Rangers Reserve squad 1997/98

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Found this, a few familiar names in there and some not so.

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Out of the 24 players, I only remember 10 of them. I wasn't as into the reserves and youth football back then as I am now. That's the Stevie Gerrard and his coaching teams effect on all levels at Rangers.
 
Had an hour on my hands waiting for someone ... and thus I checked TM for their stats. Three of the "boys" are still playing, while some went totally under the radar ...

Mark Brown – Rangers / Motherwell / ICT / Celtic / Kilmarnock / Celtic / Hibernian / Ross County / Dumbarton / stopped 2017

Stephen Carson – Rangers / Dundee United / Barnsley / Hartlepool / Coleraine / Glentoran / Coleraine / stopped 2014

Jimmy Gibson – Rangers / Clyde / Partick / East Stirling / stopped 2008


Robert "Bob" Malcolm – Rangers / Derby / QPR / Derby / Motherwell / Brisbane / Dundee / freebie / Cowdenbeath / freebie / East Fife / stopped 2013 (now co-trainer at Kelty Hearts)


Steven McAdam – Rangers u17s – Rangers reserves / stopped 2004

Peter McDonald Leven – Rangers / Kilmarnock / Chesterfield / MK Dons / Oxford / freebie / Jarrow Roofing / stopped 2015 (now co-trainer at Dynamo Brest)

Peter MacDonald - Rangers / St. Johnstone / Morton / Dundee / Clyde / Stirling / East Stirlingshire ... and still playing at 38

Kevin Robi(n)son – n/a

Maurice „Mo“ Ross – Rangers / Sheffield Wednesday / Wolverhampton / Millwall / Viking / Kocaelispor / freebie / Aberdeen / BJ Guoan / Motherwell / freebie / Livingston / Vidar / Sola FK / stopped 2015 (now reserve team coach Motherwell)

Kirk Willoughby – n/a

Iain Chalmers – n/a

Gary Chambers – n/a

Billy Gibson – Rangers / Partick / St. Patricks / Clyde / Ayr / Alloa / freebie / Linlithgow / Kilbirnie / stopped 2015

Steven Boyack – Rangers / Hull / Rangers / Dundee / Ayr / Hearts / Livingston / Boston (England) / Stirling / Bathgate / Milton / Bannockburn / stopped 2013

Barry Ferguson – Rangers / Blackburn / Rangers / Birmingham / Blackpool / Fleetwood / Blackpool / Clyde / stopped 2015 (now manager of Kelty Hearts)

Darren Fitzgerald – Rangers / Glentoran / Ards / Ballymena / stopped 2008

David Graham – Rangers / Dunfermline / ICT / Dunfermline / Torquay / Wigan / Sheffield Wednesday / Huddersfield / Sheffield Wednesday / Bradford / Sheff. W. / Torquay / Sheff. W. / Gillingham / freebie / Lincoln / Sheffield FC / Ilkeston / Sheffield FC / Worksop / Hucknall ... still playing at 40

Brian McGinty – Rangers / Hull / Scarborough / Airdrie / Dumbarton / Cumnock / St. Mirren / Dundee / St. Mirren / Irvine Meadow / Pollok / Bellshiell / stopped 2017 (now coach at Irvine Meadow)

Paul McKnight – Rangers / St. Mirren / Cambridge / St. Mirren / Linfield / St. Mirren / Glenavon / Larne / Newry / Lisburn / Glenavon / Ards / stopped 2010

Paul McShane – Rangers / Grindavik / Fram Reykjavik / Keflavik / Grindavik / Afturelding / Keflavik / Reynir / Keflavik / Reynir / Hviti / Hamar / Vatnaliljur ... and still playing at 41

Barry Nicholson – Rangers / Dunfermline / Aberdeen / Preston / Fleetwood / Kilmarnock / (stopped 2014) / (now co-trainer at Fleetwood Town)

Michael Rae – n/a

Michael Stone – n/a

Scott Wilson – Rangers / Portsmouth / Rangers / Dunfermline / North Queensland Fury / (stopped 2010)

David Young – n/a
 
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Had an hour on my hands waiting for someone ... and thus I checked TM for their stats. A couple of the "boys" are still playing, while some went totally under the radar ...

