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Relegation to third division may be first step on road to moral redemption

Economic reality has finally caught up with Rangers, but when the turmoil of this week slips away it is indignity that will hurt the supporters most.

This is a club that once understood its status to be an expression of fortitude, decorum, honour and self-respect. Fans still delight in the notion that the legendary Bill Struth demanded his players wore bowler hats to training, and that the current squad must always wear a shirt and tie on official duty. There are times when it seems as though the only danger of a mutiny at Ibrox would be if the manager wore a tracksuit.