James Penrice, born on 22 December 1998 (age 27), is a Scottish left-back now with Rangers. His early senior career was shaped by loan football, the sort of useful education that tends to matter more than it is made to look at the time: proper minutes, different dressing rooms, and fewer allowances for a young defender still working out the job.
He later built a firmer top-flight profile at Livingston, where his most productive league season came in 2022-23. Penrice scored three goals in 29 league appearances that year, a decent return for a left-back in a side where full-backs are rarely handed an easy afternoon.
He was linked with a move to Celtic in June 2025 and again in July 2026. There is no need to dress that up as more than it was: a transfer link, and one noted because left-back has not exactly been a position Celtic supporters ignore.
By 2026-27, Penrice was at Rangers. He has made one league appearance, one League Cup appearance with a goal, and two appearances in Conference League qualifiers, giving him four appearances and one goal across all competitions for the club. His market value is around £2m, according to Transfermarkt.
Penrice’s career has been a steady Scottish route rather than a spectacular one: early loans, a solid Livingston spell, and then a move into the Glasgow spotlight with Rangers.
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