Shed Talk 10 | Dundee United v Rangers

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Shed Talk CONTENTS

CLUB HONOURS

Scottish Premier Division Champions 1983

Scottish Cup Winners 1994 and 2010

Scottish League Cup Winners 1979-80 and 1980-81

UEFA Cup Runners-up: 1986–87

DIRECTORY

Dundee United Football Club, The CalForth Construction Arena at Tannadice Park, Dundee, DD3 7JW 01382833166

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Chairman

MARK OGREN Vice-Chairman

SCOTT OGREN

Director

JIMMY FYFFE

Chief Executive

LUIGI CAPUANO

Chief Operations Officer

JOE RICE

Finance Director

JAMES ROBERTSON

Manager

JIM GOODWIN

Assistant Manager

LEE SHARP

First-Team Coach

DAVID BOWMAN

Head of Goalkeeping

PAUL MATHERS

Head of Football Operations

BILLY MORRIS

Head of Player Care

NIALL NICOLSON

Head of Medical

MARCIN SZOSTAK

First Team Physiotherapist

KEVIN MILNE

First Team Analyst

AIDAN CROLL

First Team Sports Scientist

EWAN ANDERSON

Strength and Conditioning

Coach

ALLAN GARTSHORE

Club Doctors

DR DAVID NICOLL

DR STEPHEN GALBRAITH

Kit Manager

ANDREW BRYAN

Head of Commercial

MARK CUNNINGHAM

Ticket Office Manager

MOIRA HUGHES

Head of Retail

STUART BOOTLAND

Commercial Sales Manager

DECLAN PRIDDING

Catering & Bar Operations

Manager

JOHN RICHARDSON

Head of Stadium and Facility Operations

JONATHAN ROBERTS

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JAMIE HARLE

Head of Media

MARK MCCREERY

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LUKE BAIN

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YANNIS MARR

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RICHARD WISEMAN

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JIM GOODWIN

Good evening everyone, and welcome back to Tannadice!

We came through the game on Saturday without any issues, which was really pleasing. We were delighted to have the likes of Ross Graham, Max Walters, and Ryan Strain available. It’s always tricky managing players coming back from a long-term injury, we don’t want to force anyone into a situation where there’s a reoccurrence.

There might be one or two changes to the starting 11 tonight, but it’ll be a similar squad to the weekend and a really strong, competitive group. It’s just the time of year when there are so many games. Some players can handle the load, some can’t, and that’s why we have to manage things properly.

Looking at Rangers, they’re a different team now - they play a more pragmatic style than when we last faced them, but

they’ve still got good pace and some very talented players. We performed really well at Ibrox last time and unfortunately conceded late, but we’ll take confidence from that performance.

We’re setting our stall out to try and win the game. We have to get the balance right - being aggressive at the top end in our press, showing courage in possession, but also being disciplined defensively in our structure and low block. Confidence plays a big part.

Every game is different, every game is an opportunity, and we’re desperate to get back to winning ways.

Enjoy the game!

JAMES ROSS

AGE: 13

FAVOURITE PLAYER: IVAN

DOLCEK

DAVE RICHARDS

Welcome back to Tannadice, United fans!

The last couple of weeks have been tough. We haven’t had the results that we’ve wanted, but we know how good a group we’ve got in the changing room.

Belief is massive for us. We’re feeling good, we’re confident, and the boys are ready to go again. We’ve got a really good squad and a great set of lads, and everyone’s gelling. Every team goes through dips in form, but if we all keep believing – the players, the club, and you, the supporters – we can push through the tough times.

We know how big a game this is tonight and how good Rangers can be. They’ve had a difficult season, but we feel good in ourselves. After Saturday’s result, the lads have had a lift, and the last couple of days in

training have been really positive. We’re up and ready, raring to go.

For me personally, getting back in the starting lineup recently felt fantastic. I’ve been working hard the last few weeks and months, always preparing as if I’m going to play, and when the opportunity comes, you’ve got to take it. That’s what I want to do – be strong, reliable, confident, and calm, and bring a good presence for the team.

I’ve had competition everywhere I’ve played, and that’s helped me push myself. I’m ready to kick on and shine, not just make up the numbers. I feel fresh as a button, and I’m ready to play as many games as needed during this busy period.

Thanks for all your support. We’re ready to go out there, give everything, and make you proud.

