Ross_RFC

Sunday 25th June 2006
Le Gaffer quits Gers

Rangers fans have today woken up to the news that Former Lyon Coach Paul Le Guen has left Rangers to become a pundit for French TV Channel Canal+. Le Guen was in charge for only 12 days but he confirmed at the brief press conference that his wife was homesick and wanted to return to their native country. Rangers chairman David Murray today begins the search for a new manager with Alan Curbishley and ex-manager Greame Souness tipped to replace the French tactician.


Friday 30th June 2006
Gers appoint unknown Scotsman to take charge

David Murray today shocked the footballing world as he appointed 30 year-old lifelong Rangers fan Ross Dunbar as new manager to replace Paul Le Guen. Dunbar, has only had one previous experience of management which was at Scottish Third Division side Elgin City. The gaffer has signed a one year-deal at Ibrox with the option to extend the deal if he lives up to the expectations set by the Rangers board.


Sunday 2nd July 2006
Gers sign Greek veteran

Rangers manager Ross Dunbar today completed his first signing by bringing in experienced Greek midfielder Vasilias Tsiartas on a free transfer. Tsiartas, has been capped 63 times for Greece and has scored 11 goals in that time.
The veteran has previously played for AEK Athens and 2005 Uefa Cup winners Sevilla.


Monday 3rd July 2006
Charlie stuns Clyde with late strike

Clyde 0-1 Rangers: A superb long range effort from Rangers youngster Charlie Adam stunned Clyde in the final 13mins in this friendly at Broadwood Stadium. Adam's strike came after 77mins when midfielder Jeremy Clement's lovely switch of play found Adam on the left hand side and he pulled the trigger to steer the ball past Clyde No.1Andy Hume and into the top corner to give Ross Dunbar his first win in charge.
Rangers Team: Letizi, Hutton, Murray(Smith 60), Svensson, Rodriguez, Sionko, Tsiartas(Adam 60), Rae(Buffel 60), Hemdani(Clement 60), Sebo, Novo(Boyd 80)


Tuesday 4th July 2006
Miller returns to Gers

Rangers have signed Brann Midfielder Charlie Miller for £975k. Miller joins Rangers for the second time in his career after a 7 year spell in the early 90's. The former Leicester, Watford and Dundee Utd midfielder has admitted he is excited about joining his boyhood heroes for the second time.


Wednesday 5th July 2006
Bosnian is Bolton bound, Alexander heads up North

Rangers today confirmed that Bosnia & Herzegovina defender Sasa Papac has signed a deal with Bolton for £250k. Papac made one appearance for Rangers in his time in Glasgow but the former Austria Vienna defender felt it was
time to move on. The Gers also confirmed that Preston defender Graham Alexander has signed on a short term deal for just under £100k.

mic123

your too far into this game mate lol

Mon The Hoops

Ross_RFC

[u]Friday 8th July 2006
Swede completes move to Gers

Rangers have completed the signing of Malmo midfielder Daniel Andersson for £1.1m. The 28 year-old Swedish international joins Rangers after rejecting deals from Treviso, Lille and Lens. Andersson played for Italian side Vicenza before moving to Sweden to join his boyhood heroes Malmo FF.


[b]Tuesday 11th July 2006
Broadfoot heading for Ibrox?

Rumours today are suggesting that St.Mirren defender Kirk Broadfoot could be on his way to Ibrox in the near future. Broadfoot has been linked with Rangers for several weeks now and Dunbar has admitted that the youngster is one of a number of players he is currently looking at.


Monday 17th July 2006
Gavin's last gasp winner sees off Gretna

Gretna 0-1 Rangers: It took Rangers 93mins to break down first division Gretna this evening as Raydale Park basked in sunshine. Rangers took the lead with substitute Gavin Rae after superb running down the flank from Makhtar N'Diaye. N'Diaye then slipped the ball across the face of goal and the former Dundee man was there to snatch Rangers this win.
Rangers Team: Letizi, Hutton(Alexander 54), Murray, Svensson, Rodriguez(Bryson 80), Miller(N'Diaye 45), Adam(Tsiartas 68), Ferguson(C)(Hemdani 68), Andersson(Rae 45), Boyd(Stanger 75), Sebo(Buffel 60)


Wednesday 19th July 2006
Gers sign Kerr

Rangers today have made a brief statement at a press conference confirming that Motherwell midfielder Brian Kerr has signed for the light blues. Kerr has joined the Gers for around £300k and is expected to feature in Rangers' final pre-season friendly tomorrow against Spanish outfit Osasuna at Ibrox. Kerr has previously played for Coventry, Livingston, Newcastle and has had One senior international cap which was against Austria in 2003.


