Rangers Champions Again In Scotland

Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Rangers fans outside Ibrox Stadium celebrate their team’s 3-0 victory over St Mirren on Saturday which put them in touching distance of their 55th Scottish title and their first for a decade.The weekend results in Scotland confirmed the season’s seismic shift in the balance of power at the top table of Scottish football.

Rangers are champions again, for the 55th time and the first in ten long years, which has seen the club plumb the depths of Scottish professional football. To give a sense of perspective, eight years ago this weekend, they lost 1-2 at Ibrox to little Annan Athletic in Scottish League Two (fourth tier).

In the lead-up to that game against…