article_snippet: ex-Sunderland and Newcastle striker
article_snippet: Michael Chopra — on the bench until the dying embers of the match, a glancing header by former Chelsea kid Ben Gordon opened the scoring and had Rangers on the back foot.
article_snippet: Alloa's new signing, former Sunderland and Newcastle striker Michael Chopra, made his debut at Irbox .
article_snippet: Over the course of the last nine games — a quarter of a league season
article_snippet: There was a first-team recall for goalkeeper Cammy Bell, who was pulling on a third-placed Rangers jersey for the first time in seven months after recovering from a shoulder injury.
article_snippet: That meant Lee Robinson was on the bench, with veteran keeper Steve Simonson dropping out of the squad altogether.
article_snippet: Injuries meant third-placed Rangers were without defender Sebastian Faure and attacking midfielder Haris Vuckic, who has been one of the Ibrox club’s best players since arriving on loan from Newcastle United.
article_snippet: Striker Kenny Miller dropped to the bench, while Kyle Hutton found Striker Kenny Miller left out of the squad completely.
article_snippet: But the team news that stood out was Chopra, who took Striker Kenny Miller place on the bench and would remain there for most of the evening.
article_snippet: McCall’s intervention in the 82nd minute, when Buchanan superbly chipped the ball over Bell and into the net, put paid to that idea.
article_snippet: Buchanan was replaced by Chopra in the 95th minute but there was no time for the journeyman, who has cost £9.5million in transfer fees over the course of Buchanan troubled career, to become a hero.
highlights_snippet: Michael Chopra was only afforded a cameo appearance .