Rangers win and close the gap to eight points

Dundee 0 Rangers 2

The champions had been accused of ruthless off-field treatment to a club that is still threatened by extinction over the sale of Gavin Rae.

Rae, whom Dundee insist is worth twice Rangers’ latest offer of £125,000, took no part in game that was settled by first half goals from Nuno Capucho and Michael Ball. It was a comfortable, rather than comprehensive, dismissal of a youthful home side, who now find themselves edging ever nearer to a relegation battle.