At 10.30pm last night the Daily Record were telling their dwindling army of readers that Tuesday’s Champions League tie could be switched from Ibrox to Napoli.
The report was of course complete nonsense, there was never a chance of that happening but that was the tale that their elderly readers were handing money over to read this morning.
By mid afternoon on Saturday even the Record had killed the story, or their own exclusive.
UEFA took the best part of 40 hours to come up with their fixture schedule, it is co-ordinated with broadcasters who then arrange their resources to ensure that every country gets the maximum number of broadcasting minutes.
Schedules are drawn up, everything runs like a military exercise.
Because a 10-year-old club with a completely fictitious sense of their own importance fears an absolute leathering isn’t reason to tear up plans, reverse fixtures and disturb the plans of thousands.
Sponsors are expecting to be wined and dined at Ibrox on Tuesday, that is why they pay UEFA huge money. Billboards on television screens and backslapping in the hospitality suites.
Rangers facing Napoli venue switch as UEFA issue Champions League fixture diktathttps://t.co/CGSAz53w9S pic.twitter.com/vNnUBzMIEu
— Daily Record Sport (@Record_Sport) September 9, 2022
If a club is overcome by fake grief they can concede the match 3-0, hand back one sixth of their participation fees and take a fine from UEFA. That should stem their whimpering petted lip and ensure that Tav & Co get to test themselves against the players that have just hammered Liverpool 4-1.
Rangers fans to be spared late Napoli switch as Champions League tie reversal ruled outhttps://t.co/40HMP7DJ43 pic.twitter.com/KXEdsD1Mhe
— Daily Record Sport (@Record_Sport) September 10, 2022
0-3 would be a good result for these embarrassing losers.
They should take it now.
NUL POINTS for the zombies in this CL section.
In 2012 for once they told the truth 140 years ended leaving behind a shameful mountain of debt. We will never ever let them forget. Scotlands sevco media shame lest we forget.
Anything to make it all about them , this rag was the same with the Pandemic
Oh dear infamy infamy they all have it infamy.
The Daily Record ! A tabloid that raises its prices twice,aye twice ,in as many months ,raised its prices during the COVID 19pandemic ,and now tells a story which is false ,to get a headline for people to buy at the weekend ! If that’s not everlasting contempt for its rapidly dwindling reader ,I don’t know what is .Scotland’s Champion . Yeah ,yeah I know,I know !!
Their key demographic is literally dying away nobody under 30 buys a newspaper they are soon to be consigned to museums ..good riddance
3 points. 10 goals 9 bookins, 500 arrests.
Lets all laugh at newco hahahaha now this is the same fans that laughed at celtic in Europe so its our turn toget these cheats back im sure they were shouting last year that they would get into the last sixteen before us honest tae god they got the teams with planty of injuries in the Europa league thats afact so lets see what these huns are stouting about now i would only say get back under ur rocks and stop dreaming cheats of scotland at liebrox..