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Just looked at the official Le havre website (via google translate),interesting article regarding the 12th july match.

Right at the bottom of the article an update says that 23,000 of the 25,000 are already sold.

I HOPE RANGERS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED THE OTHER 2,000 !!

THE ARTICLE.

CDT - Glasgow Rangers in the opening grand stage.

It is facing the most prestigious and most successful Scottish club, Rangers, the CDT will inaugurate its new stadium on 12 July.

1872 vs. 1872

Glasgow Rangers and CDT have never met in their respective histories, they share one big thing in common, their founding date. The Rangers and the CDT were born a few weeks apart in 1872.

This first large both in the poster at the level of the place that will host the men then Cedric Daury be measured by the most successful of the Scottish, a European level training (56 matches including 30 in European League Champions). The last big European dated Ranger returns to a final UEFA Cup lost (2-0) in 2008 to face Zenit St. Petersburg in Manchester.

The visit to France Glasgow Rangers is the first time since October 2, 2007 and a win at the Stade Gerland of Scots, (3-0) against Olympique Lyonnais in the group stages of the Champions League. Before that, 20 September 2000, the Rangers had also come to Monaco win 1-0, again in the group stages.

Rangers vs Celtic

Glasgow Rangers, most successful club in Scotland with 54 league titles, and his eternal rival Celtic Glasgow (43 titles) monopolize season after season of Champions titles in Scotland. The two teams that share this supremacy since 1888 in particular of the "Old Firm" ("Old Agreement"), nickname of the derby between the two clubs, one of the hottest in world football.

But the rivalry between the two clubs goes beyond sport. The Rangers are indeed historically supported by the Protestant community of Glasgow, while Celtic, founded a little later, in 1887 by the Irish community in Glasgow, based at Parkhead (a neighborhood in the southeast of the city) is rather supported by Catholics and close to the Irish community.

The "Light Blues" which made history

The Rangers have been spent in their ranks many big names of European football beginning with the iconic Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson who carried the colors of Rangers from 1967 to 1969. Many other players have scored the club's history as the Dutch brothers Frank and Ronald De Boer, English Paul Gascoigne, the Argentinian Claudio Caniggia, Italian Gennaro Gattuso (who just announced last Saturday in wanting to return Rangers next season), Brian Laudrup Danish, Croatian Dado Pršo, the Norwegian Tore Andre Flo (purchased more than 12 million pounds to Chelsea in 2001) and Henning Berg, the other Dutch Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Arthur Numan, the Norwegian Jonas Thern not to mention the French Basile Boli, Jean-Claude Darcheville, Daniel Cousin and a certain Jean-Alain Boumsong ... formed in CDT.

Rangers in recent seasons

After the season ends, the Rangers had to yield their seats to Scottish champions Celtic, a title they won in the previous three seasons (2009, 2010 and 2011).

On the European scene, the Rangers who won the Cup Winners Cup in 1972, remain on a UEFA Cup final lost in 2008 (2-0) against the Russians of Zenit St. Petersburg, a final which was played at " City of Manchester Stadium. "

Composition of Glasgow Rangers in the UEFA Cup final 2008

Neil Alexander, Carlos Cuellar, Kirk Broad football, David Weir, Brahim Hemdani (Lee McCulloch and 79 '), Steven Davis, Barry Ferguson (cap.), Kevin Thomson, Sasa Papac (Nacho Novo then 76'), Steven Whittaker (then Kris Boyd 85 '), Jean-Claude Darcheville

Coach: Walter Smith

(In fat remaining players at the club)

Emmanuel Lelaidier

Rangers in brief

Rangers FC - 150 Edmiston Drive, Glasgow

Stadium: The Ibrox Stadium - capacity 51,082 seats

Results:

54 Championship titles in Scotland

33 Scottish Cup

24 Scottish League Cup

1 European Cup Winners' Cup (1972) and two lost finals

A final UEFA Cup (2008)

Player who has played the most game for the Rangers: John Greig with 755 matches

Top goalscorer: Ally McCoist 355 goals with

European Stats Rangers:

Number of Champions League matches: 30

Number of matches in the UEFA Cup and Europa League: 16

Number of matches vainquers Cup of Cups: 10

Biggest success in the European Cup: Rangers 10-0 Valletta (28/9/1983)

Biggest defeat in the European Cup: Real Madrid 6-0 Rangers (10/09/1963)

Player who has played the most European matches: Barry Ferguson with 82 games

Top scorer in European Cup: Alistair McCoist with 22 goals.

Inaugural show of the Grand Harbour Stadium

On 12 July 2012, the Grand Stade Agglomeration Havraise open for the first time its doors to the public.

A holiday

The Stadium will be hosted at 18:30 by numerous troops of local artists.

Spectators will be well received and invited to participate in this celebration, instituting an evening of entertainment while learning about the enclosure and its surroundings.

The CDT, an evening of first

A first for the stadium but also a first for CDT in more ways than one.

The new team will tread Heaven and Navy for the first time the lawn of his new lair.

For the occasion, the proposed new official jersey by Nike, new OEM club will be unveiled.

Presented another exclusive preview: the new club logo, strongly inspired by its roots and its history.

Match Gala

Two clubs who celebrate their 140 years in 2012 were destined to meet!

The CDT will meet the legendary club Glasgow Rangers for this charity match.

The CDT was founded in 1872 by students from Oxford and Cambridge, found its British origins and symbolically.

Inaugural show

By the end of the meeting, spectators will attend this unique stage, to create an exceptional show for the occasion by Urban Sax (Inauguration of the Grande Arche de la Defense, Eurotunnel, opening ceremony of the Cup World 2002), La Fura Dels Baus (opening ceremony of the Barcelona Olympic Games, Opening and closing of the Mediterranean Games of Valladolid, MÖBIUS price of artistic creation, Gold Medal of Prague Quadrennial, ...) and Shuzaku ( choreographer of the Conservatory of Amsterdam).

Assisted many artists and extras regional troops will offer an enchanting spectacle as spectacular.

Attention to date more than 23,000 tickets on the 25 000 were sold!

Ticketing information: 0 810 76 2000 - www.hac-foot.com

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the most prestigious and most successful Scottish club, Rangers,

Have a rep mate.

That was a fucking cracking read... Cheers for posting, i never get bored of hearing about our awesomeness :praise:

Someone should give the writer a job over here...

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Have a rep mate.

That was a fucking cracking read... Cheers for posting, i never get bored of hearing about our awesomeness :praise:

Someone should give the writer a job over here...

Just wait until the handwringers come along. :)

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What a great read mate..cheers 4 posting. Im at pains tryiny to decide which game id rather go to...arsenal southampton or spend the extra 32 quid 4 the boat to le harve?! Man i wish i had more money

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(In fat remaining players at the club) :lol:

So any non-overweight players wont be listed? :P

google translate really does throw up some cracking interpretations sometimes.

IN FAT ( in bold)

and Kirk Broad football !! :lol:

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