Craig Whyte picked up the keys to Ibrox on May 6, 2011.
And from that moment the meter started ticking towards financial oblivion.
By blanking the tax man and failing to pay PAYE and VAT from day one, Whyte began running up a ruinous bill weighty enough to tip the club over the edge. He owed the Treasury £9million by the time they called it in nine months later.