Sir David Murray has announced today that he will be stepping down as Chairman of Rangers FC. He said that he had intimated to the Rangers board last October that this would be his final year. Murray purchased the club from Laurence Marlborough for £6m in November 1988 taking control of the boardroom from David Holmes. (Murray briefly handed over the helm to John McLelland in 2002.)
Most of the talk on the phone-ins this evening was centred around attempting to define his legacy. David Edgar of the Rangers Supporters Trust said that whilst Murray's spending power had ensured the nine-in-a-row era, he had also presided over a financial crisis this decade. In 21 seasons as Chairman, Murray saw Rangers win 14 championships to Celtic's seven. However, Celtic have dominated the SPL in the past ten years. Rangers can no longer afford the big money signings of the Advocaat era. When Celtic started spending larger sums under Martin O'Neill, Rangers found it harder to keep pace. In the past 12 months Rangers have been pruning their squad to a lean 20 players. Now that there is no reserve league in Scotland (what an astonishingly bad decision) Rangers are hoping to bring youngsters through.
What do you think? Was Murray's tenure 'simply the best'? Or was nine-in-a-row largely down to Celtic's biscuit tin mentality?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/8223058.stm
Most of the talk on the phone-ins this evening was centred around attempting to define his legacy. David Edgar of the Rangers Supporters Trust said that whilst Murray's spending power had ensured the nine-in-a-row era, he had also presided over a financial crisis this decade. In 21 seasons as Chairman, Murray saw Rangers win 14 championships to Celtic's seven. However, Celtic have dominated the SPL in the past ten years. Rangers can no longer afford the big money signings of the Advocaat era. When Celtic started spending larger sums under Martin O'Neill, Rangers found it harder to keep pace. In the past 12 months Rangers have been pruning their squad to a lean 20 players. Now that there is no reserve league in Scotland (what an astonishingly bad decision) Rangers are hoping to bring youngsters through.
What do you think? Was Murray's tenure 'simply the best'? Or was nine-in-a-row largely down to Celtic's biscuit tin mentality?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/8223058.stm
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