The Rangers Thread

[Novo]

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Rangers Football Club are an association football team based in Glasgow, Scotland, who currently play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears (from the rhyming slang for the same) and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses. They are sometimes referred to as Glasgow Rangers, although the word Glasgow does not form part of the club's official title. The club is incorporated as The Rangers Football Club plc. The club's home is the all-seated 51,082-capacity Ibrox Stadium in south-west Glasgow.

Rangers have won 52 domestic league titles, more than any other team in the world. They have won the Scottish League Cup 25 times — more than any other Scottish club — and the Scottish Cup 33 times. In 1961 Rangers were the first British team to compete in a European final when they reached the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup. They won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1972, having been the runners-up in 1961 and 1967, and were runners-up in the 2008 UEFA Cup Final. An estimated 150,000 Rangers fans made the journey to Manchester for the final, most of whom did not have tickets.

Rangers' players and fans today are multi-national and of various religious and political affiliations, although the club have traditionally been identified with and favoured the Protestant and Unionist community of Scotland, as well as the Unionist community in Northern Ireland. For most of their history, Rangers have enjoyed a fierce rivalry with their cross-city opponents Celtic, and the two are collectively known as the Old Firm.

Full name Rangers Football Club
Nickname(s) The Gers, Teddy Bears, Light Blues
Founded 1873
Ground Ibrox Stadium
Capacity: 51,082
Chairman Sir David Murray
Manager Walter Smith
League Scottish Premier League
2009-2010 Scottish Premier League, 1st

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Honours

Scottish League championships (53)
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. 2009, 2010

Cup Winners' Cup winners (1)
1972

Scottish Cup winners (33)
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. 2009

League Cup winners (26)
1947, 1949, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010


Current Squad

No. Position Player
1 GK Allan McGregor
2 MF Maurice Edu
3 DF David Weir (captain)
5 DF Saša Papac
6 MF Lee McCulloch
7 MF Steven Davis
10 MF John Fleck
14 FW Steven Naismith
16 DF Steven Whittaker
17 FW Andrius Velička
18 FW Kenny Miller
21 DF Kirk Broadfoot
22 DF Andy Webster
24 DF Madjid Bougherra
25 GK Neil Alexander
27 FW Kyle Lafferty
47 DF Jordan McMillan
56 FW Andrew Little
69 MF Gregg Wylde


Members

.Andy.
Lauren
Firewire
Brad
Jayson

[Brad.]

i will join. what a great team - easily the best Scottish club

[Jayson]

I will join. My fave SPL team.

[Novo]

Great stuff!

[Lauren]

Just saw this, I'll join.

WATP.

[Novo]

WALTER SMITH insists fans shouldn't get too excited about the possibility of Rangers ending up in pot two of the Champions League group phase draw.

The Light Blues will move up from the collection of third seeds if two of the first and second-seeded teams who are currently going through the qualifiers fail to make it.

Atletico Madrid lead Panathinaikos after thier Champions League first-leg qualifierAt the moment, that's a distinct possibility with Atletico Madrid leading Panathinaikos 3-2 after the first leg of their tie in Greece.

Fiorentina also drew 2-2 with Sporting Clube in Lisbon and have home advantage in their second meeting.

Both Atletico and Fiorentina have lower coefficients than the SPL champions, meaning Gers would become the 16th-ranked team in the competition were they both to progress.

Of course, moving up to pot two means Gers would avoid the likes Real Madrid - but they'd still run the risk of meeting some other leading European names.

As such, Smith is urging caution and said: "It would be nice to move up a group of seedings.

"When you look at the teams in pots two and three though, there's not a lot of difference between them and I don't think it changes things much in terms of the overall draw.

"From our own point of view, all of the games will be difficult and if you have a look at pot four, you'd find a lot of teams you'd have great difficulty getting past.

"It would be nice for the club to be amongst the second seeds and everybody would be pleased if that did happen but I really don't think it would matter a great deal if were there or among the third seeds. We are just hoping to do well."

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Jerome Rothen: I turned down English Premiership to join Rangers

Sep 2 2009 By Craig Swan

JEROME ROTHEN revealed he slammed the door shut on a glamour Premiership move to agree a deal with Rangers.

The 31-year-old last night sealed his one-year loan switch to Ibrox from Paris St Germain just 48 hours after a transfer to Schalke in the Bundesliga collapsed.

