From: mcsbc2gw@dct.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: Rangers
Date: 8 Jan 93 09:09:57 GMT
Organization: Dundee Institute of Technology

In article <1993Jan7.093131.6903@spider.co.uk>, scottj@spider.co.uk (Scott Jackson) writes:
> Played on Tuesday January 5th
> 
> Rangers  3  Dundee Utd. 2
> 
> Hateley  7  Welsh 54
> McCall  23  Perry 58
> McCoist 69
> 
> Att. 40,200
> 
> Another two points which takes Rangers seven points clear at the top of the
> Premier League. This was certainly a game of two contrasting halfs in true
> Bobby Robson style with Rangers dominating the first.
> 
> Durrant and Gordon were missing from the side that again beat Celtic on
> Saturday and SAlly returned after missing that game. Rangers took the lead
> after seven minutes with a brilliant goal. McCoist first touch on a high
> through ball was different class as he sent the defender the wrong way. He
> played the ball to Steven who fed Robertson on the wing. His cross into the
> middle was headed home by the big man who was umarked. The second came after
> a ball from Hateley into the box to McCoist appeared to stick in the mud.
> With Main advancing and SAlly on the ground, he flicked it over his head. It
> hit the bar and McCall was there for a simple header. After this Rangers
> should have added to their total but good goalkeeping and glaring misses
> kept it at two. However, Richard Gough didn't look fit and appeared to have a
> reocurrance of his thigh injury.
> 
> At the start of the second half Gough was replaced by Huistra who started
> brightly enough shooting just over. Thereafter, Rangers fell out of the game
  
	due to United finally taking the game to Rangers,
	Complacency is a deadly disease amongst strikers and
Rangers had no excuses for losing their 2 goal lead and nearly the
game. United are getting stronger and better after every game.
A genuine title challenge is not far away and with Aberdeen nearly
completing a successful team challenge, Rangers are about to find out the
meaning of the game!!!!!


> and appeared to be content with the lead. A free kick which shouldn't have
> been was taken quickly and with the defence dreaming Welsh rose to header
> past Goram. Worse was to come four minutes later when a cross into the box
> was headered out by Bomber but only to Perry who returned a diving header
> past Goram. Rangers played fitba' once in this half and it resulted in the
> winner from who else but McCoist. Steven made a forceful run to the edge of
> the box and fed SAlly. He took it on, rounded Main and placed it in the pokey.
> Rangers should have had a penalty when McCoist was clean through but the
> United player took him down from behind. Both the ref and linesman had
> nothing to do with it but McCoist was furious as were the Main, Copland and
> Govan stands. As clear cut a penalty as you're likely to see and an ordering
> off but Kenny Hope the ref had his usual incompetent display.
> 
> Best for Rangers were McCall, McPherson, Hateley and McCoist. Steven was a
> nightmare and Fergie was close to that as well.
> 
> Rangers:
> Goram, McPherson, Robertson, Gough (Huistra), Brown, McCall, Ferguson, Steven,
> McCoist, Hateley, Mikhailichenko
> 
> Premier League (top + Celtic)
> --------------
>               P  Pts
> Rangers       24 42
> Aiberdeen     24 35
> Celtic        25 30
> Hertz         25 28
> Dundee Utd.   24 26
> 
> Next game is the start of the defence of the Scottish Cup at Motherwell on
> Seturday then it's Falkirk at Ibrox on Tuesday.

Your defence was crap on Wednesday and Motherwell should end your reign as
Scot Cup holders away on Saturday. 

> 
> -- 
>  Scott Jackson              e-mail scottj@spider.co.uk
>  Spider Systems
>  Edinburry                  "...I only score great goals. Some of them less
>  Sco'lind                    great than others admittedly." - A McCoist