Mark Brown – Rangers / Motherwell / ICT / Celtic / Kilmarnock / Celtic / Hibernian / Ross County / Dumbarton / stopped 2017

Stephen Carson – Rangers / Dundee United / Barnsley / Hartlepool / Coleraine / Glentoran / Coleraine / stopped 2014

Jimmy Gibson – Rangers / Clyde / Partick / East Stirling / stopped 2008


Robert "Bob" Malcolm – Rangers / Derby / QPR / Derby / Motherwell / Brisbane / Dundee / freebie / Cowdenbeath / freebie / East Fife / stopped 2013 (now co-trainer at Kelty Hearts)


Steven McAdam – Rangers u17s – Rangers reserves / stopped 2004

Peter McDonald Leven – Rangers / Kilmarnock / Chesterfield / MK Dons / Oxford / freebie / Jarrow Roofing / stopped 2015 (now co-trainer at Dynamo Brest)

Kevin Robi(n)son – n/a

Maurice „Mo“ Ross – Rangers / Sheffield Wednesday / Wolverhampton / Millwall / Viking / Kocaelispor / freebie / Aberdeen / BJ Guoan / Motherwell / freebie / Livingston / Vidar / Sola FK / stopped 2015 (now reserve team coach Motherwell)

Kirk Willoughby – n/a

Iain Chalmers – n/a

Gary Chambers – n/a

Billy Gibson – Rangers / Partick / St. Patricks / Clyde / Ayr / Alloa / freebie / Linlithgow / Kilbirnie / stopped 2015

Steven Boyack – Rangers / Hull / Rangers / Dundee / Ayr / Hearts / Livingston / Boston (England) / Stirling / Bathgate / Milton / Bannockburn / stopped 2013

Barry Ferguson – Rangers / Blackburn / Rangers / Birmingham / Blackpool / Fleetwood / Blackpool / Clyde / stopped 2015 (now manager of Kelty Hearts)

Darren Fitzgerald – Rangers / Glentoran / Ards / Ballymena / stopped 2008

David Graham – Rangers / Dunfermline / ICT / Dunfermline / Torquay / Wigan / Sheffield Wednesday / Huddersfield / Sheffield Wednesday / Bradford / Sheff. W. / Torquay / Sheff. W. / Gillingham / freebie / Lincoln / Sheffield FC / Ilkeston / Sheffield FC / Worksop / Hucknall ... still playing at 40

Brian McGinty – Rangers / Hull / Scarborough / Airdrie / Dumbarton / Cumnock / St. Mirren / Dundee / St. Mirren / Irvine Meadow / Pollok / Bellshiell / stopped 2017 (now coach at Irvine Meadow)

Paul McKnight – Rangers / St. Mirren / Cambridge / St. Mirren / Linfield / St. Mirren / Glenavon / Larne / Newry / Lisburn / Glenavon / Ards / stopped 2010

Paul McShane – Rangers / Grindavik / Fram Reykjavik / Keflavik / Grindavik / Afturelding / Keflavik / Reynir / Keflavik / Reynir / Hviti / Hamar / Vatnaliljur ... and still playing at 41

Barry Nicholson – Rangers / Dunfermline / Aberdeen / Preston / Fleetwood / Kilmarnock / (stopped 2014) / (now co-trainer at Fleetwood Town)

Michael Rae – n/a

Michael Stone – n/a

Scott Wilson – Rangers / Portsmouth / Rangers / Dunfermline / North Queensland Fury / (stopped 2010)

David Young – n/a

It is Kevin Robison.
 
Had an hour on my hands waiting for someone ... and thus I checked TM for their stats. A couple of the "boys" are still playing, while some went totally under the radar ...

Mark Brown – Rangers / Motherwell / ICT / Celtic / Kilmarnock / Celtic / Hibernian / Ross County / Dumbarton / stopped 2017

Stephen Carson – Rangers / Dundee United / Barnsley / Hartlepool / Coleraine / Glentoran / Coleraine / stopped 2014

Jimmy Gibson – Rangers / Clyde / Partick / East Stirling / stopped 2008


Robert "Bob" Malcolm – Rangers / Derby / QPR / Derby / Motherwell / Brisbane / Dundee / freebie / Cowdenbeath / freebie / East Fife / stopped 2013 (now co-trainer at Kelty Hearts)


Steven McAdam – Rangers u17s – Rangers reserves / stopped 2004

Peter McDonald Leven – Rangers / Kilmarnock / Chesterfield / MK Dons / Oxford / freebie / Jarrow Roofing / stopped 2015 (now co-trainer at Dynamo Brest)

Kevin Robi(n)son – n/a

Maurice „Mo“ Ross – Rangers / Sheffield Wednesday / Wolverhampton / Millwall / Viking / Kocaelispor / freebie / Aberdeen / BJ Guoan / Motherwell / freebie / Livingston / Vidar / Sola FK / stopped 2015 (now reserve team coach Motherwell)

