ian1964 10,761 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 ST MIRREN will afford Rangers a champions’ guard of honour tomorrow – and then pay another tribute to two of their departing heroes come full-time. The Paisley club will applaud the newly-crowed Championship winners on to the pitch ahead of their final game of the league campaign, with manager Alex Rae believing it is the “sporting” thing to do. Rangers supporters will fill three quarters of the Paisley 2021 stadium after St Mirren elected to cash in and hand over extra tickets to fans keen to see the last match of their team’s journey through the lower leagues. But Rae hopes the small pocket of St Mirren fans in attendance will get to see their team round off a disappointing campaign on a high. He said: “I think the guard of honour is the right thing to do. Livingston did it through the week, and Alloa before them. If memory serves me St Mirren got it after winning promotion in 2006 and after they won the cup in 2013 so people have done it in the past for this club. It’s a sporting thing to do. If people have done it for us in the past then it’s only right for us to do it for others. “We’ve got one game to go and we’ve got nothing to lose. I think the atmosphere will be great on the day and it’s about trying to get a result. I don’t Livingston beating Rangers the other day helped us as Rangers will be looking for a result before the cup final. But I don’t think our players need any motivation as they’re playing the champions. They just have to try get a positive result.” St Mirren supporters will pay tribute to Steven Thompson and Jim Goodwin after the game, with the two remaining League Cup winners from 2013 moving on in the summer. Rae praised both men’s attitude and application. He added: “The pair of them have been tremendous since I came to the club. They’re both very understanding when I spoke to them, although Thommo had already made his decision before I spoke to him. Goody has been a model professional. Even in training he’s what you would expect.” Thompson will now retire from the game and move into a career in the media, having lived the dream of signing for his boyhood heroes at the end of his career and scoring the goals that helped them win the cup three years ago. Rae added: “He’ll go down in St Mirren folklore. He wanted to come back and spend the twilight of his career at this club but to then do what he has done – scoring in the cup final – has been amazing. He’s had a really good career when you look at it: Dundee United, Rangers, a couple of decent clubs down south, plus Scotland caps. It’s a difficult time emotionally when you’re thinking “this is it” but it’s then about making the next transition whether it’s into the media, or coaching or leaving the game altogether.” Rae took over St Mirren in December with the team in real danger of suffering a second successive relegation. They eventually survived with several games to spare and the former Rangers midfielder declared himself satisfied with the start he had made at the club. He said: “The initial remit was to ensure survival and we’ve done that. It’s clear for everyone to see there’s been progression from the point of view that we managed to get a 45% win rate and most importantly for everyone at the club the home form has changed a little bit. I think before we came they hadn’t won at home for 10 months so if you want to achieve anything you have to do well at home. After getting the first win it’s been more enjoyably playing at home after getting that monkey off our backs.” http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/14463030.Saints_to_give_Rangers_guard_of_honour_then_pay_tribute_to_departing_cup_heroes/ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,652 Posted May 1, 2016 Author Share Posted May 1, 2016 (edited) Waghorn \o/ Edited May 1, 2016 by Frankie 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhunter 0 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Looks a lot like the Cup final team would line up but how short are we going to be on the bench 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 What channel is the game on? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinstein 294 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 BT sport............. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 What channel is the game on? Okay got i tBT sports extra. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 BT sport............. Thanks mate. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhunter 0 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 What channel is the game on? Bt Sport Europe because Liverpool Swansea is on BT Sport 1 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Bt Sport Europe because Liverpool Swansea is on BT Sport 1 BT sport extra1. Good interview with him but would not commit to say he would definitely be at Ibrox next season. Came away with some crap about knowing your market and talking about banks. He did say he was still fully focused on Rangers though. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinstein 294 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 up the pace a bit after a flat start. Waggy's improved the forward line 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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