was a former Rangers shareholder, struck a deal with a previous board that saw his company take in around 93p from every £1 made from the sale of strips and merchandise. That deal led to some fans boycotting Sports Direct stores and their sale of Rangers kit. The amount of money now due to Sports Direct is still to be determined but Rangers are understood to be appealing against the latest ruling. A statement posted on the club's website read: "Rangers would like to reassure supporters that matters concerning the litigation currently being brought against it by SDI Retail Services Limited are not as reported. "Rangers was disappointed by the terms of the recent court judgment but respects the decision of the court and will meet any financial award made by the court. "No such award has yet been decided and at this stage Rangers does not even know how much will be sought. Contrary to some reports, the judge has not determined that the contractual cap on damages will not apply. "Rangers would also like to reassure supporters that no steps have been taken to stop supporters being able to buy this season's replica kits."

Has this been posted ? Alnwick to Blackpool, 1 year loan.

https://mobile.twitter.com/RangersFCSLO/status/1153703822272925696 Smartcards should be with supporters for the first league game of the season. Until then everything is paper tickets. Will update when they are being posted.

TODAY Rangers is proud to launch a ground-breaking campaign, ‘Everyone Anyone’ which aims to unite people from all backgrounds, cultures and communities. This new initiative will promote Rangers as a modern football club through which fans can come together and support a common cause – equality for everyone. In collaboration with the Rangers Charity Foundation, we will work across the club to champion diversity, encourage tolerance and understanding, and promote positive behaviour as part of this ambitious new strategy. https://rangers.co.uk/news/club/rangers-launch-new-diversity-inclusion-campaign/

Jason Cummings has been let go by Nottingham Forrest with a year still on his contract. Just saying.?