Ben Campbell has resigned from the Trust Board for personal reasons and has been replaced by Alison Mueller. Ben’s common-sense approach and thoughtful contributions will be missed by the Board.  Alison is a Chartered Accountant whose skills will be a valuable asset in our future activities.

Andy Cumming has stepped down from the position of Secretary of the Trust due to pressure of work and Alan Harris has now been appointed to the position.  Alan is an Independent Financial Adviser and his literacy and attention to detail will be extremely valuable in the position of Secretary. Andy took on the role of Secretary at a difficult time, remains on the Board and fellow Trust Board members would like to publicly record their appreciation for his efforts as Secretary.

Rangers Supporters’ Trust deplores the late call off of Saturday’s match at Perth with the resultant inconvenience and cost to traveling fans.

The Trust calls on the SPL to investigate the circumstances of this matter and in particular why:

• the under soil heating apparently failed to protect all areas of the pitch, and
• if an area of the pitch was frozen hard, St Johnstone FC did not arrange for an earlier inspection and announcement.

The Trust asks why traveling football fans are so poorly served by the football authorities when it comes to preventing late call-offs?

Whilst the Trust welcomes the apology from St Johnstone and goodwill gesture reducing prices for the next St Johnstone versus Rangers fixture by £2, we consider that this is inadequate for the following reasons:

1. It may benefit fans who did not travel to this fixture.
2. It may not benefit fans who did travel to this fixture if they choose not to go to the next match.
3. It falls far short of adequate compensation for traveling costs alone which for most fans are in the region of £15 - £20.

Therefore the Trust calls on St Johnstone FC to work with Rangers FC to offer half price admission to the next match to all supporters who were allocated a ticket for Saturday’s fixture.

Following Andy Cameron's comments at the Rangers Hall of Fame Dinner that the Rangers Supporters’ Trust should 'stick their banners up their arseholes', the Trust Board would like to publicly invite Mr Cameron to meet and discuss this and hopefully clear up any misconceptions he may have about the Trust.

As the Trust does not have banners we are confused about what Mr Cameron is referring to, but find it disappointing that at this point in the Club's history a high-profile fan believes that the most productive course of action is to use a Rangers function to criticise paying customers of the club who hold different views from his own.

"The Rangers Supporters’ Trust, Rangers Supporters Assembly and Rangers Supporters Association united today in expressing alarm at recent comments made by the club's Manager, Walter Smith: "anybody who thinks it is going to get better in the summer is deluding themselves. My concerns for Rangers for the long term - not even in the long term, for the end of the season - are genuine concerns as being a supporteras much as being a manager."

We call on Rangers fans to stand shoulder to shoulder with Walter Smith and we ask all fans to show public support for the Manager and join us on February 14th at Ibrox where fans will express their frustration at the club's current situation.

All fans' groups are united in seeking a public announcement from the Club Chairman on the precise remit and intent of both Donald Muir and Lloyds Banking Group, regarding the future of Rangers Football Club.

Finally we ask parties who have expressed an interest in buying into Rangers FC to now come forward publicly with an outline of their plans, specifically on how the Rangers support can be involved and help overcome barriers to a successful, sustainable transfer of ownership which will secure the Club's future."