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Wrong.................they all get 10 for me

By Andrew Dickson KYLE LAFFERTY believes the first championship of Walter Smith's second reign at Rangers can be followed by many more. The Northern Ireland striker played a key role in today's 3-0 victory at Dundee United, a result which gave the Light Blues their first title since 2005. Kyle Lafferty celebratesAfter scoring the opener in the early stages of the game, Lafferty went on to play a big part and was one of many standouts on a magnificent day for the club. Claiming the silverware after four long barren years was a massive relief for Gers, who'll now progress straight into the group phase of next season's Champions League. And Lafferty hopes to build on a success many had said the Ibrox outfit couldn't achieve this term. The 21-year-old said: "You just have to look around at all the fans to see what it means to win the trophy. Everybody is buzzing. "I thought the way we went about our business at Tannadice was great and that we played like champions today. "Georgios Samaras said Celtic were the ones who played better football but at the end of the day, we're the ones who have ended up as champions. "This is the kind of moment you play football for and it's great to be a part of it all. It's just great that we've come out on top. "It's a really amazing feeling. My family were all watching the game back home and I know they'll be proud of me. "This is a moment we'll all really enjoy and I've no doubt this can be the first of many championships we get. I definitely feel that's the case."

By Andrew Dickson KRIS BOYD fulfilled a childhood dream when he held the SPL trophy aloft for the first time at Tannadice this afternoon. The prolific hitman stroked home his 31st goal of the season - and the 20th of his career against Dundee United - when he grabbed the clincher in Rangers' 3-0 win. Kris Boyd and Madjid Bougherra celebrate the striker's goal at Dundee UnitedThat result allowed the Ibrox team to take the title by four points from Old Firm rivals Celtic and it was a sweet moment for everyone involved with Walter Smith's side. Boyd, like many of the players at Gers, grew up supporting the club - and that made coming out on top at the end of a fascinating season even more special. The 25-year-old said: "We're delighted. You look at the fans and see what it means to them and it's a great feeling that we've won. "This is why we all want to be at a club like Rangers. It has been a long wait for the championship since I signed on here but it has certainly been worth it. "I think today sums up our season. You've got the likes of Madjid Bougherra who was unbelievable and that's the same right through the team. "We knew we had to start really well against United this afternoon because they've made it hard for us in the past. "But as you look back over the game, we were comfortable winners and that's because of the way we set about our business. "There's not a better feeling in the world than to be celebrating a championship. When you look at everybody and see what it means, you just can't beat it."

Every single player was outstanding today, I'm just so proud and happy

Absolute superb performance today from Rangers, they were all outstanding and deserve a lot of credit for the way they went about their business today, pure class and I am proud to be a bear

We were outstanding today, simply the best, glad to see the MOPES went out with a whimper

Fuck them all..................WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS

Enjoy mate :cheers:

Relax Del...............it's coming home :cheers:

WHEN Martin O'Neill's Celtic team flogged the title on the last day at Fir Park four years ago, his players should have been put in front of a firing squad before they made it to the showers. Think about it. A team that could count on the quality of Chris Sutton, John Hartson and Craig Bellamy was asked to beat Motherwell to win the Championship and they folded. Unforgiveable. The same will apply to Walter Smith's Rangers players if they blow it on Tayside this afternoon. As the hysteria of Helicopter Sunday mounts, there has been some junk written of the task facing the league leaders. Rangers haven't won at Tannadice in three years, we are told. Dundee United will die for the single point they need to clinch a European place, we are warned. Gordon Strachan You would think that Smith's side were facing Manchester United. The league table tells a different story. United lie a massive 30 points behind Rangers! Of 18 home games this season, the Tangerines have won just seven. The reason for that? Craig Levein's players aren't as good as those who will run out for Smith today. End of story. Nor are they used to the pressure that comes with the Old Firm territory. Of the four title medals I picked up, three were won on the last day. Nothing concentrates the mind more than the fear of losing. It's a way of life in Glasgow, a psyche that breeds the mental strength required to survive at our two biggest clubs. One that should see Rangers over the finishing line after an astonishing comeback. Every time the Celtic boss checked his rear view mirror the Rangers boss was there Whatever the outcome, Smith has outmanaged Gordon Strachan this season. While Strachan drove his side to glory with a seven-win sprint finish last year, Smith has guided Gers into the box seat against all the odds this season. When the embarrassment of Rangers' Champions League exit to Kaunas was followed by the departure of Carlos Cuellar to Aston Villa, you'd have got long odds on them being in the mix this morning. Remember, they were already without long-term injury victim Barry Ferguson at that time. And there was more pain for Rangers punters to swallow. While Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell was sanctioning a January deal for Steven Fletcher that would have run to �£4million, Sir David Murray was trying to flog Kris Boyd on eBay. Murray's humiliating admission that the bank was now calling the shots must have had the Celtic board purring. Throw in the seven-point lead the champions had at the time and Dermot Desmond's gang had Rangers in their pocket. Or so they thought. What a misjudgement. While Hoops punters started to dream of another nine-in-a-row, Smith set about the unlikely task of closing the gap. On and off the pitch he has had his work cut out. The lack of brains in his dressing room saw to that. Boyd was first to feel Smith's toe up his backside when the striker was booted out of Murray Park. Since then the player has been terrific. More firefighting was required when Ferguson and Allan McGregor hit the headlines at Loch Lomond while on Scotland duty. Smith could have ducked it but put the title and his job on the line by suspending them. Throughout the crisis management Smith continued to stalk Strachan. Every time the Celtic boss checked his rear view mirror the Rangers boss was there hoping for a slip - and boy, have Celtic obliged. Just two away wins this side of the New Year has seen Celtic lose their earlier authority. Last weekend's tame surrender of two points at Easter Road was symptomatic of a team that has lost its way. Celtic may well beat Hearts today, but they should never have been in the position of needing a favour from Dundee United in the first place. Meanwhile, Smith and his players head for Tannadice and the most difficult step of them all. There can be no excuse for failure. Time surely for critics of the SPL split to dry their eyes. Sure, it's not perfect and yes, ideally teams should play the same number of times home and away. But for a league of dubious quality, Hitchcock couldn't have scripted a more dramatic end to the season this weekend. Agree? Disagree? Scroll down to leave your comments As Kilmarnock's Billy Brown backs Gordon Strachan and Ally McCoist's endorsement of the format, who has come up with a better idea? To be fair, wee Jim McLean's favoured 16-team set-up still has supporters. Most of them already sectioned under the Mental Health Act! http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/scottish/scottish_sport/322276/DAVIE-PROVAN-Celtic-should-never-have-needed-a-title-favour.html

SETANTA will introduce goalline technology to the Premier League this weekend - but it won't be allowed to affect the destiny of the title or decide who goes down. What it will do is provide additional entertainment and talking points for a viewing audience about to witness the biggest mobilisation of a television company's manpower since they started covering Scottish football. A total of 130 people will be involved in covering today's relegation battles in Inverness and Paisley, while 170 will be covering tomorrow's games at Tannadice and Celtic Park. Each goal-line camera, unmanned but set to fan the flames of controversy, will cost �£2000 to install but can have no material influence on the outcome of the games. Setanta's head man in Scotland, producer-director Colin Davidson, is there to provide unmissable television without asking for the game's rules to be rewritten. He said: "We accept no technology is foolproof and I understand it isn't fair to have goal-line cameras at some SPL grounds and not at all of them. That's not justice for all. "But our remit is to let viewers share in what will be the biggest weekend of Setanta's life covering the Premier League." Their A team is commentator Ian Crocker, summariser Scott Booth and pitch-side interviewer Stuart Lovell. They will be at Tannadice but conspiracy theorists should be aware that this is on the grounds of logic and with no hint of bias. Davidson said: "We went to Motherwell in 2005 because Celtic were leading the league and that day gave birth to the phrase Helicopter Sunday. "And we went to Tannadice on the final day last season because Celtic were in front once again. We have literally to follow the leader." Commentator Crocker arrived in Inverness yesterday to prepare for Caley Thistle's relegation crunch against Falkirk. But what if Crocker got so carried away that he lost his voice and could not make himself available to play his part at Tannadice the following day? Davidson said: "The first thing I'd have to do would be to pick myself up from the floor. "Then I'd consider calling Jock Brown off the game he's covering at Aberdeen and drafting him into the squad for Tannadice." The former general manager of Celtic commentating on Rangers' bid to win the title? The mind boggles. But Crocker will be locked away in his Tayside hotel room on Saturday night with a packet of throat lozenges. The West Ham fans said:"I did a commentary of a Hearts-Celtic game a couple of years ago when I had a serious throat infection and it was abysmal. I won't make that mistake again. "Rangers fans suspect I support Celtic and Celtic fans think I'm on Rangers' side. I'm conscious of the fact they listen carefully to every word for traces of bias. "I know how vital this weekend is to the two sets of fans which is why I've been reading up on everything Record Sport has had to say about the climax to the championship." http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/2009/05/23/setanta-debut-goal-line-technology-for-final-game-of-spl-season-86908-21382597/