Thursday 20th July 2006
Spaniards rue miss chances

Rangers 2-2 Osasuna: Osasuna took the lead in this game just after 14mins when Raul Garcia smashed his 25 yard strike into the bottom left hand corner past the helpless Lionel Letizi. Rangers equalised just after 43mins when a surging run from Charlie Miller paid off when he played it through to Filip Sebo and he rifled his shot into the roof of the net. Osasuna restored their lead immediatley after the equaliser when Bernardo Romeo's shot was parried by Letizi and Webo pounced to make it 2-1. Rangers got their reward for a strong period of pressure when Kris Boyd was played through one-on-one by Daniel Andersson and the former Kilmarnock talisman slotted home with 10mins left.
Rangers Team: Letizi, Hutton(Alexander 45), Murray(Smith 75), Svensson, Rodriguez(Hemdani 21), Miller(N'Diaye 75), Andersson, Ferguson(C)(Rae 75), Adam(Tsiartas 57), Sebo(Stanger 75), Buffel(Boyd 45)


Sunday 23rd July 2006
Gers sign Ben Arfa on loan deal

Rangers have signed Lyon winger Hatem Ben Arfa on loan until the end of the season. The 18 year-old Frenchman joins Rangers after rejecting deals from Wigan, Marseille, Kaiserslutern and Celta Vigo. Ben Arfa will be in the squad for the League Opener at Ibrox against Kilmarnock.

SPL Week 1 Fixtures:

Rangers vs Kilmarnock - 12:30 (Live on Setanta)
Dundee Utd vs St.Mirren
Dunfermline vs Hibs
Falkirk vs Motherwell
Inverness vs Aberdeen
Hearts vs Celtic - Sunday 2:00 (Live on Setanta)

Rangers Team News: Karl Svensson, Dado Prso and Chris Burke injured. Clement, Letizi, Sebo, Alexander, Andersson, Kerr, Ben Arfa and Sionko all set for League debuts.

Match Odds: Rangers: 4/6 (FAV) Draw: 9/4 - Kilmarnock: 7/2

This game will be on Next update!!

edheng

wow...looks like a real manager's journal...can't wait for more lol

13: Premire league & 1st division titles
10: FA cups
2: League Cups
12: Charity Shields/Community Shields
1: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Predecessor of UEFA cup)
1: European cup winners cup

Pride of the gunners

Ross_RFC

Saturday 29th July 2006 - 12.30pm
SPL
Rangers 5-0 Kilmarnock: Rangers started their SPL campaign with three points as they thrashed Kilmarnock in a 5-0 victory. Kris Boyd opened the scoring after three minutes from a free-kick right on the edge of the box by smashing the ball through the wall and into the net. Debutant Graham Alexander doubled the lead Four minutes later from the penalty spot. Libor Sionko added a third on 30mins when his inswinging corner sailed into the far corner. Boyd got his second just before half-time when a superb defence-splitting pass by Thomas Buffel sent Boyd through on goal and the former Killie striker slotted home. Kilmarnock's Aussie winger Danny Invincible was sent off on the hour mark for two bookable offences and from the resulting free-kick, Captain Barry Ferguson led by example to make it Rangers 5-0 Kilmarnock at Full-time.
Rangers Team: Letizi, Alexander, Murray, Rodriguez, Juhasz, Sionko, Adam, Ferguson(C), Hemdani(Ben Arfa 65), Boyd(Sebo 65), Buffel(Kerr 89)


SPL Scores:
Dundee Utd 3-0 St.Mirren
Dunfermline 1-2 Hibs
Falkirk 1-0 Motherwell
Inverness 2-1 Aberdeen
RANGERS 5-0 KILMARNOCK
Hearts 4-1 Celtic :) - Sunday 2pm TV


Tuesday 1st August 2006
"Boyd Must be stopped" says Mogga
Hibs manager Tony Mowbray has declared that Rangers talisman Kris Boyd must be stopped if his young Hibs side are to topple the Gers. Mowbray admitted that Boyd will be a handful for his two centre backs and is worried that if provided the right service, Boyd will pounce and add to his two league goals. Hibs take on Rangers this Sunday at Easter Road and the game is live on Setanta Sports.


