Joe Scores Twice as Rangers Wallop Hamilton 8-0
Scottish side Rangers on Sunday restored their nine-point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership with a ruthless 8-0 victory over Hamilton at Ibrox.
The pressure was on Steven Gerrard’s league leaders to respond after Celtic’s 4-1 victory at Motherwell cut the gap to six points, and respond they did, in devastating fashion.
Scott Arfield opened the floodgates and Rangers were three up inside 19 minutes, as goals from Kemar Roofe and Joe Aribo completed a three-minute three-goal flurry to put the game beyond the Accies.
Aribo and Roofe doubled their tallies either side of the interval before substitute Brandon Barker and a double from captain James Tavernier sealed the biggest and most emphatic victory of Gerrard’s tenure.
The chastening defeat leaves Hamilton rooted to the...