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Rangers
File:Rangers.png
Full nameRangers Football Club
Nickname(s)The Gays, Teddy Bears, Light Blues
Founded1873
GroundIbrox Stadium
Glasgow, Scotland
Capacity51,082[1]
ChairmanScotland Sir David Murray
ManagerScotland Walter Smith
LeagueScottish Premier League
2006-07Scottish Premier League, 2nd

Rangers Football Club are a football club from Glasgow, Scotland who currently play in the Scottish Premier League. Rangers have won 51 league titles,[2] a world record, and have won more major trophies than any football club in the world.[3]

The club's home, the all-seated 51,082-capacity Ibrox Stadium in south-west Glasgow, has been accredited as one of UEFA's five-star stadia. The stadium was the first one in Scotland to be granted this accolade, although it now shares the rating with Hampden Park, Scotland's national stadium.

Rangers' players and fans today are multi-national and of various religions, although the club have traditionally been identified with and favoured the Protestant Unionist community of Scotland. For most of their history, Rangers have enjoyed a fierce rivalry with their cross-city opponents Celtic.[4]

The club are nicknamed The Teddy Bears, from the rhyming slang for Gers, which in turn is short for Rangers, and the fans are known to each other as "Bluenoses". The club's correct name is simply Rangers F.C., although they are sometimes referred to as Glasgow Rangers.[5]

History

Main article: History of Rangers F.C.

Formation and early years

The four founders of Rangers - brothers Moses and Peter McNeill, Peter Campbell and William McBeath - met in 1872 and named their team after an English rugby club upon seeing the name in a book.[6] In May of that year the first match was played, a 0-0 draw in a friendly against Callander F.C. on the public pitches of Glasgow Green. The only other match played that year was another friendly against Clyde resulting in an 11-0 victory and featuring the debut of the club's blue strip.[7] The official founding of Rangers is recognised as taking place in 1873, when the club held its first annual meeting and staff were elected. The first season's fixtures were all friendlies, as the deadline for joining the Scottish Football Association had been missed, meaning the team did not take part in the inaugural Scottish Cup.[7] By 1876 Rangers had their first internationalist, with Moses McNeil representing Scotland in a match against Wales, and by 1877 Rangers had reached a Scottish Cup final. The first ever Old Firm match took place in 1888, the year of Celtic's establishment. Rangers lost 5-2 in a friendly to a team largely comprised of "guest players" from Hibernian.

The 1890-91 season saw the inception of the Scottish Football League, and Rangers were one of ten original members. By this time Rangers were playing at the first Ibrox Stadium. Rangers' first ever league match took place on August 16, 1890 and resulted in a 5-2 victory over Heart of Midlothian. After finishing equal-top with Dumbarton a play-off was held at Cathkin Park to decide the who would be champions. The match finished 2-2 and the title was shared for the only time in its history, the first of Rangers' world record 51 championships.[7] Rangers' first ever Scottish Cup win came in 1894 after a 3-1 victory over rivals Celtic in the final. By the turn of the century Rangers had won two league titles and three Scottish Cups.

Under Paul Le Guen (2006-2007)

File:Rangers2dundeeunited2carddisplay.jpg
Card display at Ibrox to welcome Paul Le Guen.

Paul Le Guen replaced former manager Alex McLeish as manager after season 2005-06. Known for unearthing and nurturing young talent, Le Guen immediately made a number of signings for the club, as well as releasing and transfer-listing various players.

The season started poorly for Rangers, with a number of losses and draws against teams lower in the league, as well as their being knocked out of the League Cup by Division One side St. Johnstone. Rivals Celtic built a lead at the top of the table, while Rangers fought for second place alongside Hearts and Aberdeen. As the season progressed, a number of more promising results were achieved, including wins over Hearts, Aberdeen and Hibernian. The first Old Firm match of the season resulted in a 2-0 defeat; the second - at Ibrox - was a 1-1 draw, after which Le Guen claimed Rangers deserved at least the point.[8]