Kirk Willoughby – n/a

Iain Chalmers – n/a

Gary Chambers – n/a

Billy Gibson – Rangers / Partick / St. Patricks / Clyde / Ayr / Alloa / freebie / Linlithgow / Kilbirnie / stopped 2015

Steven Boyack – Rangers / Hull / Rangers / Dundee / Ayr / Hearts / Livingston / Boston (England) / Stirling / Bathgate / Milton / Bannockburn / stopped 2013

Barry Ferguson – Rangers / Blackburn / Rangers / Birmingham / Blackpool / Fleetwood / Blackpool / Clyde / stopped 2015 (now manager of Kelty Hearts)

Darren Fitzgerald – Rangers / Glentoran / Ards / Ballymena / stopped 2008

David Graham – Rangers / Dunfermline / ICT / Dunfermline / Torquay / Wigan / Sheffield Wednesday / Huddersfield / Sheffield Wednesday / Bradford / Sheff. W. / Torquay / Sheff. W. / Gillingham / freebie / Lincoln / Sheffield FC / Ilkeston / Sheffield FC / Worksop / Hucknall ... still playing at 40

Brian McGinty – Rangers / Hull / Scarborough / Airdrie / Dumbarton / Cumnock / St. Mirren / Dundee / St. Mirren / Irvine Meadow / Pollok / Bellshiell / stopped 2017 (now coach at Irvine Meadow)

Paul McKnight – Rangers / St. Mirren / Cambridge / St. Mirren / Linfield / St. Mirren / Glenavon / Larne / Newry / Lisburn / Glenavon / Ards / stopped 2010

Paul McShane – Rangers / Grindavik / Fram Reykjavik / Keflavik / Grindavik / Afturelding / Keflavik / Reynir / Keflavik / Reynir / Hviti / Hamar / Vatnaliljur ... and still playing at 41

Barry Nicholson – Rangers / Dunfermline / Aberdeen / Preston / Fleetwood / Kilmarnock / (stopped 2014) / (now co-trainer at Fleetwood Town)

Michael Rae – n/a

Michael Stone – n/a

Scott Wilson – Rangers / Portsmouth / Rangers / Dunfermline / North Queensland Fury / (stopped 2010)

David Young – n/a
Interesting summary - thanks for posting. I think you have mistaken Peter Leven for Peter McDonald - 2 different players.
 
Interesting conversion rate
1/24 'made it' at Rangers as a first team star - Ferguson
3/24 played a part for a few years - Malcolm, Ross and Wilson
5/24 didn't make the grade at Rangers but had solid careers in Scotland - Boyack, Brown, Graham, MacDonald and Nicholson
The other 15 largely disappeared.
 
Interesting summary - thanks for posting. I think you have mistaken Peter Leven for Peter McDonald - 2 different players.

Have added the correct Peter MacDonald now, but left Leven in there.

Found that Bob Malcom said that Kirk Willoughby is the best player he ever played with, but couldn`t find anything more.
 
Played with 3 of them with Mill United over the years and another one has the exact same name as me, unfortunately not me though!
 
Interesting that quite a lot were signed from the Rangers SABC.
Mark Brown shre went full circle, Celtic BC to Rangers then eventually back to them.
 
He’s also coaching kids at Rangers.

Steven McAdam (son of Tom) was a tremendous player and, in my opinion, would have had a very good career but for injury (pelvis I think). Jimmy Gibson, similarly was a great player but suffered serious knee injuries.
Was Jimmy Gibson the tiny guy who got a couple of sub appearances in the early days of the Eck era?
 
Had an hour on my hands waiting for someone ... and thus I checked TM for their stats. Three of the "boys" are still playing, while some went totally under the radar ...

Mark Brown – Rangers / Motherwell / ICT / Celtic / Kilmarnock / Celtic / Hibernian / Ross County / Dumbarton / stopped 2017

Stephen Carson – Rangers / Dundee United / Barnsley / Hartlepool / Coleraine / Glentoran / Coleraine / stopped 2014

Jimmy Gibson – Rangers / Clyde / Partick / East Stirling / stopped 2008


Robert "Bob" Malcolm – Rangers / Derby / QPR / Derby / Motherwell / Brisbane / Dundee / freebie / Cowdenbeath / freebie / East Fife / stopped 2013 (now co-trainer at Kelty Hearts)


