Bearman

Last seasons start was full of hope and expectations when we learned Hamilton were our first opponents...it really did bomb after that game, a real kick in the haw maws from which we never recovered. I do hope we get Hibs away first, a great opener to lay down our intentions from the off. Victory is a must regardless of who we play, then build on it from there. Bit harsh to judge the side after one game, but the daggers will be out if we don't win it, this in turn brings more pressure like what happened last year. We need to win every game before we meet the bheasts at Ibrox cos they'll have won all theirs I'm sure.

£11.99 for a one month subscription. Do you know Pete if you get all 4 EL games (should we get there).

Good idea to bring the 2nd leg forward given we have a tougher game in Q2 and gives us more time to prepare. Thank you Progrès Niederkorn.

We are familiar with this photo of 'The Wee Blue Devil' controlling the ball prior to bursting down the left wing...look at the players in the background anticipating just that, even the ref knows what's coming...the fans of that time must have loved watching him play. An impressive packed stand can also be viewed in the background.

British teams in Europa League first qualifying round St Johnstone v Trakai (Lithuania) Odd (Norway) v Ballymena United Bala Town v Vaduz (Liechtenstein) Connah's Quay Nomads v HJK Helsinki (Finland) Rangers v Progrès Niederkorn (Luxembourg) Crusaders v Liepāja (Latvia) Lyngby (Denmark) v Bangor City Haugesund (Norway) v Coleraine Ties to be played 29 June and 6 July. British teams in Europa League second qualifying round Aberdeen v Ordabasy (Kazakhstan) or Siroki Brijeg (Bosnia and Herzegovina) IFK Norrkoping (Sweden) or Prishtina (Kosovo) v St Johnstone or Trakai (Lithuania) Rangers or Progrès Niederkorn (Luxembourg) v AEL Limassol (Cyprus) or St Joseph's (Gibraltar) Haugesund (Norway) or Coleraine v Lech Poznan (Poland) or Pelister (Macedonia) Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) or Pyunik (Armenia) v Lyngby (Denmark) or Bangor City Crusaders or Liepaja (Latvia) v Shakhtyor Soligorsk (Belarus) or Suduva (Lithuania) Bala Town or Vaduz (Liechtenstein) v Odd (Norway) or Ballymena United Dacia Chisinau (Moldova) or Shkendija (Macedonia) v Connah's Quay Nomads or HJK Helsinki (Finland)

AEL Limassol also boast a Portuguese manager - Bruno Miguel Nunes Baltazar. If he guides his side through to QR2 it will be celebrated on his 40th birthday! So his present will be a game against the famous Glasgow Rangers at Ibrox Stadium 1 week later.

We will inherit Apollon Limassol's coef of 10.710 meaning that will have us as a seeded club in Q3. EDIT: Sorry wrong Cypriot club

Draw for Q2 starts in 10 mins. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2018/draws/round=2000886/index.html

'72 Those were the days...

Been reading/hearing that we were interested in him, never responded to it but will now! Thank feck he's away to Forest! Can get on with my life again now.

Sun splitting the skies in sunny Baillieston today, done some gardening before son & daughter turned up with Fathers day gifts (Whisky galore!) Hic! Garden looking magnificent now, can't say the same of myself.

