Former Rangers striker Ryan Hardie has taken to Twitter to apologise to fans of Plymouth Argyle after they were humbled in the Football League Trophy by Bolton Wanderers.
The 26-year-old forward has been on fine form for the Pilgrims this season with Ryan Hardie’s impressive return of 17 goals keeping the club right in the Championship promotion hunt.
But the striker misfired at Wembley over the weekend – alongside his stumbling Plymouth teammates – as Ryan Hardie and co were roundly defeat 4-0 by Bolton.
The humbling result came courtesy of a poor start from Plymouth, who were 2-0 down in the opening 10 minutes due to goals from Bolton stars Kyle Dempsey and Dion Charles.
Elias Kachunga would silence any threat of a second half comeback too, with the German forward scoring four minutes into the restart before Gethin Jones would round off the scoring after the hour mark.
Ryan Hardie apologises to Plymouth fans
The 4-0 victory was a resounding one for Bolton, who lifted the Football League Trophy at the expense of Ryan Hardie and Plymouth Argyle.
The forward would then take to social media to express his apologies for the result and claimed that he had been “absolutely embarrassed”.
“We can only apologise for that showing yesterday,” tweeted Hardie.
“Absolutely embarrassed. No where near the standards we set as a team and as a club. The support that traveled deserved more. We will work hard to make it right from now until the end of the season.”
Coming through the youth ranks at Rangers, Ryan Hardie’s story has always been one of what might’ve been at Ibrox.
Making his debut for the Gers in the lower leagues back in 2014, going on to make 17 appearances for the club but only scoring two goals.
Loan stints then followed at Raith Rovers, St Mirren and Livingston, before the striker moved to Blackpool permanently and then initially on loan to Plymouth.