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Welcome to RANGERS

Russell Martin was heralded by the board as the ‘standout candidate’ following his summer appointment; however, despite just a solitary defeat in his opening seven Premiership matches, he was sacked in October.

During his tenure, Rangers clinched a League Cup semi-final place but were eliminated from the Champions League qualifiers 9-1 on aggregate by Club Brugge.

Rangers’ Premiership form has improved dramatically since Danny Röhl arrived and maximum points had been secured

from his first four Premiership matches prior to las weekend’s draw with Falkirk.

Rangers arrive at Tannadice protecting an 11-match unbeaten sequence against United. Our last victory in this fixture came back in August 2021 when Jamie Robson’s strike secured the points.

The 36-yearold began his playing career with hometown club FSV Zwickau before spells at Sachsen Leipzig and FC Eilenburg, but an ACL injury ended his career at 21.

He moved into coaching under Ralph Hasenhüttl at RB Leipzig and Southampton, later joining Bayern Munich and the German national team under Hansi Flick. Appointed Sheffield Wednesday manager in October 2023,

he became the youngest boss in the EFL and steered the club from bottom of the table to Championship safety, followed by a solid midtable finish before departing by mutual consent.

Röhl took charge at Ibrox in October and, despite a League Cup semifinal loss to Celtic and heavy Europa League defeats to Brann and Roma, four straight Premiership wins have quickly won over the fans.

RANGERS RECRUITMENT

LYALL CAMERON was the first signing this summer, having agreed a precontract in February. The 23-year-old midfielder, who was previously a youth at United, has started only two league matches since his arrival.

Next in the door was Colombian OSCAR CORTES, who cost £4.5m. Despite spending last season on loan from Lens with an obligation to buy, he only started four matches and has been loaned to Sporting Gijon.

EMMANUEL FERNANDEZ

cost a reported £3,000,000 when signing from Peterborough. The 6ft 4in Londoner made only his fourth appearance of the season against Livingston, but he notched his second goal of the season.

Signed from Bournemouth on a three-year deal,

midfielder JOE ROTHWELL has spent the past two seasons on loan at Leeds and Southampton.

Norwegian internationalist THELO AASGAARD has five goals from just six caps. The 23-year-old striker

Sheffield Wednesday fans’ favourite DJEDI GASSAMA was recruited in the summer at a cost of £2.2m. The winger was on the books of both Brest and PSG as a youth, making his senior debut for the Parisian side.

Capped at under-20 level, he has six goals so far this term, five coming in European competition.

OLIVER ANTMAN joined Go Ahead Eagles in the summer of 2024 for a fee of €1.5m. Twelve months later the Deventer-based side doubled their money

when the 24-year-old Finnish midfielder/winger signed a four-year deal at Rangers after scoring six times last term.

Former Aberdeen striker BOJAN MIOVSKI returned to Scotland after a season in La Liga with Girona. The 26-year-old Macedonian hit the net 44 times in his two seasons at Pittodrie.

As well as the above signings, five loanees arrived in Govan for the season.

Canadian international defender DEREK CORNELIUS arrived from Marseille, whilst fellow centre-half NASSER DJIGA and fullback MAX AARONS are on loan from Wolves and Bournemouth.

Completing the influx of new faces are under-20 England international full-backs JAYDEN MEGHOMA from Brentford and highly rated MIKEY MOORE, a 19-year-old winger who has already featured twenty times for Tottenham Hotspur.

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JAMES TAVERNIER

Despite the multi-millions spent, the £200,000 defender signed from Wigan Athletic continues to be the biggest goal threat at Ibrox.

The 34-year-old right-back is again the top scorer this term with seven goals to his name, bringing his tally to 137 for the club. Included in that haul are five against United, the most recent being the late leveller in our 2-2 October meeting in Glasgow.

Signed in 2015, the Bradford-born right-back has won three major honours as well as a Championship and Challenge Cup double in 2015/16.

Inducted into the club’s Hall of Fame in 2023, Tavernier made his 539th appearance against Braga last midweek.