This is a guide to the sides that Rangers can be drawn against in the Europa League. There are two draws tomorrow, one for QR1 then other to follow for QR2. This guide is completely and utterly useless btw until the draw has actually made then it may become a little useful for some folk as you'll be able to look at the recent European history of the club(s) we will meet. Unseeded clubs (50) Wales (3 sides in the draw) Bala Town. Played in EL QR1 last season, fell at the first hurdle to Swedish side AIK 0-4 on agg. Connah's Quay. Last year was the clubs 1st ever European campaign, QR1 beat Stabak (Norway) 1-0 over 2 legs before losing out 1-3 to Vojvodina (Serbia) in QR2 Bangor City. Last played on European stage 2014/15 starting in QR1 beaten 0-8 by Icelanic club Stjarnan. Republic of Ireland (3) Cork City. Fine run in Europa League last year reaching QR3. Results: QR1 Linfield 2-1, QR2 BK Hacken (Sweden) 2-1, QR3 KRC Genk (Belgium) 1-3. Shamrock Rovers. 2016/17 No European football. Last campaign 2015/16. Won through QR1 lost to Odds BK of Norway 1-4 in QR2. 2011/12, reached Group Stage finished bottom 0 pts. Derry City. No European football since 2014/15 progressed to QR2, lost 1-6 FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk of Belarus. Georgia (3) Chikhura Sachkhere. Played in EL QR1 last season (unseeded), went out on the away goals rule to Moldovians Zimbru Chisinau. Torpedo Kutaisi. Last European campaign 2013/14, knocked out QR1 by Zilina (Slovakia). Dinamo Batumi. Last appearance 2015/16 QR1 lost 1-2 to Cypriot club AC Omonia. Lithuania (3) Atlantas Klaipeda. Were unseeded 2016/17, lost 0-2 at home (1-3 on agg) to HJK Helsinki in QR1 where Morelos scored both goals. Only once (2014/15) in 7 attempts have they won a QR1 Suduva Marijampole. Also unseeded last season, lost both legs 0-1 to FC Midtjylland (Denmark) in QR1. 10 previous campaigns, 5 successes at winning first QR, never been further FK Trakai. Another side who took part in 2016/17 losing QR1 to seeded Estonian club Nomme Kalju FC (3-5). This is only their 3rd European campaign in their history, got to QR2 in 2015/16. Luxembourg (3) CS Fola Esch. Sheep knocked them out last year in QR1. Have played a total of 12 games in Europe won 1 (against sheep, lost on agg) have never progressed. Differdange. Another who fell at QR1 last season Cliftonville winning 3-1 on agg. Will be playing for the 10th time in Europe, got to the Play-off Rd (2011/12) lost 0-6 to PSG, 2013/14 won through to QR3. Progres Niederkorn. No European football last year. 2015/16 lost 0-3 Shamrock Rovers in QR1. Last appearance before that was 1982/83. Faroe Islands (3) NSI Runavik. Competed in QR1 unseeded last year lost 0-7 to Shakhtyor Soligorsk of Belarus. Have never won a QR in 9 attempts. B36 Torshavn. Took part in 2016/17 UEFA CL qualifiers, lost out QR1 on away goals to Valetta of Malta. KI Klaksvik. Haven't competed in European competition since season 2003/04 when they were beaten 0-6 by Molde of Norway. 7 previous campaigns, never got past QR. Albania (2) KF Tirana. Last European appearance 5 years ago (2012/13) eliminated 6-1 by Aalesund FK of Norway. Partizani Tirana. Complicated one...Last season had their EL QR1 Match cancelled after 0-0 1st leg vs Slovan Bratislava who proceeded directly to QR2, after Skënderbeu Korce was excluded by UEFA for match-fixing. Partizani Tirana was then transferred to the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round following the exclusion of KF Skënderbeu Korce. UEFA CL: QR2 bt Ferencváros 3-1 on pens, QR3 lost 0-3 Red Bull Salzburg. They dropped into Europa League Playoff before losing out 0-4 to FC Krasnodar (Russia). N. Ireland (2) Coleraine. Last European campaign 2003/04. Lost QR1 2-6 U.D. Leiria (Portugal). Have never won a European tie in six attempts. Ballymena United. Last European appearance (1988/89 lost 0-10 RSC Anderlecht) Gibralter (2) Lincoln Red Imps. Last season competed in UEFA CL entering at QR1. Knocked out Estonian club FC Flora Tallinn 3-2 on agg, before terrible crowd trouble and shocking referee decisions at parkheid saw them unjustly beaten by the bheasts on agg. This is the Imps first pop at the Europa League after 3 consecutive years competing in the UEFA CL qualifiers. St Joseph's FC. Making their European debut. Finland (2) SJK Seinajoki. Last season competed in UEFA CL entering at QR2. Eliminated 2-4 on agg to Bate of Belarus. Vaasan Palloseura. Last played in European competition 2015/16 beaten in QR1 losing out 2-6 against AIK Fotboll (Sweden) Macedonia (2) Shkendija Tetovo. (One to avoid) Club played in ELQ's last season battling through to the Play-Off Round. Scores: QR1 Cracovia (Poland) 4-1, QR2 Neftci (Azerbaijan) 1-0, QR3 