Stirling Albion manager Darren Young couldn’t hide his pride despite the Scottish Cup fourth-round defeat at Ibrox on Friday night.
The Binos held out for half an hour before eventually going down 4-0 to Rangers, whose goals came from debutant Alex Lowry, a James Tavernier penalty, Cedric Itten and Fashion Sakala.
The crowd of 37,916 included around 800 Albion supporters for what was only the second meeting of the clubs in the Scottish Cup, with Rangers having won the first 1-0 in 1978.
