One of those in the sports department who stumbles through the daily obstacle course of covering the Old Firm. Previously worked in Inverness, Aberdeen, and for ten years at The Sunday Herald.
Griffiths has already scored 28 times for Hibs during his season-long loan, made his Scotland debut, and earned the Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League player of the year award. He will be in the Scotland squad for the World Cup qualifier in Croatia on June 7. It was a campaign troubled by off-field issues, though. In January he was criticised by parent club Wolverhampton Wanderers for using racist language in a tweet. He was also charged with shoplifting and faces trial in August.
The club has frozen prices for next season in the Irn-Bru Second Division but the uncertainty and suspicion over boardroom infighting has made fans wary about how their money would be used.
Mather acknowledged that the Rangers' directors – and himself as a relatively unknown new executive – had to reassure them after more than two years of almost relentless turmoil and stress.
