He spent 13 years at Ibrox, winning five league championships, two Scottish Cups, two Glasgow Cups and four Charity Cups, Craig retired from football in 1935.He sadly passed away in 1963. Kenny Miller is not a Catholic, is he? [25][26][27][28], Rangers Football Club became a limited company on 27 May 1899[29] when it was incorporated as The Rangers Football Club Ltd.

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The left-half impressed on his debut, scoring two goals, but he was deemed to be too lightweight by Celtic manager Willie Maley and consequently spent most of his time at Parkhead in the reserves. [30], After signing Johnston, Rangers did not sign any further Catholic players for several years.

[23] Celtic manager Billy McNeill wanted to pursue this option, but the Celtic board decided against this. In 2000, then chairman and owner David Murray floated the company that owned the club on the stock market which subsequently transferred the private company into a public limited company (PLC). Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'JlK2ntVrSSl0S-1Kx5e74g',sig:'nsNUcWu7qzXV2rXbNOBY7SVFJFcNjSrOGu2EqAdI-8M=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'808579064',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); Winger Alfie Conn was the first post-WW2 player to play for both Old Firm sides. In the 1920s, following the rise in popularity of the Orange Orderin Glasgow where Rangers players and directors attended functions, Rangers quietly introduced an unwritten rule that the club would not sign any player or employ any staff member who was openly Catholic. He spent one season with Celtic scoring 4 goals in 17 league appearances.

After his retirement he became a director of Rangers in 1926. You stay away. ", He continued: "It sometimes takes the objectivity of one born outside the cauldron of the west of Scotland to reveal to us the ugliness of this aspect of our culture. This website and its associated newspaper are members of Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). [28] This prompted a group of loyalists to gather outside the newspaper office demanding the story be retracted, while their telephone switchboard was busy with angry callers. He later joined Rangers in 1918. [24] In July 2017, the Court of Session's ruling was upheld by the UK Supreme Court in a final decision. I wouldnt even waste your time, there are loads. ©JPIMedia Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

He then to play in the English League in 1902. They are sad pathetic people. Bennett was one of the rare players to make the direct switch between these two. Ibrox Stadium  50.987 Seats, Current transfer record: Johnny Kennedy. Rangers eased to a 2-0 win over 10-man Hamilton on Saturday, recording a sixth consecutive clean sheet in the Scottish Premiership to equal a 114-year-old record.... more » 28.08.2020 20:14 [10] Some former Rangers players also stated that the policy extended to non-Catholic players who married Catholics. In 2012, The Rangers Football Club Plc entered liquidation and the company's assets including Ibrox Stadium, Rangers Training Centre and intellectual property were bought by Sevco Scotland Ltd. Sevco Scotland Ltd later changed its name to The Rangers Football Club Ltd. Powered by Invision Community. RangersMedia.co.uk

[citation needed] When the CVA failed the assets of The Rangers Football Club Plc (subsequently renamed RFC 2012 plc) were then sold for £5.5 million. He won a further three League Championships while at Ibrox. Ricksen said: "He’s a big boy who’s used to it and knows enough about the situation to handle it, but it’s not nice. On 14 February 2012, The Rangers Football Club Plc, which was subsequently renamed RFC 2012 plc, entered administration over non-payment of £9 million in PAYE and VAT taxes to HM Revenue and Customs. EBTs have been described as tax avoidance schemes, and allowed Rangers players and employees to pay less tax on what they were paid.

Maley sold Craig to Alloa Athletic in an exchange deal which saw Craig and two other Celts swapped for Willie Crilley.