Frankie 8,582 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 https://www.rangers.co.uk/Article/rangers-season-2022-23-fixtures-announced/5TPcP7IR52MDzK939dNvdE RANGERS will open season 2022/23 with a trip to Livingston at 12noon on Saturday, 30 July. That was the site of Gio van Bronckhorst’s first league match back in November, and the Light Blues will return to Almondvale to take on David Martindale’s outfit to kick-off the new season in just over six weeks’ time. The first home league match is then slated for Saturday 6 August, with newly promoted Kilmarnock the visitors to Ibrox. It’s then a home match with St Johnstone on the weekend of 13 August, away to Hibernian on the weekend of 20 August before the month rounds off at home to Ross County on the weekend of 27 August. The first Old Firm match of the new season will take place at Parkhead on the weekend of 3 September. With the World Cup taking place in Qatar this winter, the Scottish Premiership will take a break, with Gers traveling to St Mirren on 12 November, and then not returning to action until 17 December when they play host to Hibernian. That kicks-off the typically busy festive period, with games pencilled in away to Ross County on Christmas Eve, a home clash with Motherwell on Wednesday 28 December and then the first Ibrox Old Firm on January 2. The third Old Firm match is at Parkhead on the weekend of 8 April, and the final match before the split sees Gers travel to Pittodrie to face Aberdeen on April 22. The post-split dates are then as follows: Saturday 6 May Saturday 13 May Saturday 20 May Wednesday 24 May Saturday 27 May Away from league action, and Rangers will discover their UEFA Champions League, third qualifying round opponents on Mon 18 July. That tie will be played across 2/3 August and 6 August. Success will see Rangers in the play-off round on 16/7 and 23/24 August. Defeat in either of those rounds will automatically send Gers to the UEFA Europa League group stage, with victory, of course, meaning group stage Champions League football. The first group stage match for either competition takes place the week beginning September 5. For the domestic cup competitions, Rangers will begin the defence of their Scottish Cup on the weekend of January 23, with the final of that tournament taking place on June 3. Gers will enter the Premier Sports Cup at the Lat 16 stage on either Tuesday 30 or Wednesday 31 December. The Premier Sports Cup final takes place on Sunday, 26 February. All fixtures are subject to change. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutton_blows_goats 5,349 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 I'll take that. Also note the first game V them is before a European match for us both and not just sandwiched in-between our qualifiers. Nice. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whosthedado 1,685 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Looks reasonable on paper. Hopefully we will have two CL qualifiers to factor in too and the CL group games 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 7,060 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Just wondering if our league will be having a break come November for the world cup 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutton_blows_goats 5,349 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, compo said: Just wondering if our league will be having a break come November for the world cup With the World Cup taking place in Qatar this winter, the Scottish Premiership will take a break, with Gers traveling to St Mirren on 12 November, and then not returning to action until 17 December when they play host to Hibernian. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 10,664 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 I've got the fear. They're difficult fixtures. Away to them, Pittodrie, Tynecastle, Easter Rd, Livingston in the first round of fixtures. Then, of course, that gets repeated pre-split. Does that help us post-split? VAR gets introduced when we return from the World Cup break (17th Dec). 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacK1950 2,378 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Biggest drawback in first game is that it is on the worst pitch in the SPFL. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 10,664 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 1 minute ago, MacK1950 said: Biggest drawback in first game is that it is on the worst pitch in the SPFL. Killie are back too... 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 15,294 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 I do like a chuckle at fixture complaints. If we can't have confidence playing the likes of Killie and Aberdeen (home or away), then there's something wrong. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger_syntax 4,330 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 6 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said: I do like a chuckle at fixture complaints. If we can't have confidence playing the likes of Killie and Aberdeen (home or away), then there's something wrong. Quite. We had better get confident in these fixtures because I think that Celtic already are. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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