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its because your mancs and there mhanks
and your both the most ugly fans in football.
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its because your mancs and there mhanks
and your both the most ugly fans in football.
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i thought that is how Celtic supporters walked there dogs as in the league there always second best so they get the second best back to front mongrels as wellwell if my dog was as ugly as most rangers fans id shave its arse and walk it backwards :banana::banana:
roud: not like the pedigrees the Ger's fans havenever mind we all love looking down on you all pmsl
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keep it friendly now guys please.
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wow
made up from loads of different pics.
made up from loads of different pics.
Scotland will have four clubs competing in European competition next season, with Rangers leading the way in the lucrative Champions League.
The Ibrox side will be seeded for the third qualifying round, starting on 26 July, and will face a further play-off round to reach the group stages.
Celtic enter the Europa League at the fourth and final qualifying round while Hearts drop in at the preceding round.
Dundee United will face three Europa League qualifying rounds.
The Tannadice side will discover their opponents when the draw for the first two qualifying rounds of the Europa League takes place on 20 June.
Rangers will find out who they will play when the draw for the Champions League third qualifying round is held on 15 July, the same day as the draw for the Europa League third qualifying round.
The Champions League and Europa League play-off draws are scheduled for 5 August.
Rangers were automatically entered into the lucrative group stages of the Champions League for the season just ended, while Celtic stumbled at the third qualifying round against the eventual Europa League finalists Braga.
Under Walter Smith, the Ibrox club finished third in a group that included Bursaspor, Valencia and finalists Manchester United before beating Sporting Lisbon in the Europa League round of 32, and eventually losing out to PSV Eindhoven in the last 16.
Motherwell, Hibernian and Dundee United also competed in last season's Europa League qualifiers, with Hibs slipping up at the third round against Maribor.
Celtic, United and Motherwell all failed to reach the group stages after defeats by Utrecht, AEK Athens and Odense respectively in the play-off round.
Champions League qualifying will begin on the 26/27 July, while the second qualifying round of the Europa League will begin on 14 July.
European qualifying schedule in full:RangersChampions League third round of qualifying on 26/27 July (second leg on 2/3 August)
CelticEuropa League fourth and final round of qualifying on 18 August (second leg on 25 August)
HeartsEuropa League third round of qualifying on 28 July (second leg on 4 August)
Dundee UnitedEuropa League second round of qualifying on 14 July (second leg on 21 July)
The Ibrox side will be seeded for the third qualifying round, starting on 26 July, and will face a further play-off round to reach the group stages.
Celtic enter the Europa League at the fourth and final qualifying round while Hearts drop in at the preceding round.
Dundee United will face three Europa League qualifying rounds.
The Tannadice side will discover their opponents when the draw for the first two qualifying rounds of the Europa League takes place on 20 June.
Rangers will find out who they will play when the draw for the Champions League third qualifying round is held on 15 July, the same day as the draw for the Europa League third qualifying round.
The Champions League and Europa League play-off draws are scheduled for 5 August.
Rangers were automatically entered into the lucrative group stages of the Champions League for the season just ended, while Celtic stumbled at the third qualifying round against the eventual Europa League finalists Braga.
Under Walter Smith, the Ibrox club finished third in a group that included Bursaspor, Valencia and finalists Manchester United before beating Sporting Lisbon in the Europa League round of 32, and eventually losing out to PSV Eindhoven in the last 16.
Motherwell, Hibernian and Dundee United also competed in last season's Europa League qualifiers, with Hibs slipping up at the third round against Maribor.
Celtic, United and Motherwell all failed to reach the group stages after defeats by Utrecht, AEK Athens and Odense respectively in the play-off round.
Champions League qualifying will begin on the 26/27 July, while the second qualifying round of the Europa League will begin on 14 July.
European qualifying schedule in full:RangersChampions League third round of qualifying on 26/27 July (second leg on 2/3 August)
CelticEuropa League fourth and final round of qualifying on 18 August (second leg on 25 August)
HeartsEuropa League third round of qualifying on 28 July (second leg on 4 August)
Dundee UnitedEuropa League second round of qualifying on 14 July (second leg on 21 July)
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PAT NEVIN has been reported to his BBC bosses by Celtic supporters after he slammed them for the terrorist songs they sing.
Nevin made his comments during BBC Scotland's coverage of the Scottish Cup Final on Saturday.
Rob McLean, who anchored the Beeb's coverage from Hampden, has also been reported.
And, on the wireless, Radio Clyde's Jim Delahunt has been targeted by Celtic supporters who are unhappy at the way he described Ki Sung Yueng's celebration antics after he opened the scoring.
The Celtic fans' webite E-Tims is the source of this latest flurry of complaints from the Parkhead club's followers.
E-Tims have already made an official complaint to the BBC, and are urging other Celtic supporters to do the same. Radio Clyde bosses can expect a deluge of complaints too.
This latest campaign merely serves to highlight why broadcast organisations are loath to give their broadcasters free reign to attack the terrorist songs Celtic fans sing.
And it also merely serves to underline why those appearing on television and behind the mic on radio, usually tread with care.
The organisations and broadcasters are well aware of how swift the reaction will be, and that they will be swamped by form filling and tied up with red tape for months.
It is a clever strategy from those of a Parkhead persuasion, and one which has been shown to work well in favour of the Celtic image over the years.
Now Rangers supporters are mobilising and are considering the best way to go about countering it.
Those fans have already been given the lead, and a hint of what is to come, from within Ibrox.
Rangers hard line with BBC Five Live pointed the way ahead, and shock jock, Nicky Campbell was forced into a public climbdown and a humiliating on-air apology after a slur on the Ibrox club.
However, it is a line which has to be used with care, as the E-Tims site may soon be discovering, for the targets picked this time, and the timing, may well expose Celtic fans.
Pat Nevin, for instance, has impeccable credentials. No one anywhere could even hint at any suggestion that he has a hidden anti-Celtic agenda.