PLAYED FOR

BOTH

GORDAN PETRIĆ

From the moment he stepped into the large shoes left by outgoing gaffer Jim McLean, his newly appointed successor, Ivan Golac, made it clear that he wanted to bring Gordan Petrić from his former club Partizan Belgrade. The Serbian stated that as soon as he entered the Tannadice portals in July 1993, he had hoped to sign the player. However, some four months elapsed before the dominating centre half he craved eventually appeared in a tangerine jersey after painstaking negotiations finally delivered the defender following a £500,000 transfer, which broke the club’s then record transfer fee.

The main obstacle to his move was the UN sanctions on the former Yugoslavia, eventually bypassed by paying the transfer fee into a neutral-country account. Even then, his trip to Scotland was arduous, involving a long drive through blizzard conditions in which the car twice spun off the road.

It was the second time Ivan had signed him, having first brought the 17-year-old to OFK Beograd, where he debuted in 1986 as the club were relegated from the Yugoslav top flight. After youth caps for Yugoslavia,

he joined Partizan Belgrade in January 1989 and made his full international debut that same year, earning five caps in total. Across the next five seasons he made over 100 appearances for Partizan, winning a league title and two national cups, with Ivan Golac serving as assistant and interim manager during his first two years at the club.

As Gordan said when arriving at Tannadice, “At one stage I wondered if my transfer to Scotland was ever going to take place and I was just glad everything eventually worked out.”

He finally made his debut against Motherwell at Fir Park in November 1993 and, even on a frost-bound pitch, never put a foot wrong. Gordan became an inspirational figure in the defence and was a regular in the side over the next two years. One of only four players to play in every round of the competition, he collected a Scottish Cup winners medal against Rangers in May 1994 and was named the official man of the match in the final at Hampden as United won the Scottish Cup for the first time. In total, he made 77 appearances and scored four times.

Petrić after the Scottish Cup triumph.

When United were relegated at the end of the following season, there was speculation that the player was about to sign for Celtic, but with little warning he moved to Rangers in late July 1995 for a fee reported at £1.5m. Gordan was with the Ibrox side for more than three years, winning two Scottish championships, a League Cup winners medal and a Scottish Cup winners medal after making 96 appearances and scoring four goals.

He then signed for Crystal Palace. In July 1999 he moved to AEK Athens in Greece but returned to Scotland to join Hearts five months later, leaving them in March 2001. After six months of training with his former club Partizan, Gordan had a brief spell with Chinese club Sichuan Dahe in March 2002 before retiring from the game. In September 2007, Gordan joined the board at Partizan Belgrade.

Matchwinner Craig Brewster, manager Ivan Golac and man of the match Gordan

Petrić made his senior debut with OFK Beograd in the 1985–86 season as the club suffered relegation from the top flight of Yugoslav football. He was transferred to Partizan in the 1989 winter transfer window. In the following five years, Petrić won one league title and two national cups before transferring to Scottish club Dundee United in November 1993. He immediately became a first team regular under manager Ivan Golac, winning the Scottish Cup in his debut

season with the club. His consistent performances at Tannadice earned him a move to Rangers in July 1995. Petrić remained with the club for three years, helping them secure their ninth league title in a row, before a spell in England with Crystal Palace. He scored once for the club in a 1–1 draw against Sheffield United.

In the summer of 1999, Petrić moved to Greece and joined AEK Athens, but he left the club after only a few months, returning to Scotland when Jim Jefferies signed him for Hearts in December 1999. He remained with Hearts until March 2001, leaving the club two years before the end of his contract by mutual consent, having scored his only goal for Hearts from his 45 appearances in a 3–2 UEFA Cup win over VfB Stuttgart.

After six months of training with his former club Partizan, he was loaned to Chinese club Sichuan Dahe in March 2002 but only stayed there briefly before retiring from the game.

Internationally, Petrić represented the Yugoslavia under-20 national team at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship, as the team won the tournament. He was later called up to the Yugoslavia senior national team’s UEFA Euro 1992 squad. However, the country was eventually banned from the tournament due to the Yugoslav Wars. Petrić collected a total of five caps for the senior national team of his country between 1989 and 1997.

In his post-playing career, between 2007 and 2008 Petrić served as general secretary of Partizan, subsequently being named vice-president of the club in October 2008, alongside Zoran Mirković. They both left their positions by September 2009.

In December 2012, Petrić was appointed manager of Bežanija but left the club in late 2013. Subsequently, together with Ivan Tomić, Petrić was named as assistant to Serbia caretaker Ljubinko Drulović in May 2014.