Steven McAdam – Rangers u17s – Rangers reserves / stopped 2004

Peter McDonald Leven – Rangers / Kilmarnock / Chesterfield / MK Dons / Oxford / freebie / Jarrow Roofing / stopped 2015 (now co-trainer at Dynamo Brest)

Peter MacDonald - Rangers / St. Johnstone / Morton / Dundee / Clyde / Stirling / East Stirlingshire ... and still playing at 38

Kevin Robi(n)son – n/a

Maurice „Mo“ Ross – Rangers / Sheffield Wednesday / Wolverhampton / Millwall / Viking / Kocaelispor / freebie / Aberdeen / BJ Guoan / Motherwell / freebie / Livingston / Vidar / Sola FK / stopped 2015 (now reserve team coach Motherwell)

Kirk Willoughby – n/a

Iain Chalmers – n/a

Gary Chambers – n/a

Billy Gibson – Rangers / Partick / St. Patricks / Clyde / Ayr / Alloa / freebie / Linlithgow / Kilbirnie / stopped 2015

Steven Boyack – Rangers / Hull / Rangers / Dundee / Ayr / Hearts / Livingston / Boston (England) / Stirling / Bathgate / Milton / Bannockburn / stopped 2013

Barry Ferguson – Rangers / Blackburn / Rangers / Birmingham / Blackpool / Fleetwood / Blackpool / Clyde / stopped 2015 (now manager of Kelty Hearts)

Darren Fitzgerald – Rangers / Glentoran / Ards / Ballymena / stopped 2008

David Graham – Rangers / Dunfermline / ICT / Dunfermline / Torquay / Wigan / Sheffield Wednesday / Huddersfield / Sheffield Wednesday / Bradford / Sheff. W. / Torquay / Sheff. W. / Gillingham / freebie / Lincoln / Sheffield FC / Ilkeston / Sheffield FC / Worksop / Hucknall ... still playing at 40

Brian McGinty – Rangers / Hull / Scarborough / Airdrie / Dumbarton / Cumnock / St. Mirren / Dundee / St. Mirren / Irvine Meadow / Pollok / Bellshiell / stopped 2017 (now coach at Irvine Meadow)

Paul McKnight – Rangers / St. Mirren / Cambridge / St. Mirren / Linfield / St. Mirren / Glenavon / Larne / Newry / Lisburn / Glenavon / Ards / stopped 2010

Paul McShane – Rangers / Grindavik / Fram Reykjavik / Keflavik / Grindavik / Afturelding / Keflavik / Reynir / Keflavik / Reynir / Hviti / Hamar / Vatnaliljur ... and still playing at 41

Barry Nicholson – Rangers / Dunfermline / Aberdeen / Preston / Fleetwood / Kilmarnock / (stopped 2014) / (now co-trainer at Fleetwood Town)

Michael Rae – n/a

Michael Stone – n/a

Scott Wilson – Rangers / Portsmouth / Rangers / Dunfermline / North Queensland Fury / (stopped 2010)

David Young – n/a
The only way is down eh?
 
Michael Rae was on the bench for the 1st team a couple of times but never got a game.

He was in our Champions League squad for 96/97. I think he may have been on the bench in Amsterdam. Snelders was in goal.

He got released and went back up north and played Highland League.
 
Iain Chalmers father, John, youth coach at Rangers committed suicide in 1999, Iain had a twin brother also at Rangers called Derek both were touted for potential stardom at Rangers but their fathers suicide must have taken it's toll as Derek gave up football and became a Physio and Iain was totally lost to the game.
 
Was Jimmy Gibson the tiny guy who got a couple of sub appearances in the early days of the Eck era?

He only Played a couple of times for us mate, I can’t remember who they were against but I would think it would have been under McLeish, yes.
 
Paul McShane – Rangers / Grindavik / Fram Reykjavik / Keflavik / Grindavik / Afturelding / Keflavik / Reynir / Keflavik / Reynir / Hviti / Hamar / Vatnaliljur ... and still playing at 41

He must like being abroad
 
Don’t know if he got any appearances under Eck but Jimmy was a small, tough tackling midfielder.
Sounds about right then. I remember me and my mate being in the club deck and he came on as a sub and we thought it was like a 12 year old was getting a game.
 
So did I mate. They had a very good side at that age group.
They were very good through the age groups at that time. Along with Ferguson, David Young and Jimmy Gibson above they had Paul Hartley and John Paul McBride, Ross and Roddy Kerr that both played for Rangers reserves, Gary McGrotty that played for St Mirren, Derek and Darren young and Roddy McKenzie the goalkeeper. Probably missing a few as well.
 
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