After the events of recent weeks that have seen us throw away three games with last minute goals it was nice to be on the other side of the fence. Who doesn't love an own goal five minutes into injury time? Great stuff.

With Aziz Ben-Askar back at the heart of the Rangers defence things looked a lot more solid. Paul Bruce missed the game so Christer Warren took his place and for 45 minutes, he actually looked like a proper player, however the second half saw a return to his usual form. Stuart Wardley dropped to the bench after a rare outing in midweek against Blackpool and with Mark Perry back in the side Rangers began with a conventional 4-4-2 formation.

Here comes the first moan of the day. Playing with a central midfield partnership of Marcus Bignot and Matthew Rose holds us back as a team. Both are willing workers and will happily carry out the defensive side of the job with ease but they provide little or nothing in the way of creativity. The onus for that fell to Karl Connolly on the left and Perry on the right. Both did able jobs as we fought a very evenly contested game. The game would not have been so close if we had a genuine creative spark in the middle.

It was end to end stuff in the first half and a fairly good spectacle to the 6000 or so fans rattling round inside the JJB Stadium. In a ground that holds 25,000 the sight could be described as pathetic. Brazilian legend Jairzinho presented a kid with a mountain bike at half time and must have wondered what the bloody hell was going on. I can't imagine many World Cup winners find themselves in Wigan and who could blame them?

Griffiths should have done better when put clean through following good play between Bignot and Thomson. His weak right-footed shot was straight down the keeper's throat. If it was on his left side, he would probably have buried it. Connolly also saw an effort deflected onto the post by a fine save from Latics keeper Stewart Kerr. Almost immediately Wigan charged to the other end and took a 42nd minute lead.

Rangers stepped up to play the Wigan front line offside and failed. The ball was finally played to the far post and Tony Dinning, a recent purchase from Wolves, headed in via the bar. We couldn't tell whether it had crossed the line but there weren't too many complaints from the Rangers rearguard. We only had to wait three minutes for the equaliser.

As Kerr attempted to complete a routine clearance, he slipped and the ball ended up at the feet of Andy Thomson just inside the box. He made no mistake as he planted a right-footed shot wide of Kerr and into the bottom corner. Thomson is really beginning to win the hearts of the Rangers faithful. Often in games, he will disappear for ten minutes or so but you can always guarantee that when a good opportunity comes his way his finish will be deadly. Seven goals from nine league games is awesome. 1-1 t half time and a pretty fair reflection of the game at that stage.

The second half picked up where the first had ended and the game continued to entertain. For Wigan Lee Ashcroft on the left looked a constant threat and they tried t use him whenever possible. They did seem to fall into the old trap of lumping the ball to the big man up front a little too often. Simon Haworth, as big a lump as he is, was simply no match for the aerial abilities of Palmer and Ben-Askar. The big duo, back in tandem for the first time in two games, were absolute rocks.

With 15 minutes left to play Holloway made a substitution, which grabbed back the initiative for Rangers and led to victory. Andy Thomson, who was having one of his quiet spells, made way for Doudou. The Wigan defence simply could not cope. All of a sudden, the movement was brilliant. Doudou and Griffiths were pulling McGibbon and De Zeeuw all over the place and as a result, space was being created for deeper runners. Connolly suddenly raised his game and was at the heart of all that was good and Terrell Forbes and Mark Perry found extra space in which to work. Doudou also weighed in with a crunching challenge that led to the eventual substitution of McGibbon.

Rangers went close through Connolly and Griffiths again before the game was finally settled. You could hear the collective groan as the fourth official indicated a ridiculous five minutes of injury time. As the game seemed to be heading for stalemate Rangers were awarded a free kick on the left touchline. Mark Perry swung in a powerful cross and Ged Brannan rose to meet it at the near post. As soon as the ball skimmed his head, it was only going in one place, straight into the far corner. The travelling fans exploded into wild celebrations and as soon as Wigan kicked off the referee blew for full time.

It was great to see the entire bench make their way over to the Rangers fans to show their appreciation for the support. We had out-sung the Wigan crowd for the entire game and it seems Holloway thinks we have an important part to play. A second away win and its not even March, I think we are being spoilt!

I said a couple of matched ago that we had to take four points from this weeks games and we have done just that. It is imperative that we beat Cardiff on Tuesday to keep this good run going. Holloway had restored the fragile confidence of players and fans alike and a defeat at home could be a disaster. But I'm sure it won't come to that. I think we will beat Cardiff, do the same to Cambridge on Saturday, and bring the first two months of the season to a very satisfactory close.