While Rob McLean is hardly the meat and drink of controversy. I've know the likable McLean since he started to cut his broadcasting teeth on Aberdeen's Northsound.
In fact, when he commentated on his first match - Ipswich v Aberdeen in the UEFA Cup - I shared a mic with him.
There is nothing in his professional or personal history to suggest he is anti-Celtic.
The fact is that Celtic supporters are facing more scrutiny over their songs of praise for the gunmen and bombers than they have in recent years, especially after events at Tynecastle.
The Delahunt situation is different and more complex, and given that I did not hear what he is alleged to have said, I am unable to comment on it.
Though I saw the way Ki celebrated and was a trifle surprised and bemused by the nature of those celebrations. Delahunt too, is someone who could scarcely be described as anti-Celtic.
However, I did hear what the Celtic supporters were singing, and thought they were ill-advised, given the current climate for zero tolerance.
If BBC Scotland bosses have any bottle whatsoever, they will give these compaints from E-Tims about Pat Nevin and Rob McLean short shrift.
If they do, the message to Celtic fans will be as loud and clear as the terrorist songs they sing.
Nevin made his comments during BBC Scotland's coverage of the Scottish Cup Final on Saturday.
Rob McLean, who anchored the Beeb's coverage from Hampden, has also been reported.
And, on the wireless, Radio Clyde's Jim Delahunt has been targeted by Celtic supporters who are unhappy at the way he described Ki Sung Yueng's celebration antics after he opened the scoring.
The Celtic fans' webite E-Tims is the source of this latest flurry of complaints from the Parkhead club's followers.
E-Tims have already made an official complaint to the BBC, and are urging other Celtic supporters to do the same. Radio Clyde bosses can expect a deluge of complaints too.
This latest campaign merely serves to highlight why broadcast organisations are loath to give their broadcasters free reign to attack the terrorist songs Celtic fans sing.
And it also merely serves to underline why those appearing on television and behind the mic on radio, usually tread with care.
The organisations and broadcasters are well aware of how swift the reaction will be, and that they will be swamped by form filling and tied up with red tape for months.
It is a clever strategy from those of a Parkhead persuasion, and one which has been shown to work well in favour of the Celtic image over the years.
Now Rangers supporters are mobilising and are considering the best way to go about countering it.
Those fans have already been given the lead, and a hint of what is to come, from within Ibrox.
Rangers hard line with BBC Five Live pointed the way ahead, and shock jock, Nicky Campbell was forced into a public climbdown and a humiliating on-air apology after a slur on the Ibrox club.
However, it is a line which has to be used with care, as the E-Tims site may soon be discovering, for the targets picked this time, and the timing, may well expose Celtic fans.
Pat Nevin, for instance, has impeccable credentials. No one anywhere could even hint at any suggestion that he has a hidden anti-Celtic agenda.
While Rob McLean is hardly the meat and drink of controversy. I've know the likable McLean since he started to cut his broadcasting teeth on Aberdeen's Northsound.
In fact, when he commentated on his first match - Ipswich v Aberdeen in the UEFA Cup - I shared a mic with him.
There is nothing in his professional or personal history to suggest he is anti-Celtic.
The fact is that Celtic supporters are facing more scrutiny over their songs of praise for the gunmen and bombers than they have in recent years, especially after events at Tynecastle.
The Delahunt situation is different and more complex, and given that I did not hear what he is alleged to have said, I am unable to comment on it.
Though I saw the way Ki celebrated and was a trifle surprised and bemused by the nature of those celebrations. Delahunt too, is someone who could scarcely be described as anti-Celtic.
However, I did hear what the Celtic supporters were singing, and thought they were ill-advised, given the current climate for zero tolerance.
If BBC Scotland bosses have any bottle whatsoever, they will give these compaints from E-Tims about Pat Nevin and Rob McLean short shrift.
If they do, the message to Celtic fans will be as loud and clear as the terrorist songs they sing.
Rangers are opting out of the third weekend of next season to host a friendly with Chelsea on 6 August.
The Scottish Premier League kicks off again on 23 July, the earliest ever start for the top flight.
However, a "one-off compromise" protocol allows clubs to compete in friendly matches by postponing a game.
The ruling stems from Celtic arranging to play in the Dublin Super Cup over the weekend of 30 and 31 July before the SPL start date was announced.
"I don't think there will be a whole lot of disruption - I think the solution we've come up with is a fair compromise for everyone," said SPL chief executive Neil Doncaster on 1 March when announcing the unprecedented option of cancelling one match to accommodate a friendly.
SPL champions Rangers last faced Chelsea at Ibrox ahead of the 2007/8 campaign, with Filip Sebo and Nacho Novo on target in a 2-0 win.
The Scottish Premier League kicks off again on 23 July, the earliest ever start for the top flight.
However, a "one-off compromise" protocol allows clubs to compete in friendly matches by postponing a game.
The ruling stems from Celtic arranging to play in the Dublin Super Cup over the weekend of 30 and 31 July before the SPL start date was announced.
"I don't think there will be a whole lot of disruption - I think the solution we've come up with is a fair compromise for everyone," said SPL chief executive Neil Doncaster on 1 March when announcing the unprecedented option of cancelling one match to accommodate a friendly.
SPL champions Rangers last faced Chelsea at Ibrox ahead of the 2007/8 campaign, with Filip Sebo and Nacho Novo on target in a 2-0 win.
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The Craig Whyte era at Rangers began in earnest today as he cleared out the directors who opposed his takeover.
Chairman Alastair Johnston and director Paul Murray were removed after they refused to quit.
And chief executive Martin Bain and director of finance Donald McIntyre were suspended.
Fellow director Dave King, will also be asked to resign
Ibrox clearout - Evening Times | News | Editor's Picks
Chairman Alastair Johnston and director Paul Murray were removed after they refused to quit.
And chief executive Martin Bain and director of finance Donald McIntyre were suspended.
