Zappa 0 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Big game for the young guns in their U20 League title race tonight! ________________________________________________________ Wednesday, 16 April 2014 12:00 Kids Look To Capitalise Written by Andrew Dickson RANGERS will seek to make the most of slip ups from their rivals in the SPFL Under-20 League yesterday when they host Partick Thistle in Dumbarton tonight. The Light Blues went into this week’s round of fixtures as underdogs after finding themselves behind Hibernian and Celtic in the standings. That’s still the case ahead of the clash with the Jags but both of their fellow title challengers failed to win their games and that has opened the competition right up again. Hibs, leaders of the 16-team division, could only draw 1-1 with Hamilton Accies at Livingston’s Energy Assets Arena. And although they are eight points ahead of Gordon Durie’s men, they have played four times more and have just two fixtures remaining now. A more notable result was perhaps Celtic’s as they lost 2-1 to Hearts in Newtongrange, where Gers will go themselves next Friday night in an SFA Youth Cup final dress rehearsal. The Parkhead team was sitting second before it took on the Jambos but with the chance to overtake Hibs if they won their games in hand. That’s still a possibility but their loss at New Victoria Park means Durie’s men could now theoretically leapfrog everyone. The Murray Park kids are four points off Celtic with two games in hand over them plus a derby against Stephen Frail’s side still to play. Tonight’s encounter with Partick sees Rangers come up against a team it beat 3-0 at Firhill back in November. With six games remaining in their own league campaign, this will be the Light Blues’ final designated home fixture. The other five matches will be away to Hearts on April 25, Motherwell on April 29 and to Kilmarnock, Celtic and Falkirk on provisional dates which have still to be confirmed. Rangers go into this tie off the back of their SFA Youth Cup semi-final win at St Mirren on Sunday, which set up the meeting with Hearts. A date, kick-off time and venue for that match has still to be determined but it is likely to be early next month. Midfielder Darren Ramsay scored an extra-time winner in Paisley at the weekend and he’s hoping the result there can boost Gers going into tonight’s game, which starts at 7pm. He said: “Our results have dipped a bit in the league lately but hopefully we can pick things up again against Partick and get back to winning ways there. “Hopefully beating St Mirren can kick-start us. We’ve got games in hand of Celtic and Hibs so hopefully they drop more points and we can put them under a bit of pressure.” http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/academy-news/item/6781-kids-look-to-capitalise 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ian1964 10,416 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Rangers Youth @RFC_Youth 1m 0' - Partick get the game underway and we'll have goal updates right here throughout the 90 minutes from the Bet Butler Stadium Expand Reply Retweet Favorite Rangers Youth @RFC_Youth 2m On the bench now for #Rangers are Roberts, Dykes, Ramsay, Pascazio and Burrows. Gallacher's withdrawal means there's no substitute keeper Expand Reply Retweet Favorite Rangers Youth @RFC_Youth 3m Revised #Rangers U20 side to face Partick: Kelly; Perry, Halkett, Gasparotto, Sinnamon; Finnie, Telfer, Murdoch, Gibson, Stoney; Gallagher https://twitter.com/RFC_Youth 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve1872 4 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 4' - GOAL! Rangers take the lead as Partick keeper Marc Waters has a Gilles Rousset moment on the line and Calum Gallagher taps in. 1-0! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve1872 4 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 4' - A cross came in from Ryan Sinnamon on the left and Waters seemed to gather but then spilled, leaving Gallagher with a tap in to score 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 6,140 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 mon the boys 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve1872 4 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 23' - GOAL! It's another for Gallagher as he heads Rangers 2-0 ahead. It has been a tight contest but they've been clinical in front of goal The striker nodded in from close range after a Telfer corner from the left to Gasparotto at the back post was headed back into the mix 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Good start. Ideal 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbr 1,247 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 come on the swifts 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve1872 4 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 HT' - The whistle goes to mark the midway point and Gallagher's double separates the teams. Gers are relatively comfortable at 2-0 ahead 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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