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Rangers Academy
Full nameRangers Football Club Academy
Nickname(s)Rangers Swifts
GroundThe Hummel Training Centre
CapacityUnofficial (All-standing)
LeagueSPFL Reserve League
WebsiteClub website
Current season

In addition to the first-team, Rangers Football Club also operate a football Academy which contains a number of football teams culminating in a reserve side, which currently plays in the SPFL Reserve League and plays in the Scottish Challenge Cup and the Glasgow Cup. The side are taking part in friendly challenge matches against various domestic and European sides in accordance with the academy's development plan.

Historically, the club's second side was known as the Rangers Swifts. In the 2006–07 season the under-20s won their league and the Scottish Youth Cup, ending rivals Celtic's run of six consecutive league titles and defeating them 5–0 in the final of the Youth Cup at Hampden Park.

History

Beginnings of reserve football

Rangers' first known involvement in reserve league football was in 1895 when their club secretary William Wilton initiated the setting up of the Scottish Reserve League.[1][2] The competition comprised the reserve sides of five clubs; Rangers, Celtic, Hearts, Leith Athletic and the Queens Park Strollers. In July 1896 the league was expanded to 10 sides, and renamed the Scottish Combination league.[2] In 1909, a new Scottish Reserve League was set up, often including at least one non-reserve side of a non-league club in each of its seasons.[1] The league was disbanded during World War 1, but effectively re-established in 1919 as the Scottish Alliance League. As with previous incarnations, this reserve league also contained the first XI of several non-league sides.[1] An AGM in 1938, resulted in the non-league sides being removed and the league became exclusive to First Division reserve sides. The advent of World War 2, however, once again saw the suspension of national reserve league football in Scotland, although regional leagues were set up.[1][3]

Inter war years

Upon the outbreak of the Second World War, all competitive football in Scotland was suspended. During this time there was special wartime football in the form of regional league competitions with Rangers playing in the Southern League. The regionalisation also saw Scottish reserve football postponed as the war effort put a major strain on the resources and playing staff of clubs with many of them serving in the Armed forces and some seeing active service abroad. The reserve side were crowned champions of their league in 1939 before seeing the following season abandoned.

1975 league reconstruction

With the end of hostilities in 1946, Rangers returned to play competitive football again with the reserve side featuring in the Scottish Reserve League. This was to continue unchanged for almost three decades until the first of many reconstructions were made to football in Scotland.

SPL breakaway

The formation of the Scottish Premier League in 1998, resulted in a significant change in youth team football in Scotland. The SPL began a league for members clubs youth players aged under-18. This was alongside the Reserve league, which had been revamped into a league primarily for under-21 players. Rangers would go on to win the under-18 league three times, first in 2001–02 then in 2006–07 and most recently in 2007–08.

Reconstructing the youth department

The opening of Rangers Training Centre (known as Murray Park) in 2001 was the one of the first stages in the clubs move to develop a football academy. Although the nomenclature was not present at that time, Rangers did begin to focus upon youth development and under the then first-team manager Dick Advocaat the club appointed its first Head of Youth Development, Jan Derks, in March 2000. Derks new role was strategic and operational and saw him lay the foundations for the clubs academy as well as helping the transition of the youth set-up to the new training centre. Prior to this, the club had employed a youth development officer, with their focus being solely scouting and coaching.[4] Derks remained in position for three years despite former player Tommy McLean being recruited as his presumptive successor in May 2001[5] and Rangers eventually appointed former Aberdeen scout George Adams to succeed Derks in February 2003.[6]

As the scope of the youth department grew, so did its costs, so on 20 April 2004, Rangers announced the creation of a new company which would oversee the development of the club's youth players.[7] The company, named Rangers Youth Development Limited, was entirely self-funding but completely owned by the club. It attracted four investors from outside Rangers who have invested £1 million, with the club also putting up an initial £2.5 million.[7] It led to Rangers F.C. being in the unfamiliar position of buying its own youth players from Rangers Youth Development Ltd.[7][8] The Youth Development company owned the young players and the club had to bid for them, although it had first option on all the players. If both sides cannot reach an agreement on a transfer fee then a FIFA transfer model will be used.[7] Any profit made by the company will be divided between investors with the majority being invested to fund more youth players.[9] The main reason for the formation of the company was to offset the running costs of the clubs's training centre.[7] However, many of the Rangers fans were opposed to the formation of the new company.[10] The activities of Rangers Youth Development Ltd were largely unnoticed and the company was dissolved after submitting its final set of accounts in June 2010.

