Results
2nd March 2013
Scottish Cup (Quarter-Final)
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Rangers (1-0) Inverness
Att: 48,597
Ibrox Stadium
Goals: Donnelly
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9th March 2013
Scottish 3
rd Division
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Clyde (0-2) Rangers
Att: 6,608
Broadwood Stadium
Goals: Templeton, Black
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13th March 2013
Scottish 3
rd Division
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Rangers (4-1) East Stirlingshire
Att: 38,104
Ibrox Stadium
Goals: McKay, Graham, MacLeod, Templeton
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17th March 2013
League Cup (Final)
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Rangers (6-0) Kilmarnock
Att: 52,063
Hampton Park
Goals: Shiels (3), Perry (2), McKay
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30th March 2013
Scottish 3
rd Division
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Rangers (5-0) Queen’s Park
Att: 46,618
Ibrox Stadium
Goals: Donnelly (3), Templeton, Gasparotto
Youth Intake
Rangers Football Club is pleased to announce the intake of sixteen youth players. These players will have the opportunity to continue the clubs long history of producing excellent youth prospects. There are two standout young players who have signed for the club: Garry Graham and Lewis Donaldson. Graham has already featured for the club, scoring on his debut as well as picking up a League Cup winners medal. In so doing he has broken Billy Davies record for being the youngest capped player.
Internationals
This month nine players featured for their countries at a variety of levels. There was no call up for Lewis MacLeod or Mark O’Hara, which is just shocking, and they, unlike many who were playing, at least play first team football. The only standout was Lee Wallace (7.8).
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[TD="align: center"]Country[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Squad[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Players[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Result[/TD]
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[TD="align: center"]Scotland[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Main[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Wallace[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Serbia (0-2) Scotland[/TD]
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[TD="align: center"]U.S.A[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Main[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Bocanegra[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]U.S.A (0-2) Mexico[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="align: center"]Scotland[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]U-21[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]McKay, Grimmer[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Scotland (5-1) Armenia[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="align: center"]Ireland[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]U-21[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Smith[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Ireland (1-2) Montenegro[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="align: center"]Russia[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]U-21[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Kundik[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Russia (1-1) Iceland [/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="align: center"]N.Ireland[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]U-19[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Gibson, McGregor[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]N.Ireland (0-0) Norway[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="align: center"]Holland[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]U-19[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Burrows[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Holland (3-0) Slovakia [/TD]
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Other News
The club has had a busy month trying to renew several contracts of both first and youth team players. So far the club has renewed Fraser Aird, Charlie Telfer, Tom Walsh, Stuart Urquarth, Blair Currie and Kyle McAusland. These contracts have cost the club an extra £370 on the wage budget, but keep the players contracted to the club to at least 2016.
Unfortunately several players remain contract rebels, with many wanting unrealistic potential salaries if they manage fifteen appearances for the club. An example is one young player wanting nearly £2,000 as a future salary, despite never even starting for the game. The club shall not be held hostage in this way, and these players are welcomes to leave if they feel they can get better contracts elsewhere. The players include Jamie Burrows, Craig Halkett, Jamie Mills and Greg Pascazio.
Several players have reached milestones this month. Three players, David Templeton, Jack Grimmer and Barrie McKay have achieved 25 league appearances for the club. Also, Ryan Donnelly has achieved his 25th goal for the club, which brings his overall total for the club to 40 this season, which works out at £2,000 per goal.
Summary
A good month, no slip-ups, and not even any games that were particularly close in the league. Despite already winning the league, the club has kept pushing and has managed to increase their lead to 39 points.
Due to cup commitments this month the cub has played one less game than their league rivals, therefore it is not surprising that the club has missed out on the Player of the Month and Young Player of the Month Awards. However, I have achieved Manager of the Month yet again, mainly because I was the only unbeaten manager of the month.
The club again this month has failed to push ahead in term of individual statistics, with the club only being able to boast the joint top goalscorer. However, in terms of average ratings, the club remains tops of the cut.
The club has managed to win the League Cup this month against all odds. The team claimed a surprisingly easy victory over Kilmarnock, with the club managing to score six without reply. Unfortunately, Ryan Donnelly was unavailable for the game after picking up an injury against East Stirlingshire, resulting in Barrie McKay playing up front, instead of the wing. The club also progressed to the Semi-Final of the Scottish Cup, where they will meet Celtic at Hampton Park.