{"id":26513,"date":"2025-07-26T22:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T22:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/26513\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T22:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T22:59:09","slug":"russell-martin-shown-rangers-red-card-for-handball-fury-in-middlesbrough-clash-as-reason-for-touchline-exile-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/26513\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Martin shown Rangers red card for handball fury in Middlesbrough clash as reason for touchline exile revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ibrox boss was sent off which forced him to watch the second half from the gantry above the dugout<\/p>\n

16:15, 26 Jul 2025Updated 19:12, 26 Jul 2025<\/p>\n

Russell Martin was sent off for his furious reaction after Rangers<\/a> were denied an apparent handball by Luke Ayling in their clash with Middlesbrough.<\/p>\n

And that’s why the Ibrox boss watched the second half of the 2-2 draw from the gantry.<\/p>\n

An experimental Gers side struggled in the pre-season friendly and went behind to an early Neto Borges goal.<\/p>\n

The visitors were then denied by a questionable offside decision before Ayling appeared to handle in the box at the other end.<\/p>\n

Martin was seen leaving his technical area to voice his dissent with the officials and, for the second half, he sat in the gantry above the dugout and watched from a distance.<\/p>\n

\"RangersRangers Head Coach Russell Martin watches on from the stands <\/p>\n

Middlesbrough then took a two-goal lead before Rangers battled back, eventually equalising through Findlay Curtis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But Martin<\/a>‘s ongoing absence from the touchline led to a debate as to whether the boss had been sent off for his angry reaction before the half-time whistle.<\/p>\n

Now we can confirm he was in fact shown a red card by John Beaton for his incensed touchline antics following the denied first-half spot-kick.<\/p>\n

\"RangersRangers claimed for a penalty after Luke Ayling appeared to handle the ball(Image: SNS Group)<\/p>\n

More to follow.<\/p>\n

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