List of Rangers F.C. chairmen

Rangers F.C. is a football club based in Glasgow, Scotland that competes in the Scottish Professional Football League. Since its founding in 1872, the club has had four different presidents (prior to incorporation) and nineteen chairmen. The club has been privately owned by stakeholders, in the form of a limited liability company but it is currently, a publicly owned company trading on the AIM stock exchange. The board of directors are appointed to oversee the corporate operations of the company that owns the club with the chairman one of its most senior and high profile figures. In Rangers history the chairman has generally been the main executive on the board, although this has began to change with the appointment of CEO's.

Since December 2012, the company that owns Rangers, Rangers Football Club Limited has itself been a subsidiary of Rangers International Football Club Plc. This has created a situation where the club has effectively two chairmen with Sandy Easdale the chair of the limited company (also known as the football board) and David Somers the chair of the Plc board.

List of presidents

Below is the presidential history of Rangers F.C., from 1890 until incorporation nine years later.

Name From To
Scotland James Watson 1890 1891
Scotland Dugald Mackenzie 1891 1896
Scotland John Robertson Gow 1896 1898
Scotland James Henderson 1898 27 May 1899

List of chairmen

Below is the official chairmen history of Rangers F.C., from the incorporation of the club in 1899, until the present day.

t/a Rangers F.C. Ltd (1899) and Rangers F.C. Plc (2000)

Name From To Tenure
Scotland James Henderson 27 May 1899 1912
Scotland John Ure Primrose 1912 1923
Scotland William Craig June 1923 November 1923
Scotland Joseph Buchanan 1923 1932
Scotland Duncan Graham 1932 January 1934
Scotland James Bowie January 1934 12 June 1947
Scotland William Simpson 27 June 1947 1949
Scotland John Wilson 1949 February 1963
Scotland John Lawrence February 1963 19 June 1973
Scotland Matt Taylor 19 June 1973 September 1975
Scotland Rae Simpson September 1975 10 January 1984[1]
Scotland John Paton 10 January 1984 11 November 1986 2 years, 305 days
Scotland David Holmes 11 November 1986 2 June 1989 2 years, 203 days
Scotland David Murray 2 June 1989 5 July 2002[2] 13 years, 33 days
Scotland John McClelland 5 July 2002[2] 1 September 2004[3] 2 years, 58 days
Scotland David Murray 1 September 2004[3][4] 24 August 2009[5] 4 years, 357 days
Scotland Alastair Johnston 24 August 2009[5] 24 May 2011[6] 1 years, 273 days
Scotland Craig Whyte 24 May 2011 14 February 2012[7] 266 days
c/o Duff & Phelps 14 February 2012 14 June 2012 121 days

t/a Rangers F.C. Ltd (2012)

Name From To Tenure
Scotland Malcolm Murray 14 June 2012[8] 18 December 2012 187 days
n/a 18 December 2012 13 December 2013 360 days
Scotland Sandy Easdale 13 December 2013[9] 11 March 2015[10] 1 years, 88 days
Scotland Paul Murray 11 March 2015[10] 50 days

t/a Rangers International F.C. Plc

Name From To Tenure
Scotland Malcolm Murray 7 December 2012 30 May 2013[11] 174 days
Scotland Walter Smith 30 May 2013[11] 5 August 2013[12] 67 days
n/a 5 August 2013 7 November 2013
England David Somers 7 November 2013[13][14] 2 March 2015[15]
Scotland Paul Murray 6 March 2015[16]

List of honorary positions

Name Position From To Tenure
Scotland John Lawrence Honorary President 19 June 1973 1977
Scotland David Murray Honorary Chairman 4 July 2002[2] 1 September 2004[3] 2 years, 59 days

References

  1. ↑ "The Rise and Fall of the Ibrox three". Allan Campbell (The Herald). 12 February 1986. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Rangers chairman Murray quits". BBC (BBC Sport). 5 July 2002. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Murray returns as chairman". BBC (BBC Sport). 27 August 2004. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "Rangers to raise £57m". BBC (BBC Sport). 1 September 2004. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Murray relinquishes Rangers role". BBC (BBC Sport). 26 August 2009.
  6. ↑ "Rangers remove chairman Alastair Johnston". Alasdair Lamont (BBC Sport). 24 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "Rangers Football Club enters administration". BBC (BBC News). 14 February 2012.
  8. ↑ "Charles Green completes Rangers purchase despite Walter Smith bid". BBC News. 12 June 2012.
  9. ↑ "Charles Green has no influence, says Sandy Easdale". Alasdair Lamont. BBC Sport. 13 December 2013.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Stuart McCall to be appointed manager until summer". BBC. BBC Sport. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Club chairman Walter Smith urges board 'unity'". Chris McLaughlin (BBC Sport). 30 May 2013.
  12. ↑ "Walter Smith quits as chairman at Ibrox". Chris McLaughlin (BBC Sport). 5 August 2013.
  13. ↑ "David Somers appointed chairman as AGM date is set". BBC Sport. 7 November 2013.
  14. ↑ "Rangers make David Somers' chairman post permanent". BBC Sport. 22 November 2013.
  15. ↑ "Rangers chairman David Somers steps down before EGM". Chris McLaughlin (BBC Sport). 2 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "Dave King's consortium wins control of Rangers board room". Chris McLaughlin (BBC Sport). 6 March 2015.