UP UP AND AWAY
HARRY FORRESTER admitted it would “live with him forever” if he could help Rangers to the Premiership, even if he does not stay at Ibrox when his short-term deal expires.
Rangers’ 1-0 victory over St Mirren, courtesy of the substitute’s well taken goal minutes from time, coupled with Hibernian’s defeat at Dumbarton, has given Forrester and his team-mates an 11-point lead with ten games remaining.
Rangers are at home to Raith Rovers in the league tomorrow night, with Dundee in the Scottish Cup coming up
on Saturday, and it is now difficult to see anything other than Mark Warburton’s side finishing top of the Championship with something to spare.
Forrester might only be at Ibrox for a couple of more months and if his visit is to be a short one then his hope is that he will look back years from now and say he played a part in the club’s return to top tier football.
The Englishman said: “I would love to be able to say I had played a part in Rangers getting to the Premiership. That is why I came here.
“You become a footballer because you want success. There were options in England for me, but there was no success there. That’s what I have here.
“So I took a short-term deal because maybe I could help get Rangers back to the Premiership, which is huge. If that happens then it will live with me forever.
“Saturday was the best feeling I have ever had in football. It was an important goal, an important three points for us. We worked hard all game and it was great to get out reward at the end.
“We go again on Tuesday against Raith Rovers and we will keep grinding out the wins.”
Forrester has not featured a lot so far and Warburton has not even discussed a long-term deal with him.
He made a big impact as he scored a great goal past St Mirren goalkeeper Jamie Langfield who had pulled off a number of saves. He said: “When the ball came across, I just thought ‘make the keeper work’ and the last thing I wanted to do was blaze it over the bar. I wanted to hit the target and it was great to see it dropping in.”