A Steven Lennon hat-trick helped Rangers Under-19s to a 5-0 demolition of rivals Celtic in the SFA Youth Cup final at Hampden Park.

In a week that Celtic skipper Neil Lennon announced he would be leaving Parkhead at the end of the season, it was his young namesake from Ibrox who helped the Govan side to their first final victory in five years.

Goals by Andrew Shinnie and Dean Furman completed a night of misery for the Hoops, who had a collective nightmare.

The match was delayed for 15 minutes to allow the impressive crowd of 11,486 into the ground, around 3,000 more than watched the Tennent's Scottish Cup semi-final replay between Hibernian and Dunfermline on Tuesday.

There appeared to be little between the two teams before kick-off, both sides tied at the top of the league table with one game remaining - but the Ibrox rout began after only four minutes.

Striker John Fleck took possession on the left before laying the ball off to Shinnie at the edge of the Hoops' box.

The youngster still had a lot to do but he showed impressive ability to fashion a yard of space before sending his low drive into the corner of net past Parkhead keeper Paul Skinner.

Moments later, Lennon set up Fleck whose left-footed drive from 10 yards clipped the post before the Celtic defence cleared the danger.

In the 20th minute the Ibrox youngsters doubled their lead in spectacular fashion when Lennon sent a volley from around 35 yards dipping over Skinner and into the net.

Rangers made it 3-0 10 minutes into the second half, Lennon racing through the Celtic defence all too easily on the counter-attack before rounding the tentative Skinner and slotting into an empty net.

Fleck should have made it four when he robbed Celtic skipper Paul Caddis and drove at the Hoops goal. This time Skinner came out to block but the next Ibrox goal had been delayed only momentarily.

In the 62nd minute Rangers were awarded a penalty when Celtic defender Jason Marr brought down Jordan McMillan, allowing Lennon to duly complete his hat-trick by sending Skinner the wrong way.

In the 69th minute, with the Parkhead defence missing once again, Skinner made a good save from Lennon only for Light Blues skipper Dean Furman to slot home number five and begin an exodus from the Celtic end of the stadium.