Fellow director Dave King, will also be asked to resign
Ibrox clearout - Evening Times | News | Editor's Picks
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Its only too right that these people are or were asked to leave. They have been at the helm when steering the club into it current financial situation so clearly they are no good at the job.
Also 1st thing you do in business or management is to make changes so all the other staff realize that they need to step up or step off and you are in control.
Also 1st thing you do in business or management is to make changes so all the other staff realize that they need to step up or step off and you are in control.
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Rangers triumph in Europe 24 may 1972
Back then, Glasgow Rangers' European Cup-Winners' Cup victory on 24 May 1972, when they defeated Moscow Dynamo 3-2, felt like it had been a long time coming. It was the Light Blues' 14th campaign in European football, stretching back to a European Cup match against Nice at Ibrox on 24 October 1956.
Furthermore, the final clash against the Russians in Barcelona was Rangers' 83rd European competitive tie, and in reaching the final Willie Waddell's men became the first team to record three final appearances in the Cup-Winners' Cup.
In 1961, a year after the competition began, Rangers lost a two-legged final 2-0 and 2-1 to Italian side Fiorentina, winger Alex Scott, whose tally of 12 goals in Europe was eventually passed by Ally McCoist, getting the only goal for the Ibrox team.
Six years later, and just a week after Celtic's heroics in winning the European Cup in Lisbon, Rangers faced up to Bayern Munich in the final in Nuremberg, in what could almost be described as a home tie for the Germans. Rangers had beaten the holders Borussia Dortmund on the way to Nuremberg, but they met their match against Bayern, who won the game 1-0 after extra-time.
If 16 years had seemed an agonisingly long wait before winning a European trophy, then the three decades and more which have followed '72 without the addition of Continental silverware must seem interminable.
Rangers won the Cup-Winners' Cup in season '71/'72 for a number of reasons. First, there was absolute determination in the camp. Captain John Greig has spoken of his team's will to win, especially for the long-suffering Rangers fans who had stuck by the team “in the dark seasons without success”. The late '60s and early '70s was, of course, the period when Jock Stein's Celtic swept aside all before them.
Secondly, Rangers seemed able to raise their game for the European matches that season. Domestically, the Light Blues had had an abysmal start to their season, losing four of their first five league games, going down twice to Celtic in their League Cup section, and later, in the Scottish Cup, being defeated by Hibs in the semis. Whether the opposition underestimated Rangers because of their poor form in Scotland, or whether the players saw Europe as a way to forget their domestic blues, the Cup-Winners' Cup matches saw a different Rangers take to the park.
Thirdly, their European experience eventually paid off in terms of tactical nous. Willie Waddell varied his team's system considerably, depending on players available to him and on what he had seen on his spying trips abroad. Three times they managed 1-1 scorelines away from home, scoring nine goals on foreign soil in total. All four home matches were won.
Lastly, aggression, skill and a fabulous work rate characterised this Rangers side. Colin Stein and Willie Johnston fronted 5-3-2 and 4-4-2 formations, their duty to close down opposition defenders' space drummed into them by Waddell and assistant manager Jock Wallace. With Greig driving the team on, Colin Jackson and Derek Johnstone defending with vigour, and Dave Smith, Scotland's Player of the Year that season, having returned in September 1971 from two broken legs in the space of a year, displaying composure and superb distribution of the ball, the elements for victory were there.
In the first round Rangers were drawn with Rennes. Waddell went for spoiling tactics in Brittany, with the French being harried off the ball and pressed at every opportunity. Willie Johnston scored the opener, with Rennes later equalising. The Rennes manager was not impressed at all, describing Rangers' play as “anti-football”. By the time of the return leg, Rennes were lying second in the French league. Alex MacDonald got the goal at Ibrox and Rangers went through 2-1 on aggregate.
In the next round, Rangers played their first leg against Sporting Lisbon at Ibrox, thrilling the fans with a terrific first-half display which saw them lead 3-0. The Portuguese, though, scored twice in the second 45 to make the return leg a nail-biting prospect for Rangers.
Rangers' trip to Lisbon was horrendous. A strike by airport baggage handlers in London meant it took a day and a half for the team to reach their destination. Sporting led in the Jose Alvalade Stadium 2-1 at half time, then the Gers made it 2-2 to once again seize the upper hand. Sadly, Ronnie McKinnon broke his leg during the second half and things were looking bleak when Sporting struck for the third time. At 5-5 on aggregate, the game went into extra time. Willie Henderson scored for Rangers in extra time, but the Portuguese, with just six minutes left, scored to make it 4-3 on the night, 6-6 on aggregate.
What followed must be one of the most bizarre incidents in the history of any European tournament. The Dutch referee Laurens van Raavens failed to recognise that Rangers, having scored three away goals to Sporting's two, had won the tie. He ordered the teams to take five penalties each. With the Lisbon fans pouring over the barriers and standing on the touchline, Rangers managed to score just one spot kick. The Sporting Lisbon takers did considerably better. As the local fans went crazy with joy, and the goalie Damas was carried off shoulder high, it looked like it was all over for Rangers.
However, Willie Waddell was insistent that the penalty shoot-out should never have taken place. He tracked down UEFA official Senor Ranirez of the Spanish FA and pointed out in the rule book the section on away goals. Indeed, Waddell was correct. The referee was overruled, the result overturned and Rangers were heading into the next round, where they were to meet Torino.
In the Stadio Communale in Turin, Willie Johnston gave Rangers the lead in 25 minutes after a magnificent overlapping run and cross from Willie Mathieson. The Rangers manager and players have since described the second-half onslaught as the fiercest attacking they had ever faced. But Waddell had played the Italians at their own game. He had opted for the catennacio system (literally, “the door bolt”) so favoured by Herrera's Inter. A young Derek Johnstone was asked to operate as centre half alongside Colin Jackson, while the adaptable Smith dropped in behind this duo as sweeper. Torino did manage to break Rangers down, but just once and so the tie was level going back to Ibrox.
