RANGERS B kickstarted their Lowland League season with a win at Dumbarton Stadium against Bo’Ness United.
David McCallum and his side collected the three points from their first competitive match after a second-half goals from Tony Weston and Robbie Ure.
Gers began well and kept possession in the early minutes from kick-off with Bo’Ness Utd pressing high into the home defence.
Ryan Stevenson intercepted a throw-in for an early chance for the visitors, crossing into the box but it was an easy take for Jay Hogarth.
Minutes later, Charlie Lindsay delivered a clean through ball to Weston with a strike but putting it into the keeper’s arms.
Zander Miller drove forward into the Rangers B box and was awarded a free-kick to the left of the box after a tackle from Lindsay. Stevenson delivered a threatening ball to find Darren McCormack but he headed it over the crossbar.
Minutes later, Rangers were on the counter-attack after a dangerous delivery into the Bo’Ness final third. Weston managed to control the cross within the box cutting it past the white shirts to the feet of Ure who was unable to keep his shot low, firing it just over the bar.
With 15 minutes left in the first half, Lindsay almost opened the scoring for Rangers after a powerful strike in the United box, but was unable to find the back of the net, firing it over the bar.
Gers were then awarded a free-kick just outside the 18-yard box after Ure was brought down. Kyle McClelland stood up to take it but was deflected by the visitors’ wall and out for a corner.
Ure then nearly broke the deadlock after a strong strike on the line of the eighteen-yard box but fired it wide of the keeper.
Rangers B were really in their stride at the end of the first half creating multiple chances for themselves and putting continued pressure on the Bo’Ness defence, and Weston managed to find some space and take a dangerous shot, but found only the hands of goalkeeper Andrew Murphy, while Arron Lyall also tested the stopper.
The second half began as the first had ended, with Rangers B continuing to put pressure on Bo’Ness. James Maxwell sent a promising cross into the away side’s box but Adam Devine was unable to connect with the ball going out for a throw-in.
Cole McKinnon then struck a post, while Murphy again saved well from Ure, McClelland and Weston.
The goal was coming, and in the 68th minute, Tony Weston netted the historic first goal for Rangers B in the Lowland League. He found space through the Bo’Mess defence and drove forward for a chance on goal, putting it straight past Murphy and into the back of the net.
Gers almost made it two, after Kane Richie-Holser drove up the wing and into the Bo’Ness box, cutting it into Arron Lyall whose strike came back off the goalkeeper.
Robbie Ure made it 2-0 in the last seconds of the game. He ran through on goal and after a deflection on his initial strike, his second effort was fired past the keeper to put the game to bed.
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