At around 2.50pm yesterday, in a hushed wood-panelled room at No 11 Parliament Square in Edinburgh, the Court of Session placed the club in administration – after an unsuccessful bid by the taxman to appoint its own administrator.
RANGERS' distinguished and proud 140-year history, which has seen players and managers win countless matches and silverware, has been dealt a devastating blow in Scotland's highest civil court.
At around 2.50pm yesterday, in a hushed wood-panelled room at No 11 Parliament Square in Edinburgh, the Court of Session placed the club in administration – after an unsuccessful bid by the taxman to appoint its own administrator.