GLASGOW: Rangers completed the first part of their long journey back to the top of Scottish football as they clinched the Third Division title.
The fallen Glasgow giants were held to a drab goalless draw away at Montrose, but Queen’s Park’s 1-0 defeat to Elgin City later in the day allowed Rangers to clinch the championship.
Second-placed Queen’s Park are now 22 points behind with seven matches left to play as Ally McCoist secured his first piece of silverware as Rangers manager.
McCoist was manager when the then reigning Scottish Premier League champions Rangers entered administration in February 2012 over an unpaid tax bill.
A consortium headed by former Sheffield United chief executive Charles Green bought the club’s assets and following heated discussions their fellow SPL clubs voted 10 to 1 against allowing Rangers newco’s application to join the league, forcing them to start life in the country’s bottom tier.AFP
