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Rangers boss Steven Gerrard has challenged Umar Sadiq to "come to the party" and ease his striking headache. Gerrard will be without Alfredo Morelos and Kyle Lafferty for the Betfred Cup last four showdown with Aberdeen. ISadiq has barely featured since his loan move from Roma and Gerrard insists he must rise to the challenge if he wants to come to be involved at the national stadium in October's semi-final. The Ibrox boss said: “It’s a frustration – we lose a player in form and we are going to have to find a way to get the job done without a natural no.9 unless Sadiq comes to the party and improves an awful lot between now and then”.

Not even on the bench last night. Is he not fit or is it that the coaching staff realise he just ain’t good enough? Return to Roma in January?

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POLL REMINDER: Takeover Panel - Dave King share sale undertaking A reminder to members that our current poll will close on Wednesday 26th September at midnight. If you have not yet voted then please take the opportunity to do so prior to tomorrow night. The original poll email is copied below. 'Members will be aware that the Chairman of Rangers International Football Club PLC (RIFC),Dave King, is being pursued by the Takeover Panel to make an offer for all of the shares in RIFC at a price of 20p, the same price at which the recent RIFC share issue was approved. The Takeover Panel’s action was prompted by a complaint from David Somers, who resigned as Chairman of RIFC’s Board shortly before the March 2015 meeting that installed the current regime at RIFC. The action by the Panel is just one unfortunate consequence of Somers’ time at our Club. We need hardly remind members of other misfortunes that befell the Club during the period he was Chairman. As Members will be aware, the purpose for which Club 1872 was formed was to acquire shares in RIFC, not to sell them. Far less to sell them at the same price we have just acquired them in the share issue and dilute our influence and participation in RIFC. We have been asked whether our CIC will sign an irrevocable undertaking not tosell our shares in RIFC at a price of 20p. This may assist in bringing matters with the Panel to an end by persuading them to reduce the cash confirmation they will require before an offer can be made. Such a decision is clearly one to be taken by our members. We would therefore ask you to vote by clicking the link below and logging in to your account - you will then be automatically redirected to the poll. The poll will close at midnight on Wednesday 26th September: VOTE HERE Club 1872' Issued by Supporters Voice Limited, a Club 1872 company

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William Struth, our greatest manager died on this day 1956.

Did you? Old age does not come alone☹️. Will do in future.

Thursday, 20 September 2018, 21:13 by Nick Thomson 93 “PROUD” is how Steven Gerrard declared himself following tonight’s tremendous 2-2 draw with Villarreal at Estadio de la Ceramica. Visit website please Article Copyright © 2018. Permission to use quotations from this article online is only granted subject to appropriate source credit and hyperlink to www.rangers.co.uk

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FT 2-2

2-2 LAFFERTY. Great move by team.

Finally a booking.

2-1 Barisic poor for me.

1-1 ARFIELD, GREAT WORK,BY Tav.

At least 3 professional fouls by them, no booking.

1-0 45 secs.

Villarreal dropping a few of their best players tonight (Asenjo, Mario, Gerard and Jaume Costa). Their full backs are a B team player and a 37 year old centre back. https://t.co/IoRWeJgCtU Lifted from FF.

McCoist for one, invested £10K in penny shares. Green sold his to S. Easdale. McCoist also bought more in 2nd issue, not sure of share price but think it was 20p.

POLL: Takeover Panel - Dave King share sale undertaking Members will be aware that the Chairman of Rangers International Football Club PLC (RIFC),Dave King, is being pursued by the Takeover Panel to make an offer for all of the shares in RIFC at a price of 20p, the same price at which the recent RIFC share issue was approved. The Takeover Panel’s action was prompted by a complaint from David Somers, who resigned as Chairman of RIFC’s Board shortly before the March 2015 meeting that installed the current regime at RIFC. The action by the Panel is just one unfortunate consequence of Somers’ time at our Club. We need hardly remind members of other misfortunes that befell the Club during the period he was Chairman. As Members will be aware, the purpose for which Club 1872 was formed was to acquire shares in RIFC, not to sell them. Far less to sell them at the same price we have just acquired them in the share issue and dilute our influence and participation in RIFC. We have been asked whether our CIC will sign an irrevocable undertaking not to sell our shares in RIFC at a price of 20p. This may assist in bringing matters with the Panel to an end by persuading them to reduce the cash confirmation they will require before an offer can be made. Such a decision is clearly one to be taken by our members. We would therefore ask you to vote by clicking the link below and logging in to your account - you will then be automatically redirected to the poll. The poll will close at midnight on Wednesday 26th September: VOTE HERE Club 1872 Issued by Supporters Voice Limited, a Club 1872 company