The elite development era

In September 2005, as part of a restructuring of the club management, Adams left his role as director of youth football.[11] The moves also saw future Academy heads take over responsibility for youth administration.[11] In May 2017, the club announced its intention to withdraw from the SPFL Development League and play a programme of matches against a mixture of English and European Academies, as well as sides from League One and League Two in Scotland.[12]

Academy structure

Section Age range Head of section
Children's[13] 8 – 12 years Alan Boyd
Intermediate[13] 13 – 15 years Stephen Wright
Senior[13] 16 – 17 years David McCallum
Development[13] 18 years plus Billy Kirkwood

The Academy is responsible for providing players for the Rangers first-team and is divided into four areas. The Children's section operates training groups only but from intermediate level there are age-grouped teams.[14] Between under-11 and under-12 level, the teams play in a seven-a-side football competition, although the latter side transitions to 11-a-side after Christmas.[14] Thereafter, the under-12s and under-13s play on a modified pitch which is slightly smaller with reduced sized goals than regulation play[14] but from under-14 level onward all Academy teams play on normal pitches. All players from under-8 to under-15 are schoolboys, however, from Senior level many sign contracts to become professional youth players.[14] The U11 to U17 age groups play in the SFA Club Academy Scotland programme at ‘Elite’ level.

In 2017, the Rangers academy was one of eight across the country designated 'elite' status on the introduction of Project Brave, an SFA initiative to concentrate the development of the best young players at a smaller number of clubs with high quality facilities and coaching than was previously the case.[15][16]

Academy partnerships

Rangers operate a North American Academy, which began in 2014,[17] and as of May 2015 included thirteen partner clubs across the United States and Canada.[18]

The academy has a partnership with Coerver Coaching who deliver Coerver method skills coaching to the Children's section on a weekly basis.[19] On 18 December 2015, Rangers announced a coaching and development partnership with Scottish Lowland League club Gala Fairydean Rovers which effectively saw the Galashiels side act as a feeder to Rangers.[20] In June 2016, Rangers announced a partnership with East Dunbartonshire council which saw 24 of the clubs youth players aged 11 to 15 attend Boclair Academy allowing them to combine their academic and football studies.[21]

Competition record

Rangers were members of the Scottish Premier Reserve League from its foundation in the 1998–99 season until 2012. As the Scottish Premier League was considering disbanding its Scottish Premier Reserve League for the 2009–10 season,[22] Rangers announced it was withdrawing its reserve team in order to play friendly games instead.[23] After Rangers demotion to the Scottish Third Division in 2012,[24] the club entered a reserve team into the Scottish Football League Reserve League[25] and the side went on to win the competition.[26] The league ended after the formation of the SPFL, with a development league for under-20's teams taking its place and the clubs reserve side was disbanded.

A youth league was founded for under-18s in 1998 as an alternative to the Scottish Premier Reserve League which originally was for under-21s. The former competition was widened to include under-19s in 2003. Rangers were removed from the under-19 league after the clubs demotion to the Scottish Third Division[24] in 2012, with youth players featuring in the 2012-13 SFL Reserve league instead. The formation of the Scottish Professional Football League in the 2013–14 season, saw the formation of an under-20s league with the number of teams increased to 16[27] and teams were allowed to field two over-age outfield players and an overage goalkeeper.[28] The league was renamed the SPFL Development League in 2014, with the number of teams increased to 17.[29]

Rangers youth sides play in a number of cup competitions including the Glasgow Cup and Scottish Youth Cup. From 2015 onwards it is also possible for the Academy to participate in the UEFA Youth League by the Under-17 side winning the previous season's league at that age group; however this has not yet been achieved.

