Little under 10 years ago, Rangers lost in Scottish League Two to a Stirling Albion side whose manager missed the game because of his wedding. Now they are looking forward to a Europa League final in Seville.

If they beat Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday, they will not only claim a first European trophy in 50 years but also secure a place among the top seeds in next season's Champions League group stages.

Rangers supporters have been through that journey - the highs and the lows - and we asked them what they remember from the past decade. Here's what some of them told us...

Douglas Anderson: Even starting at a low point all those years ago, I was struck by the strong air of optimism. Steven Gerard made the difference and brought back real credibility to the club - something Giovanni van Bronckhorst has only added to.

The focus on Europe has affected performances in the league but the overall dominance and style of football has been of the highest order and wonderful to watch, especially at Ibrox.

Christian: As a German Rangers fan, I don't get a chance to see them play that often. Yet, I had the chance to catch two Champions League games in the late 2000s... my next games at Ibrox were against Berwick Rangers and Stranraer.

I was lucky enough to get a ticket for the Europa League semi-final in Leipzig. My personal Rangers journey seems to have come full circle. And getting tickets for Seville and see them lift the trophy there would be a dream come true.

N Neil: I honestly felt the club was done. I struggled to accept the reality of living eternally in our great rivals' shadow. As their nine in a row loomed over us like a dark cloud, it was difficult to see how we could stop them.

But these past few years have been incredible. Covid put a bit of a dampener on the title win, and Celtic's current rejuvenation means we're set up for a return to the rivalry being on a level playing ground. A Europa League win would put us firmly back on the map. The past 10 years wiped clean in a wave of unbelievable glory.

Rob Simpson: Rangers' first win at Celtic Park since returning to the Premiership in December 2019. People gave Steven Gerrard, the players, and the fans stick for celebrating so much, but that result was the moment we all began believing that we had finally caught back up with Celtic, and were genuine title challengers again.

After nearly eight years of pain at that point, it was like a real cathartic release of emotion. We were finally being taken seriously again.

Gordon Hay: This past decade has been a rollercoaster, from Forthbank to Forres, Peterhead to Berwick. The Challenge Cup final against Peterhead sticks out with Hampden bouncing to Andy Halliday.

The debacle of Mark Warburton and Davie Weir leaving still confuses the brain cells. To then stop Celtic winning 10 in a row and now the end to this season is a remarkable story. I will forgive them the title if we beat Frankfurt and then Hearts days later.

Jock McKenzie: The simple fact is Rangers have no right to be in a European final in this day and age. Manchester 2008 was a once in a lifetime moment... or at least everyone thought. For Rangers to do this again in such a short period of time and in the clubs 150th year is truly remarkable. This Rangers team could be about to pull off one of the biggest feats of modern Scottish football history.

Jack: A real low point for me was missing out on promotion from the Championship in 2015. The whole season showed that getting back to the top wasn't going to be as easy as I thought and the play-off was awful for us. On the other hand, the last few years have been great and its been clear the team has been building year on year.

Robin Sproull: The highlight for me is winning the league, albeit without crowds. Celtic had dominated Scottish football, and with respect, were streets ahead of any other team for the nine years of dominance.

The lowest for me was watching the top flight clubs who voted to send Rangers to the second division deteriorate so much so that the gap to Celtic increased. And the European results reflected on Scotland's coefficient. Celtic performed well in Europe under some managers - others not - but I cannot recall a good result for any other Scottish team in Europe, during the time since Rangers were relegated.

Scott Campbell: The highs have been the steady progress that Steven Gerrard made, building a team that was getting hammered by Celtic to one which reclaimed the league and our 55th title, stopping the 10 in a row. This has now been taken to an unbelievable level by reaching the Europa League final with some stunning displays.

Obviously the lows are from being kicked down to the lowest tier, being ridiculed by the rest of Scotland and on our journey back to the top, and there were some real lows losing cup semi and finals. The biggest lows of all though were losing both Walter Smith and Jimmy Bell, both club legends in their own right.

Ian McIvor: My high has to be the night in Dortmund. My low would be another European night, losing to Progres Niederkorn. Defeat to a side from Luxembourg was just an indication of how far the club had fallen.

Putting things in perspective, though, was the passing of two legends from perhaps the most dominant period in the club's history. It just feels like there is an outside influence on the season's success and it is beautiful.

Paul Chambers: What Rangers have achieved in last decade has been remarkable. From the third tier of Scottish football, to stopping the 10, to a European final - their second in 14 years.

This season's title is gone but Rangers fans can be proud with what this team has achieved. Labelled as underdogs throughout, they battled Europe's big guns and came out on top. If they are to lift the Europa League trophy it would be one of Rangers' finest seasons ever.

Tommy Rowlands: Berwick to Borussia Dortmund, Elgin to Eintracht Frankfurt, the journey's been amazing.

The highs: returning to the Premier League, 55, and now the Europa League final.

