Gordon Smith feared Rangers were booked for trouble with Craig Whyte when learning he’d dodged paying the club’s pre-season hotel.
He was a reluctant messenger 10 years ago today when Whyte drove the club into administration.Smith was stunned to be left with chief operating officer Ali Russell to tell the bulk of the first team the bombshell news.The owner had bolted after holding a meeting to assure training ground staff that financial meltdown would NOT happen.Smith says he could never have envisaged the ‘unreal’ events of February 2012 despite working as director of football for eight months.
But he did harbour concerns at the running of the club when he rumbled Whyte in October.Get all the latest Rangers news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The newsletter will arrive every day at 12pm, giving you a round up of the best stories we've covered that in the last 24 hours.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the link here.And if you aren't already, make sure you join the conversation over on our Rangers Facebook group and Record Sport Instagram.
The ex- SFA chief executive was shocked to be told Rangers were ignoring requests to stump up for their German lodgings from July.
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