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Encyclopedia > Murray Park

Murray Park is the name of Rangers F.C.'s training facility in Auchenhowie, Milngavie, on the outskirts of Glasgow. The complex was first proposed by the then manager Dick Advocaat when he arrived at the club in 1998. £14 million pounds was supposedly lavished on this white elephant, and, in a display of his large ego, it was named after the chairman David Murray. Rangers Football Club is a football club from Glasgow, Scotland which plays in the Scottish Premier League. ... Milngavie, (pronounced Mill–Guy or Mull–Guy), is a dormitory suburb on the northwestern outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland. ... Glasgow (or Glaschu in Gaelic) is Scotlands largest city and unitary council, situated on the River Clyde in the countrys west central lowlands. ... Dick Advocaat Dick Advocaat (born September 27, 1947 in Den Haag, Netherlands) was head coach of the Dutch national football team and, in his younger years, a football player. ... 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... David Murray is a Scottish entrepreneur, businessman and Chairman of Glasgow Rangers Football Club. ...


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ATSDR - PHA - Murray Smelter, Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah (7808 words)
The deep principal aquifer is separated from the surface by at least five confining layers (15), therefore it is unlikely to be affected by contamination in overlying aquifers.
EPA collected two surface water samples in October 1984, one in the Murray City Park, which is upstream from the site and one at the Vine Street culvert, which is downstream (2).
For Murray, there are data indicating that exposure to contaminants in soil is low, so that information was used in determining the public health hazard of living in areas with contaminated soil.
Murray Park at AllExperts (230 words)
Murray Park is the name of Rangers F.C. 's training facility in Auchenhowie, Milngavie, on the outskirts of Glasgow.
Murray Park is world renowned for it's top class facilities which have played a part in luring transfer targets to sign for Rangers.
However the park is not producing the talent expected and the team is currently recruiting from Chelsea and taking loan youths from Manchester Utd.Murray's Folly is commomly referred to by Celtic and rangers fans as The White Elephant.
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