Saturday 5th August 2006
SPL Scores - All kick offs are 3pm
Aberdeen 1-3 Dundee Utd
Celtic 6-0 Falkirk
Kilmarnock 1-5 Hearts
Motherwell 0-2 Inverness
St. Mirren 3-1 Dunfermline


Sunday 6th August 2006 - 2pm
SPL
Hibernian 0-0 Rangers: Hibs and Rangers today fought out a boring 0-0 draw in the live match on Setanta. The best chance of the game fell to Hibs' Morroccan striker Benji but his low drive was well turned away by French keeper Lionel Letizi. Almost immediatley after the Gers nearly took the lead as Filip Sebo's stunning right foot volley was dramatically tipped over by Malkowski. On a more positive note for Rangers, Croatian favourite Dado Prso made a substitute appearance for Rangers in the final 10mins after his injury spell.
Rangers Team: Letizi, Alexander, Murray, Rodriguez, Juhasz, Sionko(Miller 52), Adam, Ferguson(C), Andersson(Sebo 75), Boyd, Buffel(Prso 83)

produkte

Kilmarnock are having a great start to the season, 0-5, 1-5....

Tazskool

looks good.... this is a good exmaple of how it should be written well done!!

Also maybe a good little touch is to "sometimes" release how much you paid for players as well.... just like real clubs do..but keep some secret ;)

Also have you thought about setting a space of time where we can PM you between 2-3 days (real time) asking you questions and you releasing a Press Statement... with all the questions you wish to answer.. ?

Ross_RFC

Saturday 12th August 2006 - 3pm
SPL

Rangers 3-0 St.Mirren: It was a stroke of tactical genius from the Rangers manager which helped his side overcome a stubborn St.Mirren defence. The game was 52mins old when Slovakian Striker Filip Sebo opened his Rangers account with a sweet finish after Brahim Hemdani's shot was parried. Rangers doubled their advantage just two minutes later when slack play by Kevin McGowne allowed Kris Boyd the chance to get his 3rd goal of the campaign and he didn't disappoint. Rangers put the icing on the cake with 72mins played when a corner from Hatem Ben Arfa was powerfully met by midfielder Brian Kerr as he got his first Rangers goal in an impressive performance. Rangers are in 2nd position in the SPL, two points behind Craig Brewster's Dundee United.
Rangers Team: Letizi, Hutton, Smith, Svensson, Juhasz, Miller, Tsiartas(Ben Arfa 60), Kerr, Clement(Hemdani 45), Boyd, Sebo(Prso 80)


Classified SPL Scores:
Dundee United 2-0 Motherwell
Dunfermline 2-1 Aberdeen
Falkirk 5-3 Hearts
Hibernian 1-1 Kilmarnock
RANGERS 3-0 ST.MIRREN


Sunday 13th August 2006 - 2pm
SPL: Inverness CT 0-3 Celtic - Gravesen(26), Miller(42), Maloney(87)

SPL Preview: Aberdeen vs Rangers, Kick off 12.30pm (TV) - Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
Match Odds: Aberdeen (10/1) Draw (4/1) Rangers (1/6) FAV
Team News: Rangers have Full strength team to choose from apart from Chris Burke who is still sidelined.


Saturday 19th August 2006 - 12.30pm
SPL

Aberdeen 0-1 Rangers: A solitary goal just after 38mins by Slovak Filip Sebo sent Rangers home delighted in a well fought match a Pittodrie. Sebo's goal was created by former team-mate at Austria Vienna Libor Sionko as his splendid little chip over Zander Diamond sent Sebo through against Jaime Langfield and the Slovakian International rolled the ball through the former Dundee Keeper's legs to make it 1-0. That chance was the only real opening for Rangers but Aberdeen squandered a few chances of their own, one coming from Scott Severin as he flopped his shot over the bar from around 7 yards with Letizi beaten. Aberdeen manager Jimmy Calderwood was sent to the stand just after 72mins following a bust-up with rival manager Ross Dunbar. Rangers lead the way in the Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier League after four league games.
Rangers Team: Letizi, Alexander, Murray, Rodriguez, Juhasz, Sionko, Adam, Hemdani(Andersson 69), Ferguson(C), Sebo(Prso 52), Boyd(Miller 80)


SPL Scores - 19/8/06:
ABERDEEN 0-1 RANGERS
Celtic 3-1 Dundee United
Hearts 0-1 Inverness CT
Kilmarnock 2-1 Falkirk
Motherwell 1-1 Dunfermline
St.Mirren 1-1 Hibernian


Monday 21st August 2006
Brewster warned by SFA

Following Dundee United's 3-1 defeat against Celtic, United manager Craig Brewster has been warned by the Scottish Football Association for his comments following the defeat at Celtic Park. Brewster commented on the controversial decision by Mike McCurry which led to Celtic's 2nd goal just after the Tannadice club had equalised.


Thursday 24th August 2006
League Cup Draw

Rangers will play fellow SPL side St.Mirren at Ibrox in the 3rd round of the Scottish League Cup. The teams have met already at Ibrox with Rangers coming out on top in a 3-0 win. In some other matches Gretna take on Hibs, Celtic take on Livingston and Hearts play St.Johnstone at Tynecastle.

