GLASGOW RANGERS

Good to see that the GCC are to follow UEFAs lead by honouring Rangers on their 150th birthday.

Heading for a sell-out on Saturday.
Limited seats available in the Bill Struth Main Stand rear and the Club Deck.

Not at all surprised aka... this is Spurs no less. Can you watch it?

I've got Virgin and Premier Sports.
Failing that its on Rangers tv but I'd still have to pay for it even though I'm a subscriber.

I knew Spurs would sell-out quite quick, the tickets only went on sale from yesterday morning.

That's not good if you're a subscriber. I bought the Spurs package (£45 for the year) which enabled me to see all the friendlies, plus highlights, plus other matches like the U21 etc and perhaps a few more besides, including basic content. Wouldn't normally do that but with all the new purchases we've made, I really wanted a sneak preview. Hopefully you'll be kinder to us after doing a job on West Ham.

Got to see the Sunderland friendly but not West Ham.
£7.99 to watch this.

kin'ell, that's a wedge for a friendly. Out of principle I wouldn't pay that.

Aspro, as one of the good guys on here do you mind me asking if you are going to the match?



Both clubs have something in common.



Rangers hold the record for the biggest attendance for a league game. Rangers.....118,000, whereas Spurs hold the biggest  ever English attendance


and if I remember correctly it was 88 or 89 thousand. Both never to be beaten. Easily googled.

I'd love to be there stewarty, but no, I won't be attending. Only been to Scotland once, helping a mate's parents move to Oban. Loved the scenery and noticeably cooler than down here. I think we shocked a few locals when we walked in a few pubs and ordered a pint; places fell silent to our accents

Interesting fact that. I knew Spurs held the record down here (courtesy of Wembley) but still dwarfed by 118k... that must have been awesome.

Full-House for Saturday. Last of the tickets went this morning.
I think Gazza will be up for this.

Rangers captain James Tavernier has agreed a new deal to extend his stay at Ibrox, with the 30-year-old right-back currently contracted until summer 2024. (Glasgow Evening Times)

Rangers have tabled a £5.4m bid and offered Besiktas a 20% sell on of any future transfer in an attempt to land 21-year-old Turkey left-back Ridvan Yilmaz, according to various reports in his homeland, but the Istanbul club are looking for a fee of around £6m. (Daily Record)

Talks are ongoing with players who are entering the last year of their contracts as well. Hopefully Kent will be tied up soon. Best way to spend the transfer cash.

The first leg of Rangers' Champions League qualifying round tie has been moved because Union Saint-Gilloise's ground does not come up to Uefa standards and will instead be played at the Den Dreef Stadium in Leuven, which is 30 miles outside of Brussels, on Tuesday, 2 August.

The B team kick off their challenge for the Lowland League
with an away tie with the Civil Service Strollers @ 7.45 pm tonight.

BTW not sure what happened but the ticket website now showing seats,
albeit it limited, available throughout the stadium.

Rangers v Tottenham Hotspur
Ibrox - 3.00pm Saturday
Live on Rangers tv and Spurs tv

29/10 Rangers
13/5 Draw
  3/4 Spurs

2-2 @ 9/1 for an interest.

thanks ak' for the background to the BBC situation...

It was on this day in 1998 we went 3-0 down to Shelbourne
in a the first leg of a EUFA cup qualifying match.
Th scored their 3rd goal in the 58th minute.
We came back to win 5-3 but what a fright.

Poor start for the B team with a 2-1 defeat in Edinburgh.
Losing a few players to the senior squad didn't help.

Definitely a Full-house for todays game. Think there was an
error in the system yesterday.

Besiktas have confirmed Rangers are close to sealing a £4m-plus deal to sign Turkey left-back Ridvan Yilmaz, with the 21-year-old expected to have a medical and to seal a five-year contract with the Scottish Premiership club over the coming days. (Daily Record)

Ridvan Yilmaz has described his imminent move to Rangers as a "dream come true" as Besiktas confirmed that negotiations have started with the Premiership outfit over the Turkey left-back's future. (Glasgow Evening Times)

Team news

RANGERS: McGregor, Tavernier, Goldson, Souttar, Barisic, Kamara , Lundstram, Lawrence, Kent, Colak, Motondo

SUBS: McLaughlin, McCrorie, Jack, Davis, Katic, Wright, Fashion Jr, Arfield, McCann, King, Devine, Tillman.

