As has been tradition at Ibrox for decades, the first home game after New Year, sees the opponents directors invited into the Blue Room to toast Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II from The Loving Cup. This year Elgin City's directors where invited before the SFL3 tie, to join Chairman Malcolm Murray, CEO Charles Green and manager Ally McCoist in the club's toast.
Through all the clubs, owners, chairmen and managers. It's been a yearly event taken place within Ibrox Stadium to toast the reigning monarch, since Bill Struth took his Rangers side to play in a charity match against Stoke City for the Holditch Colliery Disaster, in which a lot of miners lost their lives. The Loving Cup was presented to all 22 teams in the English First Division to commemorate the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in May 1937. Stoke's President Sir Francis Joseph, handed Rangers the piece of memorabilia as a thank you for attending the match which finished 0-0 and raised a lot of money for the families effected.
The game itself was a slightly strange affair. Rangers took an early lead through youngster Lewis MacLeod as he kept his composure to slide past two defenders, before slotting the ball past Elgin's stretched goalkeeper. The Ibrox side dominated possession for lengthy periods and Elgin failed to create much. Midway into the first half, Paul Harkins, slid straight through the back of Ian Black, resulting in a straight red for the Elgin midfielder.
The second half began pretty much as the first ended, Rangers had all the possession and creating all the chances. But couldn't put the game to bed. Elgin frustrated the home side and with 4 minutes left got their reward. They managed to get a corner and as it was floated in, it seemed Gers goalkeeper Alexander had a routine save, but he fumbled at the catch and some how managed to spin and knock the ball into his own net giving Elgin and unlikley equalisier. The Light Blues threw everything at the former Highland League side but to no avail and the game finished 1-1 endning Rangers' 11 wins in a row.
Through all the clubs, owners, chairmen and managers. It's been a yearly event taken place within Ibrox Stadium to toast the reigning monarch, since Bill Struth took his Rangers side to play in a charity match against Stoke City for the Holditch Colliery Disaster, in which a lot of miners lost their lives. The Loving Cup was presented to all 22 teams in the English First Division to commemorate the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in May 1937. Stoke's President Sir Francis Joseph, handed Rangers the piece of memorabilia as a thank you for attending the match which finished 0-0 and raised a lot of money for the families effected.
The game itself was a slightly strange affair. Rangers took an early lead through youngster Lewis MacLeod as he kept his composure to slide past two defenders, before slotting the ball past Elgin's stretched goalkeeper. The Ibrox side dominated possession for lengthy periods and Elgin failed to create much. Midway into the first half, Paul Harkins, slid straight through the back of Ian Black, resulting in a straight red for the Elgin midfielder.
The second half began pretty much as the first ended, Rangers had all the possession and creating all the chances. But couldn't put the game to bed. Elgin frustrated the home side and with 4 minutes left got their reward. They managed to get a corner and as it was floated in, it seemed Gers goalkeeper Alexander had a routine save, but he fumbled at the catch and some how managed to spin and knock the ball into his own net giving Elgin and unlikley equalisier. The Light Blues threw everything at the former Highland League side but to no avail and the game finished 1-1 endning Rangers' 11 wins in a row.
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