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Rangers Supporters Trust - June 2006 (Click here to view the full archive) |
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01 June 2006 Bastille night has been confirmed as Friday 14th July in the Thistle Hotel, Glasgow. Ticket prices have been tagged at an unbelievably low price of £20pp. This includes a high quality Indian buffet meal cooked by Mr Singh's restaurant and an hour stand up performance by superb comedian, Frank Robb. We will aim to have another top-class speaker (to be announced), a DJ/disco and hopefully some ex-Rangers players in attendance. Tickets will go fast for this exciting event and we hope every Trust member will try their best to attend. Our annual fundraising dinner in March was a great success however we do appreciate that for some the price of that dinner can be expensive. As such, by limiting the price of this event, we hope this will give all of our members the chance to get involved. You can now buy tickets securely via our online booking form or by sending a cheque (made payable to the Rangers Supporters' Trust) to: The Rangers Supporters' Trust
Viva Le Guen Revolution! 02 June 2006 The Trust is delighted to announce that any potential members can now join via PayPal from any location in the world. Simply click the link below, choose where you are based and click the Buy Now button. You don't even need to be a PayPal member! Moreover, any exisiting members can use this simple and quick system to renew each year. 06 June 2006 The RST are delighted to announce the Graham Roberts will be one of our guest speakers at the RST Bastille night on Friday 14th July. Robbo will take part in a Q&A session on the night so this is a great opportunity for the fans to ask the great man anything they want. We would also like to point out that Graham is doing this for FREE, although on the night, he will donate a prize that we will raffle to help send the little girl he sponsors to Florida. We are sure you will all agree that this is a great gesture by a great man! Tickets now available to buy via this link. 09 June 2006 At the request of a cross-section of Rangers Supporters a meeting was held last night with Chairman, David Murray and Chief Executive, Martin Bain to discuss what the fans can collectively do to assist the Club in their ongoing efforts to silence the Sectarian minority who continue to damage the Club’s reputation. A positive debate was held at Murray Park and all parties are united in a bid to silence the minority that continue to tarnish the reputation of Rangers Football Club. It was obvious from last night`s meeting that the recent fines imposed by UEFA and the associated press coverage has been detrimental to the Club and to the individuals who genuinely support Rangers for its football and true values. It has been agreed between members of the Club’s Board and representatives of the fan base that in the coming weeks this joint committee will do everything in their power to ensure that the Club does not breach the UEFA directives and implore upon the fans that self policing among the support is key to avoid sanctions being imposed or expulsion from European competition altogether. David Murray commented “These supporters groups represented should be applauded for coming forward in recognition of the importance of this issue. I am delighted at the progress we made last night. “Over the last two years the Club has strived fervently under the banner of Pride over Prejudice working with the authorities to impose indefinite and lifetime bans. I look forward in the coming weeks to implementing some of the actions that were discussed. It is absolutely clear to all concerned that all Supporters need to commit to silencing the minority.” This meeting coincidently coincided with UEFA’s written grounds for the decision rendered by the Appeal Body in relation to Rangers two Champions League matches against Villarreal. UEFA have issued the Club with certain directives in order to combat sectarianism more efficiently. Firstly the Club has been ‘ordered to announce measurable targets in order to reduce sectarian behaviour amongst its supporters’. Secondly ‘to control their anti-sectarian activities by producing comprehensive statistics that are communicated to the public’. Finally ‘to make a public address announcement at every official fixture, be it international or domestic, stating that any sectarian chanting and any form of ‘Billy Boys’ songs is strictly prohibited.’ David Edgar of the Rangers Supporters Trust, Mark Dingwall of Follow Follow and Jim Templeton of the Rangers Supporters Assembly jointly agreed the following Statement: “The message now could not be clearer that the spotlight is upon the Supporters and the Club and it is their duty to work together to stamp out the minority who are damaging the reputations of all those connected with Rangers Football Club. “Not only does this small minority tarnish the reputation of Rangers, but of Scottish football and our society in general and hopefully anyone who is interested in Scottish football will work with us in assisting to eradicate this behaviour.” Supporter Representatives Jim Templeton - Assembly President
