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It is. And surely a first, can't recall another team paying for anyone else's fans to travel to a game. Wonder what their own fans make of it?

A little early, but there's some news ahead of the game relating to admission costs. Ross County Prices are adult, under 18 then under 16. JAILEND' SOUTH & NORTH (AWAY) STAND £20 £12 £10 EAST & WEST STANDS £24 £14 £10

Must be excited, you only managed 20 words..................-)

Tell me we've got Faddy for a month at least. Please...........

Game tonight off apparently - waterlogged pitch Motherwell FC‏@MotherwellFCTonight's match with Arbroath has been cancelled due to a waterlogged pitch.

Kilmarnock were two up on Livingston at the break and lost 2-3 I believe.

Herts comfortably saw off Raith 3-0 today. Just saw the goals there. Some downright shocking defending going on. Think we'll know more after next week and the last of the friendlies, but massive step up now required.

Think we knew Jenno wouldn't be back, this seems to back that up.... Jennings impressing Thorn By Covsupport News Service/RD Updated Friday, 13th July 2012 Midfielder getting fitter Stephen Jennings, who is on trial with Coventry City after being released by Scottish side Motherwell, has been impressing the City manager Andy Thorn with his efforts in training. The 27 year old midfielder is available on a free transfer, but arrived at Coventry not as fit as Thorn would have liked, but he is catching up with the rest of the squad and will play in the first pre-season friendly of the season at Hinckley United on Saturday. Thorn told the CT, “He’s done well. He was a little behind on fitness but he’s working hard and playing catch-up. We like what we’ve seen so far and we’re looking forward to seeing him in a game. “He’ll play at Hinckley tomorrow. I’m taking two teams and I’ll mix them up, so it won’t be a first team and a reserve team. It will be a mixture of senior players and the development squad boys. Jennings will be joined by other players on trial with the Sky Blues, including two unnamed European players. Thorn continued, “The new signings will play as well as a few trialists.” Thorn had his players play in an eleven a side training game at Ryton on Tuesday to check their fitness levels leaving Thorn pleased with the outcome.He said, “They played 40 minutes each way and the tempo was really high, so I’m really pleased with how their fitness is coming on and the really pleasing thing is that the following day everyone came in and there were no reports of strains or pulls. “It has been a really tough two weeks for the lads and we’ll complete the fortnight with a good workout at Hinckley and once that’s over we’ll be concentrating on more ball work. “We obviously travel up to Scotland on Monday when we’ll have the three games up there to get plenty of pitch time into the players.”

That would've been worth the air far alone just to have seen. Everytime I see one of them wearing a former Rangers top I feel like telling them they need to move on, it's over, let it go..........

It's very true. It's now all about moulding a side which will compete in the SPL as it now becomes, not how it used to be. Still think we'll be there or thereabouts for the chase for 2nd. Not that I'm ruling out challenging for the title of course.........-)

Indeed it does. Absolute scam aint it? Got caught out with that the one and only time we went there, good job I'd thirty quid in my pocked at the time. They even took a tenner off me for our then 4-year-old!

Haha.......you kno me so well......-)

I did actually!! Once was divisional champion for the Young Athletes League ran at Scotstoun many moons ago.........

I ran a 400m race there once. Seriously hope it's not windy...........-)

I think it's beginning to seriously dawn on the fans of the now defunct Rangers that they might not have ANY team for next season. If they are genuine football fans, they will go to watch other teams - and that's a great opportunity for the likes of us to attract new supporters given the amounts who leave this area to go in there.

