SAPPLETON STRIKES AGAIN

Ricky Sappleton bagged his fourteenth goal of the season as the Under 18's drew 1-1 with Brentford at Harlington on Saturday morning.

Joe Gallen fielded a number of under 16's and trialists in his starting eleven and it showed in the first half as the young R's struggled to find top gear. We found it hard to create many clear cut chances and what we did manage was shut out by an impressive Brentford centre back pairing.

The Bee's can count themselves very unlucky not to have been well in command by the break having seen a goal disallowed and spurned a number of good chances. However it was Rangers that went in the happier side when Sappleton drilled home from the edge of the box only moments before the half time whistle.

The second half followed a similar pattern with Brentford dominating possession and Rangers working hard to find another break. However it wasn't to be and the away side scored midway through the half to level the game at 1-1.

Away from Harlington, league leaders Brighton fell to their first defeat of the season, going down 1-0 at Colchester, however having won their game in hand against Portsmouth last weekend The Seagulls are still nine points clear of Rangers and both sides have seven games to play.

Next week the top two meet when Rangers travel south to face Brighton at Sussex University. Kick off for that one is at eleven o'clock, if the lads can pull out a win then it could make the rest of the season pretty interesting.