Throughout the first six months of the league campaign, Rangers' results in the UEFA Cup were more respectable. Qualification for the group stage was achieved with a 2-0 aggregate win over Molde F.K., and Rangers proceeded to become the first Scottish side to qualify for the last 32 of the competition in its current format, with wins over Livorno, Maccabi Haifa and Partizan Belgrade and a draw away to AJ Auxerre.[9]

There had been rumours during the season of disharmony at Rangers, between Scottish and foreign units, with players including captain Barry Ferguson disapproving of Le Guen's strict disciplinarian stance.[10] The imbalance came to a head on the day of the second Old Firm game of the season, with stories appearing in the Scottish media that Ferguson was angry with comments made by his manager regarding the captaincy of the club, and how Le Guen perceived it as more of an important role in Scotland than it is in France.[11] On January 1 2007, Le Guen stripped Ferguson of the captaincy, and after protests from a section of the fans at the away match at Motherwell the following day, it was announced on January 4 that Le Guen had left Rangers by mutual consent.[12]

Walter Smith's return (2007-present)

Following the departure of Paul Le Guen, a number of media sources report an "understanding" that the new management structure would consist of former Rangers manager Walter Smith and former player Ally McCoist, and the SFA confirmed that Rangers enquired about the availability of the pair.[13] However, on January 8, the SFA rebuffed Rangers' approach for Smith.[14]

On 10 January 2007, it was announced that Smith was the new manager of Rangers, with McCoist confirmed as assistant manager and Kenny McDowall as first-team coach.[15]

Rangers ended the season with no trophies for the second consecutive year, but Smith proved a steadying influence on the team, losing just twice in the league until the end of the season. He made ten signings and qualification for the Champions League group stage was secured after aggregate victories over the champions of the Montenegrin and Serbian leagues, FK Zeta and Red Star Belgrade respectively. Rangers were drawn in Group E, to play FC Barcelona, French champions Olympique Lyonnais and German champions VfB Stuttgart. Rangers' first match was against VfB Stuggart at home, which they went on to win 2-1 after coming back from a goal behind.

Club colours and crest

Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

Year Kit Manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
1985-1987 Umbro CR Smith
1987-1990 McEwan's Lager
1990-1992 Admiral
1992-1997 Adidas
1997-1999 Nike
1999-2002 NTL
2002-2003 Diadora
2003-2005 Carling
2005-Present Umbro

Source

The Old Firm and sectarianism

The club's most distinct rivalry is with Celtic, the other major football club based in Glasgow; the two clubs are collectively known as the Old Firm. Rangers' traditional support has largely come from the Protestant community, while Celtic's has often come from those of Irish and Italian extraction. The rivalry between the two clubs has often been characterised along sectarian lines. Both Rangers and Celtic now accept that they have a problem with sectarianism, and both admit that a proportion of their supporters have been, and continue to be, guilty of perpetuating partisan, sectarian beliefs as well as cultural intolerance.

During the late 19th century, many immigrants came to Glasgow from Ireland. This was around the same time that both Old Firm clubs were founded (Rangers in 1873 and Celtic in 1888). Celtic grew out of the Irish Catholic community and Rangers came to be identified with the Protestant community. Until Graeme Souness signed former Celtic player Mo Johnston, in 1989, Rangers were said by him to have had an "unwritten policy"[16] of not signing any player who was Catholic;[17][18] although Johnston was by no means the first Catholic to sign for the club,[19] he was the first openly Catholic, high-profile player to sign for them since World War I.[20]

Increasingly in recent years, both clubs have participated in initiatives and campaigns along with religious organisations and the Scottish Executive directed at removing the sectarian undercurrent, including supporting pressure group Nil by Mouth. However, disagreements about what constitutes sectarian behaviour have undermined progress in these matters, and consensus over what types of songs and flags are acceptable remains difficult to achieve.

