Rangers' Premier Sports Cup quarter-final opponents revealed

The Premier Sports Cup trophy. <i>(Image: Alan Harvey - SNS Group)</i>
The Premier Sports Cup trophy. (Image: Alan Harvey - SNS Group)
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Rangers have learned their opponents for the quarter-finals of the Premier Sports Cup. 

The Ibrox side will welcome Hibs to Ibrox on the weekend of September 20/21 after they defeated Livingston at Almondvale this afternoon. 

Rangers booked their place in the last eight with a 4-2 victory over Alloa Athletic on Saturday evening. 

Nedim Bajrami, Emmanuel Fernandez, James Tavernier, and Findlay Curtis all got on the scoresheet. 

"I think I saw some really good bits and some stuff that I didn't like," said boss Russell Martin of Rangers' performance. 


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"I don't think I expected anything different with guys that just haven't played very much. When you make 10 changes to a team, it's going to disrupt something. So my inner feeling is we get through. 

"We scored four goals; we should score more goals for sure. But in the first half after the first 15 minutes, when we can't quite sustain the same level of intensity, they [Alloa] caused us some problems which shouldn't shouldn't happened. And I mean that really respectfully because they were the way they approached the game, they were great. 

"But there was a lack of a bit of energy because we had so much of the ball, lack of energy without it could have could have proved really costly. So we have a couple of moments we shouldn't have, but that's when the team in the rhythm, the players are not in that, it's difficult sometimes. 

"So I'm pleased with a lot and some guys, Mikey  [Moore]will be so much better for today, Manny [Emmanuel Fernandez], Thelo [Aasgaard], and Hamza [Igamane] back. So I feel really positive about that. But of course, there's lots to work on and improve, but the most important bit today was I wanted to see some intent to really run in the final third and in moments we had that, just couldn't sustain it for long enough. 

"And I think guys who haven't played a lot of minutes. So a bit tougher than it should have been at times. But as I said, the group as a squad, because we had an opportunity to rest some guys today which was important, the group as a squad will be stronger for it after the game, but the guys that actually got some minutes."

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