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Mines arrived yesterday

Some info posted on FF for travelling Rangers fans: I have made a couple of threads and commented on a few too so will keep all info on this one if that's ok with Admin.I live 15 minutes from the stadium.Money; 100DKK is around 12.50GBP No need to have cash with you, just use your credit card everywhere.Refreshments; I have been trying to contact the big pubs to get a good deal on Alcohol because its very expensive here.SO GREAT NEWSMurphys pub, address is Østergade 20, Herning. Opens at around noonThe owner is kindly offered to reduce pints of Carlsberg to 35DKKSo I suggest this could be a good base in the afternoonand he has also promised to play "Gers related" music so this is a great offer by the owner.The Old Irish Pub Opens 17.00 until 03.30Amazing offer by the owner .... Pints for 20DKK, 10 shots for 100DKK and 2 cocktails for the price of 1Fox and Hounds is the other big pub but refuse to offer any deal and pints are 50/60DKK I personally will be staying away from thereThese two pubs are in Østergade, 3 miles from the stadium.Stadium and Tickets; The match is not sold out. The address is Kaj Zartows Vej 5, Herning. Nice little stadium. There is normally netting in front of the away section. You can buy lager/beer in the stadium for 40DKK. Food is usually hot dogs but there may be other things too. The stadium is know as the Wolfs Den because it is supposed to be a bit of a fortress, lets see.TRANSPORT: There is a bus that leaves town and drops of at the stadium, I will post details here later.Hope everyone enjoys their trip https://www.followfollow.com/forum/threads/fcm-herning-thursday-all-info-here.84272/

KYLE LAFFERTY has revealed his regret after being axed by Steven Gerrard in his second spell at Ibrox. The Northern Irish striker left the Light Blues after being told he was surplus to requirements by Gerrard. Lafferty admitted his attitude towards training played a role in his untimely exit from Ibrox. But Lafferty holds no ill-feeling towards his former boss as he seeks a new club. He told the Daily Record: "Steven had his view on me as a player and you don’t want to be told by any manager at any club that they are going down a different route and you won’t be needed next season. “He was straight with me and told me I wouldn’t be anywhere near the first team. No matter who you are or who you play with, that’s hard to hear. "But if it’s with the team you grew up with and the team you support then it’s a hammer-blow. "You want to be part of a Rangers side which wins the league and you want to make an impression and I was gutted not to be able to do that. “I would have liked to be asked to do more, to have had more game time but that was down to the manager. “He watched me every day in training and I will be the first to hold my hand up and admit I’m not the best trainer. “My performances in training and in games are night and day. “The manager has judged me in training and clearly that’s prevented me getting more games. The reality now is that I won’t wear that blue jersey again or play for that incredible support and it’s a horrible feeling. “I’m just scunnered that I’ve had to leave without saying goodbye to those fans who have been great with me. “When I joined Rangers from Hearts last summer I took a pay cut and planned to finish my career there. “Things change at all clubs but it’s been difficult, the manager had his opinion and we will agree to disagree on that. “There were times when I felt I could have done more but getting a few minutes here and there at the end of a game isn’t ideal. If I had been given more opportunities and failed then I’d have said, ‘fair enough, okay.’ “I felt when I was coming on for half an hour at the end of games and dong well and helping the team to go on and win games. I’m not gong to sit here and be bitter and claim I wasn’t given opportunities.” Despite leaving the club for a second time, Lafferty insists it has not tarnished his love for the Gers. He added: “It’s hard to know I didn’t get the chance to say goodbye. Before the last home game of last season I was taken aside by the manager and told I wouldn’t be needed. I wasn’t what the team wanted or needed. “It was after our final game at Ibrox against Celtic that I was walking around the pitch for the last time with my wife and daughter and my wife could see I was clearly emotional. “It was hard to take but you just have to take it on the chin. “So to be shown the door after one year is painful. I need now to to move on. Do I regret going back to Rangers? “Not for one second, I’m still going to support them and go to games. That love won’t ever leave me. “I will now be back to being a fan and go to games with my wife and daughter, that’s what I’m excited about.” https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/4570450/kyle-lafferty-rangers-exit-steven-gerrard/

