Bill Struth Main Stand

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Rangers honoured their greatest ever manager by naming the main stand at Ibrox after him, 15 days before his 50th anniversary. It was officially unveiled Saturday, September 9th 2006 in an SPL match against Falkirk, which Rangers won 4-0 in Paul Le Guen's biggest win as Rangers manager. It was decided this was the most fitting way to honour the man who made Rangers who they are today.

This stand is undoubtedly the best in Scotland, in more ways than one. Step outside and you'll see the famous red brick facade and inside through the big doors, it's unique in the fact they've combined the old with the new. This is what sets Rangers apart from the others. After one and a half years of work, the new Club Deck at Ibrox was opened in 1991. Partly funded by a debenture scheme, the work had cost £20 million and added 7,169 seats to Ibrox’s capacity. Because Archibald Leitch’s Main Stand was now a listed building, the new tier had to be constructed without damage to the existing stand. The original stand had a temporary roof put over it while work went on above it so that life could go on as normal for those fans who preferred to sit in the Main Stand.

To gain planning permission for the Club Deck, Rangers had to convert their training ground, The Albion, 100 yards away from the stadium, into a car park. Before it had become the club’s training ground, The Albion had been a greyhound racing track, only a couple of hundred yards away from another one, The White City!