13th Apr 1996 Rangers 5 Partick Thistle 0 (SFL Premier Division - game 32)

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	Walter Smith	Murdo MacLeod	37y, 6m, 20d

		Kevin McKee; Nicky Henderson
		Alan Dinnie; Derek McWilliams

Erik Bo Andersen (0-1, 18 mins); Erik Bo Andersen (0-1, 21 mins); Erik Bo Andersen (0-3, 65 mins); Stuart McCall (0-4, 87 mins); Richard Gough (0-5, 90 mins)

Alan McLaren (Trevor Steven, 61 mins)		Tommy Turner (Andy M. Gibson, HT)

	Andy Goram	Nicky Walker	33y, 6m, 15d
	Alec Cleland	Kevin McKee	29y, 10m, 3d
	David Robertson	Gregg Watson	25y, 6m, 23d
	Richard Gough	Tom Smith	22y, 6m, 1d
	Alan McLaren	Jim Slavin	21y, 2m, 26d
	John Brown	Steve Welsh	27y, 11m, 25d
	Gordon Durie	Billy Macdonald	19y, 6m, 27d
	Paul Gascoigne	Tommy Turner	32y, 6m, 2d
	Erik Bo Andersen	Nicky Henderson	27y, 2m, 5d
	Stuart McCall	Ian Cameron [i]	29y, 7m, 20d
	Brian Laudrup	Andy Lyons	29y, 5m, 25d

			27y, 2m, 8d

	Trevor Steven	Andy M. Gibson	27y, 2m, 11d
	Ian Durrant	Callum Milne	30y, 7m, 17d
	Peter Van Vossen	Jamie McCue	20y, 9m, 15d

TTA report

Thistle were completely outplayed as rampant Rangers drove on to the championship. An early Lyons shot and a point black save from a Slavin header were Thistle's only chances. 2 goals mid-way through the first half, a 3rd just after half-time and 2 more late on did the damage. A play-off looked increasingly likely.

Media report

14-Apr-1996, Sunday Mirror

DANISH star Erik Bo Andersen was a hat-trick hero for Rangers. The pounds 1.5million signing from Aalborg took over the striking role from the injured Ally McCoist and proved himself an equally able poacher with two goals in three minutes. He then netted with a second-half header to complete a thoroughly successful afternoon. Stuart McCall hit the fourth from close in after good work by Brian Laudrup. Skipper Richard Gough made it 5-0 with a last-minute header - meeting a corner from substitute Trevor Steven. With Paul Gascoigne and Laudrup parading all the arts and crafts of their profession, basement battlers Thistle simply didn't know what hit them. Gazza was unlucky not to get on the scoring chart with a tremendous 25- yard shot on 79 minutes which crashed off the crossbar.

Laudrup was behind the opener on 18 minutes. A superb long-distance pass found Andersen on the edge of the box. He took it on the run, blasting an unstoppable shot high and wide of Scotland No 3 keeper Nicky Walker. Within three minutes, Andersen had struck again - pouncing to swerve a left- foot drive between Walker and his near post.

And just to prove how accomplished a player he is, the Dane met a Laudrup floater at the far post to head the ball out of Walker's reach after 65 minutes. The closest the Jags came to scoring was when giant Jim Slavin out-jumped the home defence only to see Andy Goram bring off an instinctive stop on 78 minutes. Gordon Durie nearly got among the goals late on, meeting yet another Laudrup cross at the far post only for Walker to make a superb stop. Seven points ahead at the top - the Rangers cry to chasers Celtic is: Catch us if you can!

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