Rangers have won the Scottish Premiership title for the first time since 2011 as a result of Celtic being held to a 0-0 draw at Dundee United on Sunday.
Steven Gerrard’s men put themselves on the brink of being crowned champions with a comfortable 3-0 victory over St Mirren the day before.
This left Rangers 21 points clear of Celtic who needed to win to stave off their bitter rivals’ coronation.
However, they were unable to do so as a gritty Dundee United battled to secure a point.
Celtic were bidding for ten league titles in a row at the start of the season, but failed to assert the dominance they have shown over majority of the past decade.
Rangers last won the title in 2011, but were liquidated in 2012 due to a financial crisis.
At the start of the 2012/13 season, the club were forced to rebuild from the fourth tier of Scottish football.
They finally made it back to the Scottish Premiership in 2016/17, but have struggled to keep pace with Celtic in recent years.
This season has been a different story entirely, with Rangers surging ahead while Celtic repeatedly faltered.
The gap between the sides continued to grow and now Rangers are champions in early March with a 20 point lead.
Knowing their triumph was inevitable, fans even flew a plane banner over the Dundee United vs Celtic match during the first half.
It read: “Can you see us now?! #55TITLES.”
When Gerrard arrived at Ibrox, Rangers were still reeling from the turmoil of 2012 and were in desperate need of change.
After Pedro Caxinha’s disastrous 227-day spell as manager and another caretaker stint for Graeme Murty, the Gers needed a man for the long-term.
David Tanner, talkSPORT’s Scottish football correspondent, recalls that nobody believed Gerrard could be the one to turn things around.
In Tanner’s words, Rangers were ‘shambles of a club’ that was ‘bereft of leadership and lacking in credibility’.
At the time, Celtic were finding new levels of success on a domestic front under Brendan Rodgers.
To give Gerrard the job – his first in management – was a bold call by Gers chairman Dave King.
It’s a gamble that has paid off.