On Sunday 17th May 2009 Glasgow C****c FC opted to display an additional badge on their away jersey to honour National Famine Memorial day. The same Glasgow C****c who on August 30th 2008 announced their disgust at a song by Rangers fans as this ''offensive'' song had nothing to do with Scottish football.In displaying this emblem Glasgow C****c FC have shown the world it is run by bigots, hypocrites and petty Irish idiots. At Tannadice on Sunday we must let them know without fear THE FAMINE IS OVER, WHY DON'T YOU GO HOME.

by Lindsay Herron MADJID BOUGHERRA insists Rangers can bring back the Championship from Tannadice on Sunday if every player gives everything he's got. The Algerian defender knows it's going to be a huge challenge against Dundee United as they still need a point to guarantee Europa League football next season. Bougherra said: "We go to Dundee United and we know it is going to be a very big game. I know the statistic that we have not won there for three years but we will do everything to try to win this trophy. Madjid Bougherra"We will have to play with our hearts and give 100 per cent. You must put everything into the 90 minutes and if every player plays with his heart we can do it. "The team is focused. Many times we have gone to the top and then fallen off again and now we are in a position where if we win our last game we will win the title. "The atmosphere in training has been good. We have been relaxed. We can see the pressure now but we will be ready. "The priority for everyone is the Championship. It means we go straight into the group phase of the Champions League and it will be a first title for many of the players. "It is also massive for the club in terms of money because there is �£10million for getting into the Champions League. "And, of course, if you finish first you have an advantage and maybe bring more big players to the club." Bougherra also revealed that many of his fellow countrymen will be tuning in to watch him on Sunday by viewing the game on TV in Algeria. He said: "All the Algerian people will be watching because they love to see Algerian players doing well. It's a huge motivation for me."