After two brief stints at Sinđelić Beograd and Zemun, in 2015, Petrić became manager of Serbian Super Liga club Čukarički in September 2016. His contract was terminated by mutual consent after three months. In June 2017, Petrić was appointed manager of Rad. In September 2020, Petrić was named the new head coach of Slovenian top division side Gorica, replacing Borivoje Lučić. He resigned only three months later, with Gorica languishing last after 17 rounds.

On 12 August 2022, Gordan returned to Partizan when appointed as their new manager, but he resigned on 24 February 2023.

First-Team SQUAD

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The programme for the 1940 Scottish Wartime Cup Final is the earliest known issue for any match against Rangers. The Ibrox club only issued one programme prior to the Second World War: the Opening of the Stand in 1929 against Celtic. Meanwhile, the last pre-war clash with Rangers was a 1932 First Division fixture, and the earliest known United issue was in 1933. So, our first-ever national cup final appearance ranks as the first issue of a meeting of the two clubs.

This Wartime Cup edition was typical of all the pre-war Scottish Cup issues. However, there was one

major difference: instead of 32 pages, as a mark of wartime shortages and cutbacks, this one had half that number, but at the same price of 3d.

Contents included a full-page photo of the Lord Provost of Glasgow, P. J. D. Dollan, who was to present the trophy if won.

An article entitled simply Cup Final informed readers what a fateful season it had been, with football initially stopped after the declaration of war on 3 September 1939 and then reinstated but with regionalised leagues. Entry to the Scottish Cup was confirmed to 31 clubs, with six Second Division clubs excluded but compensated from some of the proceeds generated by the ties played by the clubs that were invited to play.

How the two finalists reached Hampden is listed, United eliminating Partick Thistle, Third Lanark, Kilmarnock and Airdrie, who included Stanley Matthews in their side.

Pen pics of both sides and team line-ups account for four pages.

Two interesting ‘Soccer Items in Brief’ articles include very pertinent information on both sides.

Otherwise, the remaining editorial covers previous winners and a full-page picture of Hampden in its pre-war format.

Taking everything into account, this is a fine issue and probably better than some of the rather scant issues in the 50s, 60s and 70s.

As you can see from the Sunday Post below, United, who performed very well and were denied a hotly disputed goal, made a real go of the game in front of a reduced Hampden capacity of 75,000.

If you hope to acquire one of these pretty rare pieces of United history, it is likely

to cost around a four-figure sum if one comes up for sale.

IBROX FIRST

During the rest of the war, apart from 1940–41 when United joined the Juniors ranks, the club met Rangers on a regular basis in the Wartime (North Eastern) League for four seasons.

The first Rangers issue involving United, and its format, was to be in vogue for the next quarter of a century, consisting of eight pages.

And when normal service resumed in season 1946–47, the pair were face to face again, this time in the first ever League Cup tournament, with United reaching the quarter-finals.

So, for the first time, a Rangers programme listed a United team on the front cover. Indeed, it was only the sixth programme they issued.

It contained an article on Ian McCall, then on Rangers’ books and a future Scotland international, pen pictures of the United team, and The Record in This Fixture,

which shows United had won two and Rangers six of the eight league meetings, with Rangers having won both pre-war Scottish Cup meetings. Finally, Cup with a Story gave an explanation of how a wartime cup competition emerged as a new post-war competition.

NB: The previous season, the Southern League Cup was a dress rehearsal but was for a totally different competition.

United and Rangers met in the first leg of the quarter-final clash at Ibrox where Willie McFadyen’s side showed no inferiority complex. And the 40,000 crowd witnessed an Alex Lister penalty keeping United in contention, cancelling out Willie

Woodburn’s opener. However, Jimmy Caskie’s winner gave the Ibrox side a narrow advantage for the Tannadice leg.

ENFORCED CHANGE OF VENUE

The winter of 1946–47 was the hardest since records began. The big freeze rendered Tannadice unplayable permanently from mid-January to midApril. Indeed, United had gone into that first leg without seeing any action for some four weeks and, in addition, proper training was almost impossible.

Preparation for the match four days later was thrown into disarray as another snowstorm extended Tannadice’s hibernation. But just up the road, Dens Park was cleared and staged the return. Despite the freezing conditions, 18,000 attended, and they saw United go behind to a Jimmy Duncanson goal after only six minutes. Battling back, Lister was again on target but, despite their best efforts, they had to admit defeat.

