15/06/2018 : Link to Rangers' fixtures for 2018-2019 below. There is no point in copying and pasting them from the website, as most will be moved for TV !!! Rangers FC - Fixtures 2018-2019
20/06/2018 : Have this here for the record, from Rangers' website today. RANGERS have been drawn to face Shkupi of Macedonia in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. Based in the capital of Macedonia, Skopje, FK Shkupi are competing in European competition for the first time having finished fourth in the Macedonian First League last season. They play at the Cair Stadium, which has a capacity of 6000, although only around 2000 of that is seated. Skopje itself has a population of over half a million people, and has history dating back to Roman times. The first leg is scheduled for Ibrox for Thursday July 12, while the away leg is scheduled for Skopje for Thursday July 19. Supporters should however wait until the venues and dates for the ties are confirmed prior to making any travel plans. Ticket information for the Ibrox leg will be confirmed in due course. Should the Light Blues be fortunate enough to progress from the Shkupi tie, they will face one of CS Petroclub of Moldova, or NK Osijek of Croatia. The dates for that currently stand as July 27 and August 3. UEFA Europa League first qualifying round (provisional dates). Thursday July 12 : Rangers v FK Shkupi Thursday July 19 : FK Shkupi v Rangers UEFA Europa League second qualifying round (provisional dates). July 27 : CS Petroclub or NK Osijek August 3 : CS Petroclub or NK Osijek Also for the record, 'Macedonia' has just agreed with Greece (and others) to be known as 'North Macedonia', to differentiate itself from the Greek province of Macedonia (based around Salonika). Hibernian have been drawn against NSI Runavik (Faroes) in the 1st qualifying round and Aberdeen will face Burnley in the 2nd qualifying round. Bye-bye Aberdeen !
28/06/2018 : Thanks for the tip-off, Monacoger. From Rangers' website today, Rangers' fixtures in July 2018. July 2018 Fri 06 Jul 19:15 Friendly..... Rangers v Bury Thu 12 Jul 19:45 Europa League Rangers v FK Shkupi Tue 17 Jul 16:55 Europa League FK Shkupi v Rangers * Sun 29 Jul 15:00 Friendly..... Rangers v Wigan Athletic
I am not sure about the return leg, Monacoger. I got that time from the hospitality item relating to the away leg on Rangers' website.
01/07/2018 : KO time for away leg fixed. I have updated my earlier post. Tue 17 Jul 16:55 Europa League FK Shkupi v Rangers *
11/07/2018 : Let it be a Glorious Twelfth for Rangers tomorrow ! Thursday 12th July, Europa League Qualifying (1st leg) : Hibernian 19:45 NSI Runavik Rangers 19:45 FK Shkupi
13/07/2018 : I missed the game, listening to the cricket on TMS ! Thursday 12th July, Europa League Qualifying (1st leg) : Hibernian 6-1 NSI Runavik Rangers 2-0 FK Shkupi - Attendance : 49,309 (RFC)
Tuesday 17/07/2018, Europa League Qualifying (2nd leg) : FK Shkupi 0-0 Rangers (0-2) - Rangers 2-0 on aggregate ... Shkupi 5-1 on Yellow Cards !
20/07/2018 : I have just checked the UEFA website, which shows the Rangers v Osijek Europa fixtures. Rangers have not yet updated these matches on its website, but do refer to the Osijek match in the article on Scott Arfield's injury status. Europa matches. Second qualifying round, 1st leg Thursday 26 July 2018 Aberdeen 19:45 Burnley Hibernian 19:45 Asteras Osijek 19:45 Rangers Second qualifying round, 2nd leg Thursday 2 August 2018 Asteras 19:00 Hibernian Burnley 19:45 Aberdeen Rangers 19:45 Osijek
23/07/2018 : Looking ahead, from a BBC report today. The winners of the Europa League second-round tie between Aberdeen and Burnley will play Istanbul Basaksehir, who finished third in the Turkish league, in the third qualifying round. Rangers will play Georgia's Chikhura Sachkhere or Slovenians Maribor if they win against Osijek of Croatia. Hibernian will face Norway's Molde or Albanians Laci if they beat Asteras Tripolis of Greece in the second round. The third-round ties will be played on 9 and 16 August. Celtic play Rosenborg in Champions League qualifying and the losers of that tie will drop down into Europa League qualifying and face Cork City.
26/07/2018 : No chance of missing our match in Croatia due to the cricket today ! Europa Second qualifying round, 1st leg - I will update all the scores in this post. Thursday 26 July 2018 Aberdeen 1-1 Burnley Hibernian 3-2 Asteras Tripolis NK Osijek 0-1 Rangers This link may not work, beware too of any redirects and/or download offers. Stream link, KO 19:45 hours : Feed2All - NK Osijek v Rangers
29/07/2018, Pre-Season Friendly : Rangers v Wigan Athletic KO 15:00 hours I have just renewed my subscription to RTV, £49.00 for the Standard Annual package. The game today will be shown live on RTV, the usual 'UK/ROI' exception does not apply.
29/07/2018, Pre-Season Friendly : Rangers 3-0 Wigan Athletic HT 0-0 A game of two halves ... 'don’t wait for me for a bollocking at half time ... start the game properly' (SG). Attendance : 28,779 (RFC)
02/08/2018 : Europa Second qualifying round, 2nd leg. Thursday 2 August 2018 Burnley 19:45 Aberdeen (1-1) Asteras Tripolis 19:45 Hibernian (2-3) Rangers 19:45 NK Osijek (1-0) This link may not work, beware too of any redirects and/or download offers. Stream link, KO 19:45 hours : Feed2All - Rangers v NK Osijek
02/08/2018 : Europa Second qualifying round, 2nd leg scores. Unlucky for Rangers to lose the late goal as a clean sheet was deserved from a very good performance tonight. Thursday 2 August 2018 Burnley 3-1 Aberdeen AET, FT 1-1 (Agg 4-2) Asteras Tripolis 1-1 Hibernian (Agg 3-4) Rangers 1-1 NK Osijek (Agg 2-1) Selected others : Lincoln Red Imps 1-1 The New Saints (Agg 2-3) Progres Niederkorn 2-0 Budapest Honved (Agg 2-1) Maribor 2-0 Chikhura Sachkhere (Agg 2-0) - Maribor play Rangers at Ibrox next week.