Peter Lovenkrands warns Rangers not to underestimate Midtjylland PETER LOVENKRANDS has warned Rangers to under-estimate Europa League rivals Midtjylland at their peril. The Dane believes his fellow countrymen represent the stiffest qualifying challenge Steven Gerrard’s men have faced in Europe over the past two seasons. Rangers travel to Denmark on Thursday for the first leg of their vital Europa League clash. Gers academy coach Lovenkrands insists Midtjylland are a significant step up from Progres Neiderkorn, St Josephs, Ufa, Maribor, Osijek and Shkupi. He said: “I’d say this is their biggest test. A lot of people are probably looking at it and saying, ‘Ah, but it’s only a Danish team’. But this is a team that’s not just been finishing at the top once or twice, it has been consistently doing so in the Danish league for the last five to six years. “Two years ago they won the title. It’s a really good team and a good squad. They always build strongly. “They lost their manager last year but the assistant coach took over and it’s the same philosophy going through the club that has been for a long time. They are also further forward in their season. “They have played four league games and won all of them. They’ve started well as you expect them to do anyway. “They have played a few games while Rangers have just started, so they will be more used to playing together. It’s definitely going to be tough.” Midtjylland’s location has helped them recruit some of the best players in Denmark and made them a European club on the rise. The Danes have also benefitted enormously from the Right to Dream Academy — an initiative where talented footballers from West Africa are offered scholarships. Lovenkrands said: “They are a really strong side. Midtjylland and Copenhagen have won the title back and forth between them in recent years. “Their location in Denmark helps them too. Denmark is three islands and they are situated on the big island. “They are taking all the talent from that area while FC Copenhagen and Brondby take talent from other areas. “They are a really strong club, who are building themselves up to being a big, big club. I do hope and think Rangers are going to go through but it’s not going to be easy. They have also got the African connection. They get a lot of players coming in through the Right To Dream initiative. It’s a club that’s on the rise.” Lovenkrands was given the inside track on Midtjylland through a chance meeting with a former Denmark team-mate earlier this summer. He said: “One of my close pals, Brian Priske, is actually their assistant coach. I played with him for the national team and also the Under-21s. “I’ve known him for years and I met him when I was over in Italy at the Under-21 European Championship while I was doing my pro-licence. “We had a good chat but we didn’t know this was going to happen. I know they’ve got good players, fast wingers. They’ve got a goalkeeper who likes to play out but I think that’s something Rangers could maybe exploit. “They are not a team known for sitting back. Because they and Copenhagen have dominated the Danish league for years they want to go and play. “They normally dominate games so I will be surprised if they come here and sit back. I think they will go for it. “I have not spoken to the gaffer about them but I have spoken to a couple of the analyst boys. They have asked a couple of questions. “They know most of the stuff anyway. They have so many people looking at it. I will be surprised if I can tell them something they do not know.” While Lovenkrands is predicting a tough test for Rangers, he reckons they will head into the third round qualifier in good shape, both mentally and physically, after the last-gasp victory at Kilmarnock on Sunday. He said: “It was an important win. These were the type of games last season that Rangers would end up drawing and not getting the win. “But this time it went the team’s way and it was fantastic to see. The team pushed all the way to the end and they deserved it. Even if Connor Goldson hadn’t scored with his header I think the referee would have given a penalty because both centre-halves were wrestling. “The manager will definitely be pleased. These games cost Rangers last season and it was important to get off to a winning start, especially after Celtic had won the day before. “It also lets other clubs know Rangers are capable of scoring last-minute winners. “Even if it finished 1-1 it was a tough game at a tough venue. But I think psychologically it was a very good result. It gives the team a timely boost for the Midjtylland match.” PETER LOVENKRANDS was promoting a new Rangers Lotto campaign for the Rangers Youth Development Company. For full details on RYDC’s growing portfolio of products, visit www.rydc.co.uk or call 0141 427 4914. https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/4569548/rangers-peter-lovenkrands-underestimate-midtjylland/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1565041401

100% agree, it's only when Rangers fans do it there is total uproar. All clubs & SFA should be doing more for disabled fans.

Murdoch MacLennan’s Greater Second Conflict of Interest: Being chairman of the Press Association Group and the SPFL. https://footballtaxhavens.wordpress.com/2019/02/28/murdoch-maclennans-greater-second-conflict-of-interest-being-chairman-of-the-press-association-group-and-the-spfl/

Well he has only been here a short time, we have improved with more to come. Still hard to believe we have SG as Rangers manager, he is driven and I'm sure we will keep improving. I never pay attention to a managers reactions during the game, don't want him ranting and raving, kicking things and snarling it has zero affect on players/results, ripping the players a new arsehole in the changing rooms is where it should be done.