Rangers took the lead early in the first half courtesy of Leroy Griffiths. Richard Pacquette unleashed a shot from the edge of the box which was parried by the Cherries keeper. The ball rolled into the path of Leroy who smashed home from five yards out.

The rest of the half passed without much incident other than an impressive performance from a trialist centre half. The big six as he will be known in the absence of a team sheet (more on that later) met every challenge thrown at him and he fitted in with his colleagues superbly.

Bournemouth equalised early in the second half only for Rangers to hit back within minutes. Ben Walshe was the man to grab the goal, albeit in a fortuitous manner. Playing in an unaccustomed right wing position he checked and flung over a cross. Pacquette went for it at the near post, missed it, and the ball sailed past the keeper and in.

The Cherries soon hit back and the goal, whilst looking pretty, owed an awful lot to the fitness of Nick Culkin. Culkin hadn't taken a goal kick or freekick all night, leaving each one to David Booles. When the Bournemouth player cut inside and fired at goal Culkin went down in instalments and got nowhere near it. He got up rather gingerly as well and I wouldn't be surprised if he missed out on a place on the bench at Colchester.

Rangers went back into the lead via a Richard Pacquette header. Leroy and Walshe combined well on the left hand side and Walshe sent over a superb cross to the far post. Pacquette was on hand to nod past the keeper for the simplest of finishes.

The goal of the night came close to full time and was once again from Pacquette. The big six pumped a long ball up field and the ball bounced awkwardly for the Rangers striker. Undeterred he readjusted his feet and lobbed the ball over the advancing keeper.

This was another decent performance and keeps up the reserve teams excellent home record. This is in stark contract to the away record which could be best described as crap. The big six, whoever he was, did well and looks worth another look.

Rangers brought on two unknown subs as well and I would tell you who they were but there weren't any team sheets available to the fans. The reason. Somebody from the club forgot to phone the team through! Organisation is the key to success eh lads?