Rangers F.C. Under-20s and Academy

In addition to their senior squad, Rangers Football Club also operate a football Academy which contains a number of football teams culminating in a B team, which currently participates in friendly challenge matches against various domestic and European sides in accordance with the academy's development plan, having declined the option to continue in the SPFL Reserve League despite winning the competition in 2019. Historically, the club's second side was known as the Rangers Swifts.

Rangers Academy
Full nameRangers Football Club Academy
Nickname(s)Rangers Colts
GroundRangers Training Centre[1]
Milngavie[lower-alpha 1]
LeagueSPFL Reserve League (withdrew)
2018–191st
WebsiteClub website

In the 2006–07 season, the under-20s won their league and the Scottish Youth Cup, ending rivals Celtic's run of six consecutive league titles and defeating them 5–0 in the final of the Youth Cup at Hampden Park. In 2019, the Rangers under-18 team qualified for the UEFA Youth League for the first time. Underage teams also take part in the Scottish Challenge Cup, the Glasgow Cup and a cross-border reserve competition.

History

Beginnings of reserve football

Rangers' first known involvement in reserve league football was in 1895 when their club secretary William Wilton initiated the setting up of the Scottish Reserve League.[2][3] The competition comprised the reserve sides of five clubs; Rangers, Celtic, Hearts, Leith Athletic and the Queens Park Strollers. In July 1896 the league was expanded to 10 sides, and renamed the Scottish Combination league.[3] In 1909, a new Scottish Reserve League was set up, often including at least one non-reserve side of a non-league club in each of its seasons.[2] The league was disbanded during World War 1, but effectively re-established in 1919 as the Scottish Alliance League. As with previous incarnations, this reserve league also contained the first XI of several non-league sides.[2] An AGM in 1938, resulted in the non-league sides being removed and the league became exclusive to First Division reserve sides. The advent of World War 2, however, once again saw the suspension of national reserve league football in Scotland, although regional leagues were set up.[2][4]

Inter war years

Upon the outbreak of the Second World War, all competitive football in Scotland was suspended. During this time there was special wartime football in the form of regional league competitions with Rangers playing in the Southern League. The regionalisation also saw Scottish reserve football postponed as the war effort put a major strain on the resources and playing staff of clubs with many of them serving in the Armed forces and some seeing active service abroad. The reserve side were crowned champions of their league in 1939 before seeing the following season abandoned.

1975 league reconstruction

With the end of hostilities in 1946, Rangers returned to play competitive football again with the reserve side featuring in the Scottish Reserve League. This was to continue unchanged for almost three decades until the first of many reconstructions were made to football in Scotland.

SPL breakaway

The formation of the Scottish Premier League in 1998, resulted in a significant change in youth team football in Scotland. The SPL began a league for members clubs youth players aged under-18. This was alongside the Reserve league, which had been revamped into a league primarily for under-21 players. Rangers would go on to win the under-18 league three times, first in 2001–02 then in 2006–07 and most recently in 2007–08.

Reconstructing the youth department

The opening of Rangers Training Centre (known as Murray Park) in 2001 was the one of the first stages in the club's move to develop a football academy. Although the nomenclature was not present at that time, Rangers did begin to focus upon youth development and under the then first-team manager Dick Advocaat the club appointed its first Head of Youth Development, Jan Derks, in March 2000. Derks new role was strategic and operational and saw him lay the foundations for the club's academy as well as helping the transition of the youth set-up to the new training centre. Prior to this, the club had employed a youth development officer, with their focus being solely scouting and coaching.[5] Derks remained in position for three years despite former player Tommy McLean being recruited as his presumptive successor in May 2001[6] and Rangers eventually appointed former Aberdeen scout George Adams to succeed Derks in February 2003.[7]

As the scope of the youth department grew, so did its costs, so on 20 April 2004, Rangers announced the creation of a new company which would oversee the development of the club's youth players.[8] The company, named Rangers Youth Development Limited, was entirely self-funding but completely owned by the club. It attracted four investors from outside Rangers who have invested £1 million, with the club also putting up an initial £2.5 million.[8] It led to Rangers F.C. being in the unfamiliar position of buying its own youth players from Rangers Youth Development Ltd.[8][9] The Youth Development company owned the young players and the club had to bid for them, although it had first option on all the players. If both sides cannot reach an agreement on a transfer fee then a FIFA transfer model will be used.[8] Any profit made by the company will be divided between investors with the majority being invested to fund more youth players.[10] The main reason for the formation of the company was to offset the running costs of the club's training centre.[8] However, many of the Rangers fans were opposed to the formation of the new company.[11] The activities of Rangers Youth Development Ltd were largely unnoticed and the company was dissolved after submitting its final set of accounts in June 2010.

