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Having left the position of Scotland's national team manager, Walter Smith started his new job with a triumphant victory as his coached Glasgow "Rangers" footballers crushed "Dundee United" team 5-0. One match of the 24th round was postponed due to poor weather conditions, while the other two games unfolded dramatically: "Falkirk" snatched a victory against "Dunfermline", while "Aberdeen" rescued a draw against "Inverness" in the last minute.
For W. Smith, who returned to "Ibrox" after eight years, the first opponent was "Dundee Utd" club, but they did not cause bigger problems for the "Rangers" - already in the first half, the Glasgow team took the lead with goals by Charlie Adam and Chris Burke, and after the break, Kris Boyd added two goals, one - the captain's armband regained by defender Barry Ferguson.
The series of failures in the "Premier" league continued for the absolute outsider "Dunfermline" club, which this time was forced to surrender in the match against "Falkirk" away after Alan Gow's accurate shot in the 90th minute.
Meanwhile, "Inverness" took the lead away against "Aberdeen" when John Rankin scored with four minutes remaining, but at the end of the match, the hosts repeated the scenario of their November duel and snatched a draw in the last minute through Steve Lovell.
The match between "St. Mirren" and "Motherwell" scheduled for Saturday morning was postponed due to poor conditions, on Sunday in Edinburgh "Hearts" will face the league leader Glasgow "Celtic", and on Monday in the last round match "Kilmarnock" will play against "Hibernian".
24th round match results:
- 5 - 0
- 23' [1 - 0] Charlie Adam
- 36' [2 - 0] Chris Burke
- 59' [3 - 0] Kris Boyd
- 68' [4 - 0] Kris Boyd
- 88' [5 - 0] Barry Ferguson
- 1 - 0
- 90' [1 - 0] Alan Gow
- 1 - 1
- 86' [0 - 1] John Rankin
- 90' [1 - 1] Steve Lovell
(Postponed due to poor weather conditions)
