6th August 2006
SPL Match day - St Mirren Park - St Mirren 3-4 Rangers
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Rangers started off well in this match and created a chance early on for David Healy but his header was well saved by the St Mirren ‘keeper. St Mirren then went up the other end and a foul by Andy Webster on John Sutton in the box was given a penalty. Sutton, himself, then stepped up and rammed the ball past Craig Gordon in the Rangers goal. The game continued at a fast pace with no ‘real’ football being played. St Mirren then, astonishingly, found themselves two goals to the good when Stewart Kean found space in the box to score his first of the season. Rangers manager Walter Smith then had to act and he brought on Steven Naismith for Nacho Novo. For the remainder of the first-half Rangers dominated the game but could not find a way through to goal thanks to great saves from St Mirren ’keeper Bullock. It only took one second-half minute to pull one back for Rangers as a series of 14 passes leading up to a Barry Ferguson tap-in pulled them back into the game. Then with just four minutes played in the second-half, Rangers were level when David Healy found space in the box and banged home the equaliser. What a comeback! With just ten minutes played in the second-half and with only their third chance of the half they scored again. David Healy again free in the box and with an expert finish found the bottom corner of the net! With twenty minutes left to play Rangers manager Walter Smith brought on Gary Naysmith for his debut to replace Charlie Adam. The comeback was spoiled with just fifteen minutes left when Garry Brady got the equaliser for St Mirren. Walter Smith acted on this by bringing on new loan signing Danny Haynes for his debut to replace Kris Boyd. Rangers looked like they had to settle for a point but in the third of four added on minutes David Healy bagged his hat-trick with a great finish to give Rangers the three points.
HT 2-0 
