'He gave us life' - Rangers starlet hailed for instant impact after scoring winner on first start for loan club
Rangers prospect Robbie Fraser has made an instant impact at his loan club by scoring the winning goal on his first start.
The 21-year-old joined Livingston at the start of January on a deal until the end of the season and made his first appearance for the Championship side as a 54th minute substitute in the 2-0 defeat at Queen's Park last week.
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Hide AdThe Scotland Under-21 international was handed his first start by manager David Martindale for the midweek match against Airdrie at the Tony Macaroni Arena and responded by scoring the winning goal in a 2-1 victory for the promotion hopefuls.


Fraser was also involved in Livi's opener on five minutes as his defence-splitting pass found Cristian Montano, whose low cross was turned into the net by Diamonds defender Lewis Strapp for an own goal.
Airdrie levelled quickly through Chris Mochrie but Fraser ensured himself of a home debut to remember by racing into the box to fire a low finish past another loaned out Rangers youngster, Kieran Wright, early in the second half.
Livingston assistant manager Brian Rice hailed the contribution of the recent arrival from Ibrox, who also had a goal chalked off for a foul on the Airdrie goalkeeper.
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Hide Ad"Robbie's done well," Rice said. "It was a great pass into him, a good first touch, and a wee bit of composure to score his first goal, and the winning goal.
"Robbie gave us energy. He gave us life about us, and showed us what a good player he is. Robbie's come in and he's taken his chance. I thought he done really well the kid."
Fraser was handed his Rangers debut towards the end of last season and made four substitute appearances for the Ibrox side this season prior to his loan move including a 10 minute cameo off the bench in the 1-1 draw with Tottenham in the Europa League before Christmas.
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