Relentless Rangers blew away Queen’s Park with five fist half goals on their way to a 8-0 win to seal a place in the Scottish Cup quarter-final.
James Tavernier took his tally to 13 for the season with a trio before the break, while Ryan Naderi also got his first goals in his new colours.
An own goal from Matthew Shiels added to the first half rout before late goals from Bojan Miovski and Tochi Chukwuani put the gloss on a good afternoon’s work for the home side.
It’s now eleven domestic games unbeaten under the stewardship of Danny Rohl as he continues to right the wrongs of earlier in the campaign.
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No repeat of Ibrox shock
364 days previously, Ibrox witnessed one of its biggest shocks of the modern era when Queen’s Park knocked Philippe Clement’s side out at the same stage of this competition. It was a match that had a huge hand in the Belgian eventually losing his job in Govan. There was no such pressure on Danny Rohl at this stage, but he knew that a win was vital to springboard his side into the business end of the campaign.
The manager’s message in recent weeks has been that he wants his side to hunt together. It was unfortunate for Sean Crighton’s Championship side that they found themselves in the crosshairs of a side ravenous for goals.
Captain Tavernier made it 143 goals not out in his Light Blues career as the defenders astonishing scoring record continued to grow. While at the other end of his career in Scotland, Naderi introduced himself with a brace, setting him off on the perfect foot in his new surroundings.
Rangers run riot
All five of Rangers’ January acquisitions started against the side rooted to the bottom of the Championship. Tuur Rommens has already caught the attention with an impressive debut cameo against Kilmarnock and alongside Naderi made his maiden appearance from the off.
The Belgian full back stood out with his pinpoint delivery into the box midweek, but it was he who got on the end of a cross to create Rangers’ first opening. The left back received a cutback just inside the area and stung the palms of Callum Ferrie with an early tester.
It didn’t take long for the hosts to break the deadlock. For all the new faces, it was an old method that proved so useful as Rangers opened the scoring from a set-piece. Tavernier’s corner found Naderi at the back post, where the new forward nodded home his first goal for the club.
Tavernier went from provider to scorer after 17 minutes. The captain brought down a deep Mohamed Diomande cross before lashing in to give his side breathing space in the opening stages.
It was game over just before the half-hour mark as Rangers added a third. Ferrie was the hero last year, saving Tavernier’s penalty in the dying embers, but he gifted the skipper his second of the afternoon. The right-back’s corner was goal-bound and dropped right on the head of the Spiders ‘keeper, who flapped at it and could only watch as it spun over his shoulder into the net.
Six minutes before the break, Rangers had a fourth, this time from the penalty spot. Tavernier’s shot was blocked by the hand of Roddy MacGregor, allowing him the opportunity to step up and complete his hat-trick, which he duly obliged.
Rohl’s men were running riot in the opening half, and Chukwuani was claiming his first goal in a Light Blue jersey as the score ticked over to five before the break. The midfielder got his head on to a corner, but it appeared to deflect in off Matthew Shiels on the way to goal as the former Sturm Graz man continued to wait for his first strike.
It was the first time that Rangers had found themselves five goals to the good at the break since an 8-1 win over Clyde in 2014. They didn’t let up in the second half and three minutes after the break Naderi got his second and Rangers sixth of the day. Oliver Antman got his pitching wedge out of the bag and delivered a excellent clipped ball across the face which the German attacked with venom to head beyond Ferrie.
Bojan Miovski gets in on the act 🇲🇰
The Macedonian bags @RangersFC 's seventh goal against Queen's Park 🔵 #ScottishCup pic.twitter.com/ptSUDtDWgh— Premier Sports (@PremSportsTV) February 8, 2026
Scott Fry may well be in the manager’s office demanding a pay rise as Rangers notched a seventh from yet another dead ball. A well worked corner allowed substitute Jayden Meghoma to pick out Miovski who got in on the act with ten minutes remaining.
Chukwuani would open his Rangers account as the clock struck 90. He appeared to be falling in the area but keep his composure to sweep the ball home, equalling his side’s biggest home win in recent years against Hamilton in 2020.
Sorry Queen’s Park put to the slaughter
Queen’s Park arrived at Ibrox looking for a welcome break from their dismal league form that had seen them sink to the bottom of the second tier.
Buoyed by the fact that almost a year ago to the day, they had beaten the same opposition in the same venue, they looked to disrupt Rangers’ flow in the early stages.
Aiden Connolly thought he had found an unlikely equaliser against the run of play after a quarter of an hour, but it was swiftly ruled out by the linesman’s offside flag.
That proved to be the only bright moment on a dismal afternoon though and once the defence was breached, the floodgates were opened, and any hint of a cup upset was quickly put to bed.
New faces and new shape
After the humiliation in Bugge earlier in the campaign, Ally McCoist uttered the now-immortal words that Rangers looked like a team of ‘wee boys’. That is certainly not a tag one can pin to Rohl’s side now. With all the new faces in the starting line-up, it was noticeable just how physically imposing the Ibrox outfit is. A clear effort by the recruitment team, it seems, to shake that unwanted moniker from the early-season struggles.
There were shades of the Red Bull 4-2-2-2 with both full-backs pushing up to provide the width in attack as Oliver Antman and Andreas Skov Olsen tucked inside. Rohl’s tenure has been one punctuated by compromise and problem-solving, but the new arrivals in situ, Ibrox began to get a clearer picture of his long-term plan for this side.
Former Rangers coach Issame Chairai told The Rangers Review of Rommens that he is ‘somebody who's always going to be going up and down the pitch’ and ‘is the kind of player that the fans will love to see at Rangers.’ He wasn’t wrong. The number 25 is fast becoming fans favourite in Givan and his profile on the park looks destined to create opportunities for team whose creative profligacy has been under the spotlight on more than one occasion this year.
Naderi an instant hit
It has been no secret that Rangers have been lacking a goalscorer this season. It took until the final few hours of the transfer window but it may well be worth the wait for the Ibrox crowd as their new frontman impressed on his full debut.
On arrival his new manager said that the 22-year-old had been garnering comparisons to Fredi Bobic and Nick Woltemade in his homeland. High praise indeed for a player whose name raised more than a a few eyebrows when he was initially linked.
Ryan Naderi has a double! ✌️
The German striker heads in again for @RangersFC's sixth of the match 🔵#ScottishCup pic.twitter.com/McX57IhVQn— Premier Sports (@PremSportsTV) February 8, 2026
It has also been no secret that Rangers have been a potent side in the air this season and that certainly seems to be a skill that Naderi has in spades. Two headed goals in front if his home fans will attest to that. Everything that Rangers fans have craved from a centre forward, Naderi looks to have in his arsenal. His determination to find the net can be felt from the sideline.Quick of feet and sharp with his movement, he may be the missing piece of the puzzle in this new look Ibrox outfit.
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