Stubbs’ backs down while Hibs struggle to sell Ibrox allocation

The latest reports ahead of
Rangers’ Championship league clash with current nemeses Hibernian is that
Sunday’s guests will not be bringing a full away crowd to Ibrox, such is their
present inability to sell the full 900 briefs as per their allocation.

The fixture, preceded by a bigger
war of words and ‘mind games’ than usually seen for matches in the Championship,
could go a long way to deciding the destination of the league title and
automatic promotion, but apparently Easter Road’s faithful are unwilling to
witness such an important match first-hand.

It is just one of a glut of
stories leading up to the pivotal match which adds subplot and intrigue to the
afternoon, such as Stubbs claiming Rangers’ boss Mark Warburton “has it easy”
while Warburton hit back telling the Hibernian manager to “shut his mouth”. His
counterpart tried to smooth the waters a little with this:

Actually he did. But let us not
squabble.