Mlada Boleslav (Czech Republic) 2-1, before losing the Playoff Rnd to Belgian side Gent 1-6. Pelister Bitola. Last played in European competition 2008/09 going out in QR1 to APOEL of Cyprus 0-1 over two legs. Montenegro (2) Zeta Golubovci. Last played in European competition 2012/13 entering at QR1, reaching the Play-Off Round before losing 0-9 to PSV Eindhoven. This is the only side we have played before, Rangers won that 3-0 on agg in a CL QR2 tie 10 years ago. Sutjeska Niksic. Last played in European competition 2015/16 beaten in QR1 0-5 by Debrecen of Hungary. San Marino (2) Tre Penne. Played in EL QR1 last season, The New Saints (Wales) disposed of them 5-1 on agg. Have never won on agg in 5 previous ties. S.S. Folgore. Just like their compatriots above, failed at QR1 last year going out 1-6 to Cypriots AEK Larnaca. 4 previous campaigns in Europe lost all home and away. Armenia (2) Pyunik Yerevan. Went out in QR1 last year to Gibralter's Europa FC. 17 campaigns, 6 wins in QR1, never been further. Gandzasar Kapan. Last European competition 2013/14 beaten 2-4 FC Aktobe (Kazakhstan) Best: QR2 2012/13. Latvia (2) FK Liepaja. Last season was the clubs first European campaign, entered at QR2 - lost 0-3 to Austrians Red Bull Salzburg. FK Jelgava. Fine run in Europa League last year reaching QR3. Results: QR1 Breioablik 5-4, QR2 Slovan Bratislava 3-0, QR3 Beitar Jerusalem 1-4. Andorra (2) UE Santa Coloma. Played in EL QR1 last season (unseeded), fell at the first hurdle to Croatian club Lokomotiva 2-7. Santa Coloma have never got past QR1 in six attempts, losing all 12 matches home and away. UE Sant Julia. Last played in European competition 2015/16 losing out to Randers FC of Demark 0-4 on agg. Sant Julia have competed in 26 European games since 2001 without winning a single match (conceding 91 goals), although they did reach QR2 of the 2009/10 Champions League on penalties after two 1-1 draws against Tre Fiori (San Marino). Malta (2) Balzan FC. This is their 3rd consecutive entry to the EL QR1. Last season they went out to Neftci PFC Baki of Azerbaijan 2-3. Floriana. Last tasted European competition in 2008/09 losing 0-12 to Swedish outfit Elfsborg. Countries (10) with just the 1 unseeded representative. Siroki Brijeg (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Played in last seasons EL QR1 lost out (1-3) to Maltese side Birkirkara. ND Gorica (Slovenia). Played in last seasons EL QR1 dispatched by top seed Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-4. Zaria Balti (Moldova). Played in last seasons EL QR1 eliminated 3-2 by Videoton (Hungary). Valur Reykjavik (Iceland). Played in last seasons EL QR1 crashed out to Danish side Brondby 10-1. Flora Tallinn (Estonia). Last season competed in UEFA CL entering at QR1 (lost 2-3 to Lincoln Red Imps). Mladost Lucani (Serbia). Making their European debut. Vasas SC (Hungary). Last played in European competition 2000/01 losing 2-4 AEK Athens in 1st Round of UEFA Cup. MFK Ruzomberok (Slovakia). Last played in European competition 2006/07 (UEFA Cup 1st Round) lost 1-2 to Club Brugge. FC Prishtina (Kosovo). (Could be one to avoid) Making their European debut. The Vala Superliga ran outside of FIFA and UEFA until Kosovo was admitted to both organizations on May 3, 2016. Irtysh Pavlodar (Kazakhstan). Top the unseeded clubs, last played in a European campaign (Europa League) 2013–14, knocked out Bulgarians Levski Sofia (2-0) in QR1 before going out to Siroki Brijeg of Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-4 in QR2. We can now look at the 31 sides possibly awaiting us in QR2 should we get there (Rangers will be unseeded). (Note 1: If St Johnstone survive QR1 we can't be drawn against them or Aberdeen). (Note 2: Only 11 of the following are gauranteed to be there as they enter the competition at the QR2 stage) (Note 3: The clubs listed below are on the assumption all seeded clubs from QR1 will win through, this literally won't happen of course, but enjoy anyway). The 11 clubs who definately will be there, starting with those who played in last seasons ELQ's (5) Gabala FK (Azerbaijan). Entered Europa League at QR1 progressed to Group Stage, finished 4th 0 pts. Gabala also progressed from EL QR1 to Group Stage the previous year (2015/16). Hajduk Split (Croatia). Entered Europa League at QR2 progressed to Play-Off Round lost out on pens to Maccabi Tel-Aviv. Apollon Limassol (Cyprus). 