In recent times, both Rangers and Celtic have taken measures to combat sectarianism. Working alongside the Scottish Parliament, church groups, schools and community organisations, the Old Firm have made efforts to clamp down on sectarian songs, inflammatory flag-waving, and troublesome supporters, using increased levels of policing and surveillance.[21]

On 12 April 2006, following an investigation into the conduct of Rangers supporters at both legs of their UEFA Champions League tie against Villarreal CF, the Control and Disciplinary Body of UEFA imposed a fine of £8,800 on Rangers following the improper conduct of some of their supporters, notably the smashing of a window of the Villarreal CF team bus at the second-leg match in Spain on 7 March.[22] However, UEFA declared the Rangers fans not guilty of alleged discriminatory chants.[22] UEFA challenged the ruling, and their Appeals Body partially upheld it,[23] fining the Ibrox club £13,500 and warning them as to their responsibility for any future misconduct.

On 9 June 2006, Rangers, in conjunction with representatives from several supporters clubs, announced that they would comply with three UEFA directives:

  • The club were "ordered to announce measurable targets in order to reduce sectarian behaviour amongst its supporters".
  • The club were "to control their anti-sectarian activities by producing comprehensive statistics that are communicated to the public".
  • The club were "to make a public address announcement at every official fixture, be it international or domestic, stating that any sectarian chanting and any form of the song 'Billy Boys' is strictly prohibited".[24]

Despite these measures, UEFA indicated that they will launch another investigation after Rangers fans clashed with riot police and were filmed making sectarian chants during the defeat by Osasuna in their UEFA Cup match in 2007. The Rangers Supporters Association secretary indicated his belief that a small minority of fans are to blame, suggesting "it doesn't matter how often they are told [to stop sectarian chanting], some people will just not listen."[25] In September 2007, UEFA praised Rangers for the measures the club has taken against sectarianism.[26]

Stadium and training facility

Main articles: Ibrox Stadium and Murray Park
The facade of the Bill Struth Main Stand

The club used a variety of grounds in Glasgow as a venue for home matches in the years between 1872 and 1899. The first was Flesher's Haugh, situated on Glasgow Green, followed by Burnbank in the Kelvinbridge area of the city, and then Kinning Park for ten years from the mid-1870s to the mid-1880s. From February of the 1886-87 season, Cathkin Park was used until the first Ibrox Park, in the Govan area of south-west Glasgow, was inaugurated for the following season. Ibrox Stadium in its current incarnation was originally designed by the architect Archibald Leitch, a Rangers fan[27] who also played a part in the design of, among others, Old Trafford in Manchester and Highbury in London. The stadium was inaugurated on December 30, 1899, and Rangers defeated Hearts 3-1 in the first match held there.

Since 1899, two major disasters have taken place at the stadium. The first occurred in 1902 during a Scotland vs England international match, when a section of terracing collapsed, leading to the deaths of 26 people and over 500 injuries. The second disaster took place in 1971, during the traditional New Year's Day Old Firm match-up. As the crowd were leaving the match, barriers on the stairway to the rear of passageway 13 at the Copland End collapsed, causing a crush and resulting in the deaths of 66 people, with over 200 injuries. This led to a major redevelopment of Ibrox, overseen by the general manager Willie Waddell. After its conversion to an all-seater stadium, Ibrox was awarded UEFA five-star status.

Rangers' under-19 team warming up at Murray Park before a game

The stands in Ibrox are: The Bill Struth Main Stand (south; three tiers; the top one known as the Club Deck), Govan Stand (north; two tiers), and the Copland (east) and Broomloan (west) Stands (both two tiers), which are behind the goals. In addition to these, there are also the East and West Enclosures (in the lower tier of the Main Stand), and the two corners adjacent to the Govan Stand are filled in. As a result of work completed in the summer of 2006 to make the Bar 72 area situated in the Govan Stand, the total capacity of Ibrox is 51,082.[1] On August 22 2006, Rangers announced that the Main Stand would be renamed The Bill Struth Main Stand in September 2006 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of their former manager, who served Rangers for 34 years.[28]