Champions League Draw (Just for your intrest)
Group A: Benfica, Milan, Bayern, Zurich
Group B: Real Madrid, Bordeaux, Hamburg, Roma
Group C: Ajax, CSKA, Man Utd, Fenerbahce
Group D: Barcelona, MyPa, Chievo, Porto
Group E: Valencia, Lille, Anderlecht, Chelsea
Group F: Lyon, Olympiakos, Liverpool, Osasuna
Group G: Sporting, Celtic, Arsenal, Spartak
Group H: Bremen, Inter, PSV, Galatasaray

Friday 25th August 2006

Super Cup Final: Barcelona 2-1 SEVILLA (AET) KANOUTE, Ronaldinho, Thuram


UEFA Cup 1st Round Draw:

Rangers will take on Bnei Yehuda in the First round of the UEFA Cup. Rangers will take on the Isreali's at Ibrox in the first leg on the 14th September and fly out to the middle east two weeks later.

Ross_RFC

Saturday 26th August 2006 - 3pm
SPL

Rangers 1-0 Motherwell: Rangers today came out on top in a battling 1-0 win over Maurice Malpas' Motherwell. Hungarian defender Roland Juhasz opened the scoring after just 2mins when an inswinging corner from Hatem Ben Arfa was met by the former Anderlecht defender and the ball flew past keeper Greame Smith. Rangers created numerous openings but failed to kill off the strong Motherwell challenge. Dado Prso hit the bar with a header on the hour mark after good set up play from Thomas Buffel but it didn't matter as Rangers took the three points at Ibrox to keep them at the summit of the SPL. Rangers' next match is against fierce rivals Celtic at Celtic Park on the 9th September after the international break.
Rangers Team: Letizi, Alexander, Smith, Rodriguez, Juhasz, Kerr, Ben Arfa, Hemdani(Andersson 55), Buffel, Sebo(Adam 75), Prso(Boyd 85)


SPL Scores - 3pm:
Dundee Utd 1-0 Hearts
Hibernian 1-1 Aberdeen
Inverness CT 1-3 Falkirk
RANGERS 1-0 MOTHERWELL
St.Mirren 0-0 Kilmarnock

Sunday 27th August 2006 - 2pm
Dunfermline 0-1 Celtic (TV) - Zurawski(77), McManus sent off for Celtic
Stephen McManus will be suspended for the crunch Old Firm clash in two weeks.


Tuesday 29th August 2006
Gers to sign Halmosi

Rumours are suggesting that Debrecen full back Peter Halmosi is on his way to Ibrox at the end of the season. The Hungarian is valued at around £425k and Rangers manager Ross Dunbar has admitted he is in the price margin of the players he is looking for. Halmosi has been capped 10 times for his country scoring 0 goals.

Thursday 31st August 2006
Gers confirm Euro Squad

Here is Rangers' Euro squad for the forthcoming season:
Letizi, Svensson, Hemdani, Alexander, Murray, Juhasz, Rodriguez, Hutton, Smith, Andersson, Clement, Ferguson, Kerr, Rae, Miller, Adam, Ben Arfa, Prso, Boyd, Sebo, Buffel, Sionko, McGregor, Burke, Novo

Friday 1st September 2006
Monthly Awards

Kenny Miller(Celtic) - Player of the month
Anthony Stokes(Falkirk) - Young Player of the month
Gordon Strachan(Celtic) - Manager of the month
Lee Miller(Aberdeen vs Dunfermline) - Goal of the Month


Saturday 2nd September 2006
International Round-Up

Scotland 7-0 Faroe Islands - Four goals from Kris Boyd and three from his strike partner Kenny Miller have seen Scotland demolish the Faroe Islands at Celtic Park. Boyd opened the scoring after 12mins and continued to grab his 3rd goal until Kenny Miller popped up to get a marvellous hat-trick.


Wednesday 6th September 2006
International Round-Up

Lithuania 2-2 Scotland - Scotland grabbed a well deserved draw here in Kaunas after dramatically coming from 2-0 behind. Lithuania had the comfort of their 2-0 lead up to the 65th minute when Andy Webster grabbed the first. Veteran David Weir got the equaliser 2mins from time to spark jubilation in the stands.


Saturday 9th September 2006
Old Firm Preview:

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan comes up against Ross Dunbar for the first time this weekend in the most pulsating match in World football. Celtic, who are currently the SPL holders, take on Rangers at Celtic Park where the atmosphere is set to be stunning. Celtic go in to this game sitting one point behind the league leaders who are Rangers. Celtic have a few problems going into this one, striker Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink is sidelined with a hip injury and John Kennedy is still out with a knee injury. Stephen McManus is suspended after his sending off a fortnight ago. Rangers enter this old firm crunch at the summit of the league but have a few injury problems of their own. Sub Goalie Allan McGregor is out with a wrist injury, Ian Murray is out with Shin Splints, Libor Sionko is out with a thigh injury and striker Filip Sebo is out with a Virus.

