RANGERS FC have been given the go-ahead to build a memorial garden at their stadium which features a tribute to the Ibrox disaster.

Glasgow City Council's planning approved the plans this week.

We previously revealed that the plans showed Rangers also wanted the memorial wall to contain a section for the interment of the mortal ashes of Rangers FC supporters.

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Under the plans, the club will turn an unused car park at Copland Road into the memorial garden which would have a wall, gates, fencing, public realm improvements and associated works.

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The memorial garden will operate 8am to 8pm daily.

Drawings for the ambitious plans also revealed that the club want to have an Ibrox Disaster memorial within the garden.

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A total of 66 lives were lost and more than 200 people were injured during the 1971 Ibrox disaster which was a crush among the crowd at an Old Firm game.

The plans also show there will be an interactive pod with an Android tablet and charging points for smartphone devices.

Rangers, however, have agreed to use car parking spaces reserved for players to compensate for the loss of 34 spaces to create the garden.


The work has to be carried out within three years.

A planning document said: “The proposal was considered to be in accordance with the Development Plan and there were no material considerations which outweighed the proposal’s accordance with the Development Plan.”

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