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By Sarah Holt
1100: First report in from our man in Manchester, who was anticipating scenes of madness.
"I've just been through Albert Square (no, not that one) and it's filling up already with Rangers fans. The world's biggest game of keepy-uppy is going on under the gaze of two statues of civic leaders John Bright and Oliver Heywood - whenever one of these two gets a header a huge roar goes up in the square. Fans aren't allowed to take their own alcohol into the square but the bars opened at 10am and needless to say they're doing a brisk trade."
BBC Sport's Colin Moffat in Manchester
1045: An early shout on a bit of team news; Rangers midfielder Kevin Thomson has come through a late fitness test and declared himself fit for tonight's match.
Thomson trained last night with the rest of the squad at Eastlands and is expected to play tonight if there's no reaction to his foot injury. The 23-year-old's so keen to play he actually said: "Wild horses won't hold me back now".
1030: A week-long European sojourn officially starts here; with the Uefa Cup final between Zenit St Petersburg and Rangers.
While the heavyweight Champions League bout between Manchester United and Chelsea looms on the horizon this match in Manchester is by no means on the undercard.
Rangers are going for their first European silverware for 36 years while Zenit have already broken new ground by reaching their first European final.
I'm so giddy that I've spent most of the day singing songs with a Scottish theme, while my colleague piped up with his version of "I'm So Excited" by The Pointer Sisters.
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