Boab 73 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Ne...1012673,00.htmlby Lindsay HerronDUTCH giants Ajax are coming to Ibrox on Tuesday, July 24 for a glamour pre-season clash.The match with the Amsterdam side, bossed by Henk Ten Cate, will be a fantastic tune-up for Walter Smith's side and comes just four days before the visit of Chelsea.Klaas Jan Huntelaar and Jaap Stam celebrateCurrently third in the Dutch Eredivisie table, just two points off leaders PSV Eindhoven, Ajax boast an impressive squad with top drawer young talent like Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Ryan Babel and Wesley Sneijder complimenting the older guard of Jaap Stam and Edgar Davids.In January they also snapped up exciting Brazilian strilker Leonardo, who is likely to face Rangers in JulyChief Executive Martin Bain commented: "I am pleased to confirm the Club has secured another exciting friendly match at Ibrox."Ajax are one of Europe's finest clubs and this will be a good test for Walter's squad ahead of the new campaign. Our supporters will have the opportunity to watch two of Europe's top teams here in Glasgow and both games will certainly provide excellent preparation for the season ahead."Ronald de Boer battles with Richard Gough back in 1996Rangers last faced the Amsterdam side in the Champions League group phase of 1996/97 when they boasted a fantastic side that included Ronald and Frank de Boer as well as Patrick Kluivert, Marc Overmars and Edwin van der Sar.The Light Blues lost 4-1 in Holland and were defeated 1-0 at Ibrox by the side who had contested the previous two finals.In a ground-breaking move, Rangers played Ajax in the first ever Super Cup back in 1972/73, although the trophy was not officially recognised by UEFA until the following season.Willie Waddell instigated the move for the European Cup Winners' Cup winners to take on the European Cup winners in a two-leg tie and legends like Johan Cruyff, Johan Neeskens, Johnny Rep, Ruud Krol and Aarie Haan wer the star men for Ajax, who dominated European football in the early 1970s.Rangers lost 3-1 at Ibrox and 3-2 in Holland.WE WILL HAVE TICKET INFORMATION IN DUE COURSE.FACT FILEEuropean Cup/Champions League - 1971, 1972, 1973, 1995European Cup Winners Cup - 1987UEFA Cup - 1992Dutch champions - 29 timesDutch Cup winners - 16 timesLink - click HERE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac444 6 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Excellent news, I may go to that, its the day before I graduate from Uni! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minstral 5,375 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 pre season games are always a let down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KERRZO 5 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Big improvement on the pre-season drivel weve been served in recent years!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEFISH 0 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Friendlies are pesh and meaningless...Murray doesnt deserve a crowd for any of them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac444 6 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Friendlies are pesh and meaningless...Murray doesnt deserve a crowd for any of themThe crowd aren't there for Murray. They are there for the club, the team and the enjoyment of watching a game of football ffs!Playing clubs like LA Galaxy and now Ajax, can only benefit in the club in terms of TV Revenue and profile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfc72 0 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 That should be another good friendly for us to play and hopefully it will be a competitive game aswell as the Chelsea game so we get our moneys worth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEFISH 0 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Friendlies are pesh and meaningless...Murray doesnt deserve a crowd for any of themThe crowd aren't there for Murray. They are there for the club, the team and the enjoyment of watching a game of football ffs!Playing clubs like LA Galaxy and now Ajax, can only benefit in the club in terms of TV Revenue and profile.LA Galaxy aye Ive always wanted to see them get yerself tae....If we invested serious dosh we would be playing the likes of Ajax more often instead of peshy freindlies...Hurry up or ye will lose yer place in the sand pit :pipeguy: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac444 6 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Friendlies are pesh and meaningless...Murray doesnt deserve a crowd for any of themThe crowd aren't there for Murray. They are there for the club, the team and the enjoyment of watching a game of football ffs!Playing clubs like LA Galaxy and now Ajax, can only benefit in the club in terms of TV Revenue and profile.LA Galaxy aye Ive always wanted to see them get yerself tae....If we invested serious dosh we would be playing the likes of Ajax more often instead of peshy freindlies...Hurry up or ye will lose yer place in the sand pit :pipeguy: LA Galaxy may not be the world football superpower, but with it Beckham moving there you can be assured that there will be a HUGE media presence and that the match will be worth millions to us.EDIT: Also, if you are so determined to invest serious dosh, what better way to generate said dosh other than playing lucrative friendly matches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dummiesoot 16,005 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Friendlies are pesh and meaningless...Murray doesnt deserve a crowd for any of themThe crowd aren't there for Murray. They are there for the club, the team and the enjoyment of watching a game of football ffs!Playing clubs like LA Galaxy and now Ajax, can only benefit in the club in terms of TV Revenue and profile.LA Galaxy aye Ive always wanted to see them get yerself tae....If we