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Rangers were plunged backed into crisis as Hamilton Accies came to Ibrox and plundered an incredible first league victory in Govan for NINETY ONE years.

Graeme Murty 's men blew a host of chances before a Ross McCrorie blunder gifted former Ranger David Templeton the opener just after the break - and with the home team piling forward in search of the leveller, Accies broke away 11 minutes from time to clinch their first league win at Ibrox since 1926.

The result heaps pressure on the Ibrox Board, who have yet to replace Pedro Caixinha three weeks after sacking him.

Fernando Ricksen made an emotional appearance to a standing ovation before kick-off and a minute's applause followed in the second minute for the stricken Dutch player whose brave fight against Motor Neurone Disease continues.

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By that time, the home team had already carved out a great chance with a slick passing move that ended with Alfredo Morelos cutting the ball back for Josh Windass to slam well over from 14 yards.

There was plenty of energy from the home team in the early stages and another quick-fire passing move between James Tavernier and Candeias led to a near post cross for Morelos' flick to be saved by Gary Woods.

Candeias was at the centre of much of Rangers 's creativity and his threaded pass to Miller in the 15th minute should have led to the opener. Miller opened his body up and tried to curl his shot into the bottom corner but slipped the effort just wide.

If that was a poor miss, Morelos followed with an absolute sitter in the 20th minute. Windass picked out with Colombian with a peach of a cross and unmarked, six yards out, he headed down and watched the ball bounce up onto the roof of the net.

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Accies weathered the storm but were unable to create much of note themselves, although the home team's inability to finish chances was increasingly infuriating the massive crowd.

As the interval approached, though, Murty's men came agonisingly close. Jason Holt's cross was headed off the bar by Morelos and Ross McCrorie bundled the rebound just wide.

Accies survived and incredibly went ahead a minute after the restart and the goal was an absolute nightmare for young McCrorie, who was miles short with a passback and paid the price.

Ex-Ger Templeton latched onto it, ran half the length of the pitch and rounded Wes Foderingham before netting from an acute angle.

And Templeton almost did it again in the 55th minute with an angled drive that flew just wide.

Rangers were rocking but just after the hour mark they almost levelled when a Morelos shot flew across goal and bounced off Xavier Tomas, only for Ioannis Skondras to clear off the line.

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Accies defended their lead as if their lives depended on it and their hosts' attempts to became increasingly frantic. Chances mounted up with balls being fizzed across the goal but Woods was rarely worked.

Morelos wasted one more chance before being replaced with 20 minutes left, firing high over the top when released by Miller, who was also subbed seconds later with Ryan Hardie and Eduardo Herrera forming the new strike force.

And with 11 minutes left, the 48,892 fans - apart from the couple of hundred from Hamilton - were stunned into silence when Accies broke away to score a superb second goal.

Greg Docherty powered down the left and crossed for Darren Lyon to beat Foderingham and put clear daylight between the teams.

Alex Gogic was red carded in injury time for a second yellow card offence on Herrera but it made no difference to the outcome - Rangers could be playing until Hearts open Tynecastle and they still wouldn't have scored.

3 talking points

Time for action

The inability of the Rangers Board to make a decisive managerial move more than three weeks after getting rid of Pedro Caixinha came back to bite them big time and they have some serious thinking to do before the team travels to Dundee on Friday.

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Terrific Temps

It's great to see a fully fit David Templeton back in action and enjoying his football. He didn't see too much of the ball but was always looking to make something happen when in possession and took his goal brilliantly.

Summer shambles

Alfredo Morelos' goal drought is now nine games long and although he's not a hider, he needs taken out. Trouble is, Eduardo Herrera looks even worse. The money wasted by this club in the summer is incredible.