Rangers extras: Foodbank benefits from no penalty, Todd Cantwell the tennis player, St Mirren merchandise

The things you may have missed from Rangers’ 2-0 win over St Mirren

Rangers returned to winning ways with a hard-fought 2-0 victory over St Mirren. Graeme Macpherson was at Ibrox and picks out three observations:

Charity begins with Rangers at home

This turned out to be a good day for the Perth and Kinross Foodbank. So convinced that Rangers would be awarded a spot kick for a fifth successive league match that a pub in that neck of the woods ran a penalty bingo, with patrons able to buy tickets for whichever minute they felt the “inevitable” penalty would be awarded. With referee Matthew MacDermid having no cause to point to the spot, however, it meant all the funds went straight to the foodbank instead. A good day for them, then, as well as for Rangers. At the other end, it is now 69 league games since Rangers last conceded a penalty, although given how rarely St Mirren made incursions into their box that one was less surprising.

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