Rangers fan group Club 1872 have urged supporters to boycott Sports Direct amid ongoing legal battles with Mike Ashley - and have told how they want to work with Newcastle fans who are "suffering" under Ashley.

The supporters group released a statement insisting they’ll be happier when Ashley has no link to Gers as the ongoing litigation row over replica kit rumbles on.

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We recently told how the Ibrox outfit face a multi-million pound payout to Sports Direct after a judge ruled in favour of Ashley's company.

Gers claimed, in paragraph 94 of the report, that an injunction should not be granted because it would "lose significant revenues and be exposed to claims for damages from Elite [Hummel's exclusive brand partner]."

They also claimed it would see "the club, players and fans will be unable to secure kit and products" and it would affect their "ability to function as a football club".

Now Club 1872 have vowed to "challenge" Mr Ashley.

The statement read: "Club 1872 purchased a large portion of Mr Ashley’s shares in 2017, partly to remove one aspect of that toxic influence. 

"We look forward to the day when he and Sports Direct no longer have any dealings with our club.

"We are fully supportive of the Rangers board’s efforts to stand up to Mr Ashley’s attempt to bully the club into submission. Mr Ashley’s approach on this matter continues to make no commercial sense – given the position of the vast majority of the Rangers support towards Sports Direct – and appears to be purely vindictive. 

"We would urge individual supporters who are frustrated with these ongoing court battles to consider what action they can take to remove support for any and all parts of Mr Ashley’s business empire, and encourage others to do the same.

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"We would also take this opportunity to express our sympathy with Newcastle fans who find their own club suffering under Mr Ashley’s ownership. 

"We have made approaches to a number of their supporters’ groups to discuss ways in which we can work together to challenge Mr Ashley and Sports Direct in what we believe is a matter of shared interest.

"We appreciate that supporters want more detail and more reassurance regarding this ongoing fight with Mr Ashley and we are sorry not to be in a position to provide it, but we remain up for the fight and hope that supporters will continue to show the same determination which saw Mr Ashley and his lieutenants kicked out of our club in 2015."