Rangers Celebrate the Bard
Press Information on behalf of Rangers Football Club
29th January, 2009
Rangers Football Club will honour the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns this Saturday with the world famous Red Hot Chilli Pipers headlining the celebrations at Ibrox.
First-team star Kirk Broadfoot joined the band at Murray Park today (Thursday 29 January 2009) to promote this weekend’s activity,
The Club is marking the special anniversary of The Bard at the SPL match against Dundee United this weekend when the award-winning pipers perform in his honour in front of more than 50,000 Rangers supporters.
In addition, four season ticket holders named ‘Robert Burns’ will be introduced onto the pitch at half time, there will be a celebratory procession of 30 children around the pitch, the Rangers cheerleaders will perform a special dance routine and haggis pies will be available at the food outlets.
The Rangers Supporters Assembly, representing Rangers fans worldwide, have also organised 1,200 giant Saltires and Lion Rampant flags to be displayed in the Broomloan, Copland and Govan Stands.
Martin Bain, Chief Executive of Rangers Football Club, commented: “The Rangers fans have a strong affinity with Robert Burns and we have worked with supporters to mark the 250th anniversary of a true Scottish hero.
“Burns is renowned around the globe and as one of Scotland’s greatest institutions it is only fitting the Club honours our national poet.”
Rangers player Kirk Broadfoot launches Rangers' Homecoming Scotland activities
The Burns celebrations, which started last week at the Club’s Annual Burns Supper, mark the start of a series of initiatives that Rangers Football Club is running as part of Homecoming Scotland 2009.
Some of the activities already planned include:
• Player messages distributed around the world through Rangers Worldwide Alliance
• Homecoming tours of Ibrox
• Homecoming summer youth tournament
• Fan messages from around the world shown on Ibrox jumbotrons
• Commemorative Homecoming/Dundee Utd matchday programme
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For further information, please contact:
Carol Patton/Stephen Kerr
Rangers Football Club
T: 0141 580 8606/8791
M: 07899 948284
Lois Boyle
Media House
T: 0141 220 6040
M: 07803 204119
Notes to Editors:
More information on the The Red Hot Chilli Pipers can be found at www.redhotchillipipers.co.uk