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The National (Scotland)
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Robbie Hanratty

Rangers loan kid sent off after ‘Royal Rumble starts early’

Rangers kid Adam Devine was sent off on his Queen’s Park debut this afternoon. 

Devine, 21, joined the Spiders on-loan ahead of their Scottish Championship away match at Airdrieonians. 

And the right back, who was thrown straight into Callum Davidson’s starting XI, was ordered off during a moment that Queen’s Park’s social media team described as “the Royal Rumble has started early clearly.”

It came because both Devine and Davidson reacted furiously to a late penalty snub and surrounded referee Iain Sneddon.

Before being shown a second yellow card deep into second half stoppage time, the highly-rated Rangers starlet had provided an assist for Joshua Scott’s goal and appeared to perform well. 

Queen's Park ultimately lost the game 2-1 and remain fifth in the league table, seven points off a play-off position.


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Explaining the incident in his post-match interview, Spiders boss Davidson said: "I thought it was a stonewall penalty.

“The boy nearly kung fu kicked Adam in the head when Adam had not even lowered his head for the ball.

"Then, he actually gives a goal kick for it as well so I am a wee bit baffled. Hence my frustration probably boiled over today.

"I think Adam just asked why it was a goal kick - that's all he asked him.

“He [referee] said he was aggressive but Adam is not the aggressive type of person so I am really disappointed with that decision."

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