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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Josh McCafferty

Rangers' ticket allocation for opening day Motherwell trip revealed

Rangers' ticket allocation for their trip to face Motherwell on the opening weekend of the Scottish Premiership season has been revealed. 

Russell Martin will take his team to Fir Park for his maiden league game at the helm on Saturday, August 2, with a 5.30pm kick-off in place. 


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Rangers will be eager to get off to a perfect start on the domestic scene under their new gaffer, and for their trip to Lanarkshire, the club have been given a healthy allocation of 4,470. Over 14,400 supporters registered for briefs. 

Before their match against Motherwell, Rangers have a crucial Champions League qualifier against Panathinaikos on the cards. 

They host the Greeks at Ibrox next Tuesday, before heading out to Athens for the second leg eight days later. 

Panathinaikos were beaten 2-1 by Braga in a friendly at the weekend: "The positive thing is that we didn't get any injuries, so we have all the players at our disposal, so we can work together and focus on the matches against Rangers," said boss Rui Vitoria. 

"We are not satisfied because we lost. I could say that this was a warning. It is not worth doing some things well and badly with other things. You have to be focused throughout the match.

"Braga didn't do anything special, yet we found ourselves behind and were always chasing the game.

"And mistakes cost us.

"What we need to do now is rest. We've been in Austria for two weeks with a lot of intensity.

"There is fatigue among the players, they are tired. We also had to manage a large volume of players in the squad and give them all game time."

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