Originally Posted by
TheBoyBennison
Rangers weren't "voted doon".
Rangers folded in 2012. A group of businessmen lead by Charles Green then bought the left over body parts.
They used those body parts to form a new club. That new club decided that they were entitled to start life in the SPL because a space (known as 'Club 12') that Rangers once occupied was now vacant (consideration was also given to Dunfermline and Dundee to have this space too).
The new club applied to the SPL, this was rejected by the SPL Board. Dundee were eventually given the space left by the now defunct Rangers. The new club then applied to the SFL and were granted entry to the bottom league.
Rangers were not relegated, demoted or sent down. They did not drop leagues or anything similar. Rangers folded.