Torino were leading Serie A when they arrived in Glasgow. A great performance by Rangers, witnessed by 75,000 fans, saw them through 2-1 on aggregate, the only goal at Ibrox being scored by Alex MacDonald. It was the first time Rangers had beaten Italian opposition over two legs.
Rangers' semi-final pairing with Bayern Munich was as tough as it could get. Six of the Bayern team were to feature in West Germany's 3-1 victory at Wembley shortly after the Cup Winners' Cup ties – goalkeeper Sepp Maier, defenders Franz Beckenbauer, Paul Breitner and George Schwarzenbeck, and strikers Uli Hoeness and Gerd Muller.
An own goal by Zobel in Germany resulted in a 1-1 draw to bring home to Glasgow. At Ibrox, 80,000 supporters cheered a first-minute long-range strike by Sandy Jardine. With John Greig out injured, Waddell had drafted young Derek Parlane into the midfield to mark Franz Roth. In his first European game, Parlane scored the decisive second goal to put arguably West Germany's greatest ever club side out of the competition. On exiting Ibrox, Beckenbauer commented that he was certain Rangers would win the final.
And so to Barcelona and Moscow Dynamo, with whom Rangers had drawn 2-2 in 1945 when the Russians had attracted much excitement by touring Britain.
On a problematic spying mission to Moscow, Willie Waddell had to queue to buy tickets for a Moscow Dynamo game in order to assess the opposition! Things did improve on the second day of his visit, with Lev Yashin, the famous Russian goalkeeper, explaining that this was the first time a Soviet team had reached a European final and that the players could be awarded the coveted title Master of Sport, should they return from Barcelona the victors.
Rangers' preparations for the final were better than Dynamo's. The Russians stayed at a hotel in a noisy part of town and became something of a tourist attraction; meanwhile Waddell had his men in a quiet hotel 15 miles from the stadium. The players were discouraged from sunbathing, and food had been brought over from home.
Barcelona itself had seen an invasion of Rangers fans: 110 charter flights, 203 buses and many more travelling independently brought the Rangers support to around 16,000. In contrast, Moscow Dynamo were backed by around 400 fans.
In terms of playing personnel, Colin Jackson had broken down in training, his ankle unable to withstand further rigour, but on the plus side captain Greig had recovered and was set to make his return from injury.
It was a terrific final under the new floodlights of the Camp Nou for the attacking football that was played, though the numerous invasions by drunk, exuberant Rangers fans and the subsequent heavy handedness of the Spanish police marred Rangers' greatest moment.
For 50 minutes of the match Rangers dominated. Dave Smith had a fabulous match, rarely losing possession. Willie Johnston scored twice to add to the opener from Colin Stein. His first was a great header from a perfect Smith pass six minutes before half-time; his second at the start of the second half a low, hard shot which he dispatched after latching on to an enormous Peter McCloy punt.
Some Rangers fans, fuelled by duty-free booze, could not contain themselves. They ran on to the pitch after the goals went in, holding up the play and disrupting the flow of the match.
The tension in the stadium heightened when the Russians began a fabulous fightback.
Eschtrekov, who had only been on the pitch for two minutes, pulled one back to give the Muscovites hope. As victory became tantalising close, Smith had to boot the ball off the line and then Jardine almost scored an own goal. Rangers were being put through the wringer and their ecstatic fans could barely handle it! With three minutes to go Dynamo scored their second, through Mahovikov, and the tension became unbearable for the Scots.
With a minute remaining, thousands of fans invaded the pitch thinking the match was over. Again the playing area had to be cleared before play could be resumed. Eventually the final whistle sounded and Rangers' European dream had come true.
Jubilant Rangers fans ran on to the pitch once again, and there began an awful battle between baton-wielding Spanish police, who until that point had seemed relatively unperturbed by the fans' antics, and bottle-throwing Rangers fans.
The triumphant Rangers team were deep in the Camp Nou, at first unaware of what was happening on the pitch. Captain John Greig was awarded the trophy in a room rather than on the park.
Rangers were handed a two-year ban by UEFA for their fans' poor behaviour. Waddell succeeded in getting this reduced to one year, meaning Rangers could not defend their trophy. Waddell argued that the police had over-reacted, that the fans were drunk but not intent on violence, and that recent European finals had witnessed rejoicing Celtic, Bayern Munich and Ajax fans running on to the park and those occasions had been deemed acceptable.
Rangers won the 1972 European Cup-Winners' Cup the hard way, beating some great sides on the way to Barcelona and in the final itself. Few then could have guessed how long it would be before similar triumphs could be enjoyed.
Teams
Rangers: McCloy, Jardine, Mathieson, Greig, Johnstone, Smith, McLean, Conn, Stein, MacDonald, Johnston
Moscow Dynamo: Pilgui, Basalaycev, Dolmatov, Zykov, Dolbonosov (Gerschkovich), Zukov, Baidazhnyi, Jakobik (Eschtrekov), Sabo, Mahovikov, Evriuschkin
Rangers 3 (Johnston 2, Stein) Moscow Dynamo 2 (Eschtrekov, Mahovikov)
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 24,701
Back then, Glasgow Rangers' European Cup-Winners' Cup victory on 24 May 1972, when they defeated Moscow Dynamo 3-2, felt like it had been a long time coming. It was the Light Blues' 14th campaign in European football, stretching back to a European Cup match against Nice at Ibrox on 24 October 1956.
Furthermore, the final clash against the Russians in Barcelona was Rangers' 83rd European competitive tie, and in reaching the final Willie Waddell's men became the first team to record three final appearances in the Cup-Winners' Cup.
In 1961, a year after the competition began, Rangers lost a two-legged final 2-0 and 2-1 to Italian side Fiorentina, winger Alex Scott, whose tally of 12 goals in Europe was eventually passed by Ally McCoist, getting the only goal for the Ibrox team.