The elite development era

In September 2005, as part of a restructuring of the club management, Adams left his role as director of youth football.[12] The moves also saw future Academy heads take over responsibility for youth administration.[12] In May 2017, the club announced its intention to withdraw from the SPFL Development League and play a programme of matches against a mixture of English and European Academies, as well as sides from League One and League Two in Scotland.[13]

In July 2018, it was reported that reserve leagues would be reintroduced in lieu of the development leagues that had been in place since 2009. The top tier of the new SPFL Reserve League featured 18 clubs, whilst a second-tier reserve League comprised nine clubs. Other than a minimum age of 16, no age restrictions applied to the leagues.[14] At the end of its first season (2018–19) which Rangers entered and won, the club – along with several others – intimated that they would withdraw from the Reserve League to play a variety of challenge matches, in a similar manner as two years earlier.[15] They later entered a small league (under-21 plus three overage) along with three other Scottish clubs and Brentford and Huddersfield Town from the English leagues.[16]

Academy structure
Section[17] Head of section
Foundation Phase Alan Boyd
Youth Development Phase Mark Spalding
Professional Development Phase David McCallum
B Team Kevin Thomson
Brian Gilmour

The Academy is responsible for providing players for the Rangers first-team and is divided into four areas. Between under-11 and under-12 level, the teams play in a seven-a-side football competition, although the latter side transitions to 11-a-side after Christmas.[18] Thereafter, the under-12s and under-13s play on a modified pitch which is slightly smaller with reduced sized goals than regulation play[18] but from under-14 level onward all Academy teams play on normal pitches. All players from under-8 to under-15 are schoolboys, however, from Senior level many sign contracts to become professional youth players.[18] The U11 to U17 age groups play in the SFA Club Academy Scotland programme at ‘Elite’ level.

In 2017, the Rangers academy was one of eight across the country designated 'elite' status on the introduction of Project Brave, an SFA initiative to concentrate the development of the best young players at a smaller number of clubs with high quality facilities and coaching than was previously the case.[19][20]

Academy partnerships

Rangers operate a North American Academy, which began in 2014,[21] and have thirteen partner clubs across the United States and Canada.[22]

The academy has a partnership with Coerver Coaching who deliver Coerver method skills coaching to the Children's section on a weekly basis.[23] On 18 December 2015, Rangers announced a coaching and development partnership with Scottish Lowland League club Gala Fairydean Rovers which effectively saw the Galashiels side act as a feeder to Rangers.[24] In June 2016, Rangers announced a partnership with East Dunbartonshire council which saw 24 of the club's youth players aged 11 to 15 attend Boclair Academy allowing them to combine their academic and football studies.[25]

Competition record

Rangers were members of the Scottish Premier Reserve League from its foundation in the 1998–99 season until 2012. As the Scottish Premier League was considering disbanding its Scottish Premier Reserve League for the 2009–10 season,[26] Rangers announced it was withdrawing its reserve team in order to play friendly games instead.[27] After Rangers demotion to the Scottish Third Division in 2012,[28] the club entered a reserve team into the Scottish Football League Reserve League[29] and the side went on to win the competition.[30] The league ended after the formation of the SPFL, with a development league for under-20's teams taking its place and the club's reserve side was disbanded.

