Ibrox used to be a fortress.. now it's like a bouncy castle

KEVIN THELWELL and Patrick Stewart have gone . but their legacy lives on.

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And it will take more than a January transfer window to right the wrongs of the rotten recruitment policy that saw Andrew Cavanagh hand the pair their P45s this week.

Rangers finally got a Europa League point last night but even that felt like a defeat.

They'd been a goal and a man up against Braga who were handed a lifeline by yet another defensive shambles in a season full of them.

It wasn't so long ago that Ibrox was a European fortress.

In recent times it's more like a bouncy castle as continental sides have come to have some fun at Rangers' expense.

And even though a run of seven straight Euro losses ended last night, there was no consolation in this result.

Braga had hoped to join the likes of Brugge, Genk and Roma, all of whom have won in Govan this season.

The Portuguese would be happy with their point - but they could have won.

It was three years to the night that Braga lost an epic Europa last-eight tie in Glasgow, thanks to Kemar Roofe's winner, as the Scots went on to reach the final.

James Tavernier scored two that night and the captain is the only survivor from that team.