Duo may be key for O'Neill

Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill will give Dean Shiels and Andy Little every chance to prove they can combine life in the fourth tier of Scottish football with a World Cup qualifying campaign.

Both men are committed to Rangers – and at least a season in Irn-Bru League Division Three – after Little signed a new deal at Ibrox in the summer and Shiels agreed a move from Kilmarnock.