2016/17 Entered Europa League at QR3, lost to Grasshopper (Swiss) 4-5. Mlada Boleslav (Czech Republic). Entered Europa League at QR3, lost to Shkendija (Macedonia) 1-2. FC Luzern (Swiss). Entered Europa League at QR3, lost to Sassuolo (Italy) 1-4. Clubs (6) who failed to win a European place last season Galatasaray (Turkey). Last campaign 2015/16. UEFA CL Group Stage, finished 3rd behind Atletico Madrid (Spain) and Benfica (Portugal), dropped into Europa League R32 lost 2-4 S.S. Lazio (Italy). Astra Giurgiu (Romania). Last campaign 2015/16. Europa League, progressed through QR2 & QR3, lost Play-Off Round 4-3 to AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands). Brondby IF (Denmark). Last campaign 2015/16 Entered Europa League at QR2, progressed to Play-Off Round lost 1-6 to PAOK (Greece). Sturm Graz (Austria). Last campaign 2015/16 Entered Europa League at QR3, knocked out 3-4 by Russians Rubin Kazan. FC Utrecht (Netherlands). Last campaign 2013/14 Entered Europa League at QR2, shock exit to Differdange (Luxembourg). Panionios (Greece). Haven't played in a European Campaign since Napoli eliminated them from the Intertoto Cup 10 years ago. The remaining 20 clubs have QR1 to play (See Note 3 above) Only one club from this list made it through to last seasons Europa League Group Stage from QR1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel). Along with Gabala FK (see above) Maccabi finished in 3rd place on seven points behind Zenit (15) & AZ Alkmaar (8). Clubs (4) who played in last seasons Europa League at QR1 and reached the Play-off round. FC Midtjylland (Denmark). Went out to Turkish side Osmanlıspor 0-3. Beitar Jerusalem (Israel). Lost to St-Étienne (France) 1-2. Vojvodina (Serbia). Beaten by AZ Alkmaar of Netherlands 0-3. AEK Larnaca (Cyprus). Lost out to Slovan Liberec (Czech Rep.) 0-3. Clubs (4) who played in last seasons Europa League at QR1 and reached QR3. Dinamo Minsk (Belarus). Beaten 1-3 by Vojvodina of Serbia. HJK Helsinki (Finland). Lost out to Sweden's IFK Gothenborg 2-3. AIK Stockholm (Sweden). Lost the tie 0-3 to Panathinaikos (Greece). Videoton (Hungary). Went out to FC Midtjylland 1-2. Clubs (4) who played in last seasons Europa League at QR1 and made it to QR2. Shakhtior Saligorsk (Belarus). Beaten by Slovenian club Domzale 2-3. Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia). Out to FK Jelgava (Latvia) 0-3. FK Ventspils (Latvia). lost to Sheep 0-4. Odd Grenland (Norway). Lost the tie to PAS Giannina of Greece 3-4. Clubs (3) who last season were competing in the UEFA Champions League Red Star Belgrade (Serbia). Entered UEFA CL at QR2, progressed to QR3 losing out 4-6 to Ludogorets of Bulgaria, dropped into EL Play-Off lost 1-4 to Italian club Sassuolo. AS Trencin (Slovakia). Entered UEFA CL at QR2, progressed to QR3 crashed out 0-1 to Poles Legia Warsaw, dropped into EL Play-Off lost 1-4 to Rapid Wien (Austria). Skenderbeu Korce (Albania) Entered UEFA CL at QR2, were drawn to face Ferencvaros, the ties weren't played though, as soon after the draw, Skenderbeu were banned from European football for 1 year over match-fixing allegations. Clubs (4) who failed to qualify for European competition last season AEL Limassol (Cyprus). Last campaign 2014/15 Lost Zenit 1-3 in UEFA CL QR3, dropped into EL Play-Off lost 1-5 Spurs. Lech Poznan (Poland). Last campaign 2015/16 Entered Europa League at Play-Off stage, defeated Videoton (Hungary) 4-0 to reach Group Stage where they finished 3rd behind Basel & Fiorentina. SCR Altach (Austria). Last campaign 2015/16 (First European campaign) Entered Europa League at QR3, knocked out Vitoria S.C. of Portugal 6-2, before losing 0-1 in the Play-off to another Portugease outfit Belenenses. Inter Baku (Azerbaijan). Last campaign 2015/16 Entered Europa League at QR1, advanced to QR3 before going out 0-2 to Athletic Bilbao.

Sunderland in limbo until the takeover either happens or doesn't happen. Yeah, now that McInnes has shown his desire to move from Aberdeen a few clubs from England will be sitting up and taking note.

Duh! OK then, I'll put it this way....Why do when two clubs make a deal reveal the fee when others don't?

McIness knocked the job back (according to Sunderland) because of the potential takeover of a German consortium, and that he might not have a job in 4 weeks time. Sky News.

He was getting slated for having more yellow cards than goals, very unfair criticism given he ended the season 10-10.

An undisclosed fee !!! Anyone know why this has to happen between clubs?

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Too late, we are okay for forwards now.

The muted version sounds brilliant! Better still...sync it with this...! Much better!

Glad he's staying...but why I don't know.

Hope we draw Coleraine on Monday.

Ah right...I saw the name McCrorie and mistook him for his brother thinking he played. I skipped through the report and missed the paragraph about the three keepers playing - another Thanks Craig.

Am I missing something? The two line-ups are 10 not XI, and the first has no keeper?