Scottish Championship

FT Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Dumbarton LWDLD 0
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Rangers WWLWD 1
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Ibrox Stadium · 48,568 att.

Match Report

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Rangers secure return to Scottish top flight after Dumbarton win

Rangers will be playing top flight football next season after clinching the Ladbrokes Championship with a narrow 1-0 home win over Dumbarton.

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Head to Head

RAN leads series 5-0

Lineups

RAN · 4-3-3

  1. 25Wes FoderinghamG
  2. 27Danny WilsonCD-L
  3. 4Robert KiernanCD-R
  4. 5Lee WallaceLB
  5. 2James TavernierRB
  6. 16Andy HallidayCM
  7. 23Jason HoltLM
  8. 15Harry ForresterRM
  9. 9Kenny MillerF
  10. 19Barrie McKayLF
  11. 17Billy KingRF

DUM · 4-1-4-1

  1. 19Jamie EwingsG
  2. 22Frazer WrightCD-L
  3. 5Gregor BuchananCD-R
  4. 2Scott TaggartDM
  5. 3Mark DochertyLB
  6. 4Steve SaundersRB
  7. 18Jamie LindsayCM-L
  8. 9Garry FlemingCM-R
  9. 16Calum WatersLM
  10. 17Jonathon RoutledgeRM
  11. 27Christian NadeF

Timeline

  1. 32' Jon Routledge (Dumbarton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 43' Steven Saunders (Dumbarton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 50' Goal! Rangers 1, Dumbarton 0. James Tavernier (Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jason Holt.
  4. 61' Substitution, Dumbarton. Grant Gallagher replaces Jamie Lindsay.
  5. 62' Substitution, Rangers. Michael O'Halloran replaces Barrie McKay.
  6. 67' Substitution, Dumbarton. Kevin Cawley replaces Calum Waters.
  7. 78' Substitution, Rangers. Dean Shiels replaces Harry Forrester.
  8. 83' Substitution, Dumbarton. Donald McCallum replaces Garry Fleming.
  9. 86' Substitution, Rangers. Nicky Clark replaces Kenny Miller.
  10. 88' Christian Nade (Dumbarton) is shown the yellow card.

SPFL Championship News

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