In June 2016, it was announced by the SPFL that the Challenge Cup would be expanded to include teams from the Welsh Premier League, Northern Irish Premiership and an Under-20s side from each Scottish Premiership club.[30] In the 2016-17 edition, Rangers U20 won their opening tie against Stirling University F.C. of the Lowland League but lost in the next round to Stenhousemuir of the third level.

League participation

Players

  • In addition to below, Rangers F.C. Academy also operates youth sides from under-11 upwards.
  • Please note that squad numbers listed relate only to first team numbers. In reserve matches the team wear 1-11 and 12-21 (21 worn in place of 13) on the bench.
  • Most academy players on a development loan can still feature for the reserve team, but cannot play for the first team.

Reserve squad

As of 31 August 2018[31]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF Scotland SCO Aidan Wilson (on loan at Forfar Athletic until 31 December 2018)
27 MF Scotland SCO Stephen Kelly
28 GK Scotland SCO Robby McCrorie
29 FW Scotland SCO Zak Rudden (on loan at Falkirk until 31 December 2018)
30 DF Scotland SCO Kyle Bradley (on loan at Annan Athletic until 31 December 2018)
33 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Barjonas (on loan at Bury until 31 December 2018)
39 MF Scotland SCO Liam Burt (on loan at Alloa Athletic until 31 May 2019)
42 GK Scotland SCO Aidan McAdams
43 GK Scotland SCO Kieran Wright (on loan at Raith Rovers until 31 December 2018)
44 FW Scotland SCO Andrew Dallas
No. Pos. Nation Player
45 FW Finland FIN Serge Atakayi
46 DF Scotland SCO Rhys Breen
47 MF Scotland SCO Jack Thomson
48 DF Scotland SCO Scott Gray
49 DF Scotland SCO Jordan Houston
51 DF Scotland SCO Lewis Mayo
53 MF Northern Ireland NIR Cameron Palmer
54 DF Scotland SCO Matthew Shiels
— DF Malta MLT Myles Beerman (on loan at Birkirkara until 31 December 2018)

Under 18's squad

As of 12 July 2018[31]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
55 GK Scotland SCO Brian Kinnear
56 DF Northern Ireland NIR Daniel Finlayson
57 MF Scotland SCO Zac Butterworth
58 MF Scotland SCO Kieran McKechnie
60 GK Scotland SCO Nicky Hogarth
61 DF Scotland SCO Jay Mack
62 FW Scotland SCO Dapo Mebude
63 MF Scotland SCO Ben Williamson
64 FW Scotland SCO Josh McPake
65 DF Scotland SCO Nathan Patterson
68 MF Scotland SCO Murray Miller
No. Pos. Nation Player
69 DF Scotland SCO Kyle McLelland
— GK Scotland SCO Lewis Budinauckas
— DF Scotland SCO Euan Deveney
— DF Scotland SCO Ryan Muir
— DF Scotland SCO Harris O'Connor
— MF Scotland SCO John Balde
— MF Scotland SCO Ciaran Dickson
— MF Scotland SCO James Maxwell
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Chris McKee
— FW Scotland SCO Kai Kennedy
— FW Scotland SCO Matty Yates

