Dave King, Paul Murray and John Gilligan were handed the keys to Ibrox yesterday after Rangers shareholders overwhelmingly voted to remove Derek Llambias and Barry Leach from the club’s board.

Just 15 per cent of the club’s shareholders voted to keep Mike Ashley’s placemen in power, with almost 86 per cent backing King’s bid to claim the throne.

The results come after around 800 fans turned out for yesterday morning’s decisive 12-minute general meeting.

King claimed last week that he was headed for a “landslide victory” and that was proved correct as the motion to appoint the former oldco director — who called the meeting back in January — to the board received 85.59 per cent of the vote, while Murray got 85.45 and Gilligan 85.89.

They will now start the process of rebuilding a club which has been beset by turmoil in the four years since it was plunged into administration and then liquidation.

The vote also saw 84.64 per cent of the shareholders back King’s call for Llambias to be chased out of the club, with 84.75 per cent agreeing Leach should be removed.

The duo were the club’s last two remaining board members following the resignation of chairman David Somers and director James Easdale.

The board’s last stand held for just 12 minutes after chief executive Llambias and finance director Leach both failed to show up.

King addressed the fans who showed up to support him and said: “We want Rangers to get back to being in its rightful place in Scottish football.

“The club is pretty much broken. It’s broken in many areas. Pretty much everything has to be looked at.

“There will be other appointments. The fans’ groups have been absolutely superb. We think that should be recognised. 

“We want to work with fans in terms of getting representation on the board.

“We’ll take time to build the board out. We’re not involved in short-term fixing.”

Murray also addressed the issue of appointing a new manager. Ally McCoist was placed on gardening leave earlier on in the season and caretaker Kenny McDowall handed in his notice just weeks after taking the role.

“We’re laying the foundation for a long-term project here and appointing a first-team manager is a crucial decision,” said Murray.

“We’re going to take some time and get it right.”