The under 18's got off to a great start in the Youth Association Cup this weekend, seeing off Yeovil Town 3-0 as we look to better last seasons run to the semi final of this competition.

Joe Gallen welcomed a couple of familiar faces back to the squad for the game, keeper Sean Thomas, who has spent some time away from Rangers on a work experience loan, returned to claim his first clean sheet of the campaign whilst midfielder Matthew O'Connell made his first appearance of the season, coming off the bench to replace Bradley Bubb.

The goals came from defender Andrew Howell, Jonathan Munday got his second of the season and Giant Ray Jones rounded things off with his third of the season.

This year the format of the YA Cup has been re-jigged to include a group stage, as seems to be trendy these days! Rangers are in a group of six with Saturday's opponents Yeovil as well as Bristol Rovers, Brentford, Leyton Orient and Portsmouth. There are three other groups in the Southern section and each group winner will progress to the semi final stage. The winner of the overall Southern Final will then play the winners of the Northern section in the final final. Still with me?

QPR: Thomas, Yelland, Munday, Hussey, Sethi, Bubb (O'Connell), Ngongou, Smart, Luz (Childs), Jones, Howell

Our next youth team game is the second of our five YA Cup group games, away to Bristol Rovers on Saturday 1st October.