Six years later, and just a week after Celtic's heroics in winning the European Cup in Lisbon, Rangers faced up to Bayern Munich in the final in Nuremberg, in what could almost be described as a home tie for the Germans. Rangers had beaten the holders Borussia Dortmund on the way to Nuremberg, but they met their match against Bayern, who won the game 1-0 after extra-time.
If 16 years had seemed an agonisingly long wait before winning a European trophy, then the three decades and more which have followed '72 without the addition of Continental silverware must seem interminable.
Rangers won the Cup-Winners' Cup in season '71/'72 for a number of reasons. First, there was absolute determination in the camp. Captain John Greig has spoken of his team's will to win, especially for the long-suffering Rangers fans who had stuck by the team “in the dark seasons without success”. The late '60s and early '70s was, of course, the period when Jock Stein's Celtic swept aside all before them.
Secondly, Rangers seemed able to raise their game for the European matches that season. Domestically, the Light Blues had had an abysmal start to their season, losing four of their first five league games, going down twice to Celtic in their League Cup section, and later, in the Scottish Cup, being defeated by Hibs in the semis. Whether the opposition underestimated Rangers because of their poor form in Scotland, or whether the players saw Europe as a way to forget their domestic blues, the Cup-Winners' Cup matches saw a different Rangers take to the park.
Thirdly, their European experience eventually paid off in terms of tactical nous. Willie Waddell varied his team's system considerably, depending on players available to him and on what he had seen on his spying trips abroad. Three times they managed 1-1 scorelines away from home, scoring nine goals on foreign soil in total. All four home matches were won.
Lastly, aggression, skill and a fabulous work rate characterised this Rangers side. Colin Stein and Willie Johnston fronted 5-3-2 and 4-4-2 formations, their duty to close down opposition defenders' space drummed into them by Waddell and assistant manager Jock Wallace. With Greig driving the team on, Colin Jackson and Derek Johnstone defending with vigour, and Dave Smith, Scotland's Player of the Year that season, having returned in September 1971 from two broken legs in the space of a year, displaying composure and superb distribution of the ball, the elements for victory were there.
In the first round Rangers were drawn with Rennes. Waddell went for spoiling tactics in Brittany, with the French being harried off the ball and pressed at every opportunity. Willie Johnston scored the opener, with Rennes later equalising. The Rennes manager was not impressed at all, describing Rangers' play as “anti-football”. By the time of the return leg, Rennes were lying second in the French league. Alex MacDonald got the goal at Ibrox and Rangers went through 2-1 on aggregate.
In the next round, Rangers played their first leg against Sporting Lisbon at Ibrox, thrilling the fans with a terrific first-half display which saw them lead 3-0. The Portuguese, though, scored twice in the second 45 to make the return leg a nail-biting prospect for Rangers.
Rangers' trip to Lisbon was horrendous. A strike by airport baggage handlers in London meant it took a day and a half for the team to reach their destination. Sporting led in the Jose Alvalade Stadium 2-1 at half time, then the Gers made it 2-2 to once again seize the upper hand. Sadly, Ronnie McKinnon broke his leg during the second half and things were looking bleak when Sporting struck for the third time. At 5-5 on aggregate, the game went into extra time. Willie Henderson scored for Rangers in extra time, but the Portuguese, with just six minutes left, scored to make it 4-3 on the night, 6-6 on aggregate.
What followed must be one of the most bizarre incidents in the history of any European tournament. The Dutch referee Laurens van Raavens failed to recognise that Rangers, having scored three away goals to Sporting's two, had won the tie. He ordered the teams to take five penalties each. With the Lisbon fans pouring over the barriers and standing on the touchline, Rangers managed to score just one spot kick. The Sporting Lisbon takers did considerably better. As the local fans went crazy with joy, and the goalie Damas was carried off shoulder high, it looked like it was all over for Rangers.
However, Willie Waddell was insistent that the penalty shoot-out should never have taken place. He tracked down UEFA official Senor Ranirez of the Spanish FA and pointed out in the rule book the section on away goals. Indeed, Waddell was correct. The referee was overruled, the result overturned and Rangers were heading into the next round, where they were to meet Torino.
In the Stadio Communale in Turin, Willie Johnston gave Rangers the lead in 25 minutes after a magnificent overlapping run and cross from Willie Mathieson. The Rangers manager and players have since described the second-half onslaught as the fiercest attacking they had ever faced. But Waddell had played the Italians at their own game. He had opted for the catennacio system (literally, “the door bolt”) so favoured by Herrera's Inter. A young Derek Johnstone was asked to operate as centre half alongside Colin Jackson, while the adaptable Smith dropped in behind this duo as sweeper. Torino did manage to break Rangers down, but just once and so the tie was level going back to Ibrox.
Torino were leading Serie A when they arrived in Glasgow. A great performance by Rangers, witnessed by 75,000 fans, saw them through 2-1 on aggregate, the only goal at Ibrox being scored by Alex MacDonald. It was the first time Rangers had beaten Italian opposition over two legs.
Rangers' semi-final pairing with Bayern Munich was as tough as it could get. Six of the Bayern team were to feature in West Germany's 3-1 victory at Wembley shortly after the Cup Winners' Cup ties – goalkeeper Sepp Maier, defenders Franz Beckenbauer, Paul Breitner and George Schwarzenbeck, and strikers Uli Hoeness and Gerd Muller.
An own goal by Zobel in Germany resulted in a 1-1 draw to bring home to Glasgow. At Ibrox, 80,000 supporters cheered a first-minute long-range strike by Sandy Jardine. With John Greig out injured, Waddell had drafted young Derek Parlane into the midfield to mark Franz Roth. In his first European game, Parlane scored the decisive second goal to put arguably West Germany's greatest ever club side out of the competition. On exiting Ibrox, Beckenbauer commented that he was certain Rangers would win the final.
