Rangers F.C. Reserve and Youth squads

Rangers Reserves

Full name	Rangers Football Club Reserve team
Nickname(s)	Rangers Swifts
Founded	1872
Ground	Murray Park
Ground Capacity	0
Chairman	Paul Murray
Head Coach	Ian Durrant (Reserves) Billy Kirkwood (Under 19s)
League	Scottish U20 League[1]
2013–14	2nd
Home colours Away colours Third colours

In addition to the first team, Rangers F.C. also have a reserve team and an under-20 side.

Background

On 20 April 2004, Rangers Football Club announced the creation of a new company which would oversee the development of the club's youth players. The company, called Rangers Youth Development Limited, is entirely self-funding but completely owned by the club. It attracted four investors from outside Rangers who have invested £1 million, with the club also putting up an initial £2.5 million.

This would leave Rangers F.C. in an unfamiliar position which would mean it has to buy its own youth players from Rangers Youth Development. The company will own the young players and the club will need to bid for them although it will have first option on all the players. If both sides cannot reach an agreement on a transfer fee then a FIFA transfer model will be used. Any profit made by the company will be divided between investors with the majority being invested to fund more youth players.^[2]

The main reasons for the formation of the new company is to offset the running costs of Murray Park. However, many of the Rangers fans were opposed to the formation of the new company.^[3] However, after xx years

Reserve team

History

They have been members of the Scottish Premier Reserve League since its foundation in the 1998–99 season. They play their home games at Rangers training ground Murray Park, having previously used Broadwood Stadium (the home of Clyde). The team mainly consists of Under-19 players at the club and fringe first team players, some also play when they are recovering from injury.

For the 2009–10 season Rangers reserve team withdrew from the SPL Reserve League and will now play friendly games instead.^[4] For the 2012–13 season Rangers reserve team entered the Scottish Football League Reserve League.^[5]

Under-20 team

History

From the 2013-14 season the Rangers Under-20 team compete in the Scottish Premier under-20 League. Before the inception of the Scottish Professional Football League in 2013, Rangers fielded an under-19 team. In the 2006–07 season the team won the league and Scottish Youth Cup double, ending rivals Celtic's run of six consecutive league titles and defeating them 5–0 in the final of the Youth Cup at Hampden Park.

The under-20s play their home matches at Rangers training ground in Auchenhowie, but games are also occasionally played at Ibrox Stadium.

The teams current head coach is Billy Kirkwood. The team have been previously coached by Tommy McLean, Ian Durrant and John Brown.

The side have won the Scottish Premier under-19 League three times, first in 2001–02 and more recently 2007–08. In the seven seasons since the league's foundation, Rangers Under-19s have only failed to finish outside the top three, once. This was a fifth placed finished in the 2004–2005.

Current squad

As of 23 December 2014^[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 61 GK Robbie McCrorie 32 GK Liam Kelly 49 DF Ryan Sinnamon 33 DF Kristian Gibson 38 DF Craig Halkett 46 DF Greg Pascazio 37 DF Luca Gasparotto (out on loan at Airdrieonians) 43 DF Jamie Mills 60 DF Lewis White 51 DF Scott Whiteside 50 DF David Brownlie 54 MF Jordan Hamill 44 MF Dylan Dykes 45 MF Scott Roberts

No. Position Player 35 MF Darren Ramsay 48 MF Tom Walsh 53 MF Adam Wilson 58 MF Ross Lyons 55 MF Michael Mossie MF Jordan Hamill MF Ben Reilly 36 FW Jamie Burrows 47 FW Danny Stoney (out on loan at Stranraer) FW Sam Liddlington 57 FW Junior Ogen (out on loan at Annan Athletic) 52 FW Ryan Hardie 59 FW Josh Jeffries

Honours

• Scottish Premier League Youth 19s League: champions
  • 2002, 2007, 2008
• Scottish Youth Cup winners:
  • 1994, 1995, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2014
• Milk Cup winners: (Premier)
  • 1984, 1992
• Milk Cup winners: (Junior)
  • 1985

Staff

First team graduates

• Players who made a first-team appearance for Rangers, whilst a youth team player at the club. From the start of season 1996-97. In bold are players who have received international caps.

