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 GLASGOW
RANGERS
Brief
History
Glasgow
Rangers Football Club was formed by Peter Campbell,
William McBeath and brothers, Peter and Moses McNeil.
The team had no strips, money or even a football.
They had their first match on Flesher's Haugh at
Glasgow Green. It was against Callander Football
Club and the final score was 0-0. They became established
in 1873 when their first annual meeting was held
and the office bearers were elected. They continued
to use Flesher's Haugh as a pitch until 1875 when
they moved to Burnbank. They continued to move pitches
until their final move to Ibrox in 1899, where they
settled and built their Stadium. It was also this
year that they won the Scottish League for the first
time winning 18 out of 18 matches accumulating the
maximum 36 points.oints.
| Glasgow
Rangers Information : |
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| Chairman:
David Murray |
| Manager:
Walter Smith (again) |
Record
Ibrox Attendance:
118,567 v Celtic,
1939. |
Highest
goal scorer:
Ally McCoist,
335 goals. |
Most
capped player:
Ally McCoist,
57 caps for Scotland. |
| Record
Victory: 14-2
v Blairgowrie, Scottish Cup, January
20th, 1934. |
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| Ground:
Ibrox
Park, Glasgow |
| Ground
Capacity: 51,114
- All Seated |
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Average
home attendance: 49,000
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Highest
achievement:
Rangers
won the European Cup Winners Cup in
1972 against Moscow Dynamo where they
won 3-2 in Barcelona. However John
Greig (the captain) was only presented
with the cup in the dressing room
after the game because of crowd trouble
caused by over-reaction by the Spanish
police after some ecstatic Rangers
fans invaded the pitch at the final
whistle.
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| Rangers
Contact Information: |
| Official
website: www.rangers.co.uk |
| Telephone:
0141 427 8500 |
| Ticket
office: 0870 600 1993 |
| Club
shop: 0141
427 3710 |
| Clubcall:
0891 121 187 |
| Address:
Ibrox
Stadium, Edminston Drive, Glasgow, G51
2XD |
Directions
to stadium:
• Car
- From All Parts: exit the M8 at Junction
23. The road leads straight to the Stadium
• Underground
- Ibrox underground station is 2 minutes
from ground
• Bus
- The following buses all pass within
300 yards of the Stadium and can be
boarded from Glasgow city centre. Nos.
4, 9A, 23, 23A, 52, 53, 53A, 54A, 54B,
65, 89, and 91 |
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| Famous
Rangers Supporters |
| Kenneth
Branagh: Actor
& Director. |
| Robert
Carlyle: Actor
(Train Spotting, The Full Monty, The
World Is Not Enough). |
| Clive
Anderson: TV
presenter. |
| Jonathan
Watson: Only
An Excuse. |
| Alan
McGhee: Creation
Records. |
| Ian
McCallum: Stiff
Little Fingers guitarist. |
| Colin
Montgomerie: Golfer
(also supports Leeds United. |
| Carol
Smillie: TV
presenter of Changing Rooms. |
| Nick
Nairn: Celebrity
chef. |
| Gordon
Ramsey: Celebrity
chef. |
| Andy
(The Viking) Fordham: Darts
player.
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| Travis:
All
apart from singer. |
| Wet
Wet Wet: Pop
group. |
| Midge
Ure: Ultravox. |
| Kirsty
Young: News
presenter. |
| Gary
Player: Golfer. |
| Arnold
Palmer: Golfer. |
| Andy
Cameron: Comedian. |
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 GLASGOW
CELTIC
Brief
History
Celtic
Football Club was formed in 1888 by Brother Walfrid
Kerins, leader of the Marist Order. He had seen
the benefits that Hibernian Football Club had given
to Edinburgh and thought that a similar idea would
work in the east end of Glasgow. He wanted the club
to raise money for "The Poor Children's Dinner
Table," a charity that he had set up to give
food to hungry children. The population of the area
was largely Irish immigrants who were still looked
upon as second class citizens. He gave the club
the name 'Celtic' to instill pride in the club and
the people that it represented. They rented a piece
of land and volunteers worked to transform it into
a pitch. The first match that they played was against
Glasgow Rangers and they won 5-2.
This early team won many titles including the Scottish
Cup just four years after they were formed.
In 1897 they became a limited company and Willie
Maley was made their first Secretary and Manager.
| Glasgow
Celtic Information : |
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| Chairman:
Brian
Quinn |
| Manager:
Gordon Strachan |
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Record
Celtic Park Attendance:
92,000
(against Rangers 1938).
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Highest
goal scorer:
Jimmy
McGrory, 472 goals. |
Most
capped player:
Paul
McStay, 76 caps for Scotland. |
Record
victory:
11-0 against
Dundee in 1895. |
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| Ground:
Celtic
Park, Glasgow |
| Ground
Capacity: 60,000
all-seated |
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Average
home attendance: 58,000
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 Highest
Achievement:
Celtic
were the first British Club to win
the European Cup in 1967 when they
beat Inter Milan 2-1 in Lisbon.
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| Famous
Celtic Supporters |
| Bono:
Lead singer
of U2. |
| Jim
Kerr: Lead
singer of Simple Minds. |
| Billy
Connolly: Comedian
& actor. |
| Michael
Caton Jones: Film
Director (Scandal, Memphis Belle, The
Jackal). |
| Claire
Grogan: Actress
& singer with 80's group Altered
Images. |
| Fran
Healy: Travis
lead singer. |
| Ardal
O'Hanlon : Comedian |
| Alan
McManus: Snooker
Player. |
| John
Higgins: Snooker
Player. |
| Dominik
Diamond: TV/radio
presenter. |
| Steve
Collins: Boxer. |
| Tony
Roper: Actor
in Rab C Nesbitt. |
| Sharleen
Spiteri: Singer
with group Texas. |
| Teenage
Fanclub: Group. |
| Elaine
C Smith: Comedian |
| Primal
Scream: Group. |
| Rod
Stewart: Singer. |
| Martine
McCutcheon: Former
actress on Eastenders turned pop star. |
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