Rangers training facility is located in Auchenhowie, near Milngavie in Glasgow. The facility is known as Murray Park after chairman Sir David Murray. It was proposed by then-manager Dick Advocaat upon his arrival at the club in 1998. It was completed in 2001 at a cost of £14-million. Murray Park is the first purpose-built facility of its kind in Scotland, and incorporates features including nine football pitches, a state of the art gym, a hydrotherapy pool, and a video-editing suite. Rangers' youth teams are also accommodated at Murray Park, with around 140 players between under-10 and under-19 age groups using the training centre.[29] Various first-team players have come through the ranks at Murray Park, including Chris Burke, Stevie Smith and Charlie Adam. International club teams playing in Scotland, as well as national sides, have previously used Murray Park for training, and Advocaat's South Korea team used it for training prior to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Players

Current squads

As of 31 August 2007.[30]

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Scotland SCO Allan McGregor
2 DF Scotland SCO Alan Hutton
3 DF Scotland SCO David Weir
4 FW Belgium BEL Thomas Buffel
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Saša Papac
6 MF Scotland SCO Barry Ferguson (captain)
7 MF France FRA Brahim Hemdani
8 MF Scotland SCO Kevin Thomson
9 FW Scotland SCO Kris Boyd
10 FW Spain ESP Nacho Novo
11 MF Scotland SCO Charlie Adam
12 DF England ENG Ugo Ehiogu
14 MF Senegal SEN Amdy Faye (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
15 MF Scotland SCO Alan Gow
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK Scotland SCO Graeme Smith
17 MF Scotland SCO Chris Burke
18 FW Scotland SCO Steven Naismith
19 FW France FRA Jean-Claude Darcheville
20 MF United States USA DaMarcus Beasley
21 DF Scotland SCO Kirk Broadfoot
22 DF Scotland SCO Andy Webster (on loan from Wigan Athletic)
24 DF Spain ESP Carlos Cuéllar
25 GK Northern Ireland NIR Roy Carroll
26 DF Scotland SCO Steven Smith
27 FW Scotland SCO Lee McCulloch
28 DF Scotland SCO Steven Whittaker
29 FW Gabon GAB Daniel Cousin
Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
23 FW Slovakia SVK Filip Šebo (on loan to Valenciennes)
30 GK England ENG Lee Robinson (on loan to Greenock Morton)

Reserve and Youth squad

For Rangers' reserve and youth squads, see here.

2007-08 transfers

For a list of Rangers' 2007-08 transfers, see here.

Notable players

For a complete list of Rangers players with a Wikipedia article, see here.

¹ - Player is included in the Rangers F.C. Hall of Fame.

Club captains

  • All players are from Scotland unless otherwise stated.
Dates Name
1873-1957 Unknown
1957-1960 Ian McColl
1960-1963 Eric Caldow
1963-1965 Bobby Shearer
1965-1978 John Greig
1978-1981 Derek Johnstone
1981-1986 Ally Dawson
1986-1990 England Terry Butcher
1990-1997 Richard Gough
1997-1998 Denmark Brian Laudrup
1998-2000 Italy Lorenzo Amoruso
2000-2003 Barry Ferguson
2003-2004 Australia Craig Moore
2004-2005 Germany Stefan Klos
2005 Netherlands Fernando Ricksen
2005-present Barry Ferguson

Internationalists

For a list of Rangers' past and present international players, see here.

Team managers

  • Correct as of September 23, 2007
  • All managers are from Scotland unless otherwise stated.
Name From To P W D L Win %
William Wilton 1896 August 1899 1920 May 1920 724 480 120 124 66.29%
Bill Struth 1920 May 1920 1954 May 1954 1179 788 228 163 66.83%
Scot Symon 1954 June 1954 1967 November 1967 684 449 115 120 65.64%
David White 1967 November 1967 1969 November 1969 111 70 19 22 63.06%
William Waddell 1969 December 1969 1972 May 1972 131 74 25 32 56.49%
Jock Wallace 1972 June 1972 1978 May 1978 308 201 56 51 65.25%
John Greig 1978 June 1978 1983 October 1983 228 121 59 48 53.07%
Jock Wallace 1983 October 1983 1986 April 1986 135 62 36 37 45.92%
Graeme Souness 1986 April 1986 1991 April 1991 258 163 50 45 63.18%
Walter Smith 1991 April 1991 1998 May 1998 266 169 49 48 63.53%
Dick Advocaat Netherlands 1998 July 1998 2001 December 2001 194 131 33 30 67.53%
Alex McLeish 2001 December 2001 2006 May 2006 235 155 44 36 65.96%
Paul Le Guen France 2006 May 2006 2007 January 2007 31 16 8 7 51.61%
Walter Smith 2007 January 2007 9999 Present 31 21 5 5 67.74%
12 managers 108 years 4515 2900 847 768 64.23%

