The Fall & Rise of Rangers

Glasgow Rangers high profile recruitment of Steven Gerrard as manager has whetted the appetite of fans and pundits, but is the club a phoenix from the ashes, or are its new foundations made of sand?
In this video we explain Rangers financial fall.

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[shreyasshetty]

You should really make a video on Mike Ashley, ,he's srcewing two historic clubs at the same time

[RMMsnowboard]

I find the historical videos have to be some of the most unique content around for football! Much love tifo!

Edit: Thanks for the 444 likes. A special number to me lol.

[mrk]

David Murray tried to buy my club, Ayr United, shortly before buying Rangers. As the trophy count built up at Ibrox, I would often get Rangers fans coming up to me saying 'this is where you could have been by now.' It was also a common saying that Ayr's refusal to accept Murray's bid was one of the two great mistakes of Scottish football, alongside St Mirren sacking Alex Ferguson.


These days, none of my Rangers-supporting colleagues seem to bring it up so often.

[dazhibernian]

They'll be ok when they sell Morelos for £150, 000, 000.

[thebr_officals]

Who’s here after Rangers are crowned champions of the Scottish Premiership

[domniven]

It was Fergus McCann who saved us, not Dermott Desmond.

[djy]

A shame the club has to deal with these problems but glad that there is hope, also glad that you did a great job covering this

[mjudec]

Factual error- they weren't demoted. They ceased to exist, a new club was formed and applied to enter the professional leagues. Entry was granted despite not meeting the qualifying criteria (3 years audited accounts) and they entered the 3rd division.

[tomconroy]

Calling Rangers Europa league run a failure is extremely stupid

[davidkelly]

Rangers were not demoted they ceased to exist and the "new club" were given a place in the fourth tier of Scottish football ahead of other teams such as Spartans .

[newcastlegeorge]

Great video! I'd love to see one on Gretna, and their meteoric rise during the 2000s and subsequent disappearance

[rcollectables]

The historical football vids I find really interesting, so thank you for this. Can anyone also confirm that the 'new' Rangers must've broken every Scottish Football League attendance record when they were playing teams in the lower divisions?

[iskender]

Can you do a video on Didier Drogba and the Ivory Coast war?

[david.]

Will never complain at more Scottish content, should do a similar video on the almost demise of hearts

[michaelfarrell]

Rangers were not demoted, a new club was formed in their place and applied to join the lower leagues with the backing of the fans of the old club

[WingsIsMyDaddy]

Excellent video as always, but I just wish it had gone in to more depth.

Rangers have been severely hamstrung recently due to Mike Ashley effectively controlling the retail workings of the club. The retail side of Rangers (going by previous accounts) would help recover an extra third in the financial difference between Celtic with the other third of course being the European money.

If Rangers intend to challenge Celtic then for now the club must be run at a loss, as Celtic have the £40 million from playing in Europe. In order to challenge, that money must not be a near certainty for Celtic and force them to lower their expenses predicting that while Rangers could up their budget with that money.

In Scottish football there is a great effective difference in prize between finishing first and anywhere else in the league because of the Champions League riches

Requiring any amount of money from shareholders isn't great for a business, however it is £4M to be given by several shareholders that is required, not just by Dave King.

It's fantastic to see responsible covering of this topic, in Scotland it's mainly people who predict Armageddon or those who live on misrepresentation of facts.

As Rangers chairman Dave King said: Much like when Rangers were dominant and getting all of the European money, all it takes is one win and the tables are turned.

[chrisbhoy]

And to top it all off is that Rangers supporters let liquidation happen. Sat back and done nothing to save their club. They shout about no surrender, follow follow, yet they couldn't follow each other to Ibrox to save them from the humiliation of being liquidated. Cheated their beloved queen and countless ordinary folk like a face painter out of money. All in all they got what they deserved.

[etnm]

Whose here after rangers are champions of the scottish premiership after an unbeaten with Steven gerrard as the manager after he was appointed and after he managed to be scottish champions with rangers, whose here after that

[zoltansocrates]

rangers were not demoted, there was a league vote to decide whether or not to admit, to the league, the new club,

that is a fact,

that is why they are not the same club, and we all know it

[andym]

It's a bit ironic the guy who did walk away was David Murray.