Not too sure how the mid-field and forwards will line up.

Have you purchased the game aka?

akabula 23 Jul 22 10:45 
Poor start for the B team with a 2-1 defeat in Edinburgh.
Losing a few players to the senior squad didn't help.

Definitely a Full-house for todays game. Think there was an
error in the system yesterday.

a load of pish that b team stuff anyway from both glasgow clubs

What was the score with Spurs please?

1-2.

Thanks sofaking. I actually got the result on the Spurs thread. We need two good defe3nders if we're letting Harry bang in two against us. He's a good striker but nowhere near world class (IMHO)

Yeah, this Rangers side shouldn't be letting the likes of Harry Kane score against them. Back to the drawing board and time for a complete overhaul of the squad.

Spurs under Conte are a different propasition now

Decent performance against a champions league side albeit only a pre season game

Jul 24, 2022 -- 1:47AM, SontaranStratagem wrote:

Spurs under Conte are a different propasition now Decent performance against a champions league side albeit only a pre season game

Happy with Lingard signing, Sont?

Yes hes a decent signing for us I think

Steep wages but can be afforded with the prem money I guess

Weve done some decent business and I think weve got a chance of staying up

Lots of contrasting reports on what he'll be earning there. But yeah, I'd like to see Forest stay up.

Could have been worse but for McGregor.
Two great strikes from Kane who is obviously on form with 5 goals from 3 preseason friendlies.
Lost to the better team. Hope Spurs do well this season.

We shouldn't be too despondent with that result.
Missing yesterday were our 2 main strikers Morelos and Roofe.
Both recovering from injury and soon to be back. Hagi another
very talented player missing through injury but his recovery is
some time away. From the defence Helander nearing full fitness
and new signing Ben Davies will feature in the coming weeks.

Mantondo looking the part already btw, think he'll terrorise a few defences this season with his speed.

Rangers beat Queens Park 3-2 today in a closed doors friendly at Auchenhowie. Zak Lovelace bagged a brace to secure the win. ➡
Rangers XI: McCrorie, Jack, Davis, Sands (Zukowski, 65), Wright (McCann, 65), Davies (Katic, 46), Sakala, Arfield, King, Devine, Tillman (Lovelace, 65)

Straight lift off from the Rangers site. Players must listed in squad number order or something. Not too hard to work out the formation.

180k i heard although 100k another one

Either way its alien money to us

Scottish League Cup draw.

Rangers at home to QotS in the last 16.
To be played on either the 30th or 31st of August.

With the signing of Ridvan Yilmaz confirmed and
Alfredo Morelos on the verge of signing a new
contract things looking good at Ibrox. Hopefully
the club is trying to do the same with Ryan Kent.

Rangers summer signings

Ben Davies    £4.23m
Ridvan Yilmaz   £3.60m
Rabbi Matondo    £2.70m
Antonio Colak    £1.89m
John Souttar    free transfer
Tom Lawrence    free transfer
Malik Tillman    loan transfer

Rangers B team away to East Kilbride tonight.
They finished 4th last season so will be a hard game.

Rangers B team a goal up after scoring in the 1st.
Were available at 8/1 at the start.

2-0 up after 31 mins, making a mockery of Paddys betting.

Paper talk of Sheffield Wednesday and Derby interested in Kemar Roofe.

Last nights game ended up 4-3 to the Gers. 4-1 up with 10 mins to but
with EKs third goal deep into injury time Rangers were never in danger.

Watched the highlights on Rangers tv. Some decent goals and a decent crowd.
Could be some value to be had here.

Is Ian Durrant still involved aka at Ek, I think It's bombers mates who fund it, they have done well from little to start with.

Livingston 1 v 2 Rangers
A game we dominated from start to finish with 83% of the play.
But the first half is best forgotten. We huffed and puffed
without creating anything. But the second half was different class.

We thought we'd equalised with a Colak header but it was ruled
offside. Replays showed it was the wrong decision. We hit the post
and the crossbar and were unlucky with a few more shots before Arfield
equalised with a glancing header from a Kent cross. Within 2 minutes
Tavernier put us in front direct from a free kick.

A well deserved 3 points and a good start to the season.