The lows, the criticism of the Scottish FA for letting us join League 2, signing players with unpronounceable names and no pedigree to try and get up the leagues, Pedro Caixinha, and losing to Hibs in the Scottish Cup final after knocking out Celtic.

Cameron McLean: I remember being at Ibrox for a game against Annan in the Third Division. Annan won 2-1 that day and, as the rain came pouring down, I dreaded what would come of the future.

Never in my life did I think Rangers would reach another European final, it's something that could only happen on Football Manager or Fifa but here we are.

David Thomson: I still remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I found out we had gone into administration. Constantly waking up not knowing if we would still have a club was a grim experience. However, I managed to secure a season ticket and the opening game at Ibrox against East Fife was surreal.

Despite navigating through the leagues, the standard of football was pretty poor, culminating in losing the Premiership play-off against Motherwell. The rollercoaster continued with new-found optimism when Mark Warburton led us back to the top flight, however the bizarre and disastrous appointment of Pedro Caixinha - including embarrassing Old Firm defeats and that horrible night in Luxembourg - brought me back down to earth.

The excitement of Gerrard's arrival was a pivotal moment in the journey and his gradual rebuild resulting in winning title 55 was a mixture of joy and relief. If someone told me sitting at Ibrox that night against East Fife in 2012 that in 10 years we would be in a Europa League final, I would've thought they were crazy. If we can win it then it'll be beyond description and surely worthy of a movie.

Donny M: Going to my first ever Rangers away game against Queen's Park at Hampden in the Third Division in 2012. It was a painfully slow game and Fraser Aird scored the only goal on the 91st minute and the 30,000 Rangers fans went ballistic when the ball hit the net. I was with my mate and his dad that day and we're all going to be in Seville. What a journey.

Graham Cook: Taking my seven-year-old daughter to experience the Ibrox roar in February 2013 for the first time. Remembering her face when she heard it as almost 50,000 cheered a 4-0 victory against Queen's Park. It did not matter the division, nor the opponents, it was still Rangers and Ibrox. Unbeatable.

Craig Jardine: Amidst all the turmoil of "The Journey," one match sticks out it in my memory: a 2-0 victory over Motherwell in the third round of the 2012/13 League Cup, and notably the first time Rangers had played top-flight opposition since being thrown out of the SPL.

Motherwell arrived as the SPL leaders and proved no pushovers, evident by the fact they then went on to bag successive second-placed league finishes behind Celtic. The match was played in front of a 30,000 strong crowd, remarkable given the circumstances (the midweek kick-off time, the early round, and the general air of crisis).

I was in the club deck with my Papa, keeping my Uncle Rodney's seat warm for him as he worked the night shift, and even shivering high up amongst the empty seats we could feel the tension in waves. This was, after all, the autumn after a summer of discontent, where at times the very fact of Rangers existence had seemed in doubt.

With the first visit of a team from the hated SPL, Ibrox was defiant. "SPL, you're having a laugh" is probably the politest refrain heard that night, with the SFA also constantly in the verbal firing line.

After the drain of all the off-field drama, what we wanted more than anything was for Rangers to start hitting back, and hard. It was an even game, and it took until the 50th minute for captain Lee McCulloch to bullet home the opener from a Dean Shiels cross. Cue rapture. It was a big, big goal, and it seemed to say - "we're still here," "don't write us off yet," and most importantly "we don't do walking away."

Shiels added another six minutes later, and we were in dreamland. I was only 15 at the time, and my takeaway from the match was "if we can take them, we can take anyone." I imagined lowly Rangers knocking Celtic out of the cups while we secured easy promotions on our way back to the big time.

Even my Papa, ever the Rangers optimist, wasn't quite so sure. Sadly, no longer with us, my Papa would have been beside himself with excitement ahead of Seville, 50 years after he raided Barcelona and brought back a patch of the Nou Camp pitch to keep watered in his garden. But oh, how he enjoyed the 55.

Bruce Taylor: Winning our 55th Scottish League title last season and now the Europa final and a Scottish Cup final to come. After the lows of 2012, a remarkable story from a remarkable club. Ibrox was full, even in third tier, where else would that happen?

Alan McDonald: Having knowingly supported Rangers for 64 of my 67 years, the ultimate high was our 3-1 defeat of Leipzig. Nothing surpasses it ever.

Memories of the famous victories over Celtic, Leeds at Ibrox, and being at the last European final in Manchester, are wonderful reminders of what it is like to be a Rangers fan.

Should we fail, those who follow Rangers and those who have a bitter hatred of our club must look back to where we were a decade ago. Many of those who despised Rangers wished for my club's demise and for those of us who have never faltered in our support can now bury those dark days, never knowing if we would ever grace Ibrox again to see our team.

Here we are viewed throughout Europe as a team, a proud team recognised now as a team to be afraid to take on. Scotland should be proud of Rangers' achievement and proud of how the progress over the past four years has pushed the coefficient up benefitting the whole of our game in this country, where others have constantly failed.