CALUM GALLAGHER reckons Rangers are reaping the rewards of the new Ibrox regime as he looks to finally make his mark this season.

The striker scored the only goal of the game on Monday night as Ian Durrant's Under-20 side beat Old Firm rivals Celtic at Lennoxtown.

After spending a couple of months on loan at Cowdenbeath, Gallagher came off the bench during the 3-1 Championship win over Dumbarton on Saturday as he got his first chance to impress boss Stuart McCall.

Gallagher said: "I am very happy; it is always nice to get on the scoresheet, especially when it is an Old Firm game because that makes it even sweeter.

"Since the new set-up has been implemented there has been a real shift in attitude and a real focus on intensity and work-rate - there has been a real togetherness that maybe wasn't there earlier in the year.

"No disrespect to the guys who were in charge then, but the boys would all agree that we have come on since earlier in the year and the changes have certainly been for the better and we have all been reaping the benefits.

"We were 1-0 up and coming under pressure, and if that had been the situation previously I am not entirely confident we would have hung on.

"But the boys worked really hard and we stuck in, fought for each other and I think we got our just rewards in getting the three points."

Rangers have just two games - at home to Falkirk and then away to Hearts - left this term as they bid for a return to Premiership.

And Gallagher is keen to play his part in the Light Blues' promotion push.

"It won't be anything to do with my attitude towards playing or my enthusiasm to play whether I get into the first team," he told rangers.co.uk

"I will keep working as hard as I can, which I always do and, if the management are happy to put me in, then hopefully I will do well."