GVB at H-T
https://twitter.com/i/status/1553320129282310145

Tavs goal
https://twitter.com/i/status/1553368508381143040

Good 6-3 win for the B team away to Cumbernauld Colts putting us into 4th after our surprise opening day defeat.

what's happened to all the old Rangers (and Celtic for that matter) boys Ak' ?

nice start for you anyway...sofascore momentum line was about as one sided as you can get, so clearly merited it despite the tight scoreline...as you said..

you winning it this year ?

Keep dominating like that and somone will get a right hammering

Mixed start for ex-Rangers Joe Aribo and Calvin Bassey.

Here Joe scores a wonder goal away to Villarreal in a friendly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztxk5FzIdzs

Sadly for Calvin he was red carded against PSV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOZn-_XHoc4

Should be a very competitive league this year.
4/6 Celtic with Rangers 5/4. I fancy Rangers strongly.
We were the better team for most of last season and
certainly finished it with some style.

Bear in mind that Morelos, Roofe and Hagi - 3 talented
players - are all missing from our set up due to injury
and Hagi apart are expected to be match fit very soon.

Souttar looked shaky in his competitive debut and might
struggle but we have adequate cover in Helander if that
proves to be the case.

Matondo, who looks a decent prospect, was also missing
yesterday after picking up a knock in the Spurs game.

Sakala not happy and seeking talks on his future. Good
honest player but going to be well down the pecking order
for a place in the team this season.

watched Celtic aberdeen match wasn't impressed by either side, i Know it's first day out but both need to improve if they want to realise objectives

"finished it with style" lol lol.Are you having a laugh? perhaps on some mind altering drugs or walking around with blinkers on or perhaps just a silly Billy.

Did that upset you SQ.
Not intended, still never mind.

This current Rangers team appear to be on a rapid decline, looks like Stevie G left just on time. Rank rotten tonight, struggled against Livingstone a the weekend, let a decent lead in the SPL slip last year against a ream in transition and being constructed as they went, could be out of CL after the next game. What next for the mighty Blues?

Rangers summer signings

Ben Davies      £4.23M - Liverpool paid £1.6 for him, never played once for them, yet you pay over £4M?
Ridvan Yilmaz   £3.60m - Inexperienced 21 year old
Rabbi Matondo   £2.70m- Schalke04 reject, spent 3 years there and only played 31 games, loaned out..
Antonio Colak   £1.89m - Couldn't hold down a place at Greek's PAOK
John Souttar    free transfer- Bang average Scottish Midfielder
Tom Lawrence    free transfer - Convicted Drink Driver and Welsh
Malik Tillman   loan transfer- Inexperienced 20 year old

Not exactly inspiring signings considering the amount of incoming cash they have received recently,the big black hole of debt must be higher than I thought.

SG left just on time? Yes on time to see GVB take Rangers to the Europa League Final.
I've read some stupid posts on here but that takes the prize CHL.

Jul 19, 2022 -- 3:21PM, badjoe wrote:

Jul 19, 2022 -- 10:59AM, San Quentin wrote:Not looking good for Rangers this coming season.Agreed, don't think they see it though!

At least there's a couple of posters on  here, that know what's what

Joeybhoy

I take it you have forgotten you blocked me aka


Mind you, they do say the oldest fish in the pond are the easiest to catch.......

I told you I had unblocked you weeks ago.
I was down in the dumps and needed a laugh.

At least the B team enjoyed a victory last night.
Beat Spartans 3-0 to go up into 3rd position behind
Gala Fairydean and Bo'ness United.

Aka, While you consider the post to be the most stupid on here. There cant be any denying Rangers invested heavily to stop Celtic achieving 10 in a row (and rightly so), they succeeded and then before you know it, Stevie G has packed his bags and off, investment is superseded by selling ( some of the players sold are still developing and most probably will increase in value). Rangers accumulated 25 points more than Celtic in the 2020/21 season, however even with the advantage of the settled squad , turned this into a 4 point deficit by the end of the 2021/22 season. If you want to dress it up and claim the final appearance in a bang average European competition makes up for losing the league, you can, however that would top trump any stupid post. Rangers should have lapped Celtic last year, they regressed by 13 points in what was a less competitive league and as Badjoe rightly allude, this years signings are not hugely inspiring, while the selling of some exciting young talent does not bode well for Rangers and Scottish football in general.