The programme confirmed the switch of venue, stating: “Tannadice being still under a foot of snow, the venue for today’s match has been changed to Dens Park, and we are grateful to our neighbours for readily agreeing to us having the use of the ground for training and hosting the game.”

Where Rangers had begun producing programmes just after the turn of the year (1947), United had started the previous October. Although the same size as issues of the sixties, which consisted of only four pages, there was not a great deal more editorial than its later fourpage successors.

Either way, both issues of these League Cup ties will set you back a three-figure sum.

1921 – King’s Park 0–2

Dundee Hibs | League (Division

Two)

Lowingham Braidford opened the scoring at Forthbank.

Only a combination of King’s Park’s bad luck

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and Hibs goalkeeper Andy Henderson’s terrific display enabled Pat Reilly’s charges to go in level after a first half dominated by the hosts. But, in an evenly contested second period, it was the visitors who made the breakthrough thanks to boasting the stronger defence. Lowingham Braidford bagged the first with a long-ranger and a tremendous solo effort from Horace Williams cemented both points.

1932 – United 2–0

Albion Rovers | League (Division Two)

John Brown, whose goal against Albion Rovers was one of 21 he scored in 66 appearances.

took the points because they played as a team, whilst Rovers, a late rally excepted, were a bunch of non-cohesive units. Ten minutes from the start, Jackie Kay opened the scoring and near the interval John Brown slammed in a beautiful first-timer to complete

the scoring. It might have turned out differently had home centre-forward Renwick not passed up two snips late on.

1949 – Ayr United 0–4 United | League (B Division)

enigmatic winger who hailed from Ayrshire was the instigator of his county opponents’ demise.

According to the Sunday Post, Frank Quinn was certainly the man who made Ayr United quiver as United ended what had been a black November. Indeed, Willie McFadyen’s men triumphed with effortless ease. The ex-Celt repeatedly outwitted and outpaced the lumbering Leckie. Quinn initiated the movement leading to the opening goal after four minutes. Jack Dewar grabbed his chance while the entire Ayr defence gaped. It was from a Quinn cross that McKay fired in number two on 31 minutes, and Quinn collected

the third himself when he packed an old-time wallop midway through the second half, with Dewar adding the fourth ten minutes from the end.

1966 – Falkirk 0–3 United | League (Division One)

Ian Mitchell’s double helps down his hometown club.

before calmly lifting the

ball into the empty goal. Home hopes evaporated when defender Ian Hunter blazed a penalty over the bar, and Connachan was badly at fault with United’s third. Berg, now playing at outside-left, hit over a head-high corner. The keeper pushed the ball out instead of holding it, and Gillespie had nothing else to do but nod the ball over his head into the net.

1983 – Hibernian 0–2 United | League (Premier Division)

Derek Stark sealed victory at Easter Road by scoring the second goal.

the interval, he not only ended United’s lean spell in Premier goals but set United on the path to their first win in four league outings. Although United dominated almost the entire first 45 minutes, the interval approached with the scores level. Then Eamonn Bannon picked up

a loose ball inside his own half, ran half the length of the park, and delivered the perfect chip for Ralph Milne, who cut inside before hammering home a right-foot shot.

The home side came more into things after the interval, but their hopes were dashed when Derek Stark popped up at the far post to steer home the

1988 – Rangers 0–1 United | League (Premier Division)

Before this match, manager Jim McLean stated that the only way to play Rangers at Ibrox is to try and get forward. Well, that is exactly what we did, because apart from scoring, Nicky Walker pulled off three tremendous saves and captain Maurice Malpas was desperately unlucky to see a shot scrape past

the wrong side of the post. Against this, Rangers had plenty of possession but, when analysed, could only muster an Andy Gray shot which Billy Thomson had to actually save.

In an even first half, Ian Ferguson hit the side netting and Davie Cooper came close with a viciously swerving volley that went just past the post. At the other end, Nicky Walker made great saves from a Mixu Paatelainen header destined for the top corner and, shortly afterwards, from a Kevin Gallacher drive which he turned away for a corner.

