'Delighted' Findlay Curtis aiming to cement place in Rangers first team after Ibrox goal

Rangers youngster Findlay Curtis was delighted to get his first goal for the club in their win over Panathinaikos and hopes it can lead to more first team action.

The 18-year-old opened the scoring in Tuesday night’s Champions League qualifier before Djeidi Gassama grabbed the second in a 2-0 victory.

After the game Curtis received some congratulatory words of wisdom from none other than Sir Alex Ferguson and has described the whole experience as a “dream come true”.

He said: “I am just absolutely delighted to win 2-0 and take that lead over to Athens, but it’s only half-time in the tie and we are looking forward to the next game.

“He (Alex Ferguson) just congratulated me on my goal, and to come from a legend like that I’ll take it, and it’s just another dream come true to play in a Champions League qualifier for this club.

“I thought we started well in the first ten minutes, then there was a 10-15 minutes after that when it got a bit sloppy. We got in at half-time and had a chat about that, then we came back out for the second-half and I think we changed that.”

The teenager is now hungry to make more memories and cement himself as a first-team regular, although he is aware of how difficult that will be and how much hard work is needed as he looks to impress Russell Martin.

He continued: “When I scored, I just felt on top of the world. I’ve been here since I was six years old, and I’m just delighted.

“Football is a difficult sport and it’s like pushing other people out the way (to play regularly) and I’m here to do that, but there is a lot of competition in that dressing room so I’ll need to keep working my hardest to start more games.

“It will always be down to the manager, whoever he picks in the starting 11, whether that’s on Saturday or in Athens, I’ll just keep working hard in training and hopefully perform when I get the chance.”