It's quite the tale, observing the fabled Ibrox club, or to use the correct nomenclature, the Rangers Football Club, formed oh so recently, in the misty ancestral year of 2012. As legends have it, their training boots grace the hallowed turf within the walls of Ibrox Stadium – quite the homage to the historical geography.
Now, this might stroke your sense of humour or indeed to some, evoke a holler of disbelief. But waiting in the wings is a figure worthy of a chuckle, if not a full belly laugh. This motley crew, plucked from the bountiful ponds of the world's playing talent, apparently carry a combined price tag of £101m, according to the wise old sages at Transfermarkt. Yes, you certainly read that correctly, dear reader.
Of course, this financial might is spread across an array of 28 individuals, each with an average age of 24, a most sensible age, if it could be viewed from such a lens. This eclectic cocktail of youth and, shall we say, 'experience', is indeed a sight to behold.
This season, the tale deems, our tireless, plucky heroes have embarked on a multitude of media dubbed 'quests'. Heroes of the Premiership, they came second-best. But hold your applause, there's more. In the famed Scottish ditty, 'the League Cup', our boys managed to hustle their way to the Semi-Finals. In but another stanza of their elaborate saga, the Scottish Cup presented itself, where they managed a respectable run to the Quarter-Finals. Further afield, on European shores, they battled in the Champions League Qualifiers, reaching the Play-Offs, and the Europa League, where they nested themselves comfortably in the League Phase. It's been a year of fairy tales, or if we're cynical, a year of near enough but not quite so.