Winger Rothen was quickly contacted by Blackburn chiefs and offered the chance to head for Ewood Park and the bright lights of England's top flight but with Rangers boss Walter Smith also on the case the player admitted his choice was simple.

He said: "From a sporting point of view it was more important to come here.

"Blackburn called before Rangers but I don't think they have the same ambitions as a club.

"Here I have a chance to win awards and to win titles and, of course, the Champions League is a big draw for me."

Rothen hopes his move will revive a career that had gone stale after five years in the French capital.

The attacker also hopes the road he has taken from Paris to Glasgow leads all the way to South Africa.

He has lost his spot in the France set-up, having won the last of his 13 caps two years ago in a qualifier against the Faroe Islands.

The former Monaco ace has not been to a major finals since making up the squad for Euro 2004 but hopes that will change.

Rangers.' participation in the Champions League will give Rothen the opportunity to showcase his talents on the biggest club stage of all again and it's a chance he is desperate to take.

Raymond Domenech will soon piece together his party for South Africa 2010 if the French can negotiate their way out of Group 7 ahead of Serbia or via a play-off and Rothen hopes to catch his eye.

He said: "I hope so. Obviously, Rangers are involved in Champions League competition and it is the most watched there is.

"If I play well I hope I get the chance to play for France again."

Record Sport columnist Mark Hateley believes Rothen will soon become a fans' favourite at Ibrox.

He said: "Rothen has a great engine, great technique, a great left foot, he will take the ball in all areas and possesses a great delivery. He will be a big asset for Rangers."

[King Gizzard]

I am blatently going to set up a celtic one or andyman will

[Lauren]

Pipe down Nathan, Manageress Lauren Fahey is here now.
http://photos-f-2.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs262.snc1/8925_273640960382_773105382_8744021_4931196_n.jpg

[Novo]

Lauren can you use Novo up front on his own in a 4-5-1 formation with Rothen and Davis supporting from the flanks

[Lauren]

Of course Andy, anything the fans wish - Manageress Lauren will provide!!!

Here is Rothen's jersey (was one of the first pics before anyone else knew his number etc, how great am I).

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[spitfire]

Magic Bougherra. :hello::hello:

[King Gizzard]

steven davis couldnt handle the pressure of playing for villa and sitting on the bench cause he wasnt playing well so he wimpered out like a baby to fulham

[spitfire]

steven davis couldnt handle the pressure of playing for villa and sitting on the bench cause he wasnt playing well so he wimpered out like a baby to fulham
The season before he left Villa,he missed just one game and was voted young player of the year,fans player of the year and players player of the year.Fulham offered 4 million for him.Hardly whimpering out.

[King Gizzard]

steven davis couldnt handle the pressure of playing for villa and sitting on the bench cause he wasnt playing well so he wimpered out like a baby to fulham
The season before he left Villa,he missed just one game and was voted young player of the year,fans player of the year and players player of the year.Fulham offered 4 million for him.Hardly whimpering out.


no he had a season where he was on the bench alot, wasnt playing well didnt play much so he left

hence we let him go for only 4million

[spitfire]

steven davis couldnt handle the pressure of playing for villa and sitting on the bench cause he wasnt playing well so he wimpered out like a baby to fulham
The season before he left Villa,he missed just one game and was voted young player of the year,fans player of the year and players player of the year.Fulham offered 4 million for him.Hardly whimpering out.


no he had a season where he was on the bench alot, wasnt playing well didnt play much so he left

hence we let him go for only 4million
05/06 he won honours mentioned in my post.End of 06/07 he joined Fulham.

[Lauren]

Davis is a brilliant footballer, his talent is underrated.

[King Gizzard]

He was brilliant for us but he tailed off and couldnt handle the expectation

[Lauren]

The same could be said about Adebayor, though - he tailed off from Arsenal but he's still a goal scoring footballer. Just because his talent was overlooked or clouded doesn't mean he's lost anything.

That said, he is a background footballer - sets things up, good set pieces, good work making spaces etc.

[spitfire]

He was brilliant for us but he tailed off and couldnt handle the expectation
Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aston Villa 2004-05 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 1
2005-06 35 4 4 2 3 2 0 0 42 8
2006-07 28 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 31 0

Wiki stats,so maybe not 100% correct.