Manager history

Name From To Tenure Notes
Scotland John Hagart November 1983 7 April 1986 2 years, 5 months As reserve coach
Scotland Don Mackay 16 April 1986 3 February 1987[32] 293 days As reserve coach
Scotland Peter McCloy 3 February 1987 1 March 1987 26 days As reserve coach
Northern Ireland Jimmy Nicholl 1 March 1987 30 June 1989 2 years, 121 days As reserve coach
Scotland Davie Dodds
Scotland John McGregor 		June 1989 October 1991 2 years, 4 months As joint reserve coaches
Scotland John McGregor October 1991 1 March 2003[33] 12 years As reserve coach
Scotland John Brown 1 March 2003[33] 27 June 2006[34] 3 years, 118 days As reserve coach
Scotland Ian Durrant 27 June 2006[34] 30 June 2008 2 years, 3 days As reserve coach
Scotland Tommy Wilson 30 June 2008 14 March 2013[35] 4 years, 257 days As reserve coach
Scotland Billy Kirkwood 14 March 2013 2 July 2013 110 days Interim, senior Academy manager
Scotland Gordon Durie 2 July 2013[36] 23 December 2014[37] 1 year, 174 days As under-20s coach
Scotland Ian Durrant 23 December 2014[37] 9 June 2016[38] 1 year, 169 days As under-20s coach
Scotland Graeme Murty 22 August 2016[39] 26 October 2017[40] 1 year, 65 days As Head Development squad coach
Scotland Billy Kirkwood 26 October 2017 6 June 2018 6 years, 339 days Interim, As Head Development Squad Coach
Scotland Graeme Murty 6 June 2018 6 years, 115 days As Head Development Squad Coach

Staff

As of 1 June 2018[41]

Honours

League

  • Scottish Reserve League: (22)
    • 1898, 1899, 1907, 1924, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1939, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1975
  • Premier Reserve League: (11)
    • 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1996, 1998
  • Scottish Premier Reserve League:
    • 2001
  • Scottish Football League Reserve League:
  • SFL Youth League:[43]
    • 1996
  • SPL U-19/SPFL Development League: (3)

Cup

  • Scottish 2nd XI Cup: (24)[44]
    • 1890, 1898, 1899, 1907, 1912, 1913, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1952, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1977, 1979
  • Scottish Reserve League Cup: (12)[45]
    • 1946, 1954, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1993, 1997, 1998
  • Scottish Youth Cup: (6)
  • Glasgow Cup: (4)
    • 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013
  • Milk Cup: (2) (Premier)
    • 1984, 1992
  • Milk Cup: (Junior)
    • 1985

Academy legacy

Financial return

With the opening of the club's training facility for its youth and first teams, it was hoped that this would spell a new chapter in player development for the club.[46] However, expectations of an instant success were not accurate and with reported running costs of the facility equalling £1.5m,[46] many commentators asked if the investment in the training ground and youth department was worthwhile.[47]

The combined transfer fees for all Academy graduates is, to date, approximately £18.2m. This includes the transfer of Alan Hutton, which the single largest fee received in the clubs history for any player.[48] Some of the other transfers that have commanded fees were in the form of compensation. The list below includes players who have been schooled at the clubs Academy and have commanded a transfer upon their departure.

First-team graduates transfer fees received
# Name and nationality Date of transfer New club Initial fee Add ons Total fee
1 Scotland Steven MacLean (2004-07-07)7 July 2004 Sheffield Wednesday England £0.125m[49] Red XN £0.125m
2 Tunisia Hamed Namouchi (2006-08-31)31 August 2006 FC Lorient France £0.5m[50] Red XN £0.5m
3 Scotland Alan Hutton (2008-01-30)30 January 2008 Tottenham Hotspur England £9m[48] Red XN £9m
4 South Africa Dean Furman (2009-06-01)1 June 2009 Oldham Athletic England £0.05m[51] Red XN £0.05m
5 Scotland Charlie Adam (2009-08-04)4 August 2009 Blackpool England £0.5m[52] Green tickY[53] £1.35m
6 Scotland Danny Wilson (2010-07-21)21 July 2010 Liverpool England £2m[54] Green tickY[55] £4.7m
7 Scotland Dylan McGeouch (2011-05-15)15 May 2011 Celtic Scotland £0.1m[56] Red XN £0.1m
8 Norway Thomas Kind Bendiksen (2012-01-01)1 January 2012 Tromsø IL Norway £0.25m[57] Red XN £0.25m
9 Scotland Charlie Telfer (2014-05-31)31 May 2014 Dundee United Scotland £0.204m[58] Red XN £0.204m
10 Scotland Lewis Macleod (2015-01-01)1 January 2015 Brentford England £0.85m[59] Red XN £0.85m
11 Scotland Billy Gilmour (2017-07-01)1 July 2017 Chelsea England £0.5m[60][61][62] Red XN £0.5m
12 Scotland Barrie McKay (2017-07-05)5 July 2017 Nottingham Forest England £0.5m[63] Red XN £0.5m

List of Academy graduates

Below is a list of players who made a first-team appearance for Rangers, whilst a youth team player at the club. This includes both players that have come through the clubs Academy set-up and also young professional players signed for the Academy who then go on to play in the first-team. The list includes all youth team graduates from the opening of Rangers Training Centre in 2001 to the present day.

