Kenny Miller was back at Ibrox for a third time. But this was no longer the club he knew and loved. The standards set down by Walter Smith had long gone, buried under the rubble of financial collapse.
Craig Whyte had vanished off the radar. Charles Green had left the building with whatever he could scoop into his big Yorkshire hands. And Mike Ashley’s board was fighting a losing battle to keep Dave King from the front door.
On the pitch, Rangers were still attempting to pick up the pieces from starting out in League Two. Ally McCoist was put on gardening leave, replaced by Kenny McDowall. Stuart McCall then tired and failed to get the team over the hurdle of a promotion play-off against Motherwell. Mark Warburton came and went despite returning the club to the top flight after an angry fall-out with chairman King. Graeme Murty held the fort for a while.