I see he left the season M O'Neil joined.Perhaps they had a fall out.:wink:

[Lauren]

I see he left the season M O'Neil joined.Perhaps they had a fall out.:wink:

I can't wonder for the life of me why MoN would dislike Davis? ... hmmm.... :tongue:

[King Gizzard]

05 06 he was good

06 07 not so good. then he left for fulham.

i wish him luck at rangers...and he may make his premiership return to england if a team take apunt on him...he is top 8 standard at least

[spitfire]

I see he left the season M O'Neil joined.Perhaps they had a fall out.:wink:

I can't wonder for the life of me why MoN would dislike Davis? ... hmmm.... :tongue:
Rumour has it he heard Davis whistling 'The Sash' in the shower room.:whistle::joker:

[Lauren]

He doesn't wanna be in England haha, the SPL is where it's at lol!

[King Gizzard]

:whistle:

lauren i have never asked/knew

are you scottish or are you geordie? you support scotland over england dont you

[Lauren]

Rumour has it he heard Davis whistling 'The Sash' in the shower room.:whistle::joker:

I heard it was a miscommunication, MoN heard Davis telling someone "why don't you just go home" and got the wrong end of the stick. :hugesmile:


ps. BJK.

[Lauren]

:whistle:

lauren i have never asked/knew

are you scottish or are you geordie? you support scotland over england dont you

I'm not Geordie!!!! LOL. I'm Mackem, if anything. But yeah I support Scotland over England, always have done though.

[spitfire]

ps. BJK.
Lost 1-0 to Man Utd last night.
That's one kit i must buy.:thumbs2:

[King Gizzard]

Well yes english then

:conf:

[Lauren]

Well yes english then

:conf:

yeah english, but not geordie. thats like saying im a newcastle fan... :bawling:

Oh I just realised, you musn't know what a mackem is ahhaha.

Someone from Newcastle = Geordie.
Someone from Sunderland = Mackem.

[King Gizzard]

I know what a mackem is, it was just geordie was the first thing that came to my head when trying to think of a word used to describe someone from newcastle

[Lauren]

This thread needs a wee bit more of a Rangers lift.

http://photos-c-4.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs262.snc1/8925_273686250382_773105382_8745458_4817295_n.jpg

(I ruin the picture somewhat haha).

[King Gizzard]

I would be friendly to rangers..its just sometimes you lot take the piss out of celtic so i have to even it up a bit and in some cases do more lol

[Lauren]

I would be friendly to rangers..its just sometimes you lot take the p**s out of celtic so i have to even it up a bit and in some cases do more lol

That's cos they're pish.

(LOL im kidding seriously, I don't -hate- Celtic...much :P)

[King Gizzard]

its weird how i dont hate birmingham...its probably cause there much shitter than us and ive never lived in birmingham and dont come from there

dad just decided to support villa as a teenager cause he liked the name

[Lauren]

Yeah cos Rangers and Celtic are in the same city it's hard not to really hate the other, they can't play at home on the same matchday etc. That's all football banter though - but there's the religious reasons more than anything behind it. I'm a commodity - I'm from an Irish Catholic family but support Rangers.

[King Gizzard]

I like celtic cause i suppose they are more popular and well known i think (dont kill me) martin oneill, henrik larsson

[Lauren]

Tbf, Celtic is the "trendy" club. Some people own the shirts and don't even like football, or don't know about the club. It's the most popular side, for definite.

I seriously 100% not being biased though - I think Rangers are the better club in terms of football. But then I know that does sound biased LOL

[spitfire]

I would be friendly to rangers..its just sometimes you lot take the p**s out of celtic so i have to even it up a bit and in some cases do more lol

That's cos they're pish.

(LOL im kidding seriously, I don't -hate- Celtic...much :P)
I despise them.:mad:

[King Gizzard]

Rangers have a few good players...and Steven Whittaker looks a bit like my cousin..Butt ugly

[Lauren]

Rangers have a few good players...and Steven Whittaker looks a bit like my cousin..Butt ugly

He has a horse face but he can play a good ball lmao, so I'll let him off. Ugliest is Mendes but christ he's amazing at football.

[spitfire]

I like celtic cause i suppose they are more popular and well known i think (dont kill me) martin oneill, henrik larssonMore well known?No chance everyone who has heard of Septic has heard of Rangers and vice versa.
We welcome the chase.

