Having real Rangers men on the Ibrox board, individuals who had grown up cheering on the Glasgow club and were more concerned with lifting silverware than banking a profit on any investment, was of paramount importance to their supporters in the wake of their 2012 financial implosion.
Yet, successive seasons of failure and frustration meant that prerequisite for ascending the marble staircase to a position of power at the Govan giants quickly became irrelevant for their longsuffering followers.
