Rangers manager Ally McCoist paid tribute to the troubled club's fans after 49,118 packed into Ibrox to watch Saturday's 5-1 thrashing of East Stirling, a world record attendance for fourth tier football.
"It was quite unbelievable really," said McCoist. "I looked out of the office at 1:30 today and Edmiston Drive was chock a block.
"It was fantastic. It's a statement and it's really encouraging.
"When you're getting support like that from the fans, you can only go one way and we must go forward."
The Glasgow club, demoted to the Scottish Third Division following their liquidation, marked their first home game in the bottom tier in spectacular fashion.
Rangers smashed the previous record crowd at that level -- set in 1961 when 37,774 watched Crystal Palace's English Fourth Division clash against south London rivals Millwall.
And McCoist's side recovered from a sloppy start to send their fans home happy thanks to Andy Little's hat-trick.
Paul Quinn converted an early penalty for East Stirling, but the treble from Little, as well as a first Rangers goal on his first start from Francisco Sandaza and a late strike from Lee McCulloch, secured the club's first league win of the season following last weekend's draw at Peterhead.
McCoist added: "It was not the start that we would have wanted but I was pleased with the overall display.
"We created a staggering amount of chances and I was very pleased with our second-half performance."
Rangers chief executive Charles Green had addressed fans ahead of kick-off, making reference to a campaign to sell out Scottish Premier League grounds last week.
He told the Ibrox crowd: "Never mind 'Sell-out Saturday' - this is 'Sold-out Saturday'. That's testament to the passion, loyalty and commitment shown by the Rangers support and we thank you all."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/fourth-tier-rangers-shatter-world-crowd-record-171758123--sow.html
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