Non-playing staff

Boardroom

Position Name
Chairman Sir David Murray
Chief Executive Martin Bain
Football Administrator Andrew Dickson
Director of Finance Donald McIntyre
Operations Executive Laurence MacIntyre
Director John Greig
Non-Executive Director John McClelland
Non-Executive Director Alastair Johnston
Non-Executive Director David Cunningham King
Non-Executive Director Donald Wilson
Non-Executive Director Paul Murray

Management

Position Name
Manager Walter Smith
Assistant Manager Ally McCoist
First Team Coach Kenny McDowall
Reserve Team Coach Ian Durrant
Under-19 Team Coach Billy Kirkwood
Goalkeeping Coach Jim Stewart
Fitness Coach Adam Owen
Club Doctor Paul Jackson
Physiotherapist Pip Yeates
Chief Scout Ewan Chester

Records

Main article: Rangers F.C. records

Club

Record home attendance: 118,567 vs Celtic, January 1939

Record victory: 13-0 vs Possilpark, Scottish Cup, October 1877

Record league victory: 10-0 vs Hibernian, December 1898

Record defeat: 2-10 vs Airdrieonians, 1886

Record league defeat: 0-6 vs Dumbarton, May 1892

Record appearances: John Greig, 755, 1960-1978

Record league appearances: Sandy Archibald, 513, 1917-1934

Record Scottish Cup appearances: Alec Smith, 74

Record Scottish League Cup appearances: John Greig, 121

Record European competition appearances: Barry Ferguson, 69

Record goalscorer: Ally McCoist, 355 goals, 1983-1998

Most goals in one season: Sam English, 44 goals, 1931/1932

Most league goals: Ally McCoist, 251 goals

Most Scottish Cup goals: Jimmy Fleming, 44 goals

Most League Cup goals: Ally McCoist, 54 goals

Most European goals: Ally McCoist, 21 goals

Shutout record: Chris Woods, 1196 minutes, 1986/87 (British record)

Most capped player: Frank de Boer, 112 caps for The Netherlands

Highest transfer fee received: Giovanni van Bronckhorst, £8.5m, Arsenal, 2001

Highest transfer fee paid: Tore André Flo, £12.5m, Chelsea, 2000

Individual

All players are from Scotland unless otherwise stated.
Top goalscorers
# Name Career Apps Goals Average
1 Ally McCoist 1983-1998 581 355 0.61
2 Bob McPhail 1927-1940 408 261 0.64
3 Jimmy Smith 1930-1946 259 249 0.96
4 Derek Johnstone 1970-1982
1985-1986 		546 210 0.38
5 Ralph Brand 1954-1965 317 206 0.65
6 Willie Thornton 1936-1954 308 194 0.63
7 Andy Cunningham 1914-1929 389 182 0.47
8 Billy Simpson Northern Ireland 1950-1959 239 163 0.68
9 Davie Wilson 1956-1967 373 157 0.42
10 Sandy Archibald 1917-1934 580 148 0.26
Most appearances
# Name Career Apps Goals
1 John Greig 1961-1978 755 120
2 Sandy Jardine 1964-1982 674 77
3 Ally McCoist 1983-1998 581 355
4 Sandy Archibald 1917-1934 580 148
5 Davie Meiklejohn 1919-1936 563 46
6 Dougie Gray 1925-1947 555 2
7 Derek Johnstone 1970-1982
1985-1986 		546 210
8 Davie Cooper 1977-1989 540 75
9 Peter McCloy 1970-1986 535 0
10 Ian McColl 1945-1960 526 15

