Rangers title win 'by far most important' - Dave King
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Rangers' Scottish Premiership win is "by far the most important title the club have ever won", says former club chairman Dave King.
King led a regime change at Ibrox in 2015 and appointed Gerrard in 2018.
And the former Liverpool and England captain has ended Celtic's domination of the Scottish top-flight title - Rangers' first in 10 years.
"Steven has delivered pretty much on his timetable," King told, external the Essential Scottish Football Podcast.
"It's gone as well as it possibly could have. We have recovered, we are back, we are strong.
"I really was overwhelmed. It was such an emotional relief when we finally got it across the line."
Major shareholder King also appointed the last Rangers manager to win a trophy - Mark Warburton, who won the Scottish Championship and promotion in 2016.
The last top-flight title-winning manager at Ibrox was Walter Smith, who concurs with King over the importance of Gerrard's achievement and says the next challenge is getting into the Champions League group stage.
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Smith, across two spells as manager, had six Champions League group stage campaigns and highlighted how the occasions when he missed out on the lucrative competition "can feel like you've not won a championship".
"It's been a long wait for every Rangers supporter," Smith told the same podcast series.
"If you get to the Champions League, your club makes money. You've got to get there so that you can actually turn round and say, 'well we've achieved something there', because we've got the money that's necessary to help us be successful."
'Six years ago, the club was broken' - analysis
Former Rangers director Paul Murray on BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound
It's six years ago this weekend that the change happened. We had our first game after the boardroom change, which was a 0-0 draw with Cowdenbeath at Central Park. There's been a lot of progress since then.
Pretty much on day one, every aspect of the club was broken. Almost every aspect of a modern football club, we had to rebuild. I'm so pleased for the current board, they've done a fantastic job. The foundations are there to now build upon.