Glasgow Rangers may be facing administration and a crisis beyond their control at the moment, but at least they now know who their true fans are. And she's kicking it! / via Daylife

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Ignore the hype. Ignore the sad hypocrisy of the crocodile tears and the valiant claims such as "I will not allow this historic club to go out of business," emanating from the biggest vested interest of them all. Translate the sentence. It reads, "I will not allow my front loaded debt to go down the drain.

By Chris Wright

As you'll no doubt be aware, Rangers are currently in administration to the tune of a £50-odd million tax bill and, safe to say, Celtic are bloody loving it hence this impressively large HMRC banner, that was unfurled during the Bhoys' 5-0 spanking of Hibernian at Easter Road on Saturday.

Scattered amongst the news articles this week in the soccer world were two disturbing stories of financial failure involving top clubs in both England and Scotland. Sadly, fans of Rangers and Portsmouth awoke to the news that their clubs had entered "administration" due to overwhelming financial debts which, according to the rules of their respective Leagues, means that both teams receive a 10-point deduction for the current season.

We have been waiting for this since November but that doesn't make it any better. The new manager, the younger team, and games like the awayday at Blackpool notwithstanding, no one has been able to fully enjoy the simplicity of Championship survival. That is because, when the first shoe hit the floor in November, we learned that 'self-sustaining' really meant 'injection of a £10.

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