First-team graduates
# Name and nationality Date of debut Age at debut Pro debut International
1 Scotland Allan McGregor[64] (2002-02-24)24 February 2002 20 years, 24 days Green tickY Green tickY
2 Scotland Chris Burke[65] (2002-03-20)20 March 2002 18 years, 108 days Green tickY Green tickY
3 Scotland Tom Brighton (2002-05-12)12 May 2002 18 years, 45 days Green tickY Red XN
4 Scotland Andy Dowie (2002-05-12)12 May 2002 19 years, 48 days Green tickY Red XN
5 Scotland Alan Hutton[66] (2002-12-22)22 December 2002 18 years, 22 days Green tickY Green tickY
6 Scotland Steven MacLean (2002-12-22)22 December 2002 20 years, 121 days Green tickY Red XN
7 Scotland Darryl Duffy (2003-10-28)28 October 2003 19 years, 195 days Green tickY Red XN
8 Tunisia Hamed Namouchi (2004-01-10)10 January 2004 19 years, 330 days Red XN Green tickY
9 North Macedonia Bajram Fetai (2004-03-23)23 March 2004 18 years, 198 days Red XN Green tickY
10 Scotland Alex Walker (2004-04-04)4 April 2004 19 years, 345 days Green tickY Red XN
11 Scotland Charlie Adam (2004-04-14)14 April 2004 18 years, 126 days Green tickY Green tickY
12 Scotland Gary MacKenzie (2004-05-01)1 May 2004 18 years, 199 days Green tickY Red XN
13 Scotland Ross McCormack (2004-05-01)1 May 2004 17 years, 257 days Green tickY Green tickY
14 Scotland Bob Davidson (2004-05-16)16 May 2004 18 years, 52 days Green tickY Red XN
15 Scotland Steven Smith (2004-11-28)28 November 2004 18 years, 90 days Green tickY Red XN
16 Scotland Alan Lowing[67] (2005-09-20)20 September 2005 17 years, 256 days Green tickY Red XN
17 Antigua and Barbuda Moses Ashikodi[68] (2006-04-23)23 April 2006 18 years, 300 days Red XN Green tickY
18 England Lee Robinson[69] (2006-05-07)7 May 2006 19 years, 309 days Green tickY Red XN
19 France William Stanger[70] (2006-12-14)14 December 2006 21 years, 86 days Red XN Red XN
20 Scotland Steven Lennon[71] (2006-12-27)27 December 2006 18 years, 341 days Green tickY Red XN
21 Scotland Andrew Shinnie[72] (2007-03-17)17 March 2007 17 years, 243 days Green tickY Green tickY
22 Scotland Paul Emslie[73] (2007-09-26)26 September 2007 19 years, 197 days Green tickY Red XN
23 Scotland John Fleck[74] (2008-01-23)23 January 2008 16 years, 152 days Green tickY Red XN
24 South Africa Dean Furman[75] (2008-05-10)10 May 2008 19 years, 262 days Green tickY Green tickY
25 Scotland Rory Loy[76] (2008-11-01)1 November 2008 20 years, 227 days Green tickY Red XN
26 Northern Ireland Andrew Little[77] (2009-04-25)25 April 2009 19 years, 348 days Green tickY Green tickY
27 Scotland Gregg Wylde[78] (2009-08-29)29 August 2009 18 years, 159 days Green tickY Red XN
28 Scotland Jordan McMillan[79] (2009-10-27)27 October 2009 21 years, 11 days Red XN Red XN
29 Scotland Danny Wilson[79] (2009-10-27)27 October 2009 17 years, 304 days Green tickY Green tickY
30 Scotland Kyle Hutton[80] (2010-08-14)14 August 2010 19 years, 180 days Green tickY Red XN
