Kenny Dalglish believes Sunday’s Old Firm derby will be close no matter how strongly-fancied Celtic are.

Argentine defender Fabricio Coloccini has been installed as surprise favourite to take over as manager at Newcastle, should Alan Pardew leave the club as expected.

Ally McCoist insists he and his players will be back at work on Saturday morning after refusing to confirm or deny he had offered to quit as Rangers boss.

Rangers have refused to comment on reports that Ally McCoist has offered his resignation as manager.

Virgil van Dijk’s second-half goal gave Celtic a 1-0 win over Partick Thistle at Parkhead and took Ronny Deila’s side three points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership.

Ronny Deila would love nothing more than experiencing his first Old Firm derby on the way to cup glory with Celtic this season.

Craig Mather has stepped down as chief executive of Rangers as the boardroom upheaval continues at Ibrox.

Sunderland’s decision to part company with head coach Paolo Di Canio means there is a vacancy at the Stadium of Light.

Walter Smith has resigned as Rangers chairman and left the board amid a bitter struggle for power at Ibrox.

It was a week for reflection. A week when we marvelled at a great champion besting injury to captivate us with a dramatic entrance.

Rangers today clinched the Irn-Bru Third Division title to complete stage one of their journey back to the top of Scottish Football.

Two British sporting institutions drew neck and neck this week. A Question of Sport has taken 45 years, three hosts, 16 captains, a million high-fives and several makeovers to bring up 1,000 not out.

Rangers manager Ally McCoist feels “totally vindicated” by the report into the oldco club’s undisclosed payments after Lord Nimmo Smith and his colleagues ruled no sporting advantage was gained.

Republic of Ireland international James McClean has become embroiled in another Twitter controversy.

Rangers have expressed their disappointment at “inappropriate” chanting by their supporters at today’s match at Berwick.

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Neil Lennon praised Rangers for their Scottish Communities League Cup win over Motherwell last night and considered the exciting prospect of an Old Firm quarter-final tie against the Light Blues.

Rangers have refused to co-operate with the Scottish Premier League inquiry into alleged undisclosed payments to players by a previous Ibrox regime.

Rangers were today drawn against Highland League side Forres Mechanics in the second round of the William Hill Scottish Cup.

Manager Ally McCoist branded Rangers’ 1-1 draw against Berwick as “unacceptable” and “agony” to watch as his side were left still searching for their first away win in the Irn Bru Third Division.

Rangers manager Ally McCoist has vowed to fight a Scottish Football Association charge of bringing the game into disrepute.

Rangers endured a difficult start to life in the Irn-Bru Third Division as they were forced to scrap for a last gasp draw against Peterhead in an historic match for the Ibrox club.

Rangers manager Ally McCoist and chief executive Charles Green have been issued with notices of complaint by the Scottish Football Association over comments made in the media.

Former owner Sir David Murray has hit out at the possibility of Rangers being stripped of league titles as part of an investigation into alleged undisclosed payments to players.

Lee McCulloch has urged Rangers players who have remained at the club so far not to head for the exit door.

Sevco Scotland secured the right to field a Rangers team at Brechin tomorrow but their fight against the Scottish Premier League’s investigation into undisclosed payments to players looks set to continue.

Rangers newco will continue talks with the football authorities today as their bid to gain membership of the Scottish Football Association remains in abeyance.

Sevco Scotland, the group behind Newco Rangers will continue attempts to assume Rangers’ membership of the Scottish Football Association at home and abroad following talks yesterday.

Ally McCoist could face disciplinary action over his comments regarding the panel that handed Rangers a 12-month transfer embargo.

Charles Green will today bid to persuade the Scottish Football Association to drop demands to accept a transfer embargo as he looks to assume Rangers’ membership of the governing body.

Dundee will be invited to replace Rangers in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League, the SPL have confirmed.

Rangers newco chief executive Charles Green and manager Ally McCoist arrived at Hampden this morning ahead of the Scottish Premier League annual general meeting.

Rangers manager Ally McCoist vowed that his team would come back stronger following a vote for the football club to play in the fourth tier of Scottish football.

Newco Rangers chief executive Charles Green believes the decision taken by Scottish Football League chairmen to install the club into the Irn-Bru Third Division maintains Scottish football’s ’sporting integrity’.

Rangers manager Ally McCoist does not want to play in the Irn-Bru Third Division – but admits it would give him a better chance to rebuild the club.

Ally McCoist has come out heavily in favour of newco Rangers joining the Irn-Bru Third Division.

Newco Rangers have been left without any pre-season matches after organisers of their tour of Germany cancelled the trip.

Former Rangers player John Brown has accused Charles Green of giving in to Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell over a proposed deal to retain top-flight football at Ibrox.

Any Rangers player who tries to force a move away from the ‘newco’ club could face legal action, chief executive Charles Green has warned.

Arsene Wenger remains confident captain Robin van Persie will stay at Arsenal next season — and rubbished suggestions the Holland striker would be moving to Italian champions Juventus.

Charles Green today completed his purchase of Rangers‘ assets – shortly after former manager Walter Smith announced an 11th-hour bid.

Rangers' creditors meeting began this morning amid increasing uncertainty over the future of Charles Green's new regime, with focus soon shifting to the future of manager Ally McCoist.

Scottish Premier League chief executive Neil Doncaster has told Rangers not to expect any special treatment if they apply for re-entry to the top-flight as a newco.

The Blue Knights have withdrawn their bid to buy Rangers.