Scottish Cup - Rangers ease past St Mirren

Eurosport - Sat, 25 Apr 18:50:00 2009

Kris Boyd scored his 100th goal for Rangers as the Ibrox side cruised past St Mirren 3-0 in their Scottish Cup semi-final at Hampden.

Rangers' Kenny Miller (L) shoots to score against St Mirren as Will Haining tries to block during their Scottish Cup semi-final at Hampden Park - 0

Andrius Velicka fired the holders in to the lead in the second minute and Boyd, signed from Kilmarnock in January 2006, completed his ton in the 66th minute after midfielder Steven Davis set him up.

Kenny Miller, who had replaced Velicka, grabbed a third to confirm a May 30 final appearance against either Falkirk or Dunfermline.

The only downside to Rangers' win was an injury to midfielder Pedro Mendes, who was taken off on a stretcher after a knee-high challenge from Will Haining.

After the game Boyd hailed his team-mates for their part in his scoring feats.

Boyd, who has reached three figures in just 146 games, told Sky: "I'm obviously delighted to get there.

"It's down to my team-mates, the likes of Kenny, Steven Davis, the amount of chances they create in a game.

"They've done that week-in, week-out and I've managed to get myself on the end of them."

Of Saturday's result he added: "We set out to get into the final. We've done that today and I'm delighted we've won the game 3-0."

Despite netting 29 times this season, Boyd was recently overlooked for the PFA Scotland Player of the Year prize.

He said: "I look back four years ago, I ended up with 39 goals and I got nowhere.

"I'm used to it - it doesn't bother me.

"As long as we keep winning games with Rangers, that's the most important thing."

Meanwhile Miller applauded Boyd's feat, saying: "I think Boydy's being a bit modest. It's a fantastic ratio of goals to games.

"To get 100 goals in 146 games is incredible - at any level.

"He's a fantastic goalscorer."

Rangers assistant boss Ally McCoist, in charge for the game, also applauded Boyd's feat.

Boyd often gets criticised for doing little other than score goals but McCoist, who netted more than 250 times for Rangers, said: "He realises there can be more to his game than just scoring goals.

"I thought he won headers today, I thought he brought people into play.

"I just said to him he earned his goal today and I'm absolutely delighted for him."

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    From n.haig123, on Sun 26 Apr 4:53PM
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