MEMBER UPDATE - SEPTEMBER 2018

SHARES

Club 1872 was pleased to attend the RIFC General Meeting in August 2018 to vote our shares according to the wishes of our members. The Resolution to approve the issue of up to 63,147,137 ordinary shares in RIFC at 20p per share to the persons named in the notice was passed, with 84.4% of shareholders who voted voting in favour. was among those named in the notice and as such, we will now purchase five million shares with £1m going directly into RIFC from our members.

Once again, we thank the individual Rangers supporters and RSCs who backed our campaign to raise funds for this share issue, by signing up to Club 1872 or making one- off donations. This campaign made up the bulk of our work over the last 8 months and we were delighted to hit our £1m target, but the work doesn’t stop there. Club 1872 will be offered further opportunities to help rebuild and support our club, but we can only do so with the support of thousands of Rangers fans. In order to maintain and grow our shareholding and influence we must attract more supporters to Club 1872.

Please share news, updates and Club 1872 info with your Rangers supporting friends and family to encourage them to join us. The best way to grow our organisation is through word of mouth.

PROJECTS

Club 1872 proposed two projects over the summer, with members voting to approve both. Plans are now being taken forward to provide the Club with an adapted road vehicle to assist supporters with mobility difficulties from the Albion Car Park to the turnstiles at Ibrox. The vehicle will also be used to assist with transportation for disabled supporters to supporters buses and to help facilitate events such as dream days where sick children and their parents visit Ibrox and the Hummel Training Centre.

Following the second project poll, Club 1872 will now support the Rangers Charity Foundation in its provision of a year long Walking Football programme to members of the Rangers family. Walking Football provides the opportunity for supporters aged 50+ to take part in the sport that they love. It targets socially isolated individuals using the hook of the club to bring people together for some physical exercise and the chance to build their network of people in the local community.

In June 2018 Club 1872 Directors Euan Macfarlane, Joanne Percival and Laura Fawkes, along with ten Club 1872 members attended the unveiling of the Tom Vallance painting, which Club 1872 part-funded as a project following a member vote in 2017.

This painting is a priceless part of our club’s history which dates back to 1890. Due to the fantastic work of the Founders Trail, this self-portrait by legendary captain Tom Vallance, who played with Rangers from 1874 to 1882, was discovered within Ibrox. It had unfortunately suffered some damage and neglect. Club 1872 was delighted to take the opportunity to help have it restored and hung prominently within the stadium. For more information on the painting and to watch the Rangers TV video on the unveiling, please visit our website here: http://club1872.co.uk/news/tom-vallance-painting-unveiled/

MEETINGS

Club 1872 directors and working group volunteers continued to meet regularly over the summer period. Meetings with Stewart Robertson, Greg Marshall (Supporter Liaison Officer) and various other club representatives have also taken place to address and discuss the following points/issues:

Communication - During the period immediately prior to Steven Gerrard’s appointment, Club 1872 urged the club to address concerns that communication with the support required significant improvement. Since then, we were pleased to see the Chairman release a number of statements to update the support on issues of concern. In addition, the club carried out a comprehensive fan survey in August 2018. Club 1872 representatives were given the opportunity to participate in focus groups prior to the launch of the survey. While we remain aware that the club cannot update on every issue that is of concern to the support, we acknowledge efforts to improve fan engagement. As a major shareholder, we continue to communicate with the club on legal and commercial matters on which we are unable to comment at this time, but as soon as we are able to do so we will update our membership on these matters.

Policing - a number of concerns were raised over the policing of home, away and European games, including why Osijek fans were allowed to march with inadequate police supervision on Paisley Road West prior to the match on Thursday 2nd August, and the treatment of our supporters in Maribor. Club 1872 has been in close contact with Club security staff on these matters and will meet with Police Scotland and the Club in September to discuss these and other issues.

Ticket payments - In response to feedback from members on the timing of payments to be taken for the Europa League 3 match package, Club 1872 contacted Rangers to suggest that more time be allocated for supporters to make payments. The Club responded swiftly to this feedback and announced within 24 hours that an extension had been granted. It is not always possible for us to directly influence club policy so effectively but we will always raise members concerns and do our best to ensure they are addressed.

