The partnership comes at an exciting time for Rangers as we continue to develop our ‘B’ team model as part of a further positive enhancement of the Rangers Academy.
Carrick Packaging will be displayed on the front of all Academy and ‘B’ team jerseys during the 2020/21 season. The company will continue to have a significant presence at both the training ground and Ibrox.
The Glasgow based company, with offices across the UK, are a proud supporter of youth sport. This partnership highlights their desire to be associated with the very best young and developing sports stars in Scotland.
Rangers Head of Academy Craig Mulholland commented:
“We are delighted that Carrick Packaging have agreed to become our main Academy partner for a further year. As a company, Carrick are also committed to developing young people and therefore their values and objectives align perfectly with our own here at Rangers Academy. John and Derek from Carrick became more than simply a partner last year and attended many of the games all over the UK and abroad in our exciting runs in the UEFA Youth League and SPFL Challenge Cup, and I know they enjoyed, as we do, seeing the development and growth of our talent in some really diverse and challenging environments.
"The ongoing support from Carrick Packaging is important as it allows us to continue to be aspirational in our approach to developing talent with projects such as our ‘best v best’ games programmes. Initiatives such as these mean a player like Nathan Patterson is not playing against top European players for the first time when he plays in the 1st team in the last 16 of the Europa League against Bayern Leverkusen, but instead he has been exposed to players such as that and everything that is associated with an away European trip as part of a carefully designed plan through his Academy years, making him much more equipped for the challenge. The support of Carrick Packaging helps us achieve this."
Director of Commercial and Marketing, James Bisgrove commented:
“Carrick Packaging have already been an instrumental partner supporting the rapid progress of the Rangers Academy and now Rangers ‘B’ team’’
“Our innovative and progressive ideas on how the best young players are developed in Scotland to reach the highest levels in Europe are supported by Carrick Packaging, which provides a strong platform for this partnership to continue to flourish’’
Managing Director of Carrick Packaging John Jordan said:
“Carrick Packaging are proud to continue our partnership with the Rangers Academy for another season. We have been made to feel truly welcome behind the scenes and it has been a pleasure to be involved with the club.
"Watching the young players develop and learn to express themselves against a variety of challenges is a truly rewarding experience. From technical challenges posed in the Uefa Youth League to the different physical and tactical challenges faced in Challenge Cup, the players learned something about the game and about themselves from each one of these matches. "
"We believe that showing faith in youth and providing the right training, education and support is a key element to a sustained successful future for both Rangers and for Carrick Packaging.”