Glasgow Rangers; The Blue Side is Stronger.

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Glasgow Rangers Football Club.





Club information

Club Name: Glasgow Rangers Football Club

Nickname(s): The Gers, Teddy Bears, Light Blues

Founded: 1872

Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

Chairman: Sir David Murray

Manager: Walter Smith

League: Scottish Premier League

Rivals Glasgow Celtic

League

Scottish League Champonships
1891, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005,

Cups

Cup Winners' Cup winners
1972

Scottish Cup winners
1894, 1897, 1898, 1903, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2008.
League Cup winners1947, 1949, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008.

Stadium






Stadium Name: Ibrox Stadium.

Location: Glasgow, Scotland.

Capacity: 51,082 (all seated)

Broke Ground: 1899.

Opened: 30 December 1899.

Owner: Rangers Football Club Ltd.

Surface: Grass (115 x 75 yards)

Manager Information

Name: Walter Smith.

Date of Birth: 24 February 1948.

Place of Birth: Lanark, Scotland.

Current Club: Glasgow Rangers.

Teams Managed

1972/82 - Scotland U19.
1982/86 - Scotland U21.
1991/98 - Rangers.
1998/02 - Everton.
2004/07 - Scotland.
2007/Current - Rangers.

Managerial Honours

Rangers

Scottish League Premier Division
1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1996–97.


Scottish Cup
1992, 1993, 1996, 2008, 2009

Scottish League Cup
1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 2007–08

Back Room Staff

Assistant Manager: Ally McCoist
First Team Coach: Kenny McDowall
Reserve Coach: Ian Durrant
Goalkeeping Coach: Jim Stewart
Pysio: Pip Yeates

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+ Timeline

-- July 2009 --
--Ibrox Cup announcement --
-- Transfer Update --
-- Transfer News --
20.07 Valencia 1 - 1 Rangerspreview | result
-- Transfer update --
22.07 Rangers 0 - 0 Bayern Leverkusen preview | result
24.07 Marseille 2 -3 Rangers preview | result
-- Ibrox Cup stats --
-- Transfer News --
-- Friendly announcment --
30.07 New York Red Bulls 0 - 2 Rangers preview | result

-- August 2009--
-- Transfer update --
05.08 Rangers 1 - 0 Kilmanock preview | result
-- Transfer update --
-- Komapany interview --
08.08 Celtic 0 - 2 Rangers preview | Result
-- Transfer update --
11.08 Rangers 1 - 0 Club Brugge review | result
15.08 Aberdeen 0 - 1 Rangers preview | result
-- Transfer update --
18.08 Club Brugge 1 - 0 Rangers (4-5 Peneltys) review | result
-- Champions League group draw --
22.08 Rangers 1 - 0 St. Mirren preview | result
29.08 Dundee United 0 - 0 Rangers preview | result

-- September 2009 --
05.09 Rangers 1 - 0 Inverness preview | result
12.09 Falkirk 0 - 3 Rangers preview | result
19.09 Ranges 3 - 1 Hearts preview | result
22.09 Juventus 1 - 0 Rangers review | result
-- Walter Smith interview --
-- Champions League Group Review. PART 1 --
29.09 Rangers - Bayern Munich preview | result
-- Champions Leaague Group Review. PART 2 --

-- October 2009 --
17.10 Rangers - Hamilton preview | result
-- Season review --
-- Star Players -- Part1 | Part2
24.10 Hibernian - Rangers preview | result
-- Nacho Novo interview --
29.10 Rangers - Arsenal preview | result
-- Champions League Group Review. PART 3 --

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Name: Allan McGregor
Number: 1
Age: 26
Overall: 79
Value: £1,500,000
Nation:Scotland



Name: Neil Alexander
Number: 25
Age: 30
Overall: 71
Value: £240,000
Nation: Scotland



Name: Graeme Smith
Number: 16
Age: 25
Overall: 62
Value: £85,000
Nation: Scotland

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Name: Steven Whittaker
Number: 28
Age: 24
Overall: 71
Value: £300,00
Nation: Scotland



Name: Alan Hutton
Number: 6
Age: 24
Overall: 76
Value: £1,200,000
Nation:Scotland



Name: Madjid Bougherra
Number: 24
Age: 25
Overall: 75
Value: £1,200,000
Nation: Algeria



Name: David Weir
Number: 3
Age: 38
Overall: 73
Value: £180,000
Nation: Scotland


Name: Vincent Kompany
Number: 15
Age: 23
Overall: 82
Value:£3,000,000
Nation: Belgium



Name: Sasa Papac
Number: 5
Age: 28
Overall: 71
Value: £230,000
Nation: Bosnia Herzegovina


Name: Steven Smith
Number: 26
Age: 22
Overall: 71
Value: £250,000
Nation: Scotland