They've just folded haven't they? Recent story on Robert Bayly..... ROBERT BAYLY has been left in limbo following Monaghan United's demise. Bayly, 24, needs to take a cardiac test after collapsing at training last month. Monaghan were to pay for the procedure but they pulled out of the Airtricity League's Premier Division last Monday. Bayly, who claims he has been left high and dry, has also put the boot into the club for failing to have a physio present when he fell unconscious at training. He also claims he had to be LIFTED over perimeter fencing as the pitch where the team was training was inaccessible to the emergency services when they arrived to treat him. Like the rest of the squad assembled by manager Roddy Collins, Bayly is currently on the lookout for a new club. But he cannot play again until he is given the all-clear. It was a frightening experience. Bayly told SunSport: "I was doing some sprints at the end of training and I could feel my heart starting to pound faster and faster — then I passed out. "I was out cold for a good few minutes. When the ambulance arrived it couldn't get onto the pitch because all the gates were locked. "We had to scale a fence to actually train. To get me into the ambulance, they had to lift me over that fence. "They brought me to hospital and told me that my blood-sugar levels were low. "I still had to see a cardiologist before I could be given the all-clear to go back playing again. "I should have had that test by now but the club did nothing for me. There was no club physio there either when it happened, which is a disgrace. "I'm still waiting for the test and a club isn't going to take me now until a cardiologist gives me the all-clear because they won't want to take a risk on me." Monaghan chairman Jim McGlone admits he was unaware Bayly's cardiac screening still had not been arranged. He told SunSport: "I understood that was being set up for Robert with the league's doctor, Alan Byrne. "As for there being no physio there at the time, that would seem to be the case, yes. "I'm led to believe the physio was there one or two nights of the week, but the players could be training three or four nights. "On that particular night he wasn't there, but from the club's point of view, it wasn't something we were aware of at the time." At this point, the players are still owed two weeks' wages. While McGlone insists they WILL be paid, he does not know when the club will be in a position to do so. He claimed: "The PFAI have not been in touch with us, irrespective of what's been said in papers. "Not with myself or the club. "We will sit down, talk to them, and honour that in any way we can. It won't happen this week because the money is physically not there. "But we'll come to some arrangement and do whatever has to be done. We have always tried to do what's best for the players. Anybody who's played here and who's managed here will tell you that." But Bayly said: "At the start of the year they were saying they'd look after us well. "But we were moved from one training ground to another and we never got paid through pre-season when every other team did. It was just a joke from start to finish. "

Bit concerned that Soccerway have us playing Everton on the Friday. Do Motherwell and Everton know yet?

I noticed that Ross County have arranged a friendly with Coventry City at Inverness Clachacudin's ground whilst they revamp their ground.

Everyone seemed convinced Celtic had the treble in the bag the second Rangers went into Admin. Look how that one turned out........

How on Earth can they release a fixture list on Monday now? Will the league set-up remain the same for a year or what? And on the fixtures note.... Rangers to be excluded from SPL fixture list Rangers will not be included in the Scottish Premier League fixture list for next season when it is published on Monday, Telegraph Sport can reveal. It will be the first time since league football began in Scotland in 1888 that the Ibrox club will be absent from the schedule. Instead, the fixtures for the 11 other clubs will be announced, with some form of cipher used to signify Rangers who – if their application for acceptance as a newco is rejected – will be replaced by Dundee, runners-up in the Scottish Football League last season. Rangers cannot be incorporated into the fixture list because the Ibrox administrators still hold the club’s share in the SPL but have no players and no stadium. Rangers Football Club, the newco owned by the consortium fronted by Charles Green – who assumed control on Thursday – have a stadium and perhaps also a playing squad (although that issue has yet to be resolved) but no share in the SPL so, as matters stand, they cannot play in the league. The SPL board meets on Monday and will be presented with a letter of application from Green’s newco. Recently adopted changes in SPL rules mean that the board must refer the matter to the member clubs. The issue could be deferred until the SPL’s annual general meeting on July 16 but, because of the proximity of the new season which begins on Aug 4, it is all but certain that a general meeting will be called. SPL rules specify 14 days’ clear notice, so the first available date for the general meeting will be Tuesday, July 3. In the meantime, Ally McCoist will continue as Rangers manager despite his confrontation with Green on Wednesday, after he had been led to believe that the former Sheffield United chief executive intended to replace him. Green described a subsequent meeting with the former Ibrox playing idol as “very productive” and his new chairman, Malcolm Murray, said of McCoist: “He’s vital – like Walter Smith he’s got iconic status. His dream was always to be No for Rangers. “I’m sure he’s never wanted to leave which some people have said. I’m hoping to talk to him shortly and I’m over the moon that he’s staying. That was our major objective.” Asked about Rangers’ fans fears that the new regime was in place purely to flip the business after seeing to some restoration of its status, Murray replied: “That’s definitely not the intention at all. I would not stand for that quite frankly – that’s not why I came in at all. “The door is open for anyone to speak with us. My own view is we all get together, invest and look for board seats rather than have any rivalry going on. Just a few days ago the Charles Green consortium was the only one that was prepared to put any money on the table and there’s more money coming in. “We’re pretty confident the long term interests of Rangers will be looked after here. Stage one is McCoist being more positive. It’s obviously been a traumatic time for him and I really feel for him as all fans do. “To put his mind at rest I will tell him the other people involved are of the highest integrity. The vision is to have a debt free football club. I think that will become the new norm. You don’t want to be in the hands of banks – you want to be in the hands of people who can drive the thing forward. “At the moment the biggest issue is what league we’ll play in. I’d much rather we were playing in the SPL. “We’ve had giant punishments already – a European ban, a 10-point deduction, the emotional trauma everyone has suffered. I think, for the good of Scottish football, it’s much better Rangers in the SPL.”

