Third Division leaders Sevco crashed out of the League Cup after being beaten 3-0 at Ibrox by Inverness Caley Thistle.
The SFL new boys had no answer to the class of the highland giants who were in control from the early stages.
Andrew Shinnie opened the scoring for the visitors in the 27th minute with second half strikes from Gary Warren and a penalty from Graeme Shinnie completing the agony for the home fans.
The defeat marks the end of another depressing cup campaign for Ally McCoist who has been eliminated from six competitions during his brief managerial career.
Having beaten Motherwell in the previous round hopes were high around Ibrox about making it through to the semi-finals of the League Cup but Caley Thistle ensured there was to be no repeat of the win over Motherwell.
Anticipating the tie McCoist said: “I would settle for the same edge and same performance that the lads gave me the last time we played an SPL team, which was obviously Motherwell.
“I think the fans will play a massive part as they have done for all our games this season, but I felt the Motherwell game, the atmosphere was almost like a European night.
“Added to the opportunity to go to Hampden, playing against another SPL side, all those factors would hopefully indicate we would have a level of performance that would see us through to the next round.
“It will be extremely difficult and as hard, if not harder, than the Motherwell game. I think the Motherwell boys probably didn’t really know what to expect from an SFL3 team, albeit Rangers.
“The Inverness lads will have seen that performance and big Terry will have had us watched, and they will know what to expect.”
On Saturday Sevco face Alloa Athletic in the third round of the Scottish Cup.
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Love it
C’mon Paul Hartley.
Get your team pumped up for this one.
You’re doing a grand job sally, hope you stick around for the long run 🙂
Hail! Hail!
3 goals in the netty
Check the photo of Fat Sally, he’s morphing into Chuck Greene! HH x
Diz he know jist look like a big fat pieman that´s ate too miny pies that he´s aboot tae regurgitate ?
Come on ye Alloa oan Seturday.
Super Ally’s bad statistics – the heat must be ferocious.
Arse-necked out of six trophies in fourteen months!
Plus, shipped a nine point advantage in the league to blow that as well.
DOOKIN FOR APPLES WHEN RANGERS DIE.
Well Ally, you have tried the business suit and the track suit, why dont you try the birthday suit and give us all a laugh. Tactically you dont have a scoobie and charlie wont offload you till he gets his hands on share issue. LoL
PJ44
Brilliant……
So going on that display, I have came to the conclusions that:
1. Although Butcher is a camel toe of a man, he is not a member of the Lodge
2. And secondly, Stuart “red face” McAllen, is a member of the Lodge.
#Mcall
Sally sets new world record – knocked out of 8 Cups in 18months
Wonder how the MSM will deal with this result? Has sally signed his contract yet?
Do hope that sally stay around for a long time for the good of the team
Thank feck for that I wouldn’t want to be in the same stadium as Sevco’s vile fans.
Sevcovians don’t even realised their club died.
Good to see Sevco retaining their current run of form. I hear that most of the wee blue bears left early to avoid the crowd on the number 23 bus back to Govan.
Sevco – a new club supported by the zombies of a dead club. Sevconians – good halloween material.
Title stripping day soon?
I have had my 5 year old at all the cup matches this year but did not want to introduce him to the hatred from the orks. Well done terry this means my wee Bhoy can see the games hopefully to the final. Tiocfaidh ár lá