Rangers Reserve / Youth Game updates

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Raith Rovers vs Rangers Swifts (tonight)

 

RESERVES: V Raith (4-3-3): Currie; Mitchell, Wiktorski, Jordan Wilson, Clarke; Urquhart, Ramsay, Crawford; Kyle, Naismith, Stella

 

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RESERVES: We're underway here at Starks Park against Raith, score updates right here as the goals come in #swifts

 

RESERVES: Goal! Rangers take the lead after eight minutes through Crawford after Kyle knocks down Ramsay's free kick, deserved lead. 0:1

 

Good start to the game here at Raith, 1-0 to RFC through Crawford and they're totally dominating. Goal updates on @RFC_Official

 

RESERVES: Nearly half an hour gone here & #RFC are totally dominating. Several chances to net again but still 0:1 through Crawford just now

 

RESERVES: Despite having the vast majority of possession so far, #RFC are pegged back as Jamie Wilson scores for Raith. 1:1 now ('35)

 

RESERVES: Rangers hit back instantly to regain a deserved advantage as Kamil Wiktorski heads in from a corner to make it 1:2 ('37)

 

RESERVES: The whistle goes for half-time and Rangers are in front through Crawford and Wiktorski. The only surprise is it's not by more, 1:2

 

RESERVES: The teams are out for the second half, with Tommy Wilson retaining his first XI as it looks for more goals. Leading 1:2 at present

 

... more to come (or just look at the linked official twitter account above.

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Tuesday, 06 November 2012 21:25

Raith Res 2-4 Rangers Res

 

Written by Andrew Dickson

 

 

RANGERS kept up their valiant attempt at winning the SFL Reserve League with a hard-fought 4-2 win at Raith as two late goals finally saw off Rovers.

 

The Light Blues travelled to Kirkcaldy needing a victory to close the gap between them and leaders Morton to six points with five games remaining.

Goals from Robbie Crawford, Kamil Wiktorski, Jamie Burrow and Kevin Kyle gave them the success they needed to keep themselves in contention.

Whether they will be able to do enough in the long run remains to be seen with the Greenock club in command of the competition thanks to their 100 per cent record after eight outings.

But regardless of whether losses to them and Dumbarton are costly or not, the league is certainly continuing to be a useful tournament for the club’s fringe players to keep in shape.

This was a fixture the away team controlled much of and coach Tommy Wilson will have been happy on the whole with the way his players performed.

Gers were certainly dominant in the first half and the only surprise at the halfway point was that they didn’t lead by more.

They began brightly with Kyle and Kal Naismith both having good chances to break the deadlock without taking them.

It was a fair reflection of the way the game had begun when Crawford fired home after Kyle’s knock down from a deep Darren Ramsay free kick after eight minutes.

But having gone 1-0 up, the visitors spurned so many chances which, had they taken even some of them, would have finished the contest before it was even quarter of the way through.

Kyle had two more openings but his shooting was weak each time and both sneaked just the wrong side of the post.

Naismith saw a decent drive from 25 yards held by the keeper, Crawford’s grasscutter was spilled and Ramsay put an attempt over the bar too.

Francesco Stella, a scorer in last week’s 7-2 victory against Ayr, was next to have a go and he should have bulged the net but was blocked on the line.

All of that meant coach Wilson would have been a frustrated man as his side was pegged back after 35 minutes through his namesake Jamie.

Blair Currie did well initially to keep out a fierce Raith free kick but the rebound fell to the home forward and he scrambled in on the line.

Thankfully the away team’s response was good and they were ahead again just 90 seconds later through Wiktorski when he headed Naismith’s right-wing corner in.

Stella and Kyle could both have added a third before the interval but neither was able to and it was the odd goal in three that gave Gers the edge going into the second period.

Rangers continued to press and Ramsay, Crawford and Stuart Urquhart each steered goalwards from outside the area but none of them could find their range.

With that, Raith finally settled and began to enjoy a little possession themselves but they couldn’t make the most of it at first.

Bad finishing and a couple of offside calls kept them at bay but they grew in confidence and levelled after 65 minutes when Nat Anderson made it 2-2.

Again, Wilson will have been infuriated at not seeing his players close the game out by that point.

And with their tails up, Raith set about trying to win the match themselves after being out of the running for so long.

But it was the away team which did enough to come out on top at the climax as they got two quick goals in the final 12 minutes to make the difference.

Substitute Burrows had only been on the park for a couple of minutes after replacing Ramsay but he showed great awareness to break the offside trap and dart clear.

And with just the keeper to beat, he showed real composure to hold off a defender and slot in to put the Ibrox side in front again.

They weren’t finished there though and Kyle got a good goal which will do his confidence no harm seconds later as his bullet header sealed the 4-2 win.

There was even time for the big hitman to hit the bar and although a fifth never came, there's no doubt this triumph was a merited one for Wilson's team.

RANGERS: Currie; Mitchell, Wiktorski, Jordan Wilson, Clarke; Ramsay (Burrows 76), Urquhart (Telfer 59), Crawford; Naismith, Kyle, Stella (C Gallagher 65).