STEPHEN McINTOSH reports on a club who have turned their fortunes around in remarkable style

IT IS often the case that when football and a Gulf country is mentioned, talk of money will undoubtedly follow.
Players are portrayed counting their crazy cash and the game itself seems totally elusive. Yet it wouldn’t be if you knew the story of Al Rayyan’s spectacular season in Qatar.
Backtrack to nearly two years ago and the Al Rayyan fans would be labelled crazy if they could imagine seeing their side revel in first division title glory 24 months later.
Though if they did, they...