As we were staying over in Scotland after the Rangers v Boro game, it gave me the opportunity to go along to the women’s fixture between the same teams the following day.
We had planned to walk some more of the West Highland Way beforehand, but the weather was a bit ropey and we didn’t see much point in heading out in the rain when we could always return at a later date with some more enjoyable conditions.
The game was at the Broadwood Stadium in Cumbernauld. It’s a ground that Rangers Women share with Lowland League side Cumbernauld Colts and League One’s Hamilton Academicals. Hamilton have only just taken residence at Broadwood after being booted out of their previous home at New Douglas Park.
We arrived about half an hour before kick-off, meaning that there was sufficient space in the car park. We could have bought scarves and bucket hats, but did nae bother as they say up there.
Only the main stand was open and there were quite a few spectators wearing Boro colours. The queue for food and drink was too long to join which meant that we missed out on a choice of scotch, macaroni or kebab pies. I sometimes wonder if Scotland is trolling the rest of the world with their culinary inventions, but if they are, a lot of their own population aren’t in on the joke.
Rangers are in the top division in Scotland with the Boro having just been promoted to the third tier in England. The gulf in talent was apparent from the off and Rangers were three up at the break, before extending their lead to six by home time.
It’s difficult in pre-season friendlies to gauge the respective merits of clubs as you don’t always know whether you are watching a weakened team or players who are at different stages of fitness. On this showing though, the Boro have a bit to do if they want back-to-back promotions.
Tags: Kebab pie, Macaroni pie, Scotch pie
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