Match odds: Celtic 6/4 FAV - Draw 2/1 - Rangers 13/8

Celtic Line Up: Boruc, Wilson, Caldwell, Balde, Telfer, Sno, Gravesen, Nakamura, Zurawski, Miller, Maloney
Rangers Line Up: Letizi, Alexander, Smith, Juhasz, Rodriguez, Miller, Adam, Ferguson, Buffel, Andersson, Boyd.

OLD FIRM MATCH ON NEXT UPDATE!!!!!

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A Pre-match interview between reporter Stuart Lovell and Rangers manager Ross Dunbar:

SL: "Well Ross today is your first taste of Old firm action, how you feeling?"

RD: "To be honest i am a bit nervous but confident we can win the game".

SL: "You have set out in a 4-5-1 formation, what is your thoughts behind that?"

RD: "We know that Celtic will be strong going forward and with players like Gravesen and Nakamura in the middle of the park we have to over run Celtic in their if we are going to take anything".

SL: "No Filip Sebo or Libor Sionko, Will that be a big blow for you?"

RD: "Of course, Filip and Libor are two influential players and both probably would have started but hey, that's football".

SL: "Thanks for your time Ross".

RD: "cheers"

----------------------------------Letizi---------------------------------------------

Alexander------------Rodriguez--------------------Juhasz-------------------Smith

Miller--------------Andersson--------Ferguson--------Buffel-----------------Adam

---------------------------------Boyd--------------------------------------

Celtic 2-1 Rangers
Boyd(9), Jarosik(27), Telfer(Pen 84), Adam Sent off(88)

Rangers will today find themselves very hard done by after a battling performance at Celtic Park. Kris Boyd opened the scoring for Rangers after a slick pass by Thomas Buffel set him up and Boyd rolled it under Boruc. It took Celtic just under 20mins to equalise after a Shaun Maloney cross was well met by Czech Jiri Jarosik and the ball cannoned into the back of the net. Nothing major happened in the rest of this game but it all kicked off again with 6mins remaining as Shaun Maloney went down under the challenge of Julien Rodriguez and the referee awarded a penalty. Paul Telfer stepped up to cooly slot the ball past Lionel Letizi and into the bottom corner. Charlie Adam was sent off 4mins later for a controversial elbow on Celtic's Derek Riordan but the referee had no hesitation in sending off the Rangers youngster. When the full time whistle went it was jubilation on the touchline for Celtic but the two managers refused to shake hands after the game which will cause much publicity in the week. The final score from Celtic Park is Celtic 2-1 Rangers.

A Post-match interview between reporter Stuart Lovell and Rangers manager Ross Dunbar:

SL: "What was your thoughts on today's game?"

RD: "I am very disappointed with the manner in how we lost, i personally didn't think it was a penalty but i suppose the referee had a better look at it?"

SL: "Were you happy at the players with their performance?"

RD: "I thought the guys played particulary well in the first half but in the second we lost grips with their midfield and that's what ultimatley cost us the game".

SL: "Do you think this result will be a dent in the confidence at Ibrox?"

RD: "No, i believe we have a good bunch of lads here who are wanting to do well for Rangers so we look to the next match on Thursday in the UEFA Cup and try to put on a show for our fans".

SL: "Thanks for your time"

RD: "Pleasure"

Other Scores:
Aberdeen 2-3 St.Mirren
Falkirk 0-0 Dundee Utd
Hearts 1-1 Dunfermline
Kilmarnock 3-2 Inverness CT
Motherwell 0-2 Hibernian (TV) - Sunday

Ross_RFC

Thursday 14th September 2006
UEFA Cup First Round First Leg

Rangers 2-0 Bnei Yehuda: A superb free-kick by captain Barry Ferguson and a fine finish from Belgian striker Thomas Buffel gave Rangers a comfortable lead going into the second leg in two weeks time. Ferguson gave Rangers the lead after 63mins when his curling free-kick from the edge of the box flied into the top corner. Rangers doubled their advantage 14mins later when Charlie Miller's cross was partly cleared and striker Thomas Buffel managed to poke the ball past the keeper and into the back of the net. Rangers travel to Tel-Aviv in two weeks time to take on the Isreali's in the second leg which is set to be an intresting tie with the winner going into the group stages.
Rangers Team: Letizi, Alexander, Smith, Juhasz, Rodriguez, Burke(Miller 65), Ben Arfa(Adam 45), Ferguson(C), Hemdani, Boyd(Kerr 84), Buffel


