Forged merely by the calendar year of 2012, Rangers are the newbies of the Scottish football scene, laying their weary heads after battle at the rather charming confine of the Ibrox Stadium. Aye, make no mistake, it's as Scottish as haggis on a bleak, Tuesday night in November.
As for their playing squad, it bears a rather healthy market value. Wait for it... a hefty £87m according to good ol' Transfermarkt. Now, aren't they lads special? Rest assured though, the fiscal patterns of football leave me as cold as a snowman's handshake, but to each their own.
There's a baker's dozen plus some, counting 29 keen bodies ready for action. The spring chickens of the group, bless them, manage to bring the squad’s average age down to a dizzying youthful 24 years of age. How terribly quaint.
Now onto the scintillating matter of where the Rangers boys have been sowing their wild oats this season. Apparently, they are swinging punches in no less than four competitions, the real go-getters. The Premiership finds them, glumly perhaps, situated in the dizzy heights of 10th place. The League Cup had the decency to keep them entertained till the Quarter-Finals. Champions League Qualifiers saw them pirouette delicately till the Play-Offs. And as for the Europa League, oh they're still dancing away in the League Phase. It's a terribly busy schedule for such a young crew, wouldn't you say? Bravo.
