Thistle take Gers to Scottish Cup replay

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GLASGOW (AFP) — Rangers avoided an embarrassing Scottish Cup exit by battling back from a goal down to salvage a 1-1 draw at home to First Division Partick Thistle on Wednesday.

Damon Grey had handed the Jags a stunning 67th minute lead, provoking dreams among the Thistle fans of one of Scottish football's greatest upsets.

However Kris Boyd saved some of the Ibrox side's blushes by equalising within 90 seconds to take the quarter-final tie to a replay.

The opening stages to the game had been surprisingly open with Thistle acquitting themselves well against their more illustrious city neighbours and passing the ball around with confidence.

Rangers Spanish forward Nacho Novo had the first effort on goal with a decent strike from 30-yards which just...