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Defending champion Glasgow Rangers FC are up 8 points on Glasgow Celtic in the race to the Scottish
Premier League title.
Despite claims about their lack of aesthetic beauty, Rangers captain David Weir knows what's
important at the end of the day.
They are not an easy watch, though.
It's one of the fastest growing Facebook groups in the south-east, and now Longpier.com is
its official news source.
The 'Southend-on-Sea' page has more than 33,000 fans and is getting bigger every week.
A mixture of ex-pats and current residents are fans of the page, which also features polls,
photographs, links, discussion and events sections.