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hydrotherapy pool that has an angled, movable floor and a series of massage jets and currents that allows a range of rehabilitation exercises to take place. There is also a media editing suite costing £50,000 where a video analyst will video each training session. The footage will be used to conduct tactical lessons in the lecture room afterwards.
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revealed plans to provide £450,000 to build a 264-seater stand at Murray Park. Planning permission was granted in
December 2017 for the improvements, which included the stand and further dressing room facilities as well as a classroom area and additional floodlighting. Work began in January 2018 and
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The gym equipment, costing £150,000, is linked to a computer system which can activate a personalised fitness programme for individual players. The gym also houses an iso-kinetic machine, which allows players to work out despite being injured by testing muscle strength and reactions. There is a
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in 2011. Moreover, after the liquidation of the company running the club and its assets, many fans held David Murray partly or wholly responsible, and so began calling the facility
Auchenhowie (after the geographic area where it is based). In June 2012, the then Rangers
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231:. In July 2014, there was speculation that the Rangers board was looking to sell the facility in order to raise money, due to a fan boycott of season tickets.
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upon his arrival at the club in June 1998. It was officially opened on 4 July 2001 by
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revisited the issue of the renaming of Murray Park and asked
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was completed around 18 months later; the stand was officially opened on 2 August 2019.
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Academy after former
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Administration and liquidation of The
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Purchase by Green's consortium and use as a security
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564:"Training centre enhancement granted"
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525:. Rangers Football Club. 14 June 2018
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155:. It is also often referred to as
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570:. Rangers FC. 15 January 2018.
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519:"The Hummel Training Centre"
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552:. Herald & Times Group.
484:Keir Murray (6 June 2012).
470:. Herald & Times Group.
445:"Dave King Fan Response #3"
371:. Rangers FC. 2 August 2019
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219:On 14 June 2012, after the
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624:"Prodigal boss returns"
183:Development and opening
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19:Rangers Training Centre
968:Original Glasgow derby
765:Records and statistics
507:. Johnston Publishing.
279:In February 2016, the
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164:Rangers' women's team
1016:Rangers Women's team
758:B Team & Academy
675:at Wikimedia Commons
316:. In February 2015,
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241:Craig Whyte
157:Auchenhowie
149:Murray Park
139:located in
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985:Rangers TV
925:Supporters
348:References
304:Other uses
191:including
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951:Rivalries
937:Club 1872
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786:Ownership
375:28 August
258:Dave King
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744:Managers
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322:Italians
235:Renaming
199:and the
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772:Honours
730:Players
607:21 June
529:17 June
189:Glasgow
178:History
137:Rangers
131:is the
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330:Celtic
269:Hummel
265:Danish
110:Opened
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