We'd never have got the likes of the late, great Coop or Bobby Russell to name but two had we not taken ex-Rangers players..........

Euro hopefuls Motherwell shouldn't suffer because of Gers By Mark Hateley on Jun 1, 12 08:16 AM in rangers STEVEN HAMMELL and Keith Lasley - just two of the solid pros who excelled last term to earn a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Helping Motherwell into the Champions League is a one-off. A stunning achievement. To have that taken away from them by outside influences would be absolutely tragic. The fall-out from Duff and Phelps' decision to go to the Court of Session in Edinburgh to fight the transfer embargo imposed on Rangers threatens to have a major impact on a lot of innocent people. Scotland's national team and the country's club sides such as Celtic, Dundee United, Hearts and St Johnstone are faced with missing out on big tournaments if FIFA take a hard-line stance. I'll use Well as the example of the unfair nature of this. Hammell, Lasley and the rest of the boys, including my own son Tom, put their hearts and souls into a season trying to achieve what has been an impossibility for many years. The Champions League was a closed shop. It was Rangers or Celtic every season. Then circumstances came along, to the detriment of Rangers, which opened the door for four clubs to battle for a place at Europe's top table. It's not just the younger lads, it's the senior pros who have played their whole careers in Scotland without a glimpse of Champions League football. All of a sudden, the window of opportunity opened for them. Motherwell were the ones who fought and scrapped and played the good football required to get that third spot and earn their chance. Your Hammells and Lasleys, who have battled for the club for years through dark times, were suddenly in the position to do something special. It's something to tell the grandkids. I played in the Champions League. Not many folk can say that. Spare me the rubbish about how they'll get knocked out after one game, and how it's hardly the Champions League. That's just not the point. No-one gave the Greeks a hope in hell at Euro 2004 and Denmark didn't even qualify for Euro 92 but went on to win it. Bordeaux were in the InterToto Cup back in 1995 yet they made it through that competition, progressed into the UEFA Cup and only lost in the final to Bayern Munich. Teams such as Espanyol and Fulham have also made it all the way to the Europa League Final having started in the qualifying rounds in the past five years, so don't say it can't be done. Regardless of that, Motherwell deserve their chance to be involved and I just hope commonsense will prevail to ensure these guys aren't denied. To be fair, commonsense has been thin on the ground in recent months, but something has to happen with Rangers and the SFA because the thought of FIFA stepping in to the situation is frightening. But this is not some sort of new development. Anyone who understands anything about football and the politics which surround the game could see this coming from a mile off. Anyone who goes outwith the laws of FIFA and UEFA will feel their wrath, as Sion did last year. When one of their partners in the game is attacked through a Judicial Court, you have to expect this is going to happen. Rangers' transfer embargo, which prompted the case, could end up looking like a lenient punishment in comparison to what the Ibrox club could be hit with now. Everyone, ultimately, is accountable to a governing body. I don't know whether Duff and Phelps were misinformed or misguided or whatever. But what I do know is that there were always going to be ramifications for going outwith the game to attack an associated partner of FIFA and UEFA. The administrators should have known what would happen, but they seem to have bumbled through this process from day one. Some of their decisions have raised quite a few eyebrows. They are dealing with a football matter at Rangers so, for me, they must seek direction from people within the game or lawyers within the game if they are doing their jobs properly. Yet again, it's been another own goal and a really massive one at that. You have to investigate thoroughly. They decided they were going to fight in the courts, but should have done their homework properly. As I'm looking, everyone has made a mess of this and it's about understanding the game and the rules and regulations. Knowing those rules ensures you don't fall foul of the authorities. Ignorance means you are always going to run the risk of being in trouble. And trouble is something Rangers have got enough of at the moment. In the eyes of Duff and Phelps, I'm sure it's a great result as they appeared to get the outcome they wanted from the Court of Session. But you do not mess with FIFA and UEFA and there is now a real danger of this whacking on to the international teams and other clubs as these two powerhouse bodies do not like having their noses clipped. The SFA are now facing a huge problem. I've no idea if the SFA, as they say, made Duff and Phelps aware that the Court of Arbitration for Sport was an avenue open to them or if the administrators didn't know or chose not to go down that route. All I do know is that it is blatantly obvious what was going to follow from FIFA when the matter was taken to the Court of Session. Now it's a huge mess and an absolute minefield. There are going to be victims and I just hope it's not the likes of the Hammells and Lasleys. They don't deserve to suffer.