And so to Barcelona and Moscow Dynamo, with whom Rangers had drawn 2-2 in 1945 when the Russians had attracted much excitement by touring Britain.
On a problematic spying mission to Moscow, Willie Waddell had to queue to buy tickets for a Moscow Dynamo game in order to assess the opposition! Things did improve on the second day of his visit, with Lev Yashin, the famous Russian goalkeeper, explaining that this was the first time a Soviet team had reached a European final and that the players could be awarded the coveted title Master of Sport, should they return from Barcelona the victors.
Rangers' preparations for the final were better than Dynamo's. The Russians stayed at a hotel in a noisy part of town and became something of a tourist attraction; meanwhile Waddell had his men in a quiet hotel 15 miles from the stadium. The players were discouraged from sunbathing, and food had been brought over from home.
Barcelona itself had seen an invasion of Rangers fans: 110 charter flights, 203 buses and many more travelling independently brought the Rangers support to around 16,000. In contrast, Moscow Dynamo were backed by around 400 fans.
In terms of playing personnel, Colin Jackson had broken down in training, his ankle unable to withstand further rigour, but on the plus side captain Greig had recovered and was set to make his return from injury.
It was a terrific final under the new floodlights of the Camp Nou for the attacking football that was played, though the numerous invasions by drunk, exuberant Rangers fans and the subsequent heavy handedness of the Spanish police marred Rangers' greatest moment.
For 50 minutes of the match Rangers dominated. Dave Smith had a fabulous match, rarely losing possession. Willie Johnston scored twice to add to the opener from Colin Stein. His first was a great header from a perfect Smith pass six minutes before half-time; his second at the start of the second half a low, hard shot which he dispatched after latching on to an enormous Peter McCloy punt.
Some Rangers fans, fuelled by duty-free booze, could not contain themselves. They ran on to the pitch after the goals went in, holding up the play and disrupting the flow of the match.
The tension in the stadium heightened when the Russians began a fabulous fightback.
Eschtrekov, who had only been on the pitch for two minutes, pulled one back to give the Muscovites hope. As victory became tantalising close, Smith had to boot the ball off the line and then Jardine almost scored an own goal. Rangers were being put through the wringer and their ecstatic fans could barely handle it! With three minutes to go Dynamo scored their second, through Mahovikov, and the tension became unbearable for the Scots.
With a minute remaining, thousands of fans invaded the pitch thinking the match was over. Again the playing area had to be cleared before play could be resumed. Eventually the final whistle sounded and Rangers' European dream had come true.
Jubilant Rangers fans ran on to the pitch once again, and there began an awful battle between baton-wielding Spanish police, who until that point had seemed relatively unperturbed by the fans' antics, and bottle-throwing Rangers fans.
The triumphant Rangers team were deep in the Camp Nou, at first unaware of what was happening on the pitch. Captain John Greig was awarded the trophy in a room rather than on the park.
Rangers were handed a two-year ban by UEFA for their fans' poor behaviour. Waddell succeeded in getting this reduced to one year, meaning Rangers could not defend their trophy. Waddell argued that the police had over-reacted, that the fans were drunk but not intent on violence, and that recent European finals had witnessed rejoicing Celtic, Bayern Munich and Ajax fans running on to the park and those occasions had been deemed acceptable.
Rangers won the 1972 European Cup-Winners' Cup the hard way, beating some great sides on the way to Barcelona and in the final itself. Few then could have guessed how long it would be before similar triumphs could be enjoyed.
Teams
Rangers: McCloy, Jardine, Mathieson, Greig, Johnstone, Smith, McLean, Conn, Stein, MacDonald, Johnston
Moscow Dynamo: Pilgui, Basalaycev, Dolmatov, Zykov, Dolbonosov (Gerschkovich), Zukov, Baidazhnyi, Jakobik (Eschtrekov), Sabo, Mahovikov, Evriuschkin
Rangers 3 (Johnston 2, Stein) Moscow Dynamo 2 (Eschtrekov, Mahovikov)
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 24,701
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Craig Whyte Statement
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Craig Whyte Statement | Headlines | Headlines | News | Rangers
RANGERS' majority shareholder Craig Whyte today issued the following statement regarding changes to the board at Rangers FC:
"It is a huge privilege and honour to have become the majority shareholder at Rangers Football Club.
"My commitment to take the Club forward is unwavering and like all Rangers supporters I want to build on the tremendous success achieved by the team in recent years.
"It is not uncommon to bring fresh thinking to an organisation in an effort to deliver greater success and that is the fundamental reason that changes have been made to the composition of the Board.
"Further Board appointments will be announced in due course. It would be inappropriate for me to comment on the suspensions of the Chief Executive and Finance Director at this time.
"I have been disappointed by some comments regarding the takeover made by former Board members who are clearly reluctant to embrace change.
"I believe most Rangers supporters understand that, as a result of the takeover, the Club's debt to the Lloyds Banking Group has been cleared and I have repeatedly stated to the Board my intentions to invest in the team.
"I have had discussions with Ally McCoist regarding his ambition to secure players already playing for the Club and also to bring new faces to the squad. These discussions will resume when Ally returns to Ibrox this week.
"These are exciting times for Rangers and the Club's supporters. This past season's achievements were truly great and I am determined to continue that success for Rangers and our supporters around the world."
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Craig Whyte Statement | Headlines | Headlines | News | Rangers
RANGERS' majority shareholder Craig Whyte today issued the following statement regarding changes to the board at Rangers FC:
"It is a huge privilege and honour to have become the majority shareholder at Rangers Football Club.
"My commitment to take the Club forward is unwavering and like all Rangers supporters I want to build on the tremendous success achieved by the team in recent years.
"It is not uncommon to bring fresh thinking to an organisation in an effort to deliver greater success and that is the fundamental reason that changes have been made to the composition of the Board.
