By Joe Gardiner For The Scottish Daily Mail
Published: 21:32 BST, 25 April 2019 | Updated: 21:38 BST, 25 April 2019
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Rangers clinched their first Scottish Youth Cup in five years as they survived a second-half comeback from Celtic to claim a 3-2 victory at Hampden.
The young blues found themselves 2-0 up after just six minutes through goals from Ciaran Dickson and Adedapo Awokoya-Mebude after catching their Old Firm rivals out with back-to-back set-plays. Celtic rallied in the second half and goals from Cameron Harper and Paul Kennedy had them level three minutes after the restart.
But Rangers retook the lead shortly after the hour mark through Nathan Young-Coombes and held on to lift the trophy for the seventh time.
Rangers Under-18 players celebrate lifting the Scottish Youth FA Cup after beating Celtic
Rangers captain Daniel Finlayson kisses the cup after leading his side to victory at Hampden
Nathan Young-Coombes rose highest at a corner to score the winner after the hour mark
The striker wheels away to celebrate after grabbing what proved to be the winning goal
Rangers got off to a flyer as they took the lead inside the opening five minutes. A resilient Celtic defence had kept their city rivals at bay in the opening