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Name: Kevin Thomson
Number: 8
Age: 23
Overall: 76
Value: £1,300,000
Nation: Scotland



Name: Pedro Mendes
Number: 4
Age: 29
Overall: 79
Value: £2,400,000
Nation: Portugal



Name: Didier Digard
Number: 7
Age: 23
Overall: 73
Value: £420,000
Nation: France



Name: Steven Davis
Number: 35
Age: 23
Overall: 76
Value: £1,600,000
Nation: Northern Ireland



Name: Maurice Edu
Number: 2
Age: 22
Overall: 69
Value: £220,000
Nation: USA


Name: John Fleck
Number: 53
Age: 16
Overall: 63
Value: £210,000
Nation: Scotland

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Name: Nacho Novo
Number: 10
Age: 29
Overall: 74
Value: £690,000
Nation: Spain




Name: Steven Naismith
Number: 14
Age: 21
Overall: 74
Value: £750,000
Nation: Scotland




Name: Kris Boyd
Number: 9
Age: 24
Overall: 80
Value: £3,900,000
Nation: Scotland



Name: João Alves de Assis Silva (Jô)
Number: 11
Age: 22
Overall: 79
Value: £3,200,000
Nation: Brazil



Name: Kyle Lafferty
Number: 27
Age: 20
Overall: 72
Value: £540,000
Nation: Northern Ireland



Name: Aaron Niguez
Number: 31
Age: 19
Overall: 60
Value: £130,000
Nation: Spain



Name: Peter Lovenkrands
Number: 13
Age: 29
Overall: 79
Value: £3,400,000
Nation: Denmark

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Key Players.



Bougherra is one of Rangers' main center halfs, If Rangers are going to try and win the league this season, he will be need to be on the top of his game to fill in the boots of Carlos Cuellar, who left this summer for Aston Villa in the Premiership.





Another new summer signing, Pedro Mendes is a gifted player who can have a major role in Rangers midfield to bring back the Scottish Premier League title to Ibrox this year. He is expected to strike up a powerful partnership with Barry Ferguson/Kevin Thomson in the middle of the park.



Kris Boyd has been one of Rangers' start players of the past couple of years since his move from Kilmarnock. He may not be the most athletic player on the park but you always know that when he's on the field there is bound to be goals.

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2008/09 Season.

SPL Results

August.

Celtic 2 - Rangers 1
Rangers 0 - Dundee United 0
Aberdeen 0 - Rangers 2
Rangers 4 - Hearts 2

September.

Kilmarnock 1 - Rangers 0
Rangers 1 - Hamilton 0

October.

St. Mirren 2 - Rangers 2
Rangers 1 - Inverness CT 0
Falkirk 1 - Rangers 2
Rangers 1 - Hibs 0

November.

Motherwell 2 - Rangers 2
Rangers 2 - Celtic 1
Dundee United 1 - Rangers 2
Rangers 2 - Aberdeen 1
Hearts 0 - 0 Rangers

December.

Rangers 2 - Kilmarnock 0
Hamilton 1 - Rangers 2

January.

Rangers 0 - St. Mirren 0
Inverness CT 0 - Rangers 0
Rangers 1 - Falkirk 2
Hibs 0 - Rangers 0

February.

Rangers 0 - Motherwell 0
Motherwell 3 - Rangers 1
Rangers 2 - Hibs 1
Falkirk 2 - Rangers 4

March.

Kilmarnock 1 - Rangers 3
St. Mirren 0 - Rangers 4

April.

Rangers 1 - Hamilton 1
Rangers 0 - Inverness CT 0
Rangers 5 - Hearts 3

May.

Aberdeen 0 - Rangers 4
Rangers 1 - Dundee United 1
Celtic 0 - Rangers 2

Scottish Cup Results.

Quarter Final.
St. Mirren 1 - Rangers 3

Semi Final.
Cetic 2 - Rangers 0

Season Review.

