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‘Absolute disgrace Rangers are in this position’ – what now for Philippe Clement?

Rangers manager Philippe Clement

“It’s done. It’s over to Patrick Stewart now. This can’t continue, it’s impossible.” Former Rangers striker Kris Boyd pulled no punches in his Sky Sports post-match verdict as Clement again insisted his side will return, regroup and recover. The Belgian boss also reiterated this is a new, young squad, hampered by injuries. The latter cannot be doubted – though Dundee …

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Rangers 3-0 Celtic: Ibrox club condemn incident in which Engels hit by coin

Arne Engels was hit by a coin late in the Old Firm game

Rangers have condemned “in the strongest possible terms” an incident in which Celtic’s Arne Engels was struck by a coin during Thursday’s Old Firm game. The substitute fell to the ground and needed treatment after being hit when going to take a corner towards the end of Rangers’ 3-0 win. There were no Celtic fans inside Ibrox because of the …

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Rangers: Philippe Clement on cup final penalty and Willie Collum

Philippe Clement

Manager Philippe Clement has said Rangers “don’t need motivation out of negativity” as he urged his players to forget about the League Cup final penalty decision. Scottish FA head of referee operations Willie Collum has said video assistant refereeing officials made a ”really, really poor” and “unacceptable” decision not to award Rangers a penalty against Celtic. The Ibrox side, who …

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League Cup final: Can Rangers find a way to dent Celtic domination?

Celtic captain Callum McGregor was on target in September's 3-0 win over Rangers

Since this latest spell of total dominance began with the arrival of Ange Postecoglou in Glasgow there’s been 17 meetings. Of those 1,560 minutes (including extra time in the Scottish Cup semi-final of 2022), Rangers have been in front for just 154 minutes – and 85 of those minutes were in the dead rubber derby two seasons ago when Celtic …

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Celtic, Rangers & Well face SPFL charge over fan pyrotechnics

Motherwell and Rangers fans set off pyrotechnics at Hampden

The SPFL said that, although “it was fantastic to have over 80,000 supporters attend” the League Cup semi-finals, “the large-scale, organised and illegal pyrotechnics displays which were carried out by a small minority of supporters before the Celtic v Aberdeen and Motherwell v Rangers matches were totally unacceptable”. The governing body said in a statement: “This irresponsible behaviour caused significant …

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Edinburgh derby in Women’s Scottish Cup, Rangers meet Westdyke, Celtic at Glasgow G&W

Hibernian's Kirsten Reilly and Hearts' Lizzie Waldie

Hearts will host Edinburgh rivals Hibernian in the third round of the Women’s Scottish Cup. Last season’s finalists Hearts won the most recent meeting of the sides in the SWPL, 4-0 in September. Holders Rangers visit Westdyke while Partick Thistle host current SWPL leaders Glasgow City. Defending SWPL champions Celtic travel to face Glasgow Girls and Women. Aberdeen host Cairn, …

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