By KEVIN MCKENNA

Published: 22:25, 29 January 2026 | Updated: 22:25, 29 January 2026

Bidding farewell to European football in late January must all feel rather surreal for Rangers supporters. After all, they’ve become well-accustomed to watching their side feature in the latter stages of the Europa League in recent years.

Dead rubbers, such as this one, have been few and far between.

For too long, such runs on the continental stage have provided a much-needed tonic to repeated disappointment on the home front.

Perhaps this is the season when Rangers flip the script. While famous European nights have ensured there will be no shortage of tales to tell the grandkids, you can bet that the majority of fans would have gladly signed up for being dumped out of this year’s competition early doors in exchange for a shot at lifting the Premiership trophy aloft come May.

And under Danny Rohl, they have a real chance of doing exactly that. Which is why this defeat at the hands of Porto to round off this most dismal of European campaigns means very little...