Rangers were without a league title in three years, there season didn't get off to the best start either as they faced there Old Firm rivals, Celtic, on the first day of the season at Park Head and lost 2-1. So it wasn't the start that they would have wanted but they were playing Dundee United at Ibrox the next week and were confident, But again the Light Blue didn't play to high standards that was expected of them and managed to hold on to a 0-0 draw. The morale of the players were low, but they managed to get up to the top 4 of the league with a 2-0 away win at Aberdeen and a 'magical display at Ibrox against Hearts gave them a 4-2 win. Sadley there run ended as a spirited Kilmarnock who were sitting 2nd in the table behind Celtic were hard to brake down and slipt away with a 1-0 win against the Gers. Next up was newly premoted, Hamilton Accies, they put up a good fight but Boyd broke free from the defence and scored a 83rd minuted winner. October was a good month for Rangers as they went the hole month without lossing, but they did drop points against a athletic St. Mirren side. Rangers' good run of result continued into the month of November where they were without a loss in 5 games going into Noember where they beat Glasgow rivals Celtic 2-1 at Ibrox. Still on a great run Rangers went into December without lossing in 10 games now, won both of there December fixtures, slotting 2 past a helpless Kilmarnock side and easing past Hamilton 2-1 at the Accies home ground. January saw the start of 2009, Rangers were showing great form and looked unbeatable, they started off the month with two 0-0 draws with St. Mirren and Inverness CT, although they were not the results the Glasgow side were hoping for they were still head of Celtic in the league tabe. Next up, Falkirk were comming to Ibrox, all supporters were expecting and easy win but Falkirk ended up winning 2-1 after some 'sloppy' defending and a bit of luck. If things couldn't get any worse Rangers started February off badley aswell with a 0-0 draw with Motherwell at Ibrox and then lossing 3-1 in Motherwell. Rangers finally ended there bad run of form that had not seen them gather 3 points from a game since December 2008, with a 2-1 win at Ibrox Against Hibs and then a 4-2 thrashing of Falkirk away from home. Rangers were starting to show the form from late 2008 again as they went the full of March unbeating before dropping point to Hamilton and Inverness CT , both at Ibrox. Then in there third home game in a row they destroyed Hearts 5-3 that seen them go top of the table again by goal difference. May, the last month of the season, with only three games left there was nothing to split Rangers and Celtic apart, both teams had been on a rollercoaster ride this season, but Rangers started the month of with a fantastic win at Aberdeen, but then follwed up with a 0-0 draw at Ibrox with Dundee United that put Rangers and Celtic back on level points. So the season would come down to one fixture, Celtic - Rangers, Rangers were ahead on goal difference but Celtic were the team on form, but Rangers showed there class at Park Head and came away with a 2-0 victory that seen them win the SPL in a dramatic final day.

+ League Table

Team W D L Pts
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1st. Rangers 18 11 4 65
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2nd. Celtic 18 12 7 62

3rd. Motherwell 15 10 8 55
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4th. Aberdeen 14 9 10 51

5th. Hibernian 14 7 12 49

6th. St. Mirren 12 11 10 47

7th. Hamilton 13 8 12 47

8th. Dundee United 11 11 11 44

9th. Inverness CT 11 8 14 41

10th. Falkirk 8 7 18 31

11th. Hearts 8 6 19 27

12th. Kilmarnock 5 8 20 23

+ Champions
Glasgow Rangers.
+ Runner up
Glasgow Celtic.
+ Uefa Champions League Qualifiers
Glasgow Rangers.
+ Europa League Qualifiers
Glasgow Celtic.
Motherwell.
Hamilton Accies.

+ Milestones
1st Post - sthlm1991
100th post - cammyb03
150th post - adam-murdoch-lfc
200th post - adam-murdoch-lfc
250th post - T-Hawk94
300th post - T-Hawk94
400th post
500th post -

[sthlm1991]

Good start.

[Steve]

solid start mate, cant wait for this

[Liverpöol]

good luck

[Davee1]

Originally Posted by Liverpöol

good luck

Cheers

Originally Posted by NottsCounty

solid start mate, cant wait for this

Thanks Mate, Means alot

Originally Posted by sthlm1991

Good start.

Cheers

Goalkeepers & Defenders Up
Do the Midfielders and Strikers This Afternoon

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Teams Up

[Steve]

nice stuff on the squad

[Davee1]

Originally Posted by NottsCounty

nice stuff on the squad

Thanks...

2008/09 season will be up soon

[connor.]

John Fleck

[Mark]

My local team Do the Emirates cup!

[Davee1]

Originally Posted by xValenciaFCx

My local team Do the Emirates cup!

My Favourite team

I'm planning to , just can't remember the 4th team.. Rangers, PSG, Arsenal and.....? Any ideas who it is

[T-Hawk94]

Athletico Madrid I think, good start also man, I'll be following

[Mark]

Originally Posted by T-Hawk94

Athletico Madrid I think, good start also man, I'll be following

What he said mate

[Davee1]

Originally Posted by T-Hawk94

Athletico Madrid I think, good start also man, I'll be following

Thanks Mate

[Davee1]

2008/09 Season details up

[Mark]

I have some sweet logos u could use. But you would need to have MSN so I could send them

[Davee1]

Originally Posted by xValenciaFCx

I have some sweet logos u could use. But you would need to have MSN so I could send them

Thanks , Bad News Though, My Msn Ain't working At the Moment
Can you not put them on Photobucket?

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Going to do the Emerites Cup Soon, Although I'm Taking PSG out Because a couldn't find there logo graphics...