Blackpool vs Rangers

Blackpool take on Rangers at Bloomfield Road today as they face the first of three pre-season games this week ahead of the start of the Championship season.

On the left hand side of defence there are similar issues after Luke Garbutt twisted his knee during the Scotland training camp and will likely not be risked here. Sonny Carey and Keshi Anderson enjoying the creative freedom in the final third too. With Dujon Sterling returning to Chelsea following his loan spell, the only natural right back on professional terms is development squad full back Jack Moore who impressed against Leeds. Much sharper in the build up than we saw at Leeds but avoidable goals the frustration again. With no recognised full backs against Giovanni van Bronckhorst's side this afternoon, Michael Appleton will likely turn to some of the younger players who impressed in the Tangerines' latest outing against Leeds United. As for their opponents, they didn't have ideal preparation coming into this one themselves after their friendly in Portugal against Sunderland was abandoned at half time due to floodlight failure.

Giovanni van Bronckhorst will hope for a better workout than the Sunderland match which was abandoned.

Fans are expected to turn up in their numbers in the seaside party town and will be hoping for a show Rangers have the ball in the back of the net.. It's a fixture the club often arranges and it usually sees a large band of supporters travel south to the seaside party town. Rangers get the win in their first full game of pre-season. Borna Barisic and Charlie McCann with the goals for Giovanni van Bronckhorst's men. Over 8,000 Gers fans made the trip to the seaside town and they were rewarded with getting a first glimpse of John Souttar, Tom Lawrence and Rabbi Matondo - who all made their debuts.

GIOVANNI van Bronckhorst has named his team for this afternoon's pre-season friendly against Blackpool.

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Rangers continue their pre-season campaign with an away friendly against Blackpool at Bloomfield Road.

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Rangers are back in action as thousands of fans descend on Blackpool as Bloomfield Road hosts the Europa League finalists.

The defender curles a right-footed shot and guides it beyond Grimshaw into the far corner. He said: "Colak is an excellent player and he made it tough for Rangers last season by scoring those goals at Ibrox." Yet there can be no denying that they deserved their victory at the seaside this afternoon. The Croatian striker was playing on the shoulder of the Blackpool defence and tries to connect with a give-and-go from Scott Arfield. James Tavernier tries to chip the keeper from the edge of the box but the Blackpool defender is alert to it and blocks it for a corner, which is comfortably cleared. The Rangers new boy turns the Blackpool left-back inside out and cuts inside for a shot. Colak took a bit of impact and temporarily went to the floor. He had plenty of time to line up a good effort but slashed at it and knocked the ball well clear of McLaughlin's goal. He took the ball on first time and leathered it into the bottom left corner of the goal. They were a level above Blackpool for the majority of the match. The Seasiders were the better side for much of the game, especially in the first half where they limited Rangers to very little and created three or four openings. Antonio Colak had Rangers ahead in the first half after connecting with a lovely cross from James Tavernier. But the linesman ruled it out for offside, much to the disgust of the large travelling support.

RANGERS had to work hard for their win as they took on Blackpool WITHOUT in-demand defender Calvin Bassey as part of their pre-season.A visit to Lanca.

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Giovanni van Bronckhorst has named his team, for the first half at least, to face the Championship outfit. It's a day out by the seaside for the Ibrox club as ...

It's a day out by the seaside for the Ibrox club as they travel to the north west coast for the pre-season friendly. Giovanni van Bronckhorst has named his team, for the first half at least, to face the Championship outfit. THE Rangers starting line-up to take on Blackpool this afternoon has been revealed.

Rangers boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst was happy with what he saw from his side during their narrow victory against Blackpool.

“Charlie with the second goal timed his shot perfectly, so I’m happy with both goals.” “Of course we’re not happy with the goal against us, but we’ve still got two games to go so we’re looking good. “In the end, I’m happy with the performance.