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RANGERS have named Harold Davis, Stefan Klos and Sam English as the 2009 inductees into the club's Hall of Fame. The trio have been recognised for the contributions they made in their spells at Ibrox as players and each man will be formally honoured at next year's celebration dinner. Harold DavisAt the event, they will join the 78 other men already listed on the Hall of Fame board which hangs above the Marble Staircase in the Bill Struth Main Stand. A strong, hard right-half, Davis played a key role in the excellent Light Blues team of the early 1960s. Along with the likes of Bobby Shearer, John Greig and Jimmy Millar, the Cupar-born player was a formidable opponent for those who came up against him. A superb ball winner, he was rarely caught out of position and seldom lacked the pace he needed to make a difference. Ex-Ger Sandy Jardine, speaking on behalf of the Hall of Fame panel, said: "Harry gave fantastic service to the club at a time when there were so many great players here. "He played more than 300 games for Rangers and was really well liked at Ibrox, not just by the fans but by the players as well. "Harry is a gentleman - you couldn't meet a nicer man and he later went on to be a coach here in the late 1960s and early 70s. "To this day, he still has a huge love of the club and he thoroughly deserves his place in the Hall of Fame." Klos was bought by then Rangers manager Dick Advocaat for just �£700,000 in 1998 from Borussia Dortmund. The transfer quickly turned out to be a good piece of business as the keeper went on to make himself a fixture in the team. Stefan Klos A Champions League winner with the Westfalen side, the German also made over 300 appearances for Rangers during his time in Scotland. Indeed, such was his good form that he minimised the impact of Andy Goram's departure from the club at the end of the previous season. Jardine added: "Our reasons for picking Stefan are simple - he gave Rangers fantastic service and he was at the club for not much less than nine years. "His stats will tell you how much of a contribution he made to the team and he did a great job. "Post-war, Andy Goram aside, he is arguably the best goalkeeper we have had here at Rangers." English was chosen because of the 44 league goals he scored for Rangers in the 1931/32 season. To this day, almost 80 years on, his haul remains a club record. The Irish striker's career was overshadowed by his part in the incident which led to the death of Celtic goalkeeper John Thomson in September 1931. As the Parkhead player dived for the ball, his head accidentally collided with English's knee and he died in hospital from head injuries a few hours later. English did not stay at Ibrox for much longer as he was deeply traumatised by what had happened and he moved to Liverpool in 1933. Had he not been involved in the tragic clash with Thomson, Jardine feels he could have gone on to become on of Gers' greatest ever forwards. He said: "Unfortunately Sam did not play for the club for a long time. He only played 82 games and scored something like 71 goals. "He is the record goalscorer in one season for Rangers and because of that, we've included him in the Hall of Fame. "There's no doubt that if he hadn't been in the tragic accident with John Thomson, he would have stayed at Ibrox a lot longer. "The unfortunate circumstances surrounding what happened led to his departure but we felt we had to recognise his achievement of scoring more goals than anyone in a season."

Ah!!!, he only said this to fool the MOPES , so they wouldn't go out and buy anybody thinking we were going to sell a couple of our best players

PEDRO MENDES insists Rangers are in great shape to challenge on all fronts after no key players left in the Transfer Window and the SPL gap was closed to just two points. The Portuguese midfielder was one of a number of Rangers players linked with moves but none came to fruition. Now he feels Rangers can really kick on and realise their dreams of winning the top honours in Scotland. He said: "January is always a month of speculation about transfers and possible transfers but the main thing now is that the whole thing is finished, it's closed. "There was an atmosphere of uncertainty about the club. There was a different story each day about some club talking about a certain player. That can cause a little bit of doubt. mendes_160"We are now looking forward to the rest of the season. "To make things clear, from my part and the club's part there is a clear intention. Both parties were thinking the same way. "Any player that left in January would have been missed but no-one left so we have the same team. "The main thing now is Rangers. We have a great chance to win the title. "We are now in a good position. A few weeks ago we were seven points behind, now it is just two. "The problem we had was that we relied on other results but now can depend on ourselves because if we win the next league match we will go top of the league. "Everything is open to us. We wall want the same and the next four months will be very interesting."

