The B team boss believes that the young Gers should relish this unique fixture opportunity as they welcome supporters to Ibrox on Saturday afternoon.
Speaking exclusively to RangersTV ahead of the fixture, he said: “We’re really looking forward to it after it being postponed from around the New Year, it’s a game at Ibrox with nearly 10,000 fans – you can’t help but get excited for this one. The players are excited and it’s now about maintaining focus from now until Saturday.
“This is an exciting environment to go and be involved in, we want to utilise that energy and focus as best as we possibly can. At the same time, we will remind the players that it’s still a game and we’ve to try and recognise what our roles are and what we want to look like in our performance to hit our levels.”
McCallum reflected on the recent Glasgow Cup fixture and how the B squad must utilise that experience as they focus and prepare for Saturday’s game at Ibrox.
“You can look at each other when you go against other teams but when you go against one another it tends to be that little bit different. There’s nothing from the previous game that we’re surprised about, from our point of view we want to focus on as much as we possibly can on us and how we want to play the game.
“I think leading from now until Saturday the nerves and excitement will start to increase as they get closer to the match, but once the game starts that energy will hopefully turn into focusing on the game and performance. There will be a lot of energy coming from the stands as well with the supporters being on our side, so we want to use that but maintain calm and focus.
“It’s something that we have been looking forward to very much and something that will prepare the lads in what will hopefully be a step towards first-team football. We want to utilise this day to the maximum and make sure that the players enjoy it.”
Rangers are delighted to unveil even more football stars who will come to Ibrox on March 26 to celebrate our 150th anniversary as part of the Weekend of Legends, presented by Unibet. World Legends team include names such as Luís Figo, Claude Makéléle, Iván Córdoba, Ricardo Carvalho, Predrag Mijatović, Gheorge Hagi and Roy Makaay. Alex McLeish will manage the Rangers Legends squad which features light blue heroes such as Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Paul Gascoigne, Sasa Papac, Michael Mols, Kris Boyd, Nikica Jelavić, Ronald De Boer, Alan Hutton, Carlos Cuellar, Pedro Mendez, Lee McCulloch and Jorg Albertz. Additionally, former treble winning Captain and Rangers Hall of Fame inductee Barry Ferguson will be the Rangers Legends Captain.
To mark this incredible occasion, the Rangers Legends squad will wear a specially designed Rangers Legends kit that carries the name of every Rangers captain to lead the club. In addition, the shirt features a traditional collar design reminiscent of some our most famous shirts and our commemorative 150th anniversary crest is proudly embroidered on the chest. This limited-edition shirt is available to pre-order now from The Rangers Store online.