McAllister’s comments will leave Rangers fans hopeful trophy drought is near an end

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Quoted by Rangers’ official Twitter account, Gary McAllister has revealed that the Gers are set to name a strong side for their Scottish League Cup quarter-final with Livingston on Wednesday night.

What’s the word?

Rangers take on Livingston in the Scottish League Cup and will be determined to try and get a win as they go in search of domestic glory.

The Gers have had to sit by and watch Celtic dominate on the home front with the Bhoys earning a clean sweep of trophies in the Scottish game in the last three years.

Rangers, though, have started the season strongly, notching up five wins in six league matches and also getting off to a winning start in Europe with a 1-0 victory against Feyenoord.

The crowded fixture list might well dictate in fans’ minds that players are going to get rested against Livi, then, but McAllister’s comments have offered a different view:

Verdict

These comments underline the Gers’ desperation for domestic glory.

The club has gone too long without lifting a major trophy and, though in part that was enforced on them because of their financial woes, they are back at the top table of Scottish football and need the silverware to back that up.

Fans should be pleased by the commitment to this competition, even with a big game against Aberdeen at the weekend, because the chance to end Celtic’s repeated treble-winning form is too good to turn down.

McAllister, and his boss Steven Gerrard, will also know from their time together at Liverpool that winning one cup can often lead to more.

After a six-year wait for silverware, Liverpool’s League Cup win in 2001 quickly lead to an FA Cup and a UEFA Cup in the same season, followed by another League Cup, a Champions League title and another FA Cup by summer 2006.