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RANGERS star Pedro Mendes joined two lucky Rangers supporters at Murray Park today who will be part of a special 'Guard of Honour' as the teams take to the field before tomorrow's glamour friendly with AC Milan at Ibrox Stadium. Thousands of young fans were entered into an exclusive prize draw to grace the hallowed turf before Walter Smith's side host the Serie A superstars and Jamie Cochran (10) and Kayleigh Peacock Pedro Mendes with Kayleigh Peacock and Jamie Cochran(14) will join 14 other children who have been chosen to rub shoulders with the likes of David Beckham, Kaka and Ronaldinho ahead of the match. In addition, 50 supporters will also be on the pitch as flagbearers while eight supporters who bought their tickets early for the game have the once in a lifetime chance to meet members of Milan's star-studded squad for an exclusive signing session before kick off. Midfielder Pedro Mendes commented: "We are all looking forward to playing against AC Milan. It will be a good test for Rangers to compete against world stars like Kaka, Beckham, Ronaldinho and Maldini and the young supporters I met today will enjoy playing their part on the pitch before the game."

by Thomas Jordan PEDRO MENDES today shot down fears he could have left Rangers in the transfer window. The Portuguese midfielder was the subject of a late move from Bolton, who were prepared to pay upwards of �£3.5million for his services. But having just arrived in Glasgow from Portsmouth in the summer, the 30-year-old held talks with chairman Sir David Murray a couple of weeks ago and told him he was not interested in leaving - despite the club's need to sell. Mendes said: "There was a lot of speculation during January, but it is closed now and we are looking forward to the rest of the season. advertisement "On my part and the club's part there was a clear intention for me to stay. That's what I will say about my own situation." Mendes believes that with the cloud of uncertainty now lifted from Ibrox, the squad can focus on challenging Celtic for the Treble. He added: "We have a great chance to win the title now. There has been a bit of doubt in the air recently because of all the speculation so I'm sure everyone is pleased that is finished now." Before Rangers get back to domestic business in the Homecoming Scottish Cup at Forfar this Sunday, they have a glamour friendly against AC Milan at Ibrox tomorrow night. Having been deprived of European football due to the disastrous KO in Kaunas back in August, the match against David Beckham and Co at least gives the fans a chance to see some big names close up. Mendes said: "It's a great game for us to look forward to as they are a fantasic side with some of the best players in the game. "Not having European football has been a big loss for us, and the main thing is we get it back next season. But this is a game to relish." http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/display.var.2486699.0.0.php

How can the fans be positive ?, really when we were told we '' HAD '' to sell a top earner and now that we haven't what now if we don't win the league ?

Aye, he is coming back from a bad injury,doesn't qualify him as being injury prone

How do you class Fleck & Naismith as injury prone ?, I would have said Beasley ws injury prone compared to these two

CHEEKY German cracks Schalke have failed in a bid to land DaMarcus Beasley for FREE. SunSport can reveal that the Bundesliga outfit tried to snatch the USA star in a deadline day raid on Rangers. The 26-year-old winger has fallen out of favour at Ibrox as teenager John Fleck has shone. Schalke indicated an interest on Monday but the deal collapsed over a fee for Beasley. The Ibrox hierarchy bombed out the bid when it became clear the Germans were not willing to pay anything for Beasley. That saw the January transfer window close with Gers having sold NONE of their first-choice stars. Bolton decided they would not make a bid for former Portsmouth star Pedro Mendes after an initial enquiry on Sunday. Gers had indicated they didn’t want to lose the Portuguese midfielder and Trotters boss Gary Megson did not return to them with a cash offer. Captain Barry Ferguson and goalkeeper Allan McGregor will also stay at least until the summer. Stoke, West Brom and Bolton joined Newcastle and Middlesbrough in the hunt for Scotland skipper Fergie. But Gers received no official bid for the midfield ace, who celebrated his 31st birthday on Monday. Newcastle also failed to make a bid for McGregor despite losing Shay Given to Manchester City. Gers fans feared losing Ferguson, McGregor, Mendes, Kris Boyd or Madjid Bougherra as the club looked to balance the books. But the only players to leave during the window were Chris Burke and Jean-Claude Darcheville. A handful of fringe players have exited on loan to slightly reduce Gers’ big wage bill. http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/article2198628.ece