Rangers invested heavily to stop Celtic achieving 10 in a row - We invested but it can hardly be descibed as heavily.

and claim the final appearance in a bang average European competition makes up for losing the league, - I didn't say it made up for losing the league but it was a fantastic achievement. In over 70 years of European football Scottish clubs have only made 10 finals and the run generarated approximately £40m in extra funds for the club.

selling ( some of the players sold are still developing and most probably will increase in value). whether we like it or not Scottish clubs are all selling clubs but lets look at the sales.

Nathan Patterson £12m + a poss £4m in add ons + a sell on clause - Vying for the right back position with the club captain who has some of the best stats in Europe. Wasn'y happy with the position and good business for the club.

Calvin Bassey £20m + a poss £3m in add ons + a sell on clause - Silly money for someone who only really settled into a game in the second half of the season and good business for the club.

Joe Aribo £8m + a poss £3m in add ons +  a sell on clause - In the last year of his contract and refused a new contract. WE also have a similar player in Glenn Kamara. All in all good business for te club.

Thats the nature of Scottish football, always has been and always will be.

As regards the players we bought only time will and again its all about levels.

I missed out Cedric Itten who went for £1.6m but he hadn't featured for the club and was out on loan.

Looks like Morelos will feature next week against Union Saint-Gilloise.
He's been missing since undergoing thigh surgery in April but is back
to full fitness now. Hopefully Ryan Kent is also available.

when was last time he played a competitive game ? Genuine question I thought he had been out for ages, if so he'd be doing well to be ready, he does carry a bit of condition as well know

Todays game 3.00pm KO from Ibrox

2/13 Rangers
6/1 Draw
14/1 Kilmarnock

Expecting an easy victory today and going for 3-0 @ 11/2
and Tavernier for first scorer @ 11/2.
Morelos definitely in the squad but unsure if he'll start.
Touch and go whether Ryan Kent will be fit to play today.

Todays Team News:

RANGERS: McLaughlin, Tavernier, Goldson, Sands, Ridvan, Lundstram, Davis, Tillman, Lawrence, Wright, Colak.

SUBS: McGregor, Jack, Matondo, Kamara, Morelos, Davies, Barisic, Arfield, King.


Would expect to see Morelos for the last 30 mins or so.

0-0 at H/T.
Not many chances with the best being Tom Lawrence hitting the crossbar.

1-0 Colak in 50 mins.

63 mins
Morelos, Matondo and Barisis - ON
Colak, Wright and Yilmaz - OFF

75 mins
Arfield - ON
Tillman - OFF

2-0 Morelos in 88 mins

2-0 F/T
A deserved victory.

The B team had a hard fought 3-2 home win over Cowdenbeath.
0-0 at H/T, Rangers missed a penalty in 31 mins, Cowdenbeath
scored 2 goals in the first few minutes of the restart.
Rangers drew level then had a man sent off in 84 mins before
Connor Young scored the winner 4 minutes later.

Rangers go joint top of the league with East Kilbride.

The New Edmiston House nearing completion.

It will house a club museum highlighting 150 years , and counting,
of Rangers history along with a two-storey Rangers store
and fantastic events space.

With the refurbishment of Auchenbowie complete and the refurbishment
of the stadium almost complete things are looking great both on and
off the field.

RANGERS can today confirm the departure of Jack Simpson to English Championship side Cardiff City on a permanent deal for an undisclosed fee.

Central defender Simpson, 25, made 14 appearances for the club after joining as a cover player in the winter of 2021 from AFC Bournemouth.

A hard fought 1-0 victory over Spartans away last night
thanks to an Alex Lowry goal sees the B team progress to
the next round of the SPFL Trust Trophy where we will face
Dumbarton.

Todays team news

RANGERS: McLaughlin, Tavernier, Goldson, Davies, Barisic, Jack, Lundstram, Tillman, Wright, Matondo, Colak.
SUBS: McGregor, Ridvan, Arfield, Lawrence, Davis, Kamara, Morelos, Fashion Jr, King

From the side which overcame a 2-0 deficit in Champions League qualifying in midweek to beat Union Saint Gilloise 3-0 on the night, in come Ryan Jack, Rabbi Matondo, Scott Wright, and for a starting debut, Ben Davies.
They take the places of Tom Lawrence, Scott Arfield, Ryan Kent and James Sands.

