Aye, Rangers were cobbled together in 2012 and they've since trundled out onto the pitch of Ibrox Stadium up here in our bonnie Scotland. With the stadium's gruesome structural behemoth looming over them, one can barely help but reminisce about the halcyon days of the Old Firm. Still, we're not here to dwell in the past, are we?
Whether it warms your heart or sends a chill down your spine, Rangers do command a rather handsome playing squad, supposedly valued at somewhere in the region of £101m, according to those number-crunching folks at Transfermarkt. Mind you, these calculations can invariably be as reliable as a chocolate teapot on a hot summer's day, yet they chatter away unconcerned.
They've currently got 28 players cluttering up their pitch, with an average age of 24 years - not quite the spritely bunch of lads, but not yesteryear's heroes either. Age, as they say, is but a number, unless you're counting the years since your last silverware, of course.
Thus far this season, Rangers have apparently been gallivanting around 5 different competitions with varying degrees of success or failure, depending on how rose-tinted your glasses are. These include a 2nd place position in the Premiership (always the bridesmaid, never the bride, as it were), a trip to the semi-finals in the League Cup, a quarter-finals appearance in the Scottish Cup, a playful banter about in the Champions League qualifiers, and a frolick in the Europa League’s league phase. Talk about keeping oneself busy, eh?
