{"id":678558,"date":"2026-07-07T13:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/678558\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T13:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:28:09","slug":"highly-rated-rangers-star-signs-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/678558\/","title":{"rendered":"Highly-rated Rangers star signs contract extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The 19-year-old winger enjoyed a successful loan spell at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alloaadvertiser.com\/news\/alloa\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alloa<\/a> Athletic last season, earning both Player of the Year and Fans\u2019 Player of the Year awards.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    \ud83d\udc99 We can today confirm Lewis Stewart has signed a contract extension until the end of the 2026\/27 season, with the option for a further year.<\/p>\n<p>The winger, 19, impressed on loan at Alloa Athletic last campaign, picking up Player of the Year and Fans\u2019 Player of the Year at the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A0bdTSOxPL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/A0bdTSOxPL<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    \u2014 Rangers Academy (@RFC_Youth) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RFC_Youth\/status\/2074448341186806238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 7, 2026<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n  Stewart made 30 appearances for the Wasps, scoring three goals and providing six assists as the team narrowly missed out on promotion to the Scottish Championship.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  After signing his new contract, Stewart said: &#8220;I\u2019m absolutely delighted to have extended my contract with the club.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It\u2019s a real honour to walk through those blue gates each and every day, and this club has been an important part of my life.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Last season at Alloa was a really crucial step in my development, and I feel I\u2019ve grown a lot as a player, but I know there\u2019s still so much more hard work ahead and I\u2019m fully focused on pushing on and improving even further.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 19-year-old winger enjoyed a successful loan spell at Alloa Athletic last season, earning both Player of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-678558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}