STEPHEN KINGSLEY didn't even make the bench when Falkirk beat Rangers 3-2 in the Scottish League Cup just over two years ago, but the young defender is more than familiar with what happened that night.
"Mark Millar scored a late goal to win it - and he's not stopped talking about it since," said the 19-year-old full-back ahead of his side's attempt to repeat the feat at home in the William Hill Scottish Cup today.
In addition to a desire to experience the sort of celebrations he witnessed that evening, Kingsley has another reason for hoping Falkirk can progress, after being part of the team that lost 4-3 to Hibernian in last year's Scottish Cup semi-finals, after leading 3-0 at the interval.
"I was here watching the last time the club beat Rangers in the cup tie a couple of years ago," Kingsley said. "Hopefully we can do the same this weekend. Mark's goal and the game, the performance, everything, were brilliant that night.
"Obviously the game against Hibs last season was very disappointing. That definitely would have been the biggest win of my career, with it being at Hampden, but it wasn't to be.
"To beat Rangers, with the form they are in, the magnitude of the game, and with a great crowd there, that would be my biggest result so far. If we can beat Rangers then it would fill us with even more confidence to go on and maybe get as far as the semi-finals again.
"We need to be on form because we're under not under any illusions - it's going to be a very hard game. We know we're going to be underdogs, which is unusual against a team from a lower division, but that's just the situation with Rangers at the moment.
"But we're going into the tie feeling totally positive. They're coming here and for the most part we've been playing very well at home, so we have confidence as well. All the pressure's going to be on them, they're the favourites, so we'll just be looking to go out and perform the best we can, to try to do what we're good at.
"We know how good a run they've been on in the league but because of their slip-up in the League Cup earlier in the season we also know they're not unbeatable. Even though they are unbeaten in the league, we'll be going out there to win."
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