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Annan Athletic face Rangers on Saturday in the biggest match in the club's history

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Alan Irving is Mr Annan Athletic.And if he says this weekend’s Rangers cup clash is the biggest game in the club’s history then that’s official.Alan, 71, is club secretary and director and has been associated with the club since 1968 as a player up to the modern day and as the clichés goes, he has the team DNA coursing through him.On match days he is seen dashing around the Galabank ground multi-tasking from helping with the turnstiles to team sheets and even writing match reports.He said of the Scottish cup last 16 tussle with the champions: “It is an exciting time and the phones have been going absolutely crazy with demands for tickets.“This will be the biggest game in our history because the last time we played Rangers a few years back - and beat them - they were a League Two club.“So now they are coming here as the Scottish champions and the best team in the land.“The game is being televised live with a 5.30pm kick off for television and although we will receive £24,000 extra revenue, there is a lot of outlays for the club as well.“We will have to arrange police and extra stewards for the game.“The television money is welcome, however, if we could have streamed the game live on the internet with, say 30,000 Rangers fans paying £10 a time, then it could have been a bit more lucrative.

But we don’t have the rights for that.”Alan added that the income from visiting fans should also boost the towns pubs, clubs, hotels and takeaway shops.He said: “We could have sold out our corporate hospitality four or five times over for this game.“We are holding it in the clubhouse and also have arrangements with the Anglers and Queensberry Hotel so we have accommodated extra people.“This is a good game for the club, for the players

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