Absolutely over the moon to extend my contract for this great club! #2022 Previous Article Next Article Tuesday, 18 September 2018, 18:00 by Nick Thomson 625 JAMES TAVERNIER tonight signed a new, improved contract with Rangers, keeping him at Ibrox until 2022, and it’s safe to say he’s thrilled. The club captain, who joined from Wigan Athletic in the summer of 2015, revealed he’s indebted to Rangers for helping relaunch his career after a tough few seasons in England’s lower leagues. He also opened up on transfer rumours involving him during the summer window, but insisted this is the only place he ever wanted to be. Speaking exclusively to RangersTV at Ibrox, Tavernier said: “I am delighted to go through the window and still be a Rangers player, and I have obviously been rewarded with a new contract. “I’ve always seen this as the place for me to play football. Rangers have always been great for me for giving me the foundation to start playing again and to start my career over again, and I will always hold that closely. WATCH MORE FROM TAVERNIER HERE ON RANGERSTV “There was a bit of interest in the summer, but I was fully focused on working with the gaffer in this new campaign being captain as well. “This season, I was really excited for what was going to come with the new team, and the gaffer with what he has brought in terms of the tactics and the new faces.” Tavernier has grown significantly as a player over the last three years, and he explained how his current position as club captain fulfils an ambition of his from back when he joined. “It was a dream [to be named captain],” he said. “I set a target when I first came, and said I wanted to wear that captain’s armband within five years. “I know some of the boys that have come in, and I know their qualities and what they bring. Even the other lads who I haven’t played with before have shown their qualities early in the season and have done really well for us. Tavernier is now gearing up for his next step in his Rangers career – the Europa League – having been tested and come through the Championship and the Premiership. He added: “People talk about big European nights at Rangers, and this is the first thing this season we had the chance to make right, especially after last season. “So we have made it to the group stages, and we have three great names in our group. For our first game, we are all buzzing for it and we can’t wait to put on a show. “We are just wanting to collect as many points as we can from now onwards.”

I have a copy of the Excel files, not been updated since 2012. If memory serves me right I think its the work of a FF poster (HWNN?). Now it gets interesting, this from the files: "Against Celtic In some early day matches (like the 9-1 defeat of the Tims) it was our 2nd team (The Swifts) that played - but they're included because by most accounts our 2nd team were better than the first - and attracted bigger crowds too! Friendly 1888 Present 1888-89 Aug 11 Sat a Celtic 9 1 Unknown (9). Unknown. Southern League - Division A 1940-41 1946-47 1942-43 Jan 1 Fri H Celtic 8 1 30,000 Gillick (3). W Waddell (2). G Young (2, 1 pen). J Duncanson. Duncan. McDonald (Celtic) Lynch (Celtic) Our 1st team beat Celtic 8-1 in January 1943 (in the League) - so even if you exclude the 'Swifts' result (against what surely must've been their first X1 - they were 'founded' that year) that's the record result between our clubs! Don't let Celtic fans dissuade you of that fact - in the vast majority of Celtic books they include 'their' Goalscorers records from WW2 (only real difference from WW1 was their was crowd limits due to the German bombing!". But as I have already said on the same day Celtic gubbed Airdrie 8-0.

Some of these old books leave a lot to be desired, no proper research done e.g John Allan. I would go with the Gallant Pioneers/Founders Trail guys, they have actually done detailed research. They have not mentioned this game to my knowledge?

On that date 11/08/1888 Airdrie 0 - 6 Celtic. So apart from the date, teams and score the ET article is pretty accurate.