Saturday 16th September 2006
SPL Scores:
Aberdeen 0-0 Kilmarnock
Dundee United 4-1 Inverness CT
Dunfermline 1-2 Falkirk
St.Mirren 1-1 Motherwell


Sunday 17th September 2006
SPL

Rangers 0-0 Hearts: Rangers battled till the end of this game but couldn't break down the barrier of the Hearts defence as Craig Gordon kept the Jambos in this with some magic saves. It was Rangers who started the brightest and Hatem Ben Arfa's header cannoned off the cross bar after Chris Burke's cross but Craig Gordon looked to have it covered. Hearts had a few oppertunities of their own and when Mauricio Pinilla struck the post the Rangers fans had a huge sigh of relief. Rangers again penitrated the Hearts goal in the final few with youngster Moses Ashikodi having a good chance after Boyd's shot was parried but in the end it was a fair result in my view.
Rangers Team: Letizi, Alexander, Smith, Juhasz, Rodriguez, Burke(Miller 64), Ben Arfa(Ashikodi 64), Ferguson(C), Andersson, Boyd, Novo


Other Score:
Hibernian 3-2 Celtic (TV) - Sunday


Wednesday 20th September 2006
League Cup 3rd Round

Rangers 1-1 St.Mirren (St.Mirren win 5-4 on Pens): Rangers manager Ross Dunbar has just encountered his most embarrasing result as Rangers manager as they are knocked out of the League Cup by St.Mirren at Ibrox. Rangers took the lead after 5mins when Nacho Novo's shot was parried out and Moses Ashikodi pounced to make it 1-0. It took St.Mirren just around an hour to equalise and Stewart Kean was the man to do so with Stefan Klos beaten. The match went into extra time and Rangers failed to make home advantage count by bringing on big guns Kris Boyd and Roland Juhasz and the match went to penalties. Rangers missed their opening p.k when Ben Arfa skied it and it was Kevin McGowne who sent the Buddies through to the Quarter Finals. On a positive note for Rangers, Goalkeeper Stefan Klos returned to first team action after nearly 2 years out with a knee injury.
Rangers Team: Klos, Hutton, Ponroy(Juhasz 90), Svensson, Clement, Burke, Ben Arfa, Kerr, Rae(C), Ashikodi(Boyd 90), Novo

Friday 22nd September 2006
Hibs takeover completed

Rich buisness Scott Walker has completed his takeover of SPL side Hibs for around £7.25m. Chairman Rod Petrie has stepped down and Walker insists he will find a new Chairman, Director of Football and a new manager to possibly replace Tony Mowbray.


Saturday 23rd September 2006
SPL Scores:
Celtic 2-0 St.Mirren
Hearts 1-0 Hibernian
Inverness CT 3-1 Dunfermline
Kilmarnock 1-0 Dundee United
Motherwell 1-1 Aberdeen


Sunday 24th September 2006
SPL

Falkirk 0-1 Rangers: It was skipper Barry Ferguson who led by example for Rangers as he struck the only goal of the game in this boring contest at the Falkirk Stadium. Ferguson opened the scoring after 39mins when another of his trademark free-kicks ended up in the back of the Falkirk net to give the Gers the lead. Again in this game Rangers failed to kill off Falkirk and on-loan striker Anthony Stokes almost sent Rangers home disappointed when he found himself one-on-one against Letizi but the Frenchmen used his experience to block the shot. Rangers travel to Isreal for their UEFA Cup tie against Bnei Yehuda as the Scots lead by 2-0.
Rangers Team: Letizi, Alexander, Rodriguez, Juhasz, Hemdani, Sionko(Burke 70), Ben Arfa, Ferguson(C), Andersson, Boyd, Buffel(Sebo 70)


Thursday 28th September 2006
UEFA Cup First Round Second Leg

Bnei Yehuda 0-0 Rangers (AGG: 0-2): Rangers tonight qualified for the Group stages of the UEFA Cup after a solid display in Tel-Aviv. Rangers failed to concede a goal and hit the post twice in this game. A 2-0 win in Glasgow a fortnight ago was enough but if Charlie Adam's stunning strike had a bit more inward curl Rangers could have been safe from elimination. Rangers go into the group stages along side clubs like AEK, Austria Vienna, Lokomotiv Moscow, Celta Vigo and Maccabi Haifa. The last time Rangers were in the Group stages was in 2005 when they were eliminated in a group containing Grazer AK, Auxerre, AZ and Amica Wronki.
Rangers Team: Letizi, Alexander, Rodriguez, Juhasz, Sionko(Burke 75), Adam, Ferguson(C), Andersson, Hemdani, Buffel(Sebo 60), Boyd

Bozza

Really awesome story mate, a good read. Too bad you lost the first old firm of the season but I bet you will get your revange! KUTGW!

peteranthony01

C'mon the HOOPS !

