St. Mirren 1-0 Rangers

Not since 1986 have St. Mirren beaten Rangers at Love Street, but 22 years on Gus MacPherson orchestrated a surprise victory over a lacklustre Rangers side.

Rangers missed a hat full of scoring opportunities, but thanks to stout and sometimes desperate defending [especially in the last 15 minutes] the Buddies secured all three points after a fine strike on 77 minutes from Stephen McGinn, who had just came off the bench minutes earlier. Rangers had a shout for a penalty in the dying minutes of injury time, but the referee judged that Kirk Broadfoot had made a meal of it and replays showed that the former St. Mirren defender had dived.

It was a lacklustre performance from Rangers even though they dominated possession, however they did not have their scoring boots on as a whole host of Rangers players spurned chances. And it was against the run of play, with Craig Dargo making an intelligent run to split the Rangers defence and McGinn curled a beauty of a shot past the Allan McGregor from 20 yards out. As the Final Whistle approached Rangers piled more and more pressure on the Buddies goal, but St. Mirren held on to register a famous win.

With rivals Celtic playing yesterday and beating Hamilton Accies comfortably 4-0, it was down to Rangers to win and go back to the top of the league, but with this defeat Celtic stay top on Goal Difference by just two goals.

Courtesy: Scotzine