Martin Boyle makes light work of Rangers as Hibs reach League Cup final

over 3 years in The guardian

Martin Boyle was Hibernian’s hat-trick hero in the 3-1 humbling of Rangers which set up a Premier Sports Cup final with Celtic next month.The new Rangers manager, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, watched from the Hampden Park main stand awaiting a work permit, as the Australia international scored three times in the first 38 minutes – the third from a penalty – before the midfielder Scott Arfield’s strike gave the flailing Ibrox side a lifeline. However, Hibs remained resilient under pressure and Rangers, led by David McCallum and his assistant Brian Gilmour, helped by player-coach Jermain Defoe and goalkeeping coach Colin Stewart, ran out of ideas and time. Continue reading...

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