Fanzone - Club 1872 has been in regular dialogue with the club about plans for an Ibrox Fanzone, which unfortunately have now been delayed due to inappropriate intervention from City Councillors (see below for more info on this). Club 1872 assisted the Club with the submission of the application for the Fanzone, outlining the ways in which it would benefit the Rangers community and the local community. We also progressed plans for a branded Club 1872 gazebo to be included in the Fanzone, and organised volunteers to attend as representatives of the organisation. This gazebo will now be located in the regular Fanzone in front of Edmiston House for home games.

Parking restrictions - Club 1872 liaised with Rangers SLO, Greg Marshall to encourage our members and the wider Rangers support to submit objections to the proposed match day parking restrictions around Ibrox. Club 1872 polled members in 2017 on whether we should oppose the plans. As members voted overwhelmingly that we should object to the proposals, we have continued to act on members’ behalf to oppose the planned restrictions. In May 2018, we submitted an organisational objection to Glasgow City Council and we remain in dialogue with them and with individual supporters who have raised objections.

ADMIN/IT

Over the summer, our directors and admin assistant have worked closely with our webmaster to assess our website and background IT systems and how they are functioning to support the organisation. It has become clear through this process that some updates and improvements would be very beneficial. On completion of this assessment, we will communicate further details of proposed changes to members.

RSC

Our RSC working group continues to reach out to RSCs to encourage them to support Club 1872 and to engage them on issues that Club 1872 can take forward on their behalf. Club 1872 representatives met in August with the Rangers Supporters Association to maintain links with the RSC community. A number of updates on RSC events have gone out on our social media channels. You can keep up to date by following us here

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Twitter - @club1872rfc

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YouTube � - https://m.youtube.com/#/channel/UCKx9wlrUO3QWyg_y95HOrKA? sub_confirmation=1

CAMPAIGNS

As stated above, plans for an Ibrox Fanzone were delayed after a late intervention from Glasgow City Council leader Susan Aitken, her deputy, David McDonald and Councillor Stephen Dornan. Club 1872 has written to both councillors, submitted a number of Freedom Of Information requests in relation to this intervention and has reported the three councillors to the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland. Details of our actions on this issue have been emailed to members and can also be found in the News section of our website. http://club1872.co.uk/news/club-1872-statement-ibrox-fanzone/ http://club1872.co.uk/news/club-1872-fanzone-correspondence-susan-aitken-and-david- mcdonald/ http://club1872.co.uk/news/club-1872-take-further-action-over-susan-aitken-and-david- mcdonald/ WORKING GROUPS

As a volunteer organisation, we rely on members to help us grow and develop Club 1872. Some members who previously volunteered for a one year term have recently stepped away from their roles and as such we have since welcomed new volunteers to various working groups and currently have plans to meet others who are interested in helping out. We thank those who gave their time to support the organisation and would encourage any members who are interested in supporting us as part of our working group structure to email us at [email protected]

MANAGER SPONSORSHIP

Club 1872 is delighted to continue our sponsorship of the Rangers manager by confirming our sponsorship this season of Steven Gerrard. As always, an experience will take place later in the season to allow lucky members to meet the manager at the Hummel Training Centre. Our sponsorship is paid through commissions received from the Rangers Lotto.

We also use our Lotto commission to provide four season tickets, for all home games, to Erskine veterans. If you would like to support this activity then please nominate Club 1872 as your lotto agent. This is something you can do as a new sign up or by contacting the Lotto and asking them to change agent to Club 1872.

HEART AND HAND PODCAST

Club 1872 director, Euan McFarlane recently appeared on the Heart and Hand podcast to discuss his personal involvement with Club 1872 and topics of interest regarding the organisation. You can listen to the podcast here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/club-1872-euan-21036338

We expect to appear regularly on the podcast in the coming months - to spread the word about Club 1872 and encourage more Rangers supporters to join us.