Early in the second half we might have opened the scoring when Maurice Malpas’s cross was flicked on by Hamish French to Paatelainen, but his header was wayward. The longer the game went on, the more United looked the likelier side. And that was exactly what happened in the 77th minute: Kevin Gallacher chased a long clearance up the left, outpaced John Brown, checked, and knocked the ball into the middle for Dave Beaumont, who had been booked a minute earlier, to sweep the ball high into the net.

2005 – United 1–0 Hibernian | League (SPL)

Collin Samuel was the Tannadice matchwinner against Hibs.

In his programme notes, Gordon Chisholm declared himself happier with his side’s defending in recent weeks but bemoaned the fact his defenders always seemed to be holding onto delicate single-goal leads. And the players seemed to take that on board, as having taken the lead just after the hour mark, they emerged winners.

Latching onto a Lee Miller head flick, Collin Samuel showed great pace to break clear of the Hibs back four and shot home powerfully. Having been guilty of letting leads slip too easily, it almost happened again. Within a minute, a dipping Steven Fletcher header beat Stillie but fortunately rebounded from the crossbar.

For a period, United sat back too deep and Steven Whittaker was allowed too much room to come forward from right-back - his deflected shot was just held by Stillie. But after that sticky spell, fine defending ensured an eventual victory.

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Eighth Scottish Cup Clash With Ayr United

Last Sunday evening’s draw for the Fourth Round of the Scottish Gas Men’s Cup handed us a home tie against Championship side Ayr United.

It will be only the eighth time we have faced The Honest Men in the competition, with United winning all but one of the previous encounters. The sole Somerset success came in 2002, when Alex Smith’s side lost 2-0 after being held to a 2-2 draw at Tannadice.

Managed by Scott Brown, the Ayrshire side currently sit third in the Championship. They have only lost three matches this season, but eight draws have left them 11 points behind leaders St Johnstone and Partick Thistle. Conceding just one goal per game, they will undoubtedly be a potential banana skin when they visit Tannadice on the weekend of 17th January.

Scottish Gas Men’s Cup Fourth Round Draw:

• Aberdeen v Raith Rovers

• Airdrieonians v Arbroath

• Auchinleck Talbot v Celtic

• Camelon Juniors v Elgin City

• Dundee United v Ayr United

• Dunfermline Athletic v Hibernian

• Heart of Midlothian v Falkirk

• Kelty Hearts v Cove Rangers

• Kilmarnock v Dundee

• Livingston v St Mirren

• Motherwell v Ross County

• Partick Thistle v Montrose

• Rangers v Annan Athletic

• Spartans v Tranent or Inverness CT

• Stenhousemuir v Greenock Morton

• Stranraer v Queen’s Park

JIM

YEVHENII KUCHERENKO (GK)

RYAN STRAIN

BERT ESSELINK

IURIE IOVU

VICKO ŠEVELJ

ROSS GRAHAM

KRISTIJAN TRAPANOVSKI

PANUTCHE CAMARÁ

ZAC SAPSFORD

WILL FERRY

CRAIG SIBBALD

AMAR FATAH

IVAN DOLČEK

DARIO NAAMO

KRISZTIAN KERESZTES

DAVE RICHARDS (GK)

MILLER THOMSON

LEWIS O’DONNELL

RUAIRIDH ADAMS (GK)

OWEN STIRTON

CHARLIE DEWAR

MAX WATTERS

SAM CLEALL-HARDING

SCOTT CONSTABLE

CALVIN BEATTIE

ISAAC PAPPOE

NIKOLAJ MÖLLER

RANGERS

JACK BUTLAND

JAMES TAVERNIER

MAX AARONS

JOHN SOUTTAR

JOE ROTHWELL

CONNOR BARRON

YOUSSEF CHERMITI

MOHAMED DIOMANDE

THELO AASGAARD

DEREK CORNELIUS

NEDIM BAJRAMI LYALL CAMERON

RABBI MATONDO OLIVER ANTMAN

NSIALA KIERAN DOWELL

DUJON STERLING

DJEIDI GASSAMA

NASSER DJIGA

BOJAN MIOVSKI

JAYDEN MEGHOMA

LIAM KELLY

KIERAN WRIGHT

EMMANUEL FERNANDEZ

NICOLAS RASKIN

MIKEY MOORE

BAILEY RICE

FINDLAY CURTIS

DANILO

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