SPL (SPFL1), Sunday 15/03/2020 : Rangers v Celtic, KO 12:00 hours, SKY. 12/03/2020 : The Big Match is scheduled to go ahead on Sunday, which is the Ides of March ... appropriately ! SPL matches, 13-14-15/03/2020 : Friday 13th March : Motherwell 19:45 Aberdeen Saturday 14th March Hibernian 15:00 St Johnstone Kilmarnock 15:00 St Mirren Ross County 15:00 Hamilton Academical Sunday 15th March Rangers 12:00 Celtic - SKY Livingston 15:00 Heart of Midlothian
13/03/2020 (Friday) : It has just been announced that all SPFL games are postponed with immediate effect, including Rangers v Celtic.
Coronavirus ... this is relevant to Rangers too. 17/03/2020 : On AVillaFan today the Site Owner Stuart Young posted this question : COVID-19 With football currently on hold (and rightly so) what do you think the FA should do with the remainder of the season? My Reply : 17/03/2020 : This coronavirus lockdown will probably continue beyond the scheduled end of the 2019-2020 Season. It will probably impact the 2020-2021 Season too. The lockdown should logically continue until a vaccine is created and (like the flu jab) has been administered nationwide (and world wide). If we assume a vaccine has become available and administered by the end of this calendar year (2020), then to me the logic for football would be to scrap the 2020-2021 Season and play out the remainder of this Season, 2019-2020, from early 2021 instead. This to cover all domestic League and Cup and all European Club competitions, but not international matches. Season 2020-2021 would become a lost Season, joining the other Seasons lost to World Wars I and II, but the current Season would be completed properly and fairly, albeit a year late.
02/04/2020 : For the record. Yesterday UEFA suspended all Europa League and 'Champions' League matches until further notice. Home teams Euro games affected are : Europa League : - Round of 16 2nd leg, Home teams only. Thursday 19th March - postponed until further notice. Bayer Leverkusen 17:55 Rangers (3-1) Manchester United 20:00 Linz ASK (5-0) Wolverhampton Wanderers 17:55 Olympiakos (1-1) UEFA 'Champions' League : - Round of 16 2nd leg, Home teams only. Tuesday 17th March : Manchester City 20:00 Real Madrid (2-1) Wednesday 18th March : Bayern Munich 20:00 Chelsea (3-0)
Have this here for now, a fixture thread for Season 2020-2021 can be opened once the fixtures are confirmed. 06/07/2020 : Rangers have published their (provisional) fixtures for Season 2020-2021, link below. Provisional because these fixtures are subject to confirmation from the Scottish Government. Not said on Rangers' website is the possible impact of the dispute between the SPFL and the clubs relegated following the early termination of Season 2019-2020 (Heart of Midlothian and Partick Thistle). Rangers' fixtures for Season 2020-2021 (provisional), Link : https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/full-fixture-list-2
Good to have something to post about and here's another topic, the proposed new badge. I have made a knock-up today (08/07/2020) of old and new. It incorporates the new outer ring whilst retaining the extant inner format, which I think is superior to the proposed format. As this is a knock-up I would expect the finished product to have the words 'Football Club' moved anti-clockwise until the first and last letters are level ! please log in to view this image
10/07/2020 : The Europa and 'Champions' Leagues will restart in August, details below. Euro matches, Home teams only. I will update all the scores in this post. Europa League : Round of 16 2nd leg, Home teams only. Wednesday 5th August (Postponed from March) Manchester United 20:00 Linz ASK (5-0) Thursday 6th August (Postponed from March) Bayer Leverkusen 17:55 Rangers (3-1) Wolverhampton Wanderers 20:00 Olympiakos (1-1) UEFA 'Champions' League : Round of 16 2nd leg, Home teams only. Tuesday 10th March : Leipzig 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur (1-0), Agg 4-0 Wednesday 11th March : Liverpool 2-3 Atletico Madrid (0-1), AET, FT 1-0, Agg 2-4 Remaining 2nd leg fixtures (Postponed from March) Friday 7th August : Manchester City 20:00 Real Madrid (2-1) Saturday 8th August : Bayern Munich 20:00 Chelsea (3-0)
