Editing Rangers F.C. (section)

==Stadium and training facility==
{{Main|Ibrox Stadium|Rangers Training Centre}}

The club used a variety of grounds in Glasgow as a venue for home matches in the years between 1872 and 1899. The first was Fleshers' Haugh, situated on [[Glasgow Green]], followed by [[Burnbank Park]] in the [[Kelvinbridge]] area of the city, and then [[Kinning Park (sports ground)|Kinning Park]] for ten years from the mid-1870s to the mid-1880s. From February of the 1886–87 season, Cathkin Park was used until the [[Ibrox Park (1887–1899)|first Ibrox Park]], in the [[Ibrox, Glasgow|Ibrox]] area of south-west Glasgow, was inaugurated for the following season. Ibrox Stadium in its current incarnation was originally designed by the architect [[Archibald Leitch]], a Rangers fan who also played a part in the design of, among others, [[Old Trafford]] in Manchester and [[Arsenal Stadium|Highbury]] in London. The stadium was inaugurated on 30 December 1899, and Rangers defeated [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]] 3–1 in the first match held there.<ref name="Archibald leitch">{{cite web|url=http://www.friendsofscotland.gov.uk/culture/football.html|title=Scottish football|date=June 2006|work=Global Friends of Scotland|publisher=Scottish Government|access-date=24 August 2012|quote=Scotland's contributions to the development of the game were equally impressive in other areas. Glaswegian born architect Archibald Leitch was the pioneering football stadium designer of his day – by the 1920s 16 out of 22 of England's First Division stadiums were Leitch designs. The most famous example of his work still in existence is probably Ibrox. (This would undoubtedly please Leitch, who was a devout Rangers fan.)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004113451/http://www.friendsofscotland.gov.uk/culture/football.html|archive-date=4 October 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Rangers consider ibrox expansion">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/7173756.stm|title=Rangers consider Ibrox expansion|work=BBC Sport|date=6 January 2008|access-date=24 August 2012|quote=The plans, one of three options being considered by the club, could see the stadium in Glasgow completely rebuilt with a new capacity of 70,000. Rangers would retain the Bill Struth main stand, which is designated as a Category B listed building. Ibrox currently holds 51,082 fans, behind Hampden Park and Celtic Park.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127125719/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/7173756.stm|archive-date=27 January 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{wide image|Glasgow Rangers vs Hearts, Ibrox Stadium, 23 July 2011.jpg|1000px|alt=A panorama of Ibrox Stadium from the Broomloan Road End. This picture was taken the first match of the 2011–12 season, against Heart of Midlothian.|A panorama of Ibrox Stadium from the Broomloan Road End. This picture was taken during the first match of the 2011–12 SPL season, Rangers vs Heart of Midlothian.}}

Rangers' training facility is located in the Auchenhowie area of [[Milngavie]], Glasgow; it was initially named Murray Park after former chairman and owner Sir David Murray, but has since been [[Rangers Training Centre|renamed]]. It was proposed by then-manager Dick Advocaat upon his arrival at the club in 1998.<ref name="First foreign manager" /> It was completed in 2001 at a cost of £14&nbsp;million. The training centre was the first purpose-built facility of its kind in Scotland, and incorporates features including nine football [[Association football pitch|pitches]], a gym, a [[hydrotherapy]] pool, and a video-editing suite. Rangers' youth teams are also accommodated at the centre, with around 140 players between under-10 and under-19 age groups using the facilities. International club teams playing in Scotland, as well as national sides, have previously used the centre for training, and Advocaat's [[South Korea national football team|South Korea team]] used it for training prior to the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]].<ref name="Working with kids at murray park">{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/working-with-kids-is-its-own-reward-for-the-man-in-charge-at-murray-park.17144559?_=343ae8e26ca054cfcc1f6cbfe5781dddc9059adc|title=Working with kids is its own reward for the man in charge at Murray Park|work=The Herald|location=Glasgow|date=26 March 2012|access-date=4 January 2013|author=MacDonald, Hugh|quote=Ally McCoist, the manager, normally leaves Sinclair and his staff to choose the youngsters but sometimes will stipulate who he and the first-team staff want. "That daily exposure is priceless," says Sinclair. "The boys become comfortable with the staff and first-team players. If they were round there [first-team pitches] once every six months, it would be a trial but it is a regular process. [Danny] Wilson, [John] Fleck and Little were all steeped in that."|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604221715/http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/working-with-kids-is-its-own-reward-for-the-man-in-charge-at-murray-park.17144559?_=343ae8e26ca054cfcc1f6cbfe5781dddc9059adc|archive-date=4 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Murray Park">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kH8jMcBSqUIC&q=rangers+player+graduated+from+murray+park&pg=PT84|title=For Richer, for Poorer: The Murray Years|publisher=Random House|author=Smith, Paul|year=2012|isbn=9781780572826|quote=add quote}}</ref>