Sir David Murray bought Rangers in 1988, two years after the arrival of Graeme Souness had kick-started the football club which had spent most of the previous two decades in the shadow of Celtic, then Aberdeen and Dundee United.
Murray maintained the highly speculative transfer policy of previous owner, Lawrence Malborough, achieving considerable domestic success during his first decade at the club.
Last year Celtic Quick News reported his greatest contribution to Scottish football:
“Within a year of taking control of Rangers Murray ended the most blatant sectarian employment policy still in place in Scotland when his club openly signed a Catholic football player for the first time since before World War I. For this, he deserves enormous credit.
“Many of you grew into adulthood in a country where a large part of the population supported a ‘No Catholics at Rangers’ policy. The sense of shock in 1989 when Rangers signed Maurice Johnston will be difficult to relay to a young reader. This was a taboo no one thought would end.”
After Martin O’Neill’s Celtic redrew the balance of power in Scottish football, Murray found it difficult to compete. He also perhaps found it difficult to lose. A highly controversial Employee Benefit Trust scheme was used to compensate dozens of footballers as well as non-football staff. The consequences of this scheme, the legality of which has still to be decided, brought the club to its knees.
Murray’s business interests had grown from its initial base in steel to encompass a huge property investment empire. When the recession brought a tightening of lending criteria and the property crash arrived in 2008, Celtic Quick News predicted Rangers would go out of business. The clock has been ticking ever since.
Murray sold Rangers to Craig Whyte a year ago, later claiming he was “duped” by Whyte, although former chairman, Alasdair Johnston, today disputes this claim.
All roads of this entire debacle lead back to Murray.
Prediction: Sir David Murray will pay a heavier price than anyone else involved in this mess. I’ll hold fire for now on what I think will be the more serious consequences but I expect Sir David, along with Ogilvie, Clark, Whitehouse and others will face an SFA Judicial Panel for what has happened at Rangers and that none will work in football again.
Many thanks for the info on clubs playing out-with their associations’ geographical area. No more needed.
You can buy a hard copy of the new issue of CQN Magazine via Magcloud here.
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HH
Nollaig Shona do gach duine! Well it IS Christmas morning, or is it just me?!
Where am I?
Paul67
Take a breather son,,its a hot day lol
Hail hail
Paul67 – I have sent you a load of info re teams playing in foreign leagues.
ask UEFA whereabouts in Europe is Israel & Kazakhstan !!??
Paul67 on 23 May, 2012 at 14:49 said:
new article posted.
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Hoops_Neil_Lennon_diditagain on 23 May, 2012 at 14:49 said:
Well overdue a new article.
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Claiming first place, as i posted straight after paul.
First again…will give everyone else a shot now;)
Tonight will see the release of….
HH
Prediction: This is not the last article of the day
Take that smug grin/grimace off the fekers face.
Prediction: Sunny Bhoy is correct!
“Tonight will see the release of…”
The release of what?? Documents nailing Murray? Funds for the RFFF?! The Hounds?!?
Have you had a preview of tonights show Paul?
;o)
HH
/Bishop B
Hoops_Neil_Lennon_diditagain
Not quite understanding the concept of podium, my friend;)
HH
5hrs and 5mins to go,
dont let us down mr daly.
I’ve seen the Administrators’ hourly fees posted before but does anyone know off the top of their head what that works out roughly as as a daily rate? Would it be anywhere in the vicinity of £70k? Am just amused at the thought that their Sunday walk basically raised enough to, well, cover the cost of the administrators’ (extra?) work that day!
Today of all days I have to go out, I never go out but today of all days I have two appointments…
Grrrrrrrrr
Grumpy in the Valley..
It’s a tainted podium :¬(
traditionalist88
Do you have an EBT ?
Hail Hail
Down around the corner
A half a mile from here
You can see them long trains run
And you watch them disappear
Without love
Where would you be now
Without love
You know I saw Miss Lucy
Down along the tracks
She lost her home and her family
And she won’t be comin’ back
Without love
Where would you be right now
Without love
Well the Illinois Central
And the Southern Central Freight
Gotta keep on pushin’ mama
‘Cause you know they’re runnin’ late
Without love
Where would you be now, na-na-now
Without love
Well the Illinois Central
And the Southern Central Freight
Gotta keep on pushin’ mama
‘Cause you know they’re runnin’ late
Without love
Where would you be now
Without love
Well the pistons keep on churnin’
And the wheels go ’round and ’round
And the steel rails are cold and hard
For the miles that they go down
Without love
Where would you be right now
Without love
Where would you be now
From the drip drip drip of the teardrops
To the chink chink chink of the cash
To the end end end of the friendships
To the wack wack wack of the bash
Corruption corruption corruption
Rules my soul
Corruption corruption corruption
Rules my soul
From the tick tick tick of your time’s up
To the yes yes yes of ‘I’ll sell’
From the fact fact fact of the souless
To the pact pact pact with hell
Corruption corruption corruption
Rules my soul
Corruption corruption corruption
Chills my bones
Corruption corruption corruption
Rules my soul
Corruption corruption corruption
Chills my bones
From the scream scream scream of the babies
To the retch retch retch of the youth
From the lie lie lie of the righteous
To the lost lost lost way I feel
Corruption corruption corruption
Rules my bones
Corruption corruption corruption
Chills my bones
Corruption corruption corruption
Rules my soul
Corruption corruption corruption
Rules my soul
Corruption
Corruption
Order in the court
Decision to abort
The monkey wants to speak
So speak, monkey speak
Speak monkey, speak
Speak monkey, speak
Speak monkey, speak
Everything leads to corruption
Everything leads to corruption
Corruption
“I expect Sir David, along with Ogilvie, Clark, Whitehouse and others will face an SFA Judicial Panel for what has happened at Rangers and that none will work in football again”.
Strong words and I couldn’t agree more. Murray you can understand in trying to shore up a failing empire but since Duff n co. got involved it’s farcical to the extreme.
One wonders what criminal charges could indeed follow.
It will indeed be cold in the shadow.
Aberdeen for Change: Response to AFC Rangers statement
Paul67 – Will Murray’s ego survive his Sircumcision?
Realistically, what is the date when we will see a result of all this? I mean when we will know for sure that hun FC is no longer here?
Oh I am so excited.
I am off home for a siesta but will be awake by 8pm your time to read your comments and updates on the doc (that’s assuming you’re kind enough to post them……)
Paul
Relax, man, we know you are more industrious in fighting the good fight than that lazy RTC fella!
OR
Are you leaving us for a while without leaving us hanging?
Whatever, it should be you (and Phil) who is winning awards not some part-time upstart!
HH and Thank You
Paul67 –
I am particularly pleased to see this arrogant charlatan fall on his sword. This day has been a long time coming for us.
Hopefully Murray’s darkest days are still ahead though.
Awe Naw
Yeah but its a non controversial one… honest;)
HH
And please note I said understand purely recognising the man’s ego and complete disdain of our club.
To understand is not to accept or indeed forgive.
Hail Hail
Good Afternoon Paul 67
Looking forward to the day the arch villan of Scottish footballs biggest scandal is called to book
For every honest fiver we spent he spent a stolen a tenner
I swear I’ve just seen Santa Claus walking down my street…
traditionalist88 on 23 May, 2012 at 15:01 s
LOL
More like a BPT Brennan Pint Time ;-)
Hail HAil
“It’s Christmas time, there’s no need to be afraid…”
Well unless you’re David Murray, or anyone associated with Rangers FC (In Administration)…
There is a very obvious joke about Murrays position, but don’t anybody use it!
starry plough on 23 May, 2012 at 15:01 said:
I hope it was the traditional old Mr Claus with his lovely