12 June 2006 For clarification, at a recent meeting held between fans representative groups and the club, no group voted, or was asked to vote, to ban any particular Rangers song. Our Club has a proud and matchless heritage; a magnificent support; a club with a multi-national squad with players from around the world in recent years like Amoruso, Albertz and Prso whom we have taken to our hearts. We want to enhance that by promoting traditional Rangers songs with the proper words and no irrelevant additions. 16 June 2006 The Trust are delighted to announce our support for the Dundee Trust's 'URE Dundee' campaign to increase their shareholding in Dundee FC Find out more about 'URE Dundee' via this link. DFC Club shirt sponsors Signatures4U have teamed up with Dundee Direct and Dee4Life in an initiative to generate funds for the Trust's campaign. Signatures4U (www.signatures4u.com) supply all manner of sports memorabilia, with a particular focus on the football industry. The company is in its first year of trading but has already gained a large market share of the memorabilia industry, with targets of becoming the largest in the Uk within the next year. The company are hugely excited about the forthcoming sponsorship of DFC and wanted to be actively involved in the Dee4Life campaign for all of the fans (including themselves). Signatures4U are to make available their full range of footballing merchandise at the Dundee Club Shop. 40% of the price of any sale will passed onto Dee4Life and further to this, any online sales made during the period of the Trust's campaign (which is to run to 31st July) will also return a similar sum. Therefore if any RST member would like to buy themselves a nice piece of sports memorabilia while supporting our fellow Trust, please click the graphic below.
19 June 2006 Bastille night has been confirmed as Friday 14th July in the Thistle Hotel, Glasgow. Ticket prices have been tagged at an unbelievably low price of £20pp. This includes a high quality Indian buffet meal cooked by Mr Singh's restaurant and an hour stand up performance by superb comedian, Frank Robb. We will also have Rangers legends Graham Roberts, Colin Stein and Willie Johnston Q&A sessions, a DJ/disco and hopefully some more ex-Rangers players in attendance. Incredible value! Tickets are going fast for this exciting event and we hope every Trust member will try their best to attend. Our annual fundraising dinner in March was a great success however we do appreciate that for some the price of that dinner can be expensive. As such, by limiting the price of this event, we hope this will give all of our members the chance to get involved. You can now buy tickets securely via our online booking form or by sending a cheque (made payable to the Rangers Supporters' Trust) to: The Rangers Supporters' Trust
Vive Le Guen Revolution! 23 June 2006 The Rangers Supporters' Trust would like to express its disappointment regarding Rangers' festive fixtures for season 2006/07. To ask Rangers fans to travel to Aberdeen and Inverness within 4 days of each other either side of Christmas Day seems unfair and is hardly conductive to maximising attendances and thus revenue for Scottish football. In addition, the likely inclement weather and restricted travelling options means such a choice of fixtures seems rather misguided to say the least. Although the Trust appreciates the SPL fixture list is decided by computer, perhaps the SPL would be better served to employ some common sense when it comes to convenience and safety for travelling supports of all clubs. As such, we would urge the authorities to rethink how the fixtures are decided to avoid such negative scheduling in future. 29 June 2006 Can all our members please note this year's AGM will provisionally take place on Saturday 09 September in Partick Burgh Halls from 10.30am (for a 11am start) till 1pm (Rangers play Falkirk at Ibrox that day KO: 3pm). All Members will be sent a formal notification containing an Agenda, and a set of independently audited Trust Accounts, by post at least 14 days in advance, and the meeting will only be open to Members who have paid their subscriptions for 2006/07, upon production of their membership cards. However you can both renew and join on the day. We do ask though, that if you are taking this option that you arrive early to allow us to process your renewal/application. If any current member has any questions or motions they'd like to raise in advance of the meeting please contact us through the site. Keep an eye on the site for confirmation of this date and venue. |
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