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Rangers & Zenit chase Uefa glory
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The land invasion of Manchester got under way as hundreds of Rangers fans joined a colourful convoy of cars and vans heading for the Uefa Cup Final. (article 11) Tens of thousands of Rangers fans made the pilgrimage by plane, train and automobile to the match venue... and made quite an impact. (article 1) Thousands are already in the city for Rangers' clash against Zenit St Petersburg at the City of Manchester stadium on Wednesday. (article 14) Advocaat became the club's first foreign manager and arrived in Scotland with an impressive CV that included a World Cup quarter-final appearance with the Netherlands and a league championship victory as PSV Eindhoven coach. (article 8) The Glasgow side were only allocated 13,000 tickets for the match, which gets under way at the City of Manchester Stadium at 1945 BST. (article 10) A leading councillor in Manchester has apologised to Rangers fans for delays in providing areas for ticketless fans to watch the Uefa cup final. (article 13) Pat Karney said everyone was welcome to watch the "historic" game in the city. (article 13) Walter Smith stands on the verge of joining the small band of managers to have won a European trophy with a Scottish club. (article 7)

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Rangers, Manchester, Cup, UEFA, fans

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