Having struggled for so long to get their first away success in the championship, it took until that game against the Bully Wee for Gers to break their duck.
Ally McCoist’s men haven’t stopped succeeding on their league travels since and this was certainly one of their more straightforward afternoons of the season.
As soon as Little broke the deadlock in the early stages, there was only one team which looked as though it would win and that proved to be the case.
The manager will have been happy with the manner of his side’s triumph as it followed up last week’s 4-0 win against Queen’s Park with another dominant result.
It seems as though his squad is now over the mini slump it endured at the start of 2013 and it will move on to next Saturday’s fixture at Berwick with confidence.
Given he was without seven players for this match, it wasn’t a great surprise McCoist went with the same starting line-up and substitutes that defeated the Spiders.
He was looking for the same sort of performance as he got from his men in the second half of that match too.
But the opening moments were disjointed as both sides were guilty of misplaced passes on an ever-awkward artificial surface which, as usual, caused a degree of apprehension.
Rangers soon settled though and Templeton signalled his intentions with a 20-yard drive that flashed over before the visitors took a lead with less than eight minutes on the clock.
Little had relished his rare outing as the central striker against Gardner Spiers’ team a week ago as he scored his first goals in four games.
Dean Shiels also found the net but had a frustrating afternoon in general as most things he tried failed to come off.
On this occasion, however, the two were both on form as they combined really well to ensure the Light Blues went ahead.
It was Little who took possession on the halfway line and linked with Shiels, who charged upfield then played his countryman in after a good interchange between them initially.
With only home keeper Jamie Barclay to beat, Little played a game of patience as he waited for his opponent to commit before rolling a neat finish inside the far post.
That was his 19th goal of what has been a terrific campaign for the young Ulsterman so far and an opener so soon, Rangers were in for a comfortable day.
They certainly set about trying to get a second quickly, with the home rearguard having to react sharply to stop Templeton from pulling the trigger.
The former Hearts star then set up his old Tynecastle team-mate Ian Black with a deep corner from the left but his header went just over.
Templeton had another go after an excellent cross-field pass from Barrie McKay as Gers dictated, although he was again off range as he pulled his attempt across goal and wide.
It wasn’t long before the lead was doubled, however, and it was Little who again made his mark with a tremendous finish.
Templeton played inside to Kyle Hutton and he rampaged upfield before playing to the forward.
Under pressure from his marker, Little still had a lot to do but a smart turn left the defender motionless and he ran around him to set up the shooting chance.
From there, Little rifled high into the net and with almost three quarters of the game to go it seemed it was already over as a contest.
Emilson Cribari nearly flicked in his first goal for the club from a Templeton corner to make it 3-0 but his effort was cleared.
Nevertheless, the Ibrox team was in total control and having such a healthy lead so soon took any sting there had been out of the match.
There was time for one more goal before the break though – and it was a quite incredible strike at that which caused much amusement in the press box.
Discussion between two journalists looking on had come on to Templeton and how he had fallen away a little after a bright start.
To raucous laughter from those sitting around them, the winger then stepped up three seconds later with a goal of the season contender.
There seemed to be little danger as Templeton picked up the ball deep in midfield and started dribbling forward.
But he then unleashed a wicked rising drive from 30 yards which rocketed past Barclay, smacked off the inside of the keeper’s far post and dropped in.
Clyde started the second half much brighter and took advantage when Rangers switched off to pull one back.
Striker Kevin Watt was the scorer, finishing well as he turned Stuart McColm’s centre past Neil Alexander to reduce the deficit.
But back came Rangers and they soon struck again with another fine effort from Templeton as he grabbed his 13th of the campaign and 11th since moving along the M8.
Chris Hegarty had just had a header from Lee Wallace’s free kick saved superbly by Barclay but Clyde couldn’t clear their lines properly.
And when the ball fell to Templeton on the left, his stepovers took him past two players before he shot across the face of goal and in.
With that, the points were safe and Hutton, Little, Shiels and substitute Fraser Aird were all amongst those who tried to pile further misery on their opponents but failed.
The hard part had been done and with another seven days now to prepare before the next fixture at Shielfield Park, Rangers will go there riding high.
CLYDE: Barclay, Brown (Sharp 68), Kane, Gray, Lyden, MacBeth (McGachie 51), Fitzpatrick (Scullion 73), Sweeney, Watt, McCluskey, McColm.
SUBS NOT USED: Fitzharris, Rajovic.
SCORER: Watt 48.
BOOKINGS: McCluskey, Sweeney, Brown.
RANGERS: Alexander; Argyriou, Hegarty, Cribari, Wallace; McKay, Black (Crawford 66), Hutton, Templeton (Aird 80); Shiels (Mitchell 85); Little.
SUBS NOT USED: Faure, Gallacher.
SCORERS: Little 8, 24, Templeton 45, 55.
BOOKING: Black.
REFEREE: Kevin Clancy.
ATTENDANCE: 7,600.
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