Rangers F.C. Reserve and Youth squads

Infobox Football club
clubname = Rangers Reserves


fullname = Rangers Football Club Reserves
nickname = " The Gers, Teddy Bears, Light Blues"
founded = 1873
ground = Broadwood Stadium Cumbernauld North Lanarkshire
capacity = 8,006
mgrtitle = Head Coach
manager = flagicon|Scotland Ian Durrant
league = Scottish Premier Reserve League
season = 2007-08
position = Scottish Premier Reserve League, 5th
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clubname = Rangers Under-19s


fullname = Rangers Football Club Under-19s
founded = "Unknown"
ground = Murray Park Milngavie East Dunbartonshire
capacity = N/A
mgrtitle = Head Coach
manager = flagicon|Scotland Billy Kirkwood
league = Scottish Premier Under-19 League
season = 2007-08
position = Scottish Premier Under-19 League, 1st
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As well as the main Rangers first team, competing in the Scottish Premier League, Rangers also have both a reserve team and an under-19 side.

Reserve Team

Rangers Reserves are the reserve team of Rangers F.C..

They have been members of the Scottish Premier Reserve League since its foundation in the 1998-99 season. They play their home games at Broadwood Stadium, which is also the home of Clyde. The team mainly consists of Under-19 players at the club, although senior players occasionally play in the reserve side, for instance when they are recovering from injury.

The reserves' head coach is Ian Durrant, who played for the Rangers first team 283 times between 1984 and 1998. He had previously worked as Under-19s coach but took over the post after John Brown's departure in June 2006. The reserves were previously coached by John McGregor.

The side have won the Reserve League only once, in the 2000-2001 season. They have finished second twice in the nine years the league has been running. Their worst ever performance was in the 2006-2007 season with a ninth placed finish.

Under-19 Team

Rangers Under-19 Team competes in the Scottish Premier Under 19s League. 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-19s play their home matches at Rangers training ground Murray Park, but games are also occasionally played at Ibrox Stadium.

The Under-19s head coach is Billy Kirkwood. He is assisted by Tommy Wilson, who also works with the Scotland under-19 football team. The under-19s were previously coached by Tommy McLean.

The side have won the Scottish Premier League Youth 19s 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.

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Honours

Scottish Premier Reserve League champions: 2001

Scottish Premier League Youth 19s League champions: 2002, 2007, 2008
Scottish Youth Cup winners: 1994, 1995, 2002, 2007, 2008

Milk Cup winners: (Premier) 1984, 1992

Milk Cup winners: (Junior) 1985

Reserve and Youth Squad

Notable former Youth Team players

*flagicon|SCO Barry Ferguson
*flagicon|SCO Steven Pressley
*flagicon|AUS Craig Moore
*flagicon|SCO Gary McSwegan
*flagicon|SCO Scott Wilson
*flagicon|SCO Charlie Adam
*flagicon|SCO Allan McGregor
*flagicon|SCO Alan Hutton
*flagicon|DEN Bajram Fetai
*flagicon|ENG Moses Ashikodi
*flagicon|SCO Paul McHale
*flagicon|SCO Alex Walker
*flagicon|FIN Jukka Santala
*flagicon|CAN Roberto Giacomi
*flagicon|SCO Charlie Miller
*flagicon|SCO Mark Brown
*flagicon|ITA Rino Gattuso
*flagicon|FRA Warren Jacmot
*flagicon|DEN Adda Djeziri
*flagicon|FRA Antoine Ponroy
*flagicon|SCO Ross McCormack
*flagicon|SCO Tom Brighton
*flagicon|SCO Brian Gilmour
*flagicon|FRA Dany N'Guessan
*flagicon|SCO Barry Nicholson
*flagicon|FRA William Stanger
*flagicon|SCO Darryl Duffy
*flagicon|TUN Hamed Namouchi
*flagicon|SCO Graeme Smith
*flagicon|SCO Steven Smith
*flagicon|SCO Chris Burke
*flagicon|SCO Steven MacLean
*flagicon|SCO Billy Gibson
*flagicon|SCO Jimmy Gibson

External links

* [http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Squad/U21s/0,,5,00.html Rangers official website - Reserve/U19 squad]

Reserves

* [http://www.scotprem.com/content/default.asp?page=home_Reserves Scottish Premier League website - Reserve League news]
* [http://www.scotprem.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Tables/0,,10002,00.html Scottish Premier League website - Reserve League tables]
* [http://www.scotprem.com/content/default.asp?page=s2&newsid=6421&back=home Scottish Premier League website - Reserve League fixtures]

Under-19s

* [http://www.scotprem.premiumtv.co.uk/page/U19News/0,,10002,00.html Scottish Premier League website - Under-19 League news]
* [http://www.scotprem.premiumtv.co.uk/page/U19Tables/0,,10002,00.html Scottish Premier League website - Under-19 League tables]
* [http://www.scotprem.premiumtv.co.uk/page/U19/0,,10002,00.html Scottish Premier League website - Under-19 League fixtures]