Rangers face month long Ibrox eviction as panicking chiefs in venue scramble

Red-faced Rangers chiefs are scrambling to find another stadium after admitting a construction cock-up will force Philippe Clement ’s side to decamp away from Ibrox for the first month of the new season.

Hampden, however, has been ruled out from the club’s contingency plans. The National Stadium’s is set to host two outdoor concerts involving US pop star P!nk at the end of this month, after which it’s pitch will be ripped up and relaid, putting the Mount Florida arena out of action until September. In the meantime, Ibrox chairman John Bennett has been left furious by the hold up having been given repeated assurances the work would be completed on time — with the news expected to draw a similarly seething reaction from fans. Heads have already rolled, with a senior official at the club leaving the business on the back of chief exec James Bisgrove’s decision to quit and take up a new post in Saudi Arabia.

In a statement, the Ibrox board held their hands up, saying: “Rangers has recently been advised of a delay in a materials shipment from Asia which is likely to have an impact on the programme for the completion of the Copland Stand works. It is therefore expected, unfortunately, that there will be an impact on matches at Ibrox at the beginning of the 2024/25 competitive season.

Playing in front of three stands at Ibrox was also considered and rejected. The club will now shift the goalposts elsewhere, playing ‘home’ games away from their historic home for the first time since the 1978-79 season, when they twice hosted Celtic at Hampden during renovation works at Ibrox. Clement will be praying the disruption doesn’t upset his new-look side.

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