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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
Sport
Robbie Hanratty

Rangers maintain long-standing Graeme Souness tradition in Hampden Park dressing room

Introduced by iconic manager Graeme Souness in 1986, Rangers have had a picture of the current monarch on their home dressing room wall ever since. 

That's usually at Ibrox though, and with delays to construction work on the Copland Road stand forcing them out of their beloved stadium and into Hampden Park until at least late September, that tradition could've changed. 

However, Rangers chiefs are clearly doing all they can to make their temporary home at the national stadium feel like theirs. 


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Philippe Clement's side take on Motherwell in the Scottish Premiership on Saturday afternoon, with many of the Light Blues' support getting a first glimpse of the team since last season. 

And images have emerged showing the framed portrait picture of King Charles III proudly on the wall at Hampden. For 36 years, the Govan club had Queen Elizabeth II on display.

This home away from home notion has followed Rangers branding being installed around the periphery of the stadium in the build up to the first home league match of the 2024/25 campaign.

Explaining the commitment to having a royal hanging in the Rangers dressing room, Souness recently said: “When I was at Glasgow Rangers, we have an old fashioned dressing room with great, big, high ceilings and it was crying out for a portrait of our Queen.

"So, I instructed (the kit man) Doddie, who was the boss of the dressing room – not the tallest of chaps – so he went out and got this picture that was slightly bigger than him. And he put it up in the dressing room and it’s still there today, and I’m proud I was responsible for that.”

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