A youth league was founded for under-18s in 1998 as an alternative to the Scottish Premier Reserve League which originally was for under-21s. The former competition was widened to include under-19s in 2003. Rangers were removed from the under-19 league after the club's demotion to the Scottish Third Division[28] in 2012, with youth players featuring in the 2012-13 SFL Reserve league instead. The formation of the Scottish Professional Football League in the 2013–14 season, saw the formation of an under-20s league with the number of teams increased to 16[31] and teams were allowed to field two over-age outfield players and an overage goalkeeper.[32] The league was renamed the SPFL Development League in 2014, with the number of teams increased to 17.[33]

Rangers youth sides play in a number of cup competitions including the Glasgow Cup and Scottish Youth Cup. From 2015 onwards it is also possible for the Academy to participate in the UEFA Youth League by the Under-18 side winning the previous season's league at that age level, or by the senior team reaching the UEFA Champions League group stages; this was achieved in 2019 via the first route.[34] In the 2019–20 UEFA Youth League, Rangers defeated BSC Young Boys of Switzerland in the opening round on away goals after a 5–5 result on aggregate,[35] and eliminated Slovakians Slovan Bratislava 4–1 in the next.[36]

In June 2016, it was announced by the SPFL that the Challenge Cup would be expanded to include teams from the Welsh Premier League, Northern Irish Premiership and an Under-20s side from each Scottish Premiership club.[37] In the 2016–17 edition, Rangers U20 won their opening tie against Stirling University F.C. of the Lowland League[lower-alpha 1] but lost in the next round to Stenhousemuir of the third level. In the 2019–20 edition, they travelled to Northern Ireland and defeated Ballymena United who had been NIFL runners-up in the previous season,[38] then knocked out Solihull Moors of the English National League, again away from home, this time on penalties.[39] In the quarter-finals, they beat Wrexham from the same league at Ibrox,[40] with many of the same players also involved in a 5–0 win over Celtic in the Scottish Youth Cup a few days earlier[41] and in the Youth League victory over Slovan ten days later. They were drawn away to Inverness CT in the semi-finals, meaning the Wrexham match would be their only home fixture in the competition, with two ties in England, one in Northern Ireland and one in the Scottish Highlands 170 kilometres (110 mi) from Glasgow. They lost 2–1 to Inverness, but also set a new record by going further than any reserve side had previously gone in the competition.[42] A few days earlier, Rangers' run in the UEFA Youth League also came to an end with a 4–0 defeat to Atlético Madrid.[43]

  1. Home ties in the Scottish Challenge Cup have been played at Forthbank Stadium in Stirling and Firhill Stadium in Glasgow.

League participation

Players
  • In addition to below, Rangers F.C. Academy also operates youth sides from under-11 upwards.
  • Please note that squad numbers listed relate only to first team numbers. In reserve matches the team wear 1-11 and 12-21 (21 worn in place of 13) on the bench.
  • Most academy players on a development loan can still feature for the reserve team, but cannot play for the first team.

B Team Squad

As of 1 February 2021[44]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF  SCO Stephen Kelly (on loan at Ross County)
30 MF  SCO Kai Kennedy (on loan at Raith Rovers)
38 FW  SCO Josh McPake (on loan at Harrogate Town)
39 FW  SCO Dapo Mebude (on loan at Queen of the South)
46 MF  SCO Jack Thomson (on loan at Clyde)
47 MF  SCO Zac Butterworth (on loan at Edinburgh City)
48 GK  SCO Nicky Hogarth (on loan at Cowdenbeath)
49 GK  SCO Brian Kinnear
51 DF  SCO James Maxwell (on loan at Queen of the South)
54 MF  SCO Ben Williamson (on loan at Arbroath)
55 MF  SCO Ciaran Dickson
56 DF  NIR Kyle McClelland
57 MF  AUS Murray Miller
58 FW  NIR Chris McKee
No. Pos. Nation Player
60 DF  SCO Harris O'Connor
61 DF  SCO Leon King
64 GK  SCO Lewis Budinauckas (on loan at Civil Service Strollers)
65 DF  SCO Adam Devine
68 FW  SCO Aaron Lyall
— GK  USA Aaron Cervantes
— GK  SCO Kieran Wright (on loan at Partick Thistle)
— DF  SCO Rhys Breen (on loan at Queen of the South)
— DF  SCO Matthew Shiels (on loan at Clyde)
— MF  NIR Ross McCausland
— FW  ENG Kane Ritchie-Hosler
— FW  ENG Tony Weston
— FW  ENG Nathan Young-Coombes