Yes and no. Simply because we SHOULD have won the league that year. Loved the season, but was do disappointed!

Big man to admit you're wrong MJC! Well done.

Mr Sandaza has had quite a week........... Footballer Francisco Sandaza was caught going the wrong way down a one-way street while he was drunk. The St Johnstone striker spent a night behind bars after being arrested with his girlfriend during the early hours of Thursday morning and appeared from custody. He admitted driving past a crowd of people while he was more than double the legal limit and was banned from the road for 16 months and fined £550. Perth Sheriff Court was told on Friday that the Spaniard was initially stopped because he was driving the wrong way down South Street in Perth, but was let go by the police. Officers, who were busy dealing with a disturbance outside a nightclub, initially let Sandaza go after pointing out to him that he was driving down a one-way street.But they became concerned about the way he drove off and pulled him over again a short time later to breathalyse him. He failed the roadside breath test. The 27-year-old was taken to police HQ in Perth and gave a reading of 71mcg compared to the 35 mcg limit. When he saw the high reading, he told police: "I want another blow." Sandaza's arrest came just days after he was forced to apologise to his team-mates for fighting with them after being sent-off against Dundee United last Saturday. Sandaza, of Kinfauns, Perthshire, admitted drink driving his Saab 9-5 car in South Street and Scott Street, Perth, on April 27, while he was double the alcohol limit. Further charges of failing to comply with a road sign and having no insurance were dropped by the Crown as part of a plea bargain. Fiscal depute Chris Macintosh told the court: "At 1.15 am the police were on duty in South Street, outside The Loft nightclub, because it was busy and there were a lot of people about. A number of people were coming and going. They observed a vehicle being driven down South Street, which is one-way, in the wrong direction. "They stopped the vehicle and spoke to the accused and told him to turn around. The passenger, his girlfriend, came out and went to the nightclub to retrieve her mobile phone. The accused drove off and, due to suspicions, was followed by a police vehicle and then stopped. He admitted having three drinks approximately two hours earlier. The accused seems to have been slightly surprised by the reading he gave. He said 'I want another blow.'" Solicitor John McLaughlin, defending, said: "My client is 27 and a professional footballer. The car was parked on a double yellow line and he was intending to drive to a more secure parking area. He went into Scott Street car park and that is when police spoke to him. He is very embarrassed and contrite. He has spent the night in custody. "He didn't believe his breath reading would be as high as it turned out," Mr McLaughlin said, adding that the striker earned around £4000 per month. Sheriff Raymond McMenamin told Sandaza: "You may have been surprised to learn of your breath alcohol reading, but with that amount of alcohol in your breath you should not have been behind the wheel of a car. You must realise that now, having spent the night in custody." He told Sandaza it was "a relatively high reading" and banned him for 16 months. He can reduce the ban by a quarter by completing a driver rehabilitation course. The court was told that the player, who formerly turned out for Brighton and Dundee United, and turned down a move to Rangers in January, had ten points on his licence for three speeding convictions in the past two years. A St Johnstone spokesman said: "We are aware of what happened and we are making no comment at the moment." Sandaza has scored 17 goals in 32 appearances this SPL season.