Managerial

All managers are from Scotland unless otherwise stated.
Name League SC LC EC Total
William Wilton 7 1 0 0 8
Bill Struth 18 10 2 0 30
Scot Symon 6 5 4 0 15
David White 0 0 0 0 0
William Waddell 0 0 1 1 2
Jock Wallace 3 3 4 0 10
John Greig 0 2 2 0 4
Graeme Souness 3 0 4 0 7
Walter Smith 6 3 3 0 12
Dick Advocaat Netherlands 2 2 1 0 5
Alex McLeish 2 2 3 0 7
Paul Le Guen France 0 0 0 0 0

Honours

Formed in 1873, Rangers were the first club in the world to win more than 50 league titles. They are also the most-honoured football club in the world, having won 107 trophies in total.

  • Rangers hold the world record for number of domestic league championships won,[2] racking up 51 titles.
  • They hold the record for domestic trebles,[31] with seven so far.
  • Rangers won their 100th major trophy in 2000, the first club in the world to reach that milestone.[3]
  • Have competed in European competitions in more seasons than any other British club, 47 times as of and including 2007-08. Only Real Madrid, Barcelona, Anderlecht and Sporting Lisbon have taken part in more campaigns.
  • First Scottish club to qualify from both the Champions League group stage (2005-06)[32] and the UEFA Cup group stage (2006-07).[9]

Major honours

League

  • Scottish League championships (51):
    • 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
      * Equalled Celtic's record of nine championships in a row (commonly known as "9-in-a-row")

Cups

  • Scottish Cup winners (31):
    • 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
  • League Cup winners (24):
    • 1947, 1949, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1985,
      1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005

Other honours

League

  • Emergency War League (1): 1940
  • Southern League (6): 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
  • Glasgow League (2): 1895-96, 1897-98

Cups

  • Milk Cup (3): (Premier) 1984, 1992; (Junior) 1985
  • Drybrough Cup (1): 1979
  • Tennents' Sixes (2): 1984, 1989
  • Glasgow Cup (44):
    • 1893, 1894, 1897, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1919,
      1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1942,
      1943, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1950, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1969, 1971, 1975*, 1976,
      1979, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987
      * 1975 trophy shared with Celtic after 2-2 draw
  • Glasgow Merchants and Charity Cup (32):
    • 1878-79, 1896-97, 1899-00, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1906-07, 1908-09, 1910-11, 1918-19,
      1921-22, 1922-23, 1924-25, 1927-28, 1928-29, 1929-30, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1932-33,
      1933-34, 1938-39, 1939-40, 1940-41, 1941-42, 1943-44, 1944-45, 1945-46, 1946-47,
      1947-48, 1950-51, 1954-55, 1956-57, 1959-60

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  9. ^ a b "Auxerre 2-2 Rangers". BBC Sport website. 23 November 2006.
  10. ^ "Clash of cultures". BBC Sport website. 5 January 2007.
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  16. ^ "For years Rangers have been pilloried for what the majority of people saw as discrimination against one section of the population. Now we have shown that this unwritten policy at Ibrox is over. It's finished. Done with." (Graeme Souness: A Manager's Diary (Mainstream, 1989); p17
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  18. ^ Darryl Broadfoot, Rangers try to avert title ‘nightmare’, The Herald, 27 July, 2007.
  19. ^ Catholics who signed for Rangers before Johnston include, before the end of World War I: Pat Lafferty (1886), Tom Dunbar (1891-1892), J Tutty (1899-1900), Archie Kyle (1904-1908), Willie Kivlichan (1906-1907), Colin Mainds (1906-1907), Tom Murray (1907-1908), William Brown (1912), Joe Donnachie (circa.1914-1918) and John Jackson (1917). Thereafter, Catholic players prior to Mo Johnston's signing include: Laurie Blyth (1951-1952), Don Kitchenbrand (1955-1956), Hugh O'Neill (1976), John Spencer (1985-1992). (Bill Murray, The Old Firm - Sectarianism, Sport and Society in Scotland (John Donald Publishers, 1984) pp 64-5
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