 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Zhizha rakatevera, Smith akaita gumi kusaina, kusanganisira mudziviriri Carlos Cuéllar uye wepakati Lee McCulloch. Kukosha kwekutanga kwemwaka, kukodzera kuenda kuChampions League chikamu cheboka, kwakachengetedzwa mushure mekukunda kwakapetwa pamusoro pemakwikwi eMontenegrin neSerbia makwikwi, FK Zeta neRed Star Belgrade zvichiteerana. Rangers yakasarudzwa muBoka E, kuti itambe neFC Barcelona, French champions Olympique Lyonnais neGerman champions VfB Stuttgart. Mushandirapamwe wakatanga zvakanaka kuRangers nekukunda kaviri, 21 kumba kuStuttgart uye 30 vachipesana neLyon kuStade Gerland pamwe ne00 yekukwikwidza neBarcelona kuIbrox Stadium. Vakarasikirwa nemutambo wezuva rechitanhatu vachipesana neOlympique Lyonnais 30, izvo zvakagumisa yavo 200708 UEFA Champions League run. Basa racho rakaramba richienderera mberi sezvo vakafambira mberi kusvika kumagumo eEFAFA Cup, vachikunda Panathinaikos, Werder Bremen, Sporting Lisbon neFiorentina munzira. Vakarova divi reItaly reFiorentina pazvirango kuti vagadzire magumo, muManchester, vachipesana neZenit St. Petersburg, iyo inotungamirirwa neyaimbova maneja weGers Dick Advocaat. Chikwata chakarasikirwa nemutambo iwoyo 20, pakati pemhirizhonga yakakomba yakakonzerwa nezvikamu zviduku zvevatsigiri veRangers vane 100,000 vakasimba. Uchapupu hwevhidhiyo hwakasunungurwa neGreater Manchester Police yevanofungidzirwa kuti vateveri veRangers vachirwisa mapurisa muManchester guta pakati mushure mekukundwa. Chikumbiro chakatangwa papurogiramu yeCrimewatch yeBBC muna January 2009 mukuedza kutsvaka varume 49 vane chokuita nemhirizhonga yacho. 