UNDER-FIRE Rangers directors were today warned there will be more fans standing outside Ibrox protesting than inside it watching games if they cling on to power at the EGM next month.

Gers supporters unhappy at the running of the Glasgow giants staged another massive demonstration before the SPFL Championship defeat by Hibs last Friday night.

It was the third time in a month followers of the Light Blues had gathered in large numbers at the Govan stadium to call for the removal of the board.

Former Rangers players John Brown, Iain Ferguson and Nacho Novo joined an angry mob that Police Scotland estimated was between 3,000 and 4,000-strong.

And Ferguson reckons the number of protestors will grow hugely if Dave King fails in his attempt to oust the current regime at a general meeting in London on March 4.

King is bidding to remove directors James Easdale and Barry Leach, chief executive Derek Llambias and chairman David Somers and install himself John Gilligan and Paul Murray.

Ferguson said: "I was at Ibrox on Friday night backing Bomber. He has been working tirelessly to bring about change for the better and I was happy to go along to give him support.

"I was at a rally he held in a hotel in Glasgow three years ago when John told everyone what he feared was going to happen, but he was ridiculed by some.

"I am an ex-Rangers player and if I can do anything to help the club then I will do. I am not into rabble rousing, but I am behind John 100 per cent."

He added: "The fans are the ones I feel sorry for. They have shelled out good money for several seasons and want to get the club they love back to where it belongs.

"They are sick of what has happened at Rangers and that is why they are protesting. I don't think that will end until there is a change of board."

Ferguson reckons Gers will still face difficulties even if South Africa-based financier King prevails at the EGM next month.

But the former striker, who also played for Dundee, Dundee United and Airdrie in a career that spanned 20 years, thinks the alternative is far worse.

He said: "If the EGM goes the way the supporters want it to and King and his allies get in, then I think they may have to turn the place upside down.

"But if things keep going the way they are at Rangers then there will be more fans standing protesting outside the ground than there are inside it watching the game."