invested serious dosh we would be playing the likes of Ajax more often instead of peshy freindlies...Hurry up or ye will lose yer place in the sand pit :pipeguy:Okay Fish so you don't want to give credit ever, do you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEFISH 0 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Friendlies are pesh and meaningless...Murray doesnt deserve a crowd for any of themThe crowd aren't there for Murray. They are there for the club, the team and the enjoyment of watching a game of football ffs!Playing clubs like LA Galaxy and now Ajax, can only benefit in the club in terms of TV Revenue and profile.LA Galaxy aye Ive always wanted to see them get yerself tae....If we invested serious dosh we would be playing the likes of Ajax more often instead of peshy freindlies...Hurry up or ye will lose yer place in the sand pit :pipeguy: Okay Fish so you don't want to give credit ever, do you?YOU DECIDE :pipeguy: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poetry_In_Blue 1,043 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Brilliant news, I wonder if we can get some of the Ajax youngsters on the cheap! :Animation44: I wonder if Dean Furman will get promoted to the senior squad for the match against Chelsea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minstral 5,375 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 how many of the games are competitive,they make you think oh we will have a great season and what do we end up with,the usual rubbish and i got wide to the pre season games many years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dummiesoot 16,005 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 how many of the games are competitive,they make you think oh we will have a great season and what do we end up with,the usual rubbish and i got wide to the pre season games many years ago.I think is more to do with the profile of the club minstral rather than the actual game itself. This is an opportunity to improve our image playing high profile matches we should grab it with both hands. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac444 6 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 how many of the games are competitive,they make you think oh we will have a great season and what do we end up with,the usual rubbish and i got wide to the pre season games many years ago.I think is more to do with the profile of the club minstral rather than the actual game itself. This is an opportunity to improve our image playing high profile matches we should grab it with both hands.Lets Not forget the money that comes from playing in these high-profile friendly's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEFISH 0 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 how many of the games are competitive,they make you think oh we will have a great season and what do we end up with,the usual rubbish and i got wide to the pre season games many years ago.I think is more to do with the profile of the club minstral rather than the actual game itself. This is an opportunity to improve our image playing high profile matches we should grab it with both hands. When will youz ever learn eh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boab 73 Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 Its better than Borussia Munchengladbach...that was rank, even the Linesman agreed with me (cause I spoke with him days later) - Middlesbrough wasn't much better but these, as said, will bring kudos to the Club and are high quality opposition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlippinEck 3,705 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 anything will be better than Zenit game aswell. Im looking forward to this, hopefully this or chelsea is free on the season ticket like boro was last year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minstral 5,375 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 how many of the games are competitive,they make you think oh we will have a great season and what do we end up with,the usual rubbish and i got wide to the pre season games many years ago.I think is more to do with the profile of the club minstral rather than the actual game itself. This is an opportunity to improve our image playing high profile matches we should grab it with both hands.your right dummiesoot and i agree with you,but the original post i thought meant they will be competitive games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_RFC87 761 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 nice Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEFISH 0 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 If both of them play to thier full potential we will have to bust a gut to compete with them and thats before the season has startedMurray....give me yer money am off shortly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poetry_In_Blue 1,043 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 anything will be better than Zenit game aswell. Im looking forward to this, hopefully this or chelsea is free on the season ticket like boro was last year.I doubt it! Might be (should be at least) reduced prices. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 L.A Galaxy, Chelsea and Ajax so far. Thats more like it. Now all we have to worry about is having a proper football team with good players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,775 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Hopefully there can be some discussion between the higher powers of the clubs about how we can modernise and use our fantastic facilities as well as Ajax do when ity comes to nurturing talent! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Just a pity we will have to see them run out in those aweful new tops. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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