Sorry have to say that!

Excellent story so far, lets hope the hoops out do you though, lol

Email/MSN: peteranthony001@gmail.com

Ross_RFC

Saturday 30th September 2006
SPL Scores:
Celtic 2-0 Motherwell
Falkirk 2-0 St.Mirren
Inverness CT 3-2 Hibernian
Kilmarnock 1-0 Dunfermline


Sunday 1st October 2006
SPL

Dundee United 1-0 Rangers: Rangers manager Ross Dunbar raged in fury as his side lost out at Tannadice to Dundee United. John Sutton, brother of Chris opened the scoring after 54mins after Barry Robson's delightful ball in which was met by the former St.Mirren striker and the ball ended up past Letizi before he knew it. Rangers pushed and pushed but yet again this season they failed to score. Rangers striker Kris Boyd admitted after the game "It's getting frustrating now that every chance we get we always seem to not put it away and i will be looking to contribute more in our next game".
Rangers Team: Letizi, Alexander, Juhasz, Rodriguez, Hemdani, Sionko(Burke 65), Adam, Ferguson(C), Andersson(Buffel 45), Sebo(Ben Arfa 80), Boyd

Other Score:
Hearts 0-0 Aberdeen

Tuesday 3rd October 2006
UEFA Cup Group Stages Draw

Rangers have been drawn in Group B alongside Dutch side AZ Alkmaar, La Liga outfit Espanyol, Isreali champions Maccabi Haifa and Greek minnows Xanthi in the UEFA Cup.
Rangers will take on AZ and Espanyol at Ibrox and they will play Haifa and Xanthi away in Isreal and Greece respectivley.



Saturday 14th October 2006
SPL

Rangers 1-0 Inverness CT: A goal from Kris Boyd sealed all three points for Rangers this afternoon as they were close to a shock against Inverness. Boyd opened the scoring right on half-time with a tap-in after good play by Chris Burke. After the break Inverness piled on the pressure and were unlucky not to have equalised when a Graham Bayne penalty was finely saved by Rangers keeper Stefan Klos, who deputised for Lionel Letizi as he has the flu. Caley's Ross Tokely was sent off in the dying moments after a stupid foul on Filip Sebo.
Rangers Team: Klos, Alexander(C), Smith, Juhasz, Rodriguez, Burke(Miller 65), Adam, Andersson, Hemdani, Prso(Buffel 80), Boyd(Sebo 65)


Other Scores:
Aberdeen 0-0 Celtic
Dunfermline 1-3 Dundee United
Hibernian 3-1 Falkirk
Motherwell 1-0 Kilmarnock
St.Mirren 0-1 Hearts


Thursday 19th October 2006
UEFA Cup Matchday One
Espanyol 5-0 Xanthi - Tamudo (21,47,86), Eduardo Costa (82), Luis Garcia (90)
Maccabi Haifa 0-3 AZ - Beentjes (11), Arveladze (34, 71)


Saturday 21st October 2006
SPL

Rangers 4-1 Dunfermline: Four first half goals from Rangers including a hat-trick from Belgian forward Thomas Buffel and a goal from Kris Boyd secured the win for Rangers as the pars failed to impress at Ibrox today. Thomas Buffel opened the scoring after 12mins when Brian Kerr's cross was cunningly met by the £2.2m striker. He doubled his tally immediatley after the restart when great vision by Sionko set up the Belgian to make it 2-0. Dunfermline's Owen Morrison headed home a tamely hit free-kick by Darren Young to make it 2-1 but Kris Boyd got his goal five minutes later with a strong finish. Buffel grabbed his hat-trick on 40mins when a missed penalty from Charlie Adam was rebounded home by Buffel.
Rangers Team: Letizi, Hutton, Smith, Svensson, Juhasz, Sionko, Adam, Kerr(Ferguson 45), Rae(C), Boyd(Sebo 70), Buffel(Prso 70)


Other Scores:
Aberdeen 4-3 Falkirk
Hibernian 1-1 Dundee United
Motherwell 0-2 Hearts
St.Mirren 1-2 Inverness
Kilmarnock 0-0 Celtic (TV) Sunday

