The football is back at Ibrox as Rangers got their pre-season campaign fully underway on a night to remember.The visitors of Premier League and soon-to-be Champions League opposition in Newcastle United provided the perfect test for Michael Beale's men who engaged in battle from the get-go.
But it was the Toon that struck first when Miguel Almiron found space inside the box and slotted past testimonial man Allan McGregor as the former Rangers keeper was stranded.There were plenty of new faces on show in Glasgow's southside and one such name in Sam Lammers brought Ibrox to its feet with his first goal in Rangers colours.
The determined Dutchman latched on to an error from United keeper Karl Darlow and slotted coolly in to the bottom corner from some way out.
That was before Eddie Howe's men took a stranglehold of the game before a glut of changes for both sides.Fashion Sakala and Rabbi Matondo injected pace in to the Rangers attack with returning Nicolas Raskin running the show in the midfield against the flashy talent of Sandro Tonali and Co.
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