With a stifled yawn and a raised eyebrow, one feels obliged to turn their attention to the splendidly mundane spectacle that is Rangers Football Club. Birthed in 2012, like a startled phoenix rising from the ashes of legalese, they've made their own wee nest at Ibrox Stadium nestled in what one might generously call the 'less salubrious' part of Scotland.
Scurrying about on the hallowed turf of Ibrox is a squad, the aggregate worth of which is touted as approximately £65 million. That's if you believe the valuations calculated by one of the internet's favourite sources of idle speculation, Transfermarkt. A fine source of web-based procrastination if ever there was one.
The 32 lads that form this illustrious troupe cause the average bathroom scale on the premises to groan under an average age of 24 years. Young enough to dream, old enough to know better, one might say.
This season, our plucky protagonists have managed to get their kit dirty in a couple of competitions. The Premiership, naturally - it's hard to avoid when you're a Scottish football club. Then there's the unexpected appearance in the Champions League Qualifiers, deftly navigating the perilous waters of the 2nd Qualifying round. One almost expects to hear the faint strains of the Mission Impossible theme.