"Further Board appointments will be announced in due course. It would be inappropriate for me to comment on the suspensions of the Chief Executive and Finance Director at this time.
"I have been disappointed by some comments regarding the takeover made by former Board members who are clearly reluctant to embrace change.
"I believe most Rangers supporters understand that, as a result of the takeover, the Club's debt to the Lloyds Banking Group has been cleared and I have repeatedly stated to the Board my intentions to invest in the team.
"I have had discussions with Ally McCoist regarding his ambition to secure players already playing for the Club and also to bring new faces to the squad. These discussions will resume when Ally returns to Ibrox this week.
"These are exciting times for Rangers and the Club's supporters. This past season's achievements were truly great and I am determined to continue that success for Rangers and our supporters around the world."
Apologies if this has been posted before
20 years ago Rangers won 3 in a row.
This year Rangers have won 3 in a row.
20 years ago the manager left and the number 2 stepped up. Graeme Souness for Walter Smith. This year it will be Walter Smith for Ally McCoist.
20 years ago a Rangers striker that used to play for Celtic, Mo Johnston, left the club.
This year a Rangers striker that used to play for Celtic, Kenny Miller, left the club.
20 years ago Rangers won the league cup 2-1 in extra time v Celtic.
This year Rangers won the league cup 2-1 in extra time v Celtic.
20 years ago Rangers had 3 players sent off in a cup game at P*rkhead which they lost.
This year Rangers had 3 players sent off in a cup game at P*rkhead which they lost.
20 Years ago Rangers lost 0-3 at Parkhead and still won the league.
This year Rangers lost 0-3 at Parkhead and still won the league.
20 years ago Motherwell were managed by an ex-Rangers midfielder.
This year Motherwell are managed by an ex-Rangers midfielder.
20 years ago Celtic had already gone 2 years without a trophy.
This year Celtic have already gone 2 years without a trophy.
Not my own work of course (to fick so i stole it) but some mad stats there
20 years ago Rangers won 3 in a row.
This year Rangers have won 3 in a row.
20 years ago the manager left and the number 2 stepped up. Graeme Souness for Walter Smith. This year it will be Walter Smith for Ally McCoist.
20 years ago a Rangers striker that used to play for Celtic, Mo Johnston, left the club.
This year a Rangers striker that used to play for Celtic, Kenny Miller, left the club.
20 years ago Rangers won the league cup 2-1 in extra time v Celtic.
This year Rangers won the league cup 2-1 in extra time v Celtic.
20 years ago Rangers had 3 players sent off in a cup game at P*rkhead which they lost.
This year Rangers had 3 players sent off in a cup game at P*rkhead which they lost.
20 Years ago Rangers lost 0-3 at Parkhead and still won the league.
This year Rangers lost 0-3 at Parkhead and still won the league.
20 years ago Motherwell were managed by an ex-Rangers midfielder.
This year Motherwell are managed by an ex-Rangers midfielder.
20 years ago Celtic had already gone 2 years without a trophy.
This year Celtic have already gone 2 years without a trophy.
Not my own work of course (to fick so i stole it) but some mad stats there
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CELTIC FANS ATTACK ON BALL BOY SPARKS RECORD ROW - Exclusive
A furious row has erupted at the Daily Record over the way the paper buried its exclusive story about a Hearts ball boy suffering a brain injury, after being attacked by Celtic supporters.
The anger inside the Daily Record has leaked, with one disgruntled hack there telling a pal on another paper that many rank and file Record journalists believe the story was so strong, it clearly deserved Page One treatment.
Instead, on Monday morning, it was tucked away deep inside the Daily Record on PAGE 23!
And there are some on the Record editorial floor - who have no Old Firm affiliation - who fear that decision was just the latest taken to hide away stories which reflect badly on the Celtic name.
These hacks point to the fact this is increasingly likely to happen when editor-in-chief, Bruce Waddell is not in the office.
There have even been claims of senior executives on the Record editorial floor making comments, allegedly intended to intimidate, when some Rangers fans in the office attempt to watch the Ibrox club live on television.
It is claimed this alleged intimidation is at its worst on a Sunday, editor-in-chief Waddell's usual day off.
Now this schism within the once mighty Daily Record has come to a head, and has become the main topic of gossip on other papers after the news of what is being described as the latest attempt at a "cover up," spread like wild fire through the hack pack.
Gossip is the staple diet of journalists, and nothing which happens on any newspaper stays secret for very long
The angry Record journalists want stories to be treated on their news value and placed in the paper according to sound and unbiased news judgement, without fear or favour.
The story which led to this breaking point in the Record reporting ranks concerned a 14-year-old Hearts ball boy who who was struck down by missiles thrown from the Roseburn Stand, which housed rowdy Celtic supporters during the recent match at Tynecastle.
The youngster was treated for concussion, but later, when he complained of feeling unwell again, his mother took the terrified schoolboy to hospital where it was discovered he had suffered a brain injury.
Calling on my near half century of experience in journalism, my judgement about the placing of such a story at any time - never mind in the current climate - would be PAGE ONE.
And that would be regardless of the team involved!
When I saw it buried on PAGE 23 I was puzzled. Other journalists from many other papers who I discussed the tale with, were equally perplexed.
Now it is being alleged, by those who claim fear stalks the Daily Record editorial floor, that there is a deliberate policy by some senior executives to bury bad news stories about Celtic, behind the back of editor-in-in-chief, Waddell.
Under a previous editor the Daily Record splashed a story which was wildly inaccurate when it branded some Celtic players, Thieves and Thugs.
That led to the a furious backlash from Celtic supporters who organised a boycott of the paper, followed by the eventual departure of that editor.
It also led to what many believe has been - on the news pages - a softy-softly approach to Celtic by the Daily Record, for fear of damaging its circulation further. That circulation, which once topped 780,000, has now crashed to around 280,000.
These allegations will now make Rangers supporters suspect their club is no longer getting a fair deal from the Daily Record, and decide whether they should take hard line action against the paper in a bid to force them to re-dress the balance.
