10 Big Moments All Glasgow Rangers Fans Are Waiting For

8. Seeing Murray Park Start To Produce The Goods

Rangers player, Kenny Miller from Scotland, center, duels for the ball with Valencia goalkeeper Cesar Sanchez from Spain, right, and Luis Miguel Brito from Portugal, left, during their Group C Champions League soccer match at the Mestalla Stadium in Valen
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On July 4th, 2001, then-Chairman David Murray and then-manager of the first team Dick Advocaat opened 'Murray Park', a world class training facility situated in Auchenhowie, on the outskirts of Glasgow. The basic idea behind the place was that it would pay for itself within a few years, producing the best young talent in Scottish football.

Costing around £14 million, Murray Park hasn't really served as a farm system for the club as much as an inflated training facility for first team players. Many supporters have complained that the facility doesn't seem to have produced the same level of talent that's been pumped out by smaller clubs, such as Dundee United or Hibernian, which really beggars belief.

It's high time that Rangers started putting the focus on youth. Even when the club were playing in the old Third Division in season 2012-2013, there simply weren't enough young players breaking through into the first team - the age old 'they're for the future' nonsense has bee heard enough, Gers fans want to see results from Murray Park, otherwise what's the point in having it?

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