[King Gizzard]

Mendes is brilliant, bit shocked he left the Premiership..again..no offense intended lol

[King Gizzard]

I like celtic cause i suppose they are more popular and well known i think (dont kill me) martin oneill, henrik larssonMore well known?No chance everyone who has heard of Septic has heard of Rangers and vice versa.
We welcome the chase.
yes but that doesnt mean there as popular

celtic are more well known around the globe, they did win the european cup afterall

[spitfire]

Rangers have a few good players...and Steven Whittaker looks a bit like my cousin..Butt uglyUgliest is Mendes
If we're going down that line,Mendes or McGreedy?:joker:

[spitfire]

I like celtic cause i suppose they are more popular and well known i think (dont kill me) martin oneill, henrik larssonMore well known?No chance everyone who has heard of Septic has heard of Rangers and vice versa.
We welcome the chase.
yes but that doesnt mean there as popular

celtic are more well known around the globe, they did win the european cup afterall
So did Forest and Villa but they're not to well known around the globe.

[King Gizzard]

Celtic are. alot of american fans cause of the links to boston and the same name (kind of) to boston celtics.

[Lauren]

McCheaty is definitely ugliest, chubby little hobbit he is!

They seriously have the ugliest footballers I've ever seen...Willo Flood.

[King Gizzard]

willo flood should stop wasting celtics time and go back to mordor

[spitfire]

Celtic are. alot of american fans cause of the links to boston and the same name (kind of) to boston celtics.
I'm not disputing most popular.What i'm disputing is the 'more well known'.If you've heard of one then you've heard of the other.
Celtic are more popular world wide.

[Lauren]

willo flood should stop wasting celtics time and go back to mordor

My precious....He wants Maloney's ring.

[King Gizzard]

Fair enough, but i was on about being well know really, especially in america

[spitfire]

Celtic are. alot of american fans cause of the links to boston and the same name (kind of) to boston celtics.
It's more to do with the 'plastics'.:thumbs:

http://i27.tinypic.com/8y6vdv.gif

[Lauren]

LOL spitfire, that picture!

[spitfire]

LOL spitfire, that picture!
Use it as your av,i dare you.:joker:

[Lauren]

LOL spitfire, that picture!
Use it as your av,i dare you.:joker:

Bahaha, one of the admin is a Rangers fan - he'll be sure to get the meaning - though I can't imagine he'd be too pleased to see it! :P

[Lauren]

WE ARE THE PEOPLE!!

go on super MILLER!!!! nearly a hattrick.

excellent Rangers, pure SKILL!!

[Firewire]

I love how I am a member and haven't even asked to be one!

[Novo]

Knew we would do it

We needed to as well

:dance:

[Lauren]

Only 1 pt behind and an old firm win behind us, by next week we'll be ahead :dance: I made friends with a liverpool/celtic fan LOL, fail by himself.

[King Gizzard]

well done you guys

[Lauren]

Thanks Nate lol, LOVE your avatar, memories rofl!

[King Gizzard]

Thanks Nate lol, LOVE your avatar, memories rofl!

i think i have the best graphics combo ive had now!

[Lauren]

I used to LOVE renford rejects lol, the fake italian hahahahahaha

[Novo]

Fingers crossed for tonight

:)

[Novo]

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[James]

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47389000/jpg/_47389928_rangers-celebrations_766.jpg

:dance:

[LeatherTrumpet]

We arra peeeeeeeeeeeeople


and haha Celtic

"At least barnes could rap" was the best banner yesterday

[Novo]

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The great one

[Novo]

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[Big Brother Fan]

You are my Larsson!!!

[Novo]

You are my Larsson!!!

Kris boyd took care of his record :)

[Big Brother Fan]

Don't compare Kris Boyd with Larsson, it's like comparing Roque Santa Cruz to Pele

Outside of the SPL Larsson won the Champions League and played a part in Manchester United's title win in 2007

Kris Boyd? He might win the Championship at best :)

[Novo]

Don't compare Kris Boyd with Larsson, it's like comparing Roque Santa Cruz to Pele

Outside of the SPL Larsson won the Champions League and played a part in Manchester United's title win in 2007

Kris Boyd? He might win the Championship at best :)

Kris boyd has still got 7/8 years left... he would have smashed Larsson's record twice over if he stayed in the SPL, and don't talk ****.. he never played a major part in United's title win in 2007 he scored about 2 goals when he was on loan..

Gio won the champions league it doesn't mean ****. the fact is Boyd smashed Larsson's record

Unlucky

[Big Brother Fan]

I said a part, not a major part lol

[Novo]

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