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The Football Show · 12 September 2026
Rangers vs Celtic in Premier Sports Cup - We do a deep analysis on Rangers' recent performance in the Scottish Premiership and discusses the current state of the team ahead of their upcoming match against Celtic.
Peter Martin, Alan Rough, Gordon Parks and Tom McManus dig into Rangers' narrow 1-0 win over St Mirren and ask what it really tells us ahead of Sunday's Premier Sports Cup quarter-final against Celtic at Ibrox. Bojan Miovski's late winner, Derek McInnes under pressure, the penalty St Mirren were denied, and whether Rangers are genuinely improving or just winning ugly - the panel don't hold back.
WERE RANGERS LUCKY TO BEAT ST MIRREN?
Rangers won it late through Bojan Miovski, but the panel weren't convinced by the performance - dominated for long spells of the second half, wasteful in the first, and reliant on a moment of quality. The debate: is grinding out one-nil wins a warning sign, or exactly the winning habit Derek McInnes needs before an Old Firm cup tie?
WHO IS BOJAN MIOVSKI AND WHY DOES HIS GOAL MATTER?
Miovski was "the man furthest out the door" - on the fringes behind Shankland and Chermiti - before popping up to win it. The panel explain why a natural finisher stepping up could be a turning point for Rangers' season, and how the goal itself (a goalkeeper's launch, Ryan Naderi's flick-on, a cool finish) was a throwback to old-school target-man football.
DID ST MIRREN DESERVE A PENALTY? (AND THE SFA)
There's a growing feeling - the panel say even within the SFA - that St Mirren should have had a first-half penalty. Alan Rough agrees they were hard done by, links it to a run of similar calls, and revisits the Emmanuel Fernandez incident from last season. Same excuses again?
ARE RANGERS GOOD ENOUGH TO BEAT CELTIC?
With Celtic to come, the panel weigh Rangers' midweek display against the bigger picture - the midfield authority question, the "landscape has changed" argument that other teams now travel to Ibrox and Parkhead with real bravery, and one blunt viewer verdict: "Celtic will wipe the floor with them on Sunday." Do Rangers have enough?
Rangers vs Celtic PREVIEW Highlights:
00:00 Rangers 1-0 St Mirren: ideal Old Firm prep and a dressing-room spark
01:03 Bojan Miovski: the forgotten man who changed the narrative
01:46 The winner: a keeper's launch, Naderi's flick and a throwback finish
02:33 "SFA admits St Mirren should have had a penalty
04:18 McInnes conducting the crowd, and St Mirren dominating the ball
05:38 Has the landscape changed? Rangers and the one-nil habit
06:52 Giving McInnes time
07:59 Credit the teams now taking on the Old Firm
08:59 "Celtic will wipe the floor with them": the verdict
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