I just wonder if all the talk of ''needing to sell at least one first team player'' had an effect on the players ?, I mean when I watch Rangers they always look scared,nervous ect. Maybe now that the window has closed they can relax a bit and get their heads down and start playing with a bit of confidence now..................or maybe they are just pish !!!!

Novo's Wait NACHO NOVO has to wait for the swelling to go down on his damaged ankle before a scan will ascertain the damage but Rangers are still anticipating a three-week absence. The Spanish striker hurt his ankle in a challenge with Danny Grainger in the first half of Saturday's game with Dundee United and then suffered another knock just before half-time. Nacho Novo gets treatmentHe had to hobble out of the match in some discomfort and there is still quite a lot of swelling. The Ibrox medical team are now waiting for this to recede before they can learn the full extent of the damage. Boss Walter Smith said today: "The ankle was quite badly sprained so we will need to wait for the swelling to go down before he is able to have it scanned. "The first indications were that there was nothing broken but we will have to wait for things to settle down before we know how serious it is. "But I would expect it to be three weeks before he is back playing again." That being the case, it will be the Kilmarnock game on February 21 at the earliest before Novo is available again. Meanwhile, Mo Edu was in full training today and will feature at some point in Wednesday's glamour friendly with AC Milan

Good luck Charlie

Welcome mate

14.22 The Premier League has announced it will grant applications from clubs to complete transactions after the 5pm deadline today if there is email confirmation from the two clubs involved that a deal has been agreed in principle. The club signing the player must also satisfy the board that the prevailing weather conditions have prevented the signing from being completed by the deadline. That will keep us busy well into the evening then!

By Andrew Dickson FIVE Rangers players have been included in George Burley's Scotland squad for the training camp at St Andrews next week. Barry Ferguson, Allan McGregor, David Weir, Kirk Broadfoot and Kenny Miller have all been summoned to the get-together from February 8-10. Allan McGregor, ScotlandNational coach Burley sees the gathering as hugely important ahead of next month's World Cup qualifier against Holland in Amsterdam and the home clash with Iceland. He said: "I'm really looking forward to getting the boys together again as we step up our preparations for the crucial double-header against the Dutch and Iceland. "The gathering gives us the chance to have a couple of training sessions and to work on the tactics for the games. "We have a strong group of players who are passionate about playing for Scotland. We are all ready to take our country to South Africa." National youth coach Billy Stark will have a similar meeting for under-21 players in Dunblane next week and four Ibrox youngsters have been summoned to that. Rory Loy, on loan at Dunfermline until the end of the season, is among three players who have made temporary moves away that have been called upon. Andrew Shinnie - currently at Dundee - and Jordan McMillan, who is spending the rest of the campaign at Hamilton, are the others. Completing the quartet is goalkeeper Scott Gallacher, who spent time at Cowdenbeath before Christmas.

Cardiff have made a bid for Fletcher

11.36 There is news coming in from the Premier League that they are negotiating with the FA and Fifa to extend the transfer deadline from 5pm this evening. We will keep you posted if there is any change - and update our countdown clock accordingly.

He is still @ Newcastle,injured, and it was a text that was sent into SSN,rubbish

Bolton still chasing Mendes, according to SSN

10.53 Skysports.com understands Newcastle United have firmed up their interest in Michael Johnson by lodging a bid for the Manchester City midfielder.

Move Boogie into midfield

Or Mendes,Fergie,Shagger...............etc