Have these here for now. 10/07/2020 : Rangers have provided details of the 2020-2021 pre-season games, full details in the link below. Fixtures are confirmed as follows, timings in BST: Thursday 16th July - Lyon v Rangers 7:45pm, Groupama Stadium Lyon Saturday 18th July - Nice v Rangers 5:15pm, Groupama Stadium Lyon Wednesday 22nd July, Rangers v Motherwell, 6pm, Ibrox. Saturday 25th July - Rangers v Coventry City 5.15pm, Ibrox Link : https://www.rangers.co.uk/Article/pre-season-fixture-update/4e5mHo2AblIG2o7aFurRKq
Europa League Round of 16, 2nd leg, Thursday 06/08/2020 : Bayer Leverkusen v Rangers (3-1), KO 17:55 hours, BT Sport. 02/08/2020 : After a 5 month delay due to Covid-19, Rangers travel to Germany this week for the 2nd leg of this Round of 16 fixture, with a 1-3 deficit from the 1st leg to overcome. I trust this will not be Rangers' last match of the 2019-2020 Season. please log in to view this image
05/08/2020 : These are the movements, up and down, at the end of Season 2019-2020. Scotland - Season partially Played, positions on average points per game per team. Movements Season 2019-2020 Key to Ups and Downs : Promoted : Blue - Blue - Auto Play-Offs : Blue - Indigo - promoted (n/a in 2019-2020) Play-Offs : Red - Firebrick - relegated (n/a in 2019-2020) Relegated : Red - Red - Auto 05/08/2020 : Ups and Downs Season 2019-2020, Scotland : SPFL1 (SPL) (Premiership) 01 Celtic 02 Rangers 12 Heart of Midlothian SPFL2 (Championship) 01 Dundee United 10 Partick Thistle SPFL3 (League 1) 01 Raith Rovers 10 Stranraer SPFL4 (League 2) 01 Cove Rangers 10 Brechin City - Not relegated. 01 Highland League : 01 Brora Rangers 02 Lowland League : 01 Kelty Hearts
Europa League Round of 16, 2nd leg, Thursday 06/08/2020 : Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 Rangers (3-1) Agg 4-1 Rangers were outplayed by a better team tonight. Season 2019-2020 ends with a defeat, but not disgrace.
Euro matches (BT Sport), Home teams only. I will update all the scores in this post. Europa League : Round of 16 2nd leg, Home teams only. Wednesday 5th August (Postponed from March) Manchester United 2-1 Linz ASK (5-0) Agg 7-1 Thursday 6th August (Postponed from March) Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 Rangers (3-1) Agg 4-1 - missed Inter Milan ! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Olympiakos (1-1) Agg 2-1 Europa League quarter-final draw (alpha sorted) : Inter Milan v Bayer Leverkusen/Rangers Manchester United v Copenhagen Shakhtar Donetsk v Basel/Eintracht Frankfurt Wolverhampton Wanderers/Olympiakos v Sevilla/Roma UEFA 'Champions' League : Round of 16 2nd leg, Home teams only. Tuesday 10th March : Leipzig 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur (1-0), Agg 4-0 Wednesday 11th March : Liverpool 2-3 Atletico Madrid (0-1), AET, FT 1-0, Agg 2-4 Remaining 2nd leg fixtures (Postponed from March) Friday 7th August : Manchester City 2-1 Real Madrid (2-1) Agg 4-2 Saturday 8th August : Bayern Munich 4-1 Chelsea (3-0) Agg 7-1
09/08/2020 : I will continue with these Euro matches so long as there is British involvement and (from 16/08/2020) through to their Finals in this post. 2019-2020 Season Euro matches (BT Sport) Home teams only, I will update all the scores in this post. Europa League : Round of 8 one-off matches, Home teams only. Mon 10th August : Manchester United 1-0 Copenhagen - AET Tue 11th August : Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Sevilla Semi-finals - one-off matches. Sun 16th August : Sevilla 2-1 Manchester United Mon 17th August : Inter Milan 5-0 Shakhtar Donetsk Europa League Final Fri 21st August : Sevilla 3-2 Inter Milan - Good to see a 'Villa' win this ! please log in to view this image UEFA 'Champions' League : Round of 8 one-off matches, Home teams only. Sat 15th August : Manchester City 1-3 Lyon Semi-finals - one-off matches. Tue 18th August : Leipzig 0-3 Paris Saint-Germain Wed 19th August : Lyon 0-3 Bayern Munich Champions League Final - these two are League Champions (Germany and France) Sun 23rd August : Bayern Munich 1-0 Paris Saint-Germain UEFA Super Cup Thu 24th September : Bayern Munich 2-1 Sevilla - AET, FT 1-1