The Rangers board have been booed and met with chants of "out, out, out" at the club's AGM.

The club's chairman David Somers, chief executive Derek Llambias and brothers James and Sandy Easdale - the latter of whom is not on the plc board - were greeted by further chants such as "sack the board" and "scumbags" as they emerged on to a specially-erected stage on the Ibrox pitch for the meeting.

Somers was barely able to be heard over a chorus of boos as he delivered his AGM statement, which included plans to launch a new share issue.

The crowd dissolved into laughter as Somers welcomed efforts to improve relations with fans of the club in the last year.

Fans also chanted "out, out, out" as shareholders voted on a proposal to reelect Somers as chairman.

Amid the jeering there was laughter as Somers admitted "we have got more work to do" and even louder laughter when he said: "We need to rebuild the board with suitable people."

New chief executive Llambias, who was appointed on the back of Newcastle owner Mike Ashley's £3million loan to the club, was introduced to booing but he did prompt some applause following his address.

The former Newcastle managing director claimed he had helped the St James' Park club "stand on its own two feet" and would roll up his sleeves to get Rangers back on its feet.

He added: "Not everything I do will be popular but everything I do will be in the club's long-term interests."

Somers asked fans to "refrain from any disruptive behaviour" and added: "If anyone gets too rowdy I will have to ask you to leave."

He then sparked more jeers when he announced he would take two questions at a time, further enraging supporters by saying: "When you get to be chairman of Rangers you get to do it your way."

Somers said one of the main weapons in bridging the funding gap was a planned share issue - they need three-quarters of votes to go their way in the related resolution at the AGM.

Former Rangers player John Brown stood up to huge applause to ask what involvement Ticketus had in the ownership of Murray Park and Ibrox and what role former directors Charles Green and Imran Ahmad had in the club. He also called the Easdale brothers "stooges" and criticised Somers for failing to have the decency to say a good word about McCoist, "who gave this club everything".

Somers was adamant there was no involvement from Ticketus, who put in more than £30million to the club during Craig Whyte's brief and disastrous tenure.

And he added: "I was fascinated when I first became chairman because some people seemed to think I was some sort of love child of Imran Ahmad or Charles Green. I have never met either of them and I can say the people beside me have no involvement with them.

"I respect Ally's decision. I will never say a bad word about him. He will always be a Rangers legend."

Somers defended the board's decision to accept Ashley's £3million interest-free loan over a £16million offer from Dave King and another deal from Brian Kennedy.

Somers said: "I get frustrated with Dave King. I know a lot of you think he is the messiah. The simple reality is that I asked some simple questions because in the past Rangers have done some terrible deals. They were not difficult - the same as I asked to Brian Kennedy and Mike Ashley: show me the money and names of the eight people in your consortium. He didn't do that.

"But the reality is he has cost the club millions of pounds with the season ticket trust and him advising people to boycott season tickets."

The board revealed they had a meeting with the Scottish Football Association on Tuesday to see what is expected of them in relation to disciplinary charges over Ashley's interests in two clubs.

Somers claimed Llambias was one of nine candidates for the chief executive's role, "many" of whom were interviewed and who had similar experience with English Premier League and Championship clubs.

The chairman added that he and his colleagues had found a "lot of dodgy contracts" when they came in just over a year ago, revealing some "watertight" ones would be honoured, some had been renegotiated and "in a lot of cases we have said: 'We will see you in court'".

James Easdale said he was "first and foremost a Rangers fan" despite Morton being his home club, after he was quizzed on his allegiances.

Club chairman Sandy Easdale, who is not on the plc board, started off answering a question on his relationship with Blue Pitch and Margarita holdings by telling fans to "settle doon" but ended up with some applause.

Sandy Easdale, who holds proxy voting rights for both groups, said: "Blue Pitch and Margarita have always been shareholders. They have nothing to do with Charles Green, Imran Ahmad or any other former directors. They are wealthy foreign entities. They have never been a problem or caused a problem.

"They gave me their proxies to represent them as they are based abroad."

He insisted he had no problems with Paul Murray, King or Kennedy and said "they may be part of this club's future yet".

He closed the meeting by saying: "I'm doing my best even though many of you don't think it. I'm doing it for free.

"Please believe me, neither me or my brother, we are not on a gravy train. I've never taken a penny out of it. I do not want to harm this club."