Name Debut Brian McGinty 14 August 1996(1996-08-14) (aged 19) Greg Shields 14 August 1996(1996-08-14) (aged 19) Paul McKnight 4 September 1996(1996-09-04) (aged 19) Steven Boyack 12 October 1996(1996-10-12) (aged 20) Scott Wilson 30 October 1996(1996-10-30) (aged 19) Darren Fitzgerald 22 March 1997(1997-03-22) (aged 19) Barry Ferguson 10 May 1997(1997-05-10) (aged 19) David Graham 22 July 1998(1998-07-22) (aged 19) Barry Nicholson 27 January 1999(1999-01-27) (aged 20) Lee Feeney 27 January 1999(1999-01-27) (aged 20) Luigi Riccio 15 May 1999(1999-05-15) (aged 21) Mark Brown 12 October 1999(1999-10-12) (aged 18) Stephen Carson 1 December 1999(1999-12-01) (aged 19) Maurice Ross 27 February 2000(2000-02-27) (aged 19) Bob Malcolm 4 April 2000(2000-04-04) (aged 19) Jimmy Gibson 7 May 2000(2000-05-07) (aged 20) Stephen Hughes 13 May 2000(2000-05-13) (aged 17) Allan McGregor 24 February 2002(2002-02-24) (aged 20) Chris Burke 20 March 2002(2002-03-20) (aged 18) Tom Brighton 12 May 2002(2002-05-12) (aged 18) Andy Dowie 12 May 2002(2002-05-12) (aged 19) Alan Hutton 22 December 2002(2002-12-22) (aged 18) Steven MacLean 22 December 2002(2002-12-22) (aged 20) Darryl Duffy 28 October 2003(2003-10-28) (aged 19) Hamed Namouchi 10 January 2004(2004-01-10) (aged 19) Bajram Fetai 23 March 2004(2004-03-23) (aged 18) Alex Walker 4 April 2004(2004-04-04) (aged 19) Charlie Adam 14 April 2004(2004-04-14) (aged 18) Gary MacKenzie 1 May 2004(2004-05-01) (aged 18) Ross McCormack 1 May 2004(2004-05-01) (aged 17) Robert Davidson 16 May 2004(2004-05-16) (aged 18) Steven Smith 28 November 2004(2004-11-28) (aged 18) Alan Lowing 20 September 2005(2005-09-20) (aged 17) Moses Ashikodi 23 April 2006(2006-04-23) (aged 18) Lee Robinson 7 May 2006(2006-05-07) (aged 19) William Stanger 14 December 2006(2006-12-14) (aged 21)

Name Debut Steven Lennon 27 December 2006(2006-12-27) (aged 18) Andrew Shinnie 17 March 2007(2007-03-17) (aged 17) Paul Emslie 26 September 2007(2007-09-26) (aged 19) John Fleck 23 January 2008(2008-01-23) (aged 16) Dean Furman 10 May 2008(2008-05-10) (aged 19) Rory Loy 1 November 2008(2008-11-01) (aged 20) Andrew Little 25 April 2009(2009-04-25) (aged 19) Gregg Wylde 29 August 2009(2009-08-29) (aged 18) Jordan McMillan 27 October 2009(2009-10-27) (aged 21) Danny Wilson 27 October 2009(2009-10-27) (aged 17) Kyle Hutton 14 August 2010(2010-08-14) (aged 19) Darren Cole 7 December 2010(2010-12-07) (aged 18) Jamie Ness 26 December 2010(2010-12-26) (aged 19) Kane Hemmings 3 August 2011(2011-08-03) (aged 20) Ross Perry 13 August 2011(2011-08-13) (aged 21) Thomas Kind Bendiksen 3 December 2011(2011-12-03) (aged 22) Rhys McCabe 3 March 2012(2012-03-03) (aged 19) Andrew Mitchell 17 March 2012(2012-03-17) (aged 19) Barrie McKay 13 May 2012(2012-05-13) (aged 17) Lewis Macleod 29 July 2012(2012-07-29) (aged 18) Kal Naismith 29 July 2012(2012-07-29) (aged 20) Robbie Crawford 29 July 2012(2012-07-29) (aged 19) Chris Hegarty 21 August 2012(2012-08-21) (aged 20) Fraser Aird 23 September 2012(2012-09-23) (aged 17) Tom Walsh 8 December 2012(2012-12-08) (aged 16) Luca Gasparotto 13 April 2013(2013-04-13) (aged 17) Danny Stoney 13 April 2013(2013-04-13) (aged 16) Andy Murdoch 27 April 2013(2013-04-27) (aged 18) Scott Gallacher 28 July 2013(2013-07-28) (aged 24) Kyle McAusland 28 July 2013(2013-07-28) (aged 20) Calum Gallagher 15 March 2014(2014-03-15) (aged 19) Charlie Telfer 19 April 2014(2014-04-19) (aged 18) Ryan Hardie 23 September 2014(2014-09-23) (aged 17)

References

External links

• Rangers official website – Reserve/youth
• Rangers under-19 match reports
• Scottish Professional Football League – Development League