Obviously taking the chance to rest a few players ahead of the PSV game.

1-0 Tillman header from a Tavernier cross in 32 mins

1-0 H-T
The B team 3-0 ahead at H-T away to Caledonian Braves.

2-0 Colak in 62 mins
3 goals in last 3 games for Colak.

67 mins
Arfield, Morelos and Lawrence - ON
Tillman, Wright and Colak - OFF

78 mins
King and Kamara - ON
Davies and Lundstram - OFF

4-0 Arfield 80 mins and Lawrence 83 mins

Just had a look at the betting for the league. Rangers at 13/8 seems value but a long wait for your cash if it stots in.


Having said that I will hold back at present because I genuinely don't know how good this Celtic team are. RE: at present I would go 10/11 your pick  but just for the time being Celtic seem better at hammering teams in the league than us but we're still settling down and I for one have faith in our manager,



(no letters required at present)

BIG game for little sevco tomorrow. PSV are demonstrably a far better team than Union Saint-Gilloise and the fact the first game is at home, gives the Dutch a BIG advantage for the second leg. In Europe, sevco's away form is really poor, with defeats to Union Saint-Gilloise, RB Leipzig, Sporting Braga, Red Star, Malmo and Sparta  Prague all coming in the last two years. PSV warmed up for the game with a BIG win against Go Ahead Eagles, thumping 5 past them,so you can expect them to turn up brimming with confidence. I think sevco will have to have a 2 goal cushion going into the 2nd leg or they could experience BIG trouble in the Netheregions.

13/8 best odds available Stew.
We meet Celtic at Parkhead on Saturday the 3rd September.
Before that Celtic have Hearts (H) and Dun'Utd (A)
We have Hibs (A) and Ross Co. (H)

Would expect both teams on maximum points for OF game.
And would fancy Rangers strongly to come out on top in
that encounter.

The team beginning to click with Lawrence, Matondo and
Tillman looking really good signings. Hard to fault Colak
with 3 goals in his last 3 games.

All in all things looking great with GVB in charge.

The other things to take into account Stew
is that Morelos will be back to full fitnes
soon and we have Roofe and Hagi still on
the road to recovery.

Squad looks strong just now even without them.

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BIG game for little sevco tomorrow. PSV are demonstrably a far better team than Union Saint-Gilloise and the fact the first game is at home, gives the Dutch a BIG advantage for the second leg. In Europe, sevco's away form is really poor, with defeats to Union Saint-Gilloise, RB Leipzig, Sporting Braga, Red Star, Malmo and Sparta  Prague all coming in the last two years. PSV warmed up for the game with a BIG win against Go Ahead Eagles, thumping 5 past them,so you can expect them to turn up brimming with confidence. I think sevco will have to have a 2 goal cushion going into the 2nd leg or they could experience BIG trouble in the Netheregions. Wink



Hello Joe. Never saw you post much when we got to Seville?

He was hiding behind his sofa Stew.
Nice informing chart issued by UEFA
on the most successful clubs over
the past 5 years. RANGERS in 2nd place.

Mind you Go Ahead Eagles is a BIG scalp to take.
Lost a wee bit of form though since they last won a major trophy.
I think it was in 1933. Not sure if they'll have the same squad though.

Aug 15, 2022 -- 7:19PM, akabula wrote:

He was hiding behind his sofa Stew.Nice informing chart issued by UEFA on the most successful clubs over the past 5 years. RANGERS in 2nd place.

The fact that apparently,according to that UEFA table, Dinamo Zargreb are more successful than both Chelsea and Liverpool ( who have both won the CL in the last 5 years ) and Ajax top the table, ahead of Real Madrid and Bayern, doesn't call into question the validity of it does it aka You silly old tart

Hadn't posted for months on here around that time, to busy working and paying taxes to help fund your exorbitant Government pensions

^^^

That was at stewy...

Aug 15, 2022 -- 1:37PM, badjoe wrote:

BIG game for little sevco tomorrow. PSV are demonstrably a far better team than Union Saint-Gilloise and the fact the first game is at home, gives the Dutch a BIG advantage for the second leg. In Europe, sevco's away form is really poor, with defeats to Union Saint-Gilloise, RB Leipzig, Sporting Braga, Red Star, Malmo and Sparta