THE sceptics told Walter Smith never to go back. They warned him that he could wreck his nine-in-a-row legacy. It was heartfelt advice he considered, then ignored. Now Smith stands just 90 minutes from showing everyone he was RIGHT to return to Rangers. The Gers gaffer, who can lift the SPL trophy with victory at Tannadice tomorrow, said: "It is always difficult when you are a manager. "The competitive spirit you have ensures you want to win. "A lot of people said I was wrong to come back to Ibrox. "They told me it's never good to go back. "I thought maybe they had a case with what they were saying. "But I don't have the kind of ego that bothers too much about that kind of stuff. "I just saw coming back as another challenge and so far it has been an enjoyable one." The Ibrox legend knew he was risking everything when he answered the call to succeed Paul le Guen. He endured a messy split from the SFA and the wrath of the Tartan Army. He sacrificed leisure time with his family and beloved grandkids. And he endangered his lofty position in the affections of Gers fans after his heroics first time around. But Smith, now 61, just couldn't resist the opportunity to come back for a second spell at the helm. He has already won both domestic cups, reached a UEFA Cup Final and taken Gers to two last-day title deciders. And it's the kind of gripping last-day tension which will be on show tomorrow that persuaded Smith to ignore all the advice in January 2007. He added: "Coming back here has had its disappointments, but it has been enjoyable. "Managerially, this season has been a challenge with all the things that have happened. "But this game on Sunday is one of the reasons I came back. "You miss this kind of tension going into the last day of the season. "You miss not being able to say you are a winner. "I don't look upon it as anything for me in terms of my CV. But I do want to win this as much as I wanted to win the first championship I was involved in." Advertisement Click here Smith landed TEN titles in a dozen silver-strewn seasons of success in the 80s and 90s. He gathered his first championship under Jim McLean with Dundee United in 1983. Now he's desperate to return to Tannadice and land Gers' first title for four years. He said: "I've always found Tannadice a difficult place to go since I moved away from United. "They are all difficult games at this stage and this one will be no different. "I was at United the first time I was involved with a team which won the championship. "We had to go to Dens Park on the last day. That was a difficult one, too. "But the games when you are going out to win championships are always tough matches. "When you get into these positions, you always look at what's happened during the season. "If you had said at the start of January it would have come down to this, we'd have taken it. "I felt Celtic going seven points in front, with the consistency they have shown over the last few seasons, meant it was going to be a difficult task to get that number of points back again. "It's been a great effort to get into the position we are in now. "Even after we beat Aberdeen last week, Celtic had the advantage of goal difference. But Celtic drawing at Easter Road - like we did - has given us an opportunity to win the championship. "At the start of January it would have been something which, in my darker moments, I would not have thought possible." Smith is refusing to take anything for granted as he heads for Dundee. Gers have won just one of their last NINE trips to Tannadice - and that was more than three years ago. United need a point to guarantee fourth place and qualification for the Europa League. Smith added: "United would have hoped to have clinched a European place beforehand. "For a lot of their play over the season, they probably deserve to have done so. "But they now find themselves in a position where they still have something to play for. "They won't care if Rangers win the championship or not. "They will try to achieve their own ambition and that makes it an even more difficult match. "We went to Aberdeen on the last day of last season when they had nothing to play for and they were fully committed. "Tannadice has been a difficult ground for us over the last few years. "United are a good team, especially since Craig Levein has gone there. "He's done a good job lifting them up and they have found a good level against the Old Firm." http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/article2444411.ece

Hinkel - This guy is really coming on to a game, a German international and one of the top right backs in Britain, yes he is better than Hutton for any lurking huns looking to argue with me. :fish:

Aye he is mate, he's always up at Rangers games

Hope you're correct, however I believe Hertz have a few players out, driver , Kingston & palazuelos and think Obua is v doubtfull too. At the end of the day it's all about what Rangers do, feck them

From: Bill Munn, 11th May 2009 Jeff I don't know if you'll remember me but I met you briefly on Friday past at the Moni Malawi function at the WRC and you very kindly transferred a ringtone for me (I was the one with the walking sticks). Well, my carer got it fixed and the ringtone is now fully functional. I thoroughly enjoyed your speech and, by the way, your book is a very good read, too. Thanks again, Jeff. It was a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Bill Jeff's reply Hi Bill It's all good news; new ringtone, great night, good book and three precious points for Rangers. I am back up for the Hibs game on Wednesday then for the Scottish Football Writers' Dinner next Sunday. The following weekend it's Tannadice for hopefully a celebration!! Great to meet you. Best Wishes Jeff

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I think the smell you refer to is wafting all the way from the MOPES

Quote from another site : The SFA and Rangers have made a rod for their own backs with this * decision * They have abdicated the moral ground to those who play fair and do not resort to cheating and simulation, which is against the spirit of the game. If Rangers go on to win the league because of their Machiavellian tactics it will indeed now be an empty and pyrrhic victory, which will have been achieved by duplicity, and at a great cost to themselves and the future of Scottish football. Fuckin great :-]

HA!HA!,you've got to laugh, I love it when these chunts go bungee jumping without ropes when they get beat, '' but we're pyur better than them huns man,jist a bunch'o cheating scum,the refs gie them every fuckin thing '',

Your hoos on Sunday then for the celebration party

Excellent summary of the MOPES style of play :cheers:

Welcome to gersnet mate