He’s only 24 but Rob Kiernan is just about as well travelled as Judith Chalmers. Wish you were here? Kiernan is certainly happy where he is right now. From Accrington Stanley to Yeovil Town, with stops at Burton Albion, Southend United, Wycombe Wanderers and Wigan Athletic along the way, Kiernan almost has as many clubs on his cv as there are letters in the alphabet.

Now happily ensconced at Rangers, the Hertfordshire-born defender is revelling in Mark Warburton’s regime. Next up for Kiernan and company is a short trip to Airdrie on League Cup second round duty tonight. “I don’t know much about Airdrie,” confessed Kiernan, who has not yet savoured the myriad delights of the Monkland Canal, the Black Hill transmitting station or the Airdrie public observatory.

It’s all part of the footballing education. Two years ago, Kiernan was at Wigan when the unfancied Lancashire club won the FA Cup with a 1-0 victory over big-spending Manchester City. He didn’t get much playing time during that ultimately glorious run to the showpiece occasion but he was certainly dressed for success. “It was a good experience to go to Wembley and I had a cup final suit," he added.

As one of Warburton’s new defensive pillars, Kiernan is eager to play a central role in more quests for glory in Glasgow. “I hope we can win trophies at Rangers and it would be a bonus on top of trying to get promotion,” he said. “I don’t know how far this team could go just now but I’d like to think we could challenge anyone. Rangers winning a trophy wouldn’t be as big a shock as Wigan beating Manchester City.”

Having made a rampaging start to the season – Rangers have scored 20 goals and conceded just four in six league and cup encounters – Kiernan is keen to keep the good times rolling. There was a 6-2 win over Hibernian in the first round of the League Cup last month and a 5-1 rout of Alloa Athletic in the league earlier this month. Chances are being created and goals are being scored but Kiernan, whose job it is to keep them out at one end, wants to see more at the other.

“The standards we have set means we want to score eight or nine goals a game,” he said, to a few raised eye-brows. “We want to beat everyone, we want to take this league by storm so when we don’t do that and don’t quite pass the ball as we like and create as many chances then we get disappointed.

“If you look at the chances we create then it’s probably not unrealistic to think we could score that amount of goals. There have been games where we have had 20 or 25 chances and one day it will click and we’ll score that amount.

“When we walked into the dressing room after the Hibs game on Sunday I felt personally that we weren’t totally satisfied. We didn’t show what we could do in front of a full stadium and being live on TV.

“We beat our rivals for the second time this season but it was a tough game. They did well and stopped us playing. It’s credit to them but we must remember we won 1-0 and it’s not a loss.

“The manager said after the Hibs game that there’s a lot more to come from us. It wasn’t our best performance but we got the job done and took the three points so he was happy.”

Kiernan, who played under Warburton during a loan spell at Brentford, is happy too after settling in at Rangers following something of a summer of discontent. A move to Birmingham City fell through and Rangers pounced. Amid the mysterious developments, Gary Rowett, the manager of the Midlands club, stated that Kiernan had “disappeared halfway through a medical.” Kiernan has always been keen to clear up the issue.

“I completed the medical and was due to sign the next day but things didn’t happen and now I’m here,” he said. “I liked my time there and don’t want to fall out with anyone but it was a little bit cheeky to hear lies.

“I respect Gary Rowett for giving me a chance to play for him and I did well for him. I don’t want anything to sour that.”

Life seems a bit sweeter for Kiernan at Ibrox.