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IT was the game that was barely mentioned at the start of the season, the occasion few dared to dream Rangers would get the chance to savour.

Now it is the 90 minutes that has been the main topic of discussion for weeks and will either be a fitting finale to a memorable campaign or an afternoon to forget at Hampden.

When Mark Warburton walked up the Marble Staircase having…

MARK WARBURTON will relish the battle with friend Brendan Rodgers across the Old Firm divide next season.

The Northern Irishman is closing in on the managerial job at Celtic and will go head-to-head with his former colleague if he lands the top Parkhead post.

While Warburton has his sights set on Scottish Cup glory this weekend, it could be a significant few days on the other side of Glasgow as…

MARK WARBURTON insists he has no fears about controversial midfielder Joey Barton’s colourful past as he looks to convince him to join Rangers.

The 33-year-old is considering a contract offer to become the latest player to commit himself to the Light Blues ahead of a shot at the Premiership title next term.

Barton was a hugely influential figure for Burnley as they won the English Championship this season but has…

MARK WARBURTON is confident Rangers will be in prime shape for their shot at Scottish Cup glory on Saturday.

The Light Blues have been out of action for three weeks since they rounded off their Championship campaign with a 2-2 draw away to St Mirren.

The Buddies stalemate saw Rangers extend their winless run to four matches as they suffered an Old Firm hangover against Hibernian, Alloa and Livingston.

It…

AT the start of the season and before a ball was kicked, Mark Warburton knew the main priority was winning the Championship.

Anything on top of that was a bonus. Well, what a bonus winning the Scottish Cup would be.

Rangers couldn’t afford to spend another season in the second tier and we won’t, and we have won the Petrofac Cup as well, which was important.

The players had a…

IT is a great honour, and thoroughly deserved, for Lee Wallace and Barrie McKay to be named in the Scotland squad for the games with France and Italy.

But, at the end of a long, hard season, they are probably matches that both players could do without to be honest. There was a bit of a furore when they didn’t get picked but it is unfortunate that these two friendlies…

THE board knew as soon as they got in to Ibrox last March that they were going to have problems with Mike Ashley and that has turned out to be the case unfortunately.

He has taken so much from Rangers, and he was allowed to. It wasn’t a case of ‘I want this, I want that’. He was offered it by those who were in charge at the time.

And…

DAVID WEIR, the Rangers assistant manager, hopes to avoid a ‘massive disappointment’ against Hibernian in the Scottish Cup final this weekend.

SHAUN HARVEY, chief executive of the Football League, insists he is willing to re-open the discussion about the Old Firm moving to England as part of the plans for a fifth division down south.

The Football League wants four divisions of 20 teams below the Premier League by the 2019/20 season. With 24 teams currently in each division, their plan raises the prospect of seven teams being relegated from the…