Former Rangers midfield prodigy Lewis MacLeod has announced his retirement at the age of just 28 after a series of long-term injuries wreaked havoc on his footballing career.
MacLeod joined Rangers from Livingston in 2004 as a 10-year-old, and worked his way through the ranks at Murray Park as one of the academy's shining lights before being named on the first-team bench at the age of 17. With Rangers subsequently suffering severe ignominy just months later by having a transfer embargo imposed as they went into administration, MacLeod and many of his young teammates were afforded the chance to play for the club as they aimed to rise from the fourth-tier back to the summit of the league.
Registering an assist on his debut and going on to feature for the Gers in steps two, three AND four of the Scottish Professional Football League, the Wishaw-born star seemingly had a huge career ahead of him despite a number of injuries ruling him out for months at a time before he moved to Brentford in 2015.