Under 18's squad

As of 1 February 2021[45]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
70 MF  SCO Cole McKinnon
71 GK  SCO Jay Hogarth
73 MF  SCO Robbie Fraser
74 DF  SCO Matthew Henderson
75 MF  ENG Malcolm Ebiowei
76 MF  SCO Alex Lowry
78 GK  SCO Jack McConnell
79 DF  SCO Jack Harkness
80 DF  SCO Kelsey Ewen
81 DF  SCO Harley Ewen
No. Pos. Nation Player
82 MF  SCO Connor Allan
84 MF  SCO Mackenzie Strachan
85 MF  SCO Darren McInally
87 FW  SCO Robbie Ure
— DF  NIR Lewis MacKinnon
— DF  SCO Kyle Semple
— MF  SCO Leyton Dunlop
— MF  SCO Gavin Gallagher
— MF  NIR Charlie Lindsay
— FW  SCO James Graham

Manager history
Name From To Tenure Notes
John Hagart November 1983 7 April 1986 2 years, 5 months As reserve coach
Don Mackay 16 April 1986 3 February 1987[46] 293 days As reserve coach
Peter McCloy 3 February 1987 1 March 1987 26 days As reserve coach
Jimmy Nicholl 1 March 1987 30 June 1989 2 years, 121 days As reserve coach
Davie Dodds
John McGregor		 June 1989 October 1991 2 years, 4 months As joint reserve coaches
John McGregor October 1991 1 March 2003[47] 12 years As reserve coach
John Brown 1 March 2003[47] 27 June 2006[48] 3 years, 118 days As reserve coach
Ian Durrant 27 June 2006[48] 30 June 2008 2 years, 3 days As reserve coach
Tommy Wilson 30 June 2008 14 March 2013[49] 4 years, 257 days As reserve coach
Billy Kirkwood 14 March 2013 2 July 2013 110 days Interim, senior Academy manager
Gordon Durie 2 July 2013[50] 23 December 2014[51] 1 year, 174 days As under-20s coach
Ian Durrant 23 December 2014[51] 9 June 2016[52] 1 year, 169 days As under-20s coach
Graeme Murty 22 August 2016[53] 26 October 2017[54] 1 year, 65 days As Head Development squad coach
Billy Kirkwood 26 October 2017 6 June 2018 223 days Interim, As Head Development Squad Coach
Graeme Murty 6 June 2018[55] 30 June 2020 2 years, 24 days As Head Development Squad Coach

Staff

As of 30 June 2020[56]

Honours

League

Cup
  • Scottish 2nd XI Cup: (24)[59]
    • 1890, 1898, 1899, 1907, 1912, 1913, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1952, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1977, 1979
  • Scottish Reserve League Cup: (12)[60]
    • 1946, 1954, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1993, 1997, 1998
  • Scottish Youth Cup: (7)
    • 1994, 1995, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2019
  • Glasgow Cup: (13)
    • 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018
  • Milk Cup: (2) (Premier)
    • 1984, 1992
  • Milk Cup: (Junior)
    • 1985
  • Gothia Cup: [61]
    • 1987
  • Al Kass International Cup: (U-17)
    • 2019
  • Iris Club International Tournament: (2) (U-19)[62]
    • 1979, 1981
  • Festival Cup: (U-20)[63]
    • 2002

Academy legacy

Financial return

With the opening of the club's training facility for its youth and first teams, it was hoped that this would spell a new chapter in player development for the club.[64] However, expectations of an instant success were not accurate and with reported running costs of the facility equalling £1.5m,[64] many commentators asked if the investment in the training ground and youth department was worthwhile.[65]

The combined transfer fees for all Academy graduates is, to date, approximately £18.80m. This includes the transfer of Alan Hutton, which the single largest fee received in the club's history for any player.[66] Some of the other transfers that have commanded fees were in the form of compensation. The list below includes players who have been schooled at the club's Academy and have commanded a transfer upon their departure.

