Year: 2026

Liam Kelly will always be grateful to the Rangers Academy for the top-class education he received as a young player and he has thanked RYDC for the role played in his development.

Steven Smith has progressed from the Rangers Academy to the first-team as a player and now a coach and he has praised RYDC for donating more than £12.5 million to the club during his time here.

RYDC has donated another £300,000 to the Rangers Academy and that’s an overall contribution of more than £12.5 million since 2002.

Steven Smith was confirmed as a member of Danny Röhl’s backroom staff recently and the former Academy graduate and coach is delighted to be operating at first-team level.

We’ve been speaking to a number of Rangers Academy graduates about their time at the club and life after the Light Blues – next up is former youth striker Peter MacDonald.

Everyone at RYDC wishes Steven Smith well after the former Academy coach was confirmed as part of Danny Rohl’s backroom team for the rest of the season.

We’ve been speaking to Rangers Academy graduates about their time at the club and life after the Light Blues – next up is striker Steven Lennon who enjoyed a great career in Iceland and celebrates his 38th birthday today.

Rangers Academy winger Zebedee Lawson was thrilled to make his first-team debut in the recent 5-0 Scottish Cup win over Annan at Ibrox.

A number of Academy graduates featured in the 5-0 win Scottish Cup win over Annan at Ibrox with Liam Kelly captaining the side, Findlay Curtis impressing and Zebedee Lawson making his debut.

Lifelong Rangers fan John Daley was presented with a Big Blue Jackpot prize of £16,414 by Head Coach Danny Rohl recently and you can win big money just like him.