RFC, a consortium led by former Northampton chairman Andrew Ellis, last night announced they are in “advanced negotiations” to buy a controlling interest in Rangers.

NEWCASTLE celebrated their promotion back to the Barclays Premier League with a 2-1 win at home to Sheffield United last night.

Rangers Supporters Trust today confirmed they had submitted an “exploratory document” to the club with the aim of taking over David Murray’s majority shareholding.

FULHAM moved into ninth place in the Premier League with a comfortable win over Burnley at Craven Cottage last night.

Fulham 3 Burnley 0

Fulham made three changes for the visit of Burnley in the Barclays Premier League at Craven Cottage.

Reading 1 Burnley 0

Brian Laws faces major problems in central defence for his first match in charge of Burnley at Manchester United tomorrow.

Rangers Supporters Trust aim to convince sceptical fans they can succeed in taking over the club when they are addressed by representatives from Hamburg and Espanyol this weekend.

Police were today scouring CCTV footage in a bid to find a fan who racially abused Rangers midfielder Maurice Edu.

Rangers were today continuing their hunt for the "moron" who Maurice Edu alleges racially abused him after the Champions League thrashing by Unirea Urziceni.

Maurice Edu today claimed he was racially abused by Rangers fans after last night’s Champions League thrashing by Unirea Urziceni.

Old Firm fans’ representatives are split with regards the concept of the Atlantic League.

Burnley will face Manchester United without their captain Steven Caldwell after he failed to recover from a groin injury.

Newcastle have opened talks with Tyneside businessman Barry Moat over a possible takeover at St James’ Park.

Burnley have signed Reading defender Andre Bikey on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.c

Owen Coyle is facing a defensive crisis as Burnley travel to Stoke in their Barclays Premier League opener.

NEWCASTLE’S players returned for pre-season training yesterday amid hopes that a breakthrough off the field could be just days away.

Burnley manager Owen Coyle has made his third signing of the summer by securing the services of defender David Edgar.

ALAN SHEARER’S bid to go from the cosy comfort of the BBC pundit’s armchair to the saviour of Newcastle United within the short spell of eight games ended in a river of black and white tears.

Aston Villa 1 Newcastle 0

THE truth is neither hurtful or an exact match to the fairytale but for all the gushing that followed the equaliser for Alan Shearer’s Newcastle against Stoke, it should be remembered that this was still just a draw at the Britannia Stadium — and a fortunate one at that.

Barry Ferguson and Allan McGregor have nobody to blame but themselves for their lifetime ban from Scotland and their two-week suspension from Rangers, according to David Edgar, spokesman for the Rangers Supporters Trust.

RECORD signing Robinho and new arrival Craig Bellamy both paid the first instalment of a debt to manager Mark Hughes by ensuring a Manchester City win against ailing Newcastle last night.

Man City 2 Newcastle 1

Newcastle 1 Liverpool 5

Robbie Keane’s double against Bolton was enough only to earn him a place on the Liverpool bench for this afternoon’s Barclays Premier League clash with Newcastle.

Andrew Carroll is likely to partner Michael Owen up front against Liverpool with Newcastle manager Joe Kinnear reeling from a string of injury worries.

Newcastle defender Habib Beye is ready to hand manager Joe Kinnear another boost as he prepares for his comeback.

Striker Obafemi Martins returned to the Newcastle starting line-up for tonight’s Carling Cup clash with Tottenham as caretaker manager Chris Hughton summoned up as much firepower as he could muster.

Rangers fans have called for leadership from the top at Ibrox following the Glasgow club’s exit from Europe at the hands of FBK Kaunas.

Kenny Miller would be a “deeply unpopular” signing among the Rangers support, according to fans’ spokesman David Edgar.

Newcastle striker Mark Viduka will be available for Monday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Chelsea despite battling an Achilles injury.

West Ham 2 Newcastle 2

West Ham manager Alan Curbishley made one change from the side which beat Derby 2-1 at Upton Park last week, as striker Dean Ashton’s recovery from injury allowed him to start at the expense of youngster Freddie Sears, who did not make the bench this time.

Newcastle defender Steven Taylor will return to the squad for tomorrow’s trip to Portsmouth after recovering from illness.

Rangers’ victory over Lyon in the Champions League confirmed that Scottish football is better than French football, according to Rangers Supporters Trust spokesman David Edgar.

RANGERS’ fans have urged UEFA to take tough sanctions against FK Zeta after DaMarcus Beasley and Jean-Claude Darcheville were subjected to racist abuse during Tuesday night’s Champions League clash.

Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce expects to be busy in the transfer market before the start of the Barclays Premier League season – but it looks increasingly likely that Michael Owen will not be leaving the club.

Newcastle 2 Juventus 0

Newcastle 2 West Ham 2

Sebastian Larsson earned 10-man Birmingham an FA Cup third round replay with a late equaliser against Glenn Roeder’s injury-ravaged Newcastle at St Andrews.

NEWCASTLE teenager David Edgar saw his dream come true as he marked his home debut with a long-range strike to deny Manchester United victory.

GARY NEVILLE has warned Chelsea that Manchester United are more confident than they were 12 months ago as the Barclays Premiership title race gathers pace.