It is believed head of news, Tom Hamilton and news editor, Kevin Mansi, were in charge of the Daily Record on the night when it was decided to bury, on PAGE 23, the Celtic fans attack on the Hearts ball boy which caused the 14-year-old schoolboy to suffer a brain injury.
Hamilton came up through the Record ranks, beginning as a news reporter, and although a senior executive now , still hankers for being on the road.
His by-line has recently adorned a number of exclusives featuring Celtic's lawyer, Paul McBride QC.
leggoland
A furious row has erupted at the Daily Record over the way the paper buried its exclusive story about a Hearts ball boy suffering a brain injury, after being attacked by Celtic supporters.
The anger inside the Daily Record has leaked, with one disgruntled hack there telling a pal on another paper that many rank and file Record journalists believe the story was so strong, it clearly deserved Page One treatment.
Instead, on Monday morning, it was tucked away deep inside the Daily Record on PAGE 23!
And there are some on the Record editorial floor - who have no Old Firm affiliation - who fear that decision was just the latest taken to hide away stories which reflect badly on the Celtic name.
These hacks point to the fact this is increasingly likely to happen when editor-in-chief, Bruce Waddell is not in the office.
There have even been claims of senior executives on the Record editorial floor making comments, allegedly intended to intimidate, when some Rangers fans in the office attempt to watch the Ibrox club live on television.
It is claimed this alleged intimidation is at its worst on a Sunday, editor-in-chief Waddell's usual day off.
Now this schism within the once mighty Daily Record has come to a head, and has become the main topic of gossip on other papers after the news of what is being described as the latest attempt at a "cover up," spread like wild fire through the hack pack.
Gossip is the staple diet of journalists, and nothing which happens on any newspaper stays secret for very long
The angry Record journalists want stories to be treated on their news value and placed in the paper according to sound and unbiased news judgement, without fear or favour.
The story which led to this breaking point in the Record reporting ranks concerned a 14-year-old Hearts ball boy who who was struck down by missiles thrown from the Roseburn Stand, which housed rowdy Celtic supporters during the recent match at Tynecastle.
The youngster was treated for concussion, but later, when he complained of feeling unwell again, his mother took the terrified schoolboy to hospital where it was discovered he had suffered a brain injury.
Calling on my near half century of experience in journalism, my judgement about the placing of such a story at any time - never mind in the current climate - would be PAGE ONE.
And that would be regardless of the team involved!
When I saw it buried on PAGE 23 I was puzzled. Other journalists from many other papers who I discussed the tale with, were equally perplexed.
Now it is being alleged, by those who claim fear stalks the Daily Record editorial floor, that there is a deliberate policy by some senior executives to bury bad news stories about Celtic, behind the back of editor-in-in-chief, Waddell.
Under a previous editor the Daily Record splashed a story which was wildly inaccurate when it branded some Celtic players, Thieves and Thugs.
That led to the a furious backlash from Celtic supporters who organised a boycott of the paper, followed by the eventual departure of that editor.
It also led to what many believe has been - on the news pages - a softy-softly approach to Celtic by the Daily Record, for fear of damaging its circulation further. That circulation, which once topped 780,000, has now crashed to around 280,000.
These allegations will now make Rangers supporters suspect their club is no longer getting a fair deal from the Daily Record, and decide whether they should take hard line action against the paper in a bid to force them to re-dress the balance.
It is believed head of news, Tom Hamilton and news editor, Kevin Mansi, were in charge of the Daily Record on the night when it was decided to bury, on PAGE 23, the Celtic fans attack on the Hearts ball boy which caused the 14-year-old schoolboy to suffer a brain injury.
Hamilton came up through the Record ranks, beginning as a news reporter, and although a senior executive now , still hankers for being on the road.
His by-line has recently adorned a number of exclusives featuring Celtic's lawyer, Paul McBride QC.
leggoland
surfbum
Inactive User
Rangers boardroom changes continue
Donald McIntyre has lost his position as company secretary at Rangers as new owner Craig Whyte continues to overhaul the Ibrox boardroom.
Finance director McIntyre remains suspended along with the chief executive Martin Bain pending the outcome of an internal inquiry.
Phil Betts' position as a new director has been confirmed, while Gary Withey replaces McIntyre as company secretary.
Former Rangers chairman John McClelland is to remain on the board.
After the departure on Tuesday of chairman Alastair Johnston and director Paul Murray there were suggestions that McClelland would also leave.
However, a Rangers spokesman confirmed to BBC Scotland that McClelland had been asked to stay on and had been delighted to accept the offer.
McClelland has been a board member at Ibrox since 2000 and was chairman between 2002 and 2004.
Former Rangers captain and manager John Greig is also staying in the boardroom.
The spokesman also confirmed that Whyte will meet with manager Ally McCoist in the next few days to discuss his spending requirements for next season.
BBC Sport - Rangers boardroom changes continue
Donald McIntyre has lost his position as company secretary at Rangers as new owner Craig Whyte continues to overhaul the Ibrox boardroom.
Finance director McIntyre remains suspended along with the chief executive Martin Bain pending the outcome of an internal inquiry.
Phil Betts' position as a new director has been confirmed, while Gary Withey replaces McIntyre as company secretary.
Former Rangers chairman John McClelland is to remain on the board.
After the departure on Tuesday of chairman Alastair Johnston and director Paul Murray there were suggestions that McClelland would also leave.
However, a Rangers spokesman confirmed to BBC Scotland that McClelland had been asked to stay on and had been delighted to accept the offer.
McClelland has been a board member at Ibrox since 2000 and was chairman between 2002 and 2004.
Former Rangers captain and manager John Greig is also staying in the boardroom.
The spokesman also confirmed that Whyte will meet with manager Ally McCoist in the next few days to discuss his spending requirements for next season.
BBC Sport - Rangers boardroom changes continue
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