It's a time of transition at the top of Rangers once again as John Bennett stepped down from his role as chairman. Former director John Gilligan has now stepped into the role on a temporary basis just 18 months after Bennett stepped up from his post as vice-chairman after the departure of Douglas Park.
Bennett has stepped down from his role following a tumultuous summer of construction work at Ibrox and a tricky transfer-packed window .
It was only last Saturday when the former Ibrox chairman Dave King dressed down James Tavernier's vocal dissenters and threw his weight being Bennett amid an appeal for calm heads was the message from the South African-based businessman.King, divulged in his statement at the time, said: "I know John Bennett is devastated by current events and is working immensely hard behind the scenes.
We have a challenging period ahead and need to pull together to get through it.” Bennett was forced into a firefighting capacity last month as he fronted up to the steel issues which beset the Copland Road redevelopment, as he once again stressed the need for Rangers to live within their means.But now it's someone else's turn to take on the massive Ibrox agenda.
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