Boyce

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noxocube

nice one, shame Aberdeen got beten :(

Ross_RFC

Wednesday 29th October 2006
UEFA Cup Group Stages Matchday Four

Rangers 0-0 AZ Alkmaar: Rangers held on this evening for a 0-0 draw against top seeded team AZ Alkmaar of Holland. AZ created more chances in the game but if it wasn't for good goalkeeping by Letizi and poor finishing from ex-ger
Shota Arveladze it would have been a hiding for the Gers. Rangers started this game with a 4-1-4-1 formation and it didn't cause any sort of problem for the visitors. At half-time though Rangers changed to a more positive 4-4-2 and that started to cause problems for AZ with Thomas Buffel smacking the post just after 75mins. Rangers had another great chance late on when substitute Nacho Novo's looping header caught the keeper of balance and defender Barry Opdam cleared off the line.
Rangers Team: Letizi, Alexander, Smith, Juhasz, Rodriguez, Sionko, Adam(Ben Arfa 60), Ferguson(C), Hemdani, Buffel, Boyd(Novo 60)


Other Score:
Espanyol 4-0 Maccabi Haifa


Monthly Awards - November:
Player of the Month: Steven Fletcher(Hibs)
Young Player of the Month: Aiden McGeady(Celtic)
Manager of the Month: Tony Mowbray(Hibs)


Saturday 2nd December 2006
SPL Scores:
Aberdeen 2-4 Hibernian
Celtic 4-0 Dunfermline
Falkirk 3-4 Inverness CT
Kilmarnock 2-0 St.Mirren


Sunday 3rd December 2006
SPL

Motherwell 3-2 Rangers: Rangers manager Ross Dunbar last night branded his squad of players "An Absolute disgrace" after his sides shocking 3-2 defeat to struggling Motherwell. Former Celtic man Teddy Bjarnason opened the scoring with an absolute stunning strike from 35 yards. Rangers equalised after 11mins when Charlie Adam slipped through Thomas Buffel and he applied the finish. Motherwell took the lead just before half-time when a corner whipped in by Keith Lasley was met by the SMALLEST man on the field, Scott McDonald. Rangers again equalised after 49mins when Dado Prso slotted home from the edge of the box. Motherwell took the lead for the third time when Kevin McBride was tripped by Julien Rodriguez and the former Celtic man rattled home. Rangers take on Celtic next Sunday in what could prove to be a title decider.
Rangers Team: Letizi, Alexander, Smith, Juhasz, Rodriguez, Sionko(Burke 45), Adam, Ferguson(C), Hemdani(Kerr 70), Boyd(Prso 45), Buffel


Saturday 9th December 2006
SPL Scores:
Dundee United 3-0 Falkirk
Dunfermline 0-3 Hearts
Hibernian 3-2 Motherwell
Inverness CT 0-2 Kilmarnock
St.Mirren 0-1 Aberdeen


Sunday 10th December 2006 - 2pm
SPL - Old Firm Derby

Match Odds: Rangers - 9/2 Draw - 13/5 Celtic - 1/2 (FAV)
Last meeting: 9/9/06 - Celtic 2-1 Rangers

Pre-Match interview with Stuart Lovell and Ross Dunbar:

SL: "Well, Ross today is your first taste of Old Firm action at Ibrox does this mean more to win than the one at Celtic Park?"

RD: "Of course, we are competing in front of our own fans so any game is a must win."

SL: "What is the confidence like in the dressing room?"

RD: "It's good, the players are quite optimistic that we can get a result today and cut the gap at the top of the league."

SL: "You have set out 4-4-2 what are your thoughts behind that?"

RD: "Nothing really, we usually do play 4-4-2 just today though i have made a change in personal as we need a bit more hunger in the midfield today".

SL: "Thanks for your time Ross"

RD: "Pleasure"

Rangers Team: Letizi, Alexander, Smith, Juhasz, Rodriguez, Burke, Adam, Clement, Ferguson(C), Buffel, Prso
Celtic Team: Boruc, Wilson, Telfer, Balde, Caldwell, Jarosik, Nakamura, Sno, Gravesen, Vennegor of Hesselink, Miller
Referee: Charlie Richmond


Rangers 1-1 Celtic:
Prso(16), Miller(88)

Rangers dominated today's Old Firm clash but a late goal from Ex-Rangers man Kenny Miller stunned the home crowd and kept Celtic 6 points infront of Rangers. The Gers took the lead after 16mins when a missed timed jump from Artur Boruc allowed Dado Prso the chance to score and he jolly did. The rest of the first half seemed to fly in with Rangers going into the break infront but the tempo changed in the second half with the League Leaders gaining control of the game. It took Celtic nearly 43mins in the Second half to finally beat Frenchman Lionel Letizi when an Aiden McGeady cross was expertly finished off by Kenny Miller. Celtic's Evander Sno was sent off in stoppage time for allegadly pushing Rangers skipper Barry Ferguson.