Reaction from Scotland: Rangers win Scottish Cup

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 Rangers 2 - 0 Heart of Midlothian

Let's have a look at all the best reactions and reports as Rangers lifted the Scottish Cup for the first time in 13 years.

Watch the highlights in the video below. Footage from Premier Sports.

Goals from substitutes Ryan Jack and Scott Wright saw Rangers win the Scottish Cup against Hearts and eased the pain of their Europa League final defeat.

The Ibrox club won the trophy for the first time in 13 years after Jack crashed a shot in off the bar from the edge of the box, before Wright finished low past Craig Gordon.

The Rangers end of Hampden celebrated joyfully at the full-time whistle, just three days after their Europa League journey ended in heartbreak on penalties against Eintracht Frankfurt in

 Hearts manager Robbie Neilson told the media after the match: "Not winning it is a huge disappointment. We have to take that on the chin. We've come up from the Championship, finished third, secured group stage football, got to a final, we just couldn't take that final wee step.

"We've had hard times over the last couple of years, but we're getting there. We need to step forward and come here and win, get closer to the Old Firm, get into the Europa League, but we're at the start of it now."

This was a great end to a strange and eventful season for Glasgow Rangers. They had an unexpected change of manager in November and that impacted things for a few weeks.

PL news: Steven Gerrard appointed manager of Aston Villa (eurosuperfootball.blogspot.com)

They then suffered a disappointing mini collapse in the title race which saw rivals Celtic ultimately take the title in fairly comfortable fashion. 

Europe was a different story. Their run to the final of the Europa League was amazing. There was more disappointment though.

Rangers lose Europa League final.

They did finish the season with a trophy though and their fans will look on this season knowing they've avoided the trauma of going trophyless. 

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