31 Scotland Darren Cole[81] (2010-12-07)7 December 2010 18 years, 338 days Green tickY Red XN
32 Scotland Jamie Ness[82] (2010-12-26)26 December 2010 19 years, 299 days Green tickY Red XN
33 England Kane Hemmings[83] (2011-08-03)3 August 2011 20 years, 117 days Green tickY Red XN
34 Scotland Ross Perry[84] (2011-08-13)13 August 2011 21 years, 187 days Red XN Red XN
35 Norway Thomas Kind Bendiksen[85] (2011-12-03)3 December 2011 22 years, 117 days Green tickY Green tickY
36 Scotland Rhys McCabe[86] (2012-03-03)3 March 2012 19 years, 233 days Green tickY Red XN
37 Northern Ireland Andrew Mitchell[87] (2012-03-17)17 March 2012 19 years, 344 days Green tickY Red XN
38 Scotland Barrie McKay[88] (2012-05-13)13 May 2012 17 years, 135 days Green tickY Green tickY
39 Scotland Lewis Macleod[89] (2012-07-29)29 July 2012 18 years, 43 days Green tickY Red XN
40 Scotland Kal Naismith[89] (2012-07-29)29 July 2012 20 years, 162 days Red XN Red XN
41 Scotland Robbie Crawford[89] (2012-07-29)29 July 2012 19 years, 132 days Green tickY Red XN
42 Northern Ireland Chris Hegarty[90] (2012-08-21)21 August 2012 20 years, 8 days Green tickY Red XN
43 Canada Fraser Aird[91] (2012-09-23)23 September 2012 17 years, 234 days Green tickY Green tickY
44 Scotland Tom Walsh[92] (2012-12-08)8 December 2012 16 years, 150 days Green tickY Red XN
45 Canada Luca Gasparotto[93] (2013-04-13)13 April 2013 17 years, 222 days Green tickY Red XN
46 Scotland Danny Stoney[94] (2013-04-13)13 April 2013 16 years, 343 days Green tickY Red XN
47 Scotland Andy Murdoch[95] (2013-04-27)27 April 2013 18 years, 87 days Green tickY Red XN
48 Scotland Scott Gallacher[96] (2013-07-28)28 July 2013 24 years, 13 days Red XN Red XN
49 Scotland Kyle McAusland[97] (2013-07-28)28 July 2013 20 years, 190 days Red XN Red XN
50 Scotland Calum Gallagher[98] (2014-03-15)15 March 2014 19 years, 183 days Red XN Red XN
51 Scotland Charlie Telfer[99] (2014-04-19)19 April 2014 18 years, 289 days Green tickY Red XN
52 Scotland Ryan Hardie[100] (2014-09-23)23 September 2014 17 years, 190 days Green tickY Red XN
53 Scotland Liam Burt[101] (2016-03-01)1 March 2016 17 years, 29 days Green tickY Red XN
54 Malta Myles Beerman[102] (2017-04-05)5 April 2017 18 years, 23 days Green tickY Green tickY
55 Scotland Jamie Barjonas[103] (2017-05-07)7 May 2017 18 years, 103 days Green tickY Red XN
56 Scotland Aidan Wilson[104] (2017-05-17)17 May 2017 18 years, 135 days Green tickY Red XN
57 Scotland Kyle Bradley[105] (2017-05-21)21 May 2017 18 years, 96 days Green tickY Red XN
58 Scotland Ross McCrorie[106] (2017-09-19)19 September 2017 19 years, 185 days Red XN Red XN
59 Scotland Glenn Middleton[107] (2018-07-12)12 July 2018 18 years, 192 days Green tickY Red XN
60 Scotland Stephen Kelly[108] (2018-09-26)26 September 2018 18 years, 166 days Green tickY Red XN

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