Momentum builds for McCall and co

The former Ibrox midfielder registered his first win as manager last week with the 2-0 win over Hibernian in Edinburgh.

And he followed it up with a 4-1 romp over Cowdenbeath in Glasgow on Saturday as Rangers clinched their first home win in almost three months.

Goals from Nicky Clark and Darren McGregor before Haris Vuckic's late double saw off the Blue Brazil, who were level briefly after Kudus Oyenuga levelled 13 minutes from time.

Those back-to-back wins now move Gers level with Hibs in second place in the Championship table with a game in hand.

With seven fixtures still to play, the Light Blues hope they can now finish as runners-up and spare themselves the effort of having to play an extra two games in the play-offs.

Newly-crowned second-tier champions Hearts are next up at Ibrox next Sunday but McCall insists Rangers will march into that clash with confidence.

He said: "I feel like we've got some momentum now.

"It was a big one on Saturday because we did not want to slip up after such a big performance at Easter Road last week.

"The quality was great at times. David Templeton came in and had a great link-up with Lee Wallace and there were lots of other great performances for us too.

"I'd be lying if I said I hadn't checked the Hibs score straight away. You always come off the park and check how your nearest rivals have done.

"All we can do is keep putting in performances like that and keep picking up the three points, but it certainly helps when we are winning.

"The momentum and belief begins to grow then.

"When I first came into the club, everyone could see the morale and confidence of the players was low, so more results like that will only build it.

"There's still a long way to go but the good thing now is that we don't play again until next Sunday so we can take our time on the training ground, we won't have to cram everything in. But we need to keep this roll going now."