9-in-a-Row star John Brown is a huge supporter of RYDC and he was delighted to welcome recent winners Mark Thomson, Hugh Beaton and Valerie Gray to the stadium.

The Rangers Youth Development Company is delighted to donate another £400,000 to the Rangers Academy and that’s more than £11 million since 2002.

We spoke to Rangers Academy graduate Ross McCausland about his meteoric recent rise at Ibrox.

Rangers have developed a Best v Best Games Programme to challenge our Academy players and B Team coach David McCallum is confident the bespoke schedule will provide a tremendous learning experience for all involved.

Christmas came early for Adam Devine when he was given an extended run in the first-team last December but it wasn’t merely a gift for the young defender, his chance was earned after years of hard work, dedication and top-class coaching at the Rangers Academy.

Teenage winger Archie Stevens was wanted by a host of top clubs last summer but he opted to move to Scotland after being blown away by the history and stature of Rangers.

Bailey Rice captained Scotland’s Under-17 side in a 7-0 win over Switzerland in the Pinatar Arena in Spain on February 17 and the next day the Rangers Academy midfielder was given a dream first-team debut against Livingston.

Leon King is immensely proud of his progress with the Light Blues so far – a journey that has taken him from the Rangers Academy to the Champions League.

RANGERS Academy graduate Alex Lowry enjoyed a dream debut in a 4-0 Scottish Cup victory over Stirling Albion at Ibrox and the experience has made him even more determined to push for a regular place in the Light Blues first team.

Light Blues goalkeeper Robby McCrorie will be forever grateful to the Rangers Academy for giving him the foundation and grounding to challenge  for a regular place between the sticks at his beloved club.