A leading insolvency expert believes that Duff & Phelps should not have accepted the role of administrators at Rangers, even if no direct conflict of interest existed.

While the full extent of Rangers' use of Employee Benefit Trusts was laid bare by BBC Scotland's investigation, The Men Who Sold The Jerseys, the club must still wait to discover the consequences of the tax scheme that ran for a decade.

Michael Johnston, the Kilmarnock chairman, has further dampened expectations of heavy sanctions for a newco Rangers in the Scottish Premier League as he highlighted "substantial penalties" already imposed on the Ibrox club.

Mark Hateley spent last Sunday on a fund-raising walk with Rangers supporters.

CHARLES GREEN has warned Rangers supporters there could be another "year of pain" ahead should his consortium succeed in their bid for the Ibrox club.

THE Scottish Football Association dramatically threw out Rangers' appeal against a one-year signing ban last night.

Stewart Regan, the chief executive of the Scottish Football Association, last night insisted Charles Green had an "obligation" to be up front about the consortium being put together to buy Rangers.

CHARLES GREEN faces a hectic schedule as he attempts to push forward his bid to gain control of Rangers.

"THIS isn't the end, this is just the beginning." The rallying call made by Neil Lennon, the Celtic manager, on the final day of last season somehow seemed appropriate for Rangers yesterday, too.

CHARLES Green has dismissed claims Ally McCoist should "watch his back" if his consortium's £8.5m bid for Rangers goes through.

IMAGINE how it feels when your heroes in blue are in such deep trouble that the only choices are going down, or going under.

ONLY match-fixing would have been more serious than the rule-breaking which landed Rangers with a one-year transfer embargo, according to the Scottish Football Association.

SOMETHING new happened on day 87 of the Rangers-in-administration saga.

BRIAN Kennedy and the Blue Knights will withdraw permanently from the Rangers takeover process unless they are given preferred bidders status by administrators Duff & Phelps today.