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14 minutes ago
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Rangers match provisionally rescheduled - but Celtic decide not to take up option
SPFL issue update on gameweek three fixtures amid European permutations Sign up to our Football newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Rangers' round three Premiership match against St Mirren has been rescheduled to Sunday, August 24 with a noon kick-off live on Sky Sports - but will be postponed if the Ibrox side progress past Viktoria Plzen to the Champions League play-off round. The SPFL has confirmed that Rangers have put in request to postpone the match at the SMiSA Stadium in Paisley if the beat the Czechs over two legs to set-up a Champions League main-phase shoot-out with either Club Brugge from Belgium or Austrian side Salzburg over the midweeks of August 20 and 27. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad A new new policy, which allows clubs involved in UEFA play-off matches to postpone their round three fixtures, was approved by the SPFL Board in April to support clubs aiming to reach the league phase of UEFA competitions. St Mirren and Rangers are due to meet on August 24. | SNS Group However, Celtic have decided not to call off their match at home to Livingston on Saturday, August 23, at 3pm - which falls in between their own Champions League play-off tie against either Slovakian side Slovan Bratislava or Kairat Almaty of Kazakhstan. It has already been announced that Dundee United v Aberdeen on Saturday, August 23 has been postponed following a request by Aberdeen, who will be participating in the Europa League play-offs against either FCSB of Romania or Drita from Kosovo. Falkirk v Hibs has been selected by Premier Sports for live broadcast on Saturday August, 23, kick-off 5.45pm, but, as earlier announced, following a request from Hibs will also be postponed if they overcome FK Partizan to reach the Conference League play-off round against either AEK Larnaca of Cyprus or Polish side Legia Warsaw. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The other matches across round three remain unaffected. Hearts v Motherwell meet at Tynecastle on Saturday, August 23 at 3pm, as do Kilmarnock v Dundee at Rugby Park on the same date and time.
Daily Record
14 minutes ago
- Daily Record
I fired Rangers to the Premiership title just months after turning down Celtic – and here's why I did it
Kemar Roofe says the Hoops were on his case about coming to Parkhead shortly before he joined Gers Kemar Roofe has revealed that he only joined Rangers just weeks after turning down an approach from Celtic. The Jamaica international was snapped up by Steven Gerrard from Anderlecht in a £4.5million deal in the summer of 2020 after a frustrating year in Belgium where he appeared just 13 times, scoring six goals. Roofe went onto play a starring role in Gers' Premiership triumph in the following season, finishing as their top scorer in the league with 14 goals as Gerrard's side ended Celtic's pursuit of a 10th successive title by going the whole 38-game long campaign unbeaten. But Roofe, 32, - who is now without a club after leaving Rangers for Derby County last summer - has lifted the lid on the sequence of events that saw him knock back the chance to talk to Celtic before ultimately making the move across to the other side of Glasgow. Speaking to Open Goal, he said: "It was Celtic first. Celtic asked my agent about it but I said no because my focus was just on playing for Anderlecht. "I went there for a reason to play. COVID cut it short so I didn't feel like I had done enough there. It was like 'what's the point in going out to Belgium, moving my whole family and then after a few months move back'. It didn't make sense. "Also, a week before that I had spoken with (Anderlecht boss) Vincent Kompany and he was like 'yeah we still want you here and we are building this and that..' "In my head, I was going to play the full season again at Anderlecht. And then literally a week later I got a phone call from Vincent Kompany saying 'Rangers have put in a bid and the club have accepted it'. "Celtic didn't put a bid in, they just spoke to my agent and said 'there is interest there would you fancy it?'. "The difference was Rangers put in a bid and as soon as that bid went in, the club (Anderlecht) was in a financial situation because of COVID, so they said yes straight away. "It was then up to me to either say 'I'll go to Rangers or stay at Anderlecht'. Roofe also says Gerrard's standing in the game helped him make the decision to head to Ibrox. He added: "Yes, I was happy to go to Rangers because of Steven Gerrard. For me a lot of it is respect, I have grown up watching these sort of players and what they have done in the game. "So as soon as they want me, I'm like 'yeah let's do this'. (The first thing) he said to me was 'come in, be our number nine and we'll win the league.' "
Scottish Sun
43 minutes ago
- Scottish Sun
Rangers vs Viktoria Plzen LIVE: ‘Leaked' team suggests four changes with Antman registered as big name drops out
The Gers could make changes after the manager's comments at the weekend EUR ON Rangers vs Viktoria Plzen LIVE: 'Leaked' team suggests four changes with Antman registered as big name drops out Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) NOT long now until we get under way in another HUGE match for Rangers and their boss Russell Martin. The new Ibrox gaffer has negotiated past a tricky looking Panathinaikos clash but was furious with his players after Saturday's draw with Motherwell. Sign up for the Rangers newsletter Sign up 1 Russell Martin will be demanding a response from his Rangers players Credit: Getty And the Gers boss has an immediate chance to shuffle the pack for tonight's Champions League qualifier against Viktoria Plzen. That's as new signing Oliver Antman HAS been registered in time to play a part tonight. Fellow new arrival Mikey Moore misses out due to ongoing registration and international clearance issues relating to his age. Rangers welcome the Czech side to Ibrox for the first leg of their crunch Champions League third qualifying round tie - with the return leg taking place in Plzen in a week's time. The Gers have already seen-off Greek giants Panathinaikos to reach this stage, triumphing 3-1 on aggregate. But some of the gloss from that achievement was taken off when the Light Blues were held to a 1-1 draw by Motherwell on the opening day of the Premiership season. A clearly irate Martin took aim at his players after that match and told some of them to leave their egos at the door. Just a few days later, the Light Blues are back in action with the prize for the winner a play-off clash with Red Bull Salzburg or Club Brugge. Rangers are taking on Viktoria Plzen TONIGHT, Tuesday, August 5 It's the first leg of the sides' Champions League third qualifying round clash The big game will be played at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow Rangers vs Viktoria Plzen kicks-off at 7.45pm UK time High-profile French referee Clement Turpin is in charge with Jerome Brisard on VAR Rangers vs Viktoria Plzen will be shown live on BBC Scotland Coverage will begin at 7.30pm The match can be streamed free via the BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport Scotland website There will be live radio coverage on Sportsound on BBC Radio Scotland Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
