Time for Home Impr Rovements ; Cautious Smith Knows a Repeat of Last Season's Ibrox Capitulations On the Continental Stage Will Put Paid to His Ambition for One Last Crack at Euro Glory [Scot Region]
Mail on Sunday › September 26, 2010
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE visitors to Ibrox were 'Welcome To Score' rather than greeted with a 'Welcome To Hell' last season, so when the title holders from the nation that spawned such stadium banners roll up in Glasgow this midweek, Rangers need to reacquaint themselves with the concept of a home advantage.
Bursaspor are guaranteed a hot reception on Wednesday but so, too, were Sevilla, Unirea Urziceni and Stuttgart last season until Walter Smith's side fell behind -- then further behind. The reputation of Ibrox being a tough venue on a midweek European night cannot stand up to scrutiny if it is the home side that finds it a tough gig.See the full content of this document
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Time for Home Impr Rovements ; Cautious Smith Knows a Repeat of Last Season's Ibrox Capitulations On the Continental Stage Will Put Paid to His Ambition for One Last Crack at Euro Glory [Scot Region]
Sevilla and Unirea won 4-1, then Stuttgart recorded a 2-0 success to relegate Rangers to the bottom berth of the section and render an excellent away draw in Germany on the opening night only a small financial consolation.
To ensure there is no repea...See the full content of this document
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