First-team graduates transfer fees received
# Name and nationality Date of transfer New club Initial fee Add ons Total fee
1 Steven MacLean(2004-07-07)7 July 2004Sheffield Wednesday £0.125m[67]N£0.125m
2 Hamed Namouchi(2006-08-31)31 August 2006Lorient £0.5m[68]N£0.5m
3 Alan Hutton(2008-01-30)30 January 2008Tottenham Hotspur £9m[66]N£9m
4 Dean Furman(2009-06-01)1 June 2009Oldham Athletic £0.05m[69]N£0.05m
5 Charlie Adam(2009-08-04)4 August 2009Blackpool £0.5m[70]Y[71]£1.35m
6 Danny Wilson(2010-07-21)21 July 2010Liverpool £2m[72]Y£4.7m
7 Dylan McGeouch(2011-05-15)15 May 2011Celtic £0.1m[73]N£0.1m
8 Thomas Kind Bendiksen(2012-01-01)1 January 2012Tromsø £0.25m[74]N£0.25m
9 Charlie Telfer(2014-05-31)31 May 2014Dundee United £0.204m[75]N£0.204m
10 Lewis Macleod(2015-01-01)1 January 2015Brentford £0.85m[76]N£0.85m
11 Billy Gilmour(2017-07-01)1 July 2017Chelsea £0.5m[77][78][79]N£0.5m
12 Barrie McKay(2017-07-05)5 July 2017Nottingham Forest £0.5m[80]N£0.5m
13 Ryan Hardie(2019-07-17)17 July 2019Blackpool £0.15m[81]N£0.15m
14 Serge Atakayi(2019-12-30)30 December 2019SJK £0.1m[82]N£0.1m
15 Dire Mebude(2020-08-03)3 August 2020Manchester City £0.1m[83][84]N£0.1m
16 Ross McCrorie(2021-02-01)1 February 2021Aberdeen £0.35mN£0.35m

List of Academy graduates

Below is a list of players who made a first-team appearance for Rangers, whilst a youth team player at the club. This includes both players that have come through the club's Academy set-up and also young professional players signed for the Academy who then go on to play in the first-team. The list includes all youth team graduates from the opening of the Rangers Training Centre in 2001 to the present day.

Players in bold are currently at the club.

First-team graduates
# Name and nationality Date of debut Age at debut Apps Goals Pro debut Int caps
1 Allan McGregor[85](2002-02-24)24 February 200220 years, 24 days4040YY
2 Chris Burke[86](2002-03-20)20 March 200218 years, 108 days13114YY
3 Tom Brighton[87](2002-05-12)12 May 200218 years, 45 days10YN
4 Andy Dowie[87](2002-05-12)12 May 200219 years, 48 days10YN
5 Alan Hutton[88](2002-12-22)22 December 200218 years, 22 days1224YY
6 Steven MacLean[88](2002-12-22)22 December 200220 years, 121 days40YN
7 Darryl Duffy[89](2003-10-28)28 October 200319 years, 195 days30YN
8 Hamed Namouchi(2004-01-10)10 January 200419 years, 330 days516NY
9 Bajram Fetai(2004-03-23)23 March 200418 years, 198 days10NY
10 Alex Walker(2004-04-04)4 April 200419 years, 345 days20YN
11 Charlie Adam(2004-04-14)14 April 200418 years, 126 days8818YY
12 Gary MacKenzie(2004-05-01)1 May 200418 years, 199 days20YN
13 Ross McCormack(2004-05-01)1 May 200417 years, 257 days144YY
14 Bob Davidson(2004-05-16)16 May 200418 years, 52 days10YN
15 Steven Smith(2004-11-28)28 November 200418 years, 90 days1105YN
16 Alan Lowing[90](2005-09-20)20 September 200517 years, 256 days50YN
17 Moses Ashikodi[91](2006-04-23)23 April 200618 years, 300 days10NY
18 Lee Robinson[92](2006-05-07)7 May 200619 years, 309 days100YN
19 William Stanger[93](2006-12-14)14 December 200621 years, 86 days10NN
20 Steven Lennon[94](2006-12-27)27 December 200618 years, 341 days30YN
21 Andrew Shinnie[95](2007-03-17)17 March 200717 years, 243 days20YY
22 Paul Emslie[96](2007-09-26)26 September 200719 years, 197 days10YN
23 John Fleck[97](2008-01-23)23 January 200816 years, 152 days583YY
24 Dean Furman[98](2008-05-10)10 May 200819 years, 262 days10YY
25 Rory Loy[99](2008-11-01)1 November 200820 years, 227 days20YN
26 Andrew Little[100](2009-04-25)25 April 200919 years, 348 days8938YY
27 Gregg Wylde[101](2009-08-29)29 August 200918 years, 159 days482YN
28 Jordan McMillan[102](2009-10-27)27 October 200921 years, 11 days50NN
29 Danny Wilson[102](2009-10-27)27 October 200917 years, 304 days1075YY
30 Kyle Hutton[103](2010-08-14)14 August 201019 years, 180 days722YN
31 Darren Cole[104](2010-12-07)7 December 201018 years, 338 days50YN
32 Jamie Ness[105](2010-12-26)26 December 201019 years, 299 days182YN
33 Kane Hemmings[106](2011-08-03)3 August 201120 years, 117 days101YN
34 Ross Perry[107](2011-08-13)13 August 201121 years, 187 days330NN
35 Thomas Kind Bendiksen[108](2011-12-03)3 December 201122 years, 117 days30YY
36 Rhys McCabe[109](2012-03-03)3 March 201219 years, 233 days90YN
37 Andrew Mitchell[110](2012-03-17)17 March 201219 years, 344 days100YN
38 Barrie McKay[111](2012-05-13)13 May 201217 years, 135 days14020YY
39 Lewis Macleod[112](2012-07-29)29 July 201218 years, 43 days7416YN
40 Kal Naismith[112](2012-07-29)29 July 201220 years, 162 days243NN
41 Robbie Crawford[112](2012-07-29)29 July 201219 years, 132 days577YN
42 Chris Hegarty[113](2012-08-21)21 August 201220 years, 8 days311YN
43 Fraser Aird[114](2012-09-23)23 September 201217 years, 234 days8512YY
44 Tom Walsh[115](2012-12-08)8 December 201216 years, 150 days130YN
45 Luca Gasparotto[116](2013-04-13)13 April 201317 years, 222 days40YN
46 Danny Stoney[117](2013-04-13)13 April 201316 years, 343 days30YN
47 Andy Murdoch[118](2013-04-27)27 April 201318 years, 87 days231YN
48 Scott Gallacher[119](2013-07-28)28 July 201324 years, 13 days60NN
49 Kyle McAusland[120](2013-07-28)28 July 201320 years, 190 days70NN
50 Calum Gallagher[121](2014-03-15)15 March 201419 years, 183 days61NN
51 Charlie Telfer[122](2014-04-19)19 April 201418 years, 289 days10YN
52 Ryan Hardie[123](2014-09-23)23 September 201417 years, 190 days172YN
53 Jordan Thompson[124](2015-11-07)7 November 201518 years, 308 days30YY
54 Liam Burt[125](2016-03-01)1 March 201617 years, 29 days30YN
55 Myles Beerman[126](2017-04-05)5 April 201718 years, 23 days80YY
56 Jamie Barjonas[127](2017-05-07)7 May 201718 years, 103 days90YN
57 Aidan Wilson[128](2017-05-17)17 May 201718 years, 135 days20YN
58 Kyle Bradley[129](2017-05-21)21 May 201718 years, 96 days10YN
59 Ross McCrorie[130](2017-09-19)19 September 201719 years, 185 days552NN
60 Glenn Middleton[131](2018-07-12)12 July 201818 years, 192 days295YN
61 Stephen Kelly[132](2018-09-26)26 September 201818 years, 166 days10YN
62 Serge Atakayi[133](2018-11-11)11 November 201819 years, 285 days10NN
63 Jordan Houston[134](2019-01-30)30 January 201919 years, 10 days10YN
64 Dapo Mebude[135](2019-05-19)19 May 201917 years, 294 days10YN
65 Josh McPake[136](2019-07-18)18 July 201917 years, 321 days10YN
66 Nathan Patterson[137](2020-01-17)17 January 202018 years, 93 days60YN
67 Kai Kennedy[138](2020-01-17)17 January 202017 years, 295 days10YN
68 Ciaran Dickson[139](2020-11-29)29 November 202018 years, 192 days10YN
69 Leon King[140](2020-11-29)29 November 202016 years, 320 days10YN

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