Walter Smith gives his support to the new owners of Rangers

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Walter Smith, former manager of Rangers, declared that he supports the new owners of the club and the job they are doing at Ibrox. He is confident that they are working in the right direction and the club will restore its previous glory and condition. Smith was recently assigned as a non-executive director at Rangers, just five months after he tried to buy out the Sevco Scotland consortium owned by Charles Green.

Green declined Smith’s bid for the £5.5million consortium and persuaded Smith to become a part of his group. It seems like Green did a job as Smith joined the Rangers Board a few days ago. Green announced his plans to sell £20million worth of shares to investors and the supporters of the club.

Smith released an official statement as the new non-executive director of Rangers: “ I’m glad to once again be an official part of this legendary club. I want to assure all our supporters that the people in charge of the team are doing their best to reconstruct it and restore its previous condition. I’m confident that the club will soon forget this difficult period of its history.”

He added: “ I’m not just a former manager of Rangers. I’ve loved this club since a young child and I am just one of the thousands of supporters which the club has. As a fan, I assure you that I’ll everything in my power to help Rangers rise.”

It is no secret that Green isn’t the only person responsible for Smith’s decision to join the board. Rangers’ manager, Ally McCoist, has contacted Smith several times, convincing him to join the board and become a part of the club. McCoist stated: “Smith’s experience is welcome to the club. He has proven to be one of the greatest Rangers’ supporters and I believe that his presence at the club will help everyone.”

 

All Scottish sides knocked out of the European club

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All Scottish sides knocked out of the European club It is not a good time for Scottish football. All Scottish sides have been knocked out of the European club competition rounds, and this is the first time this has happened in history. Celtic and Rangers were both eliminated in the play-off’s showing a complete failure of Scottish football, and they joined Hearts, who were relegated earlier in the competition.

In the first leg of the competition Hearts had already taken a beating, losing to Tottenham five nil. Playing at home later they regained a tiny amount of pride by managing a draw, 0-0. Ranger’s managed a 1-1 draw against the Slovenian champions, Maribor. The Scottish team however lost the match on aggregate. Celtic lost in Switzerland by 3-1 and defender, Daniel Majstorovic was sent off in under a minute. All of the teams’ managers are facing a lot of criticism for the losing streaks of their various teams.

Ally McCoist, the new manager of Rangers, has had a dismal start to his time with the club as he has suffered only losses when playing in Europe. McCoist has, understandablym been criticised and has commented, “I feel disappointed mostly, for the fans and the players especially,” when asked whether he felt under more pressure after the losses he said, “No, it’s just disappointment, I don’t feel under more pressure.”

McCoist’s team have lost 24 out of the 25 matches they have played in Europe. Such a figure indicates that this problem is not just down to bad management. While McCoist cannot be held solely accountable he is certainly facing a lot more scrutiny. The manager has gone onto say, “We have been having some serious problems converting the chances for a win into an actual victory. The second half of the match in Maribor was a disappointing performance.”