RANGERS strike starlet Rory Loy has revealed how fellow front line prospect John Fleck's success with the first team has made him even more determined to make it big with Gers.

While 17-year-old Fleck has been starring in the SPL and making his Old Firm debut at Parkhead in Sunday's 0-0 draw, Loy has been sent to Dunfermline on loan to gain much needed competitive game time.

But after netting a last gasp pressure penalty to hand the Pars three vital First Division promotion points at Partick Thistle on Saturday, Loy says that is exactly the type of situation that will boost his chances of following Fleck into Walter Smith's plans.

Loy said: "Flecky has done really well. He has got his break at a very early age and he is making the most of it.

"It must have been great for him to play in the Old Firm derby on Sunday. I am absolutely delighted for him that he has now got that in his locker and he has earned it with what he has been doing with the first team.

"But at the end of the day I am out for myself and I am concentrating on my own career. If I have to take a different route to getting into the Rangers first team it doesn't matter."

Loy continued: "The boss, Walter Smith and Ally McCoist told me to go and gain as much first team experience as I could with Dunfermline and do as well as I could in order to give me the best chance possible of making it at Rangers.

"So that is my ultimate goal between now and the end of the season.

"But it would be great if one day I was playing up front for Rangers alongside Flecky."

Loy, 20, has now scored twice in his last three games for the promotion- chasing Pars and has no doubts about the benefits of playing in the cut-throat environment of the Irn-Bru First Division.

Loy said: "The big difference and the thing that for me makes my loan spell at Dunfermline so valuable is the pressure aspect. At Partick on Saturday I had a penalty with two minutes left and what was a massive three points hanging on it.

"That was real pressure and it is dealing with these situations and standing up and being counted that can really help develop you and mature you as a player.

"The First Division is quicker, sharper and more physical than Reserve football so I am obviously going to benefit.

"The lads at Dunfermline are a great bunch and there is a lot of experience in there for me to learn from, not least from the manager Jim McIntyre who was an excellent striker in his own right."

Loy has joined a burgeoning group of young Gers who are testing themselves in competitive football via loan deals and says that the advice he was given by Ibrox No.2 and Gers strike legend McCoist has proved vital to his playing philosophy.

Loy said: "Ally McCoist has always stressed to me that as a striker it is vital you keep showing. It takes pressure off your midfield and defence when they are looking for an out-ball and you have got to show a bit of front and keep having the courage to do so.

"It is also important that you let the opposition defenders know that you are going to keep being on their case no matter what. That can be tough when things are tight and you're playing in a promotion six-pointer.

"But big Scott Wilson, our skipper - who was also at Rangers at one time - said before the Thistle game there could be no hiding places and although I feel I didn't play too well at Firhill I kept looking for the ball.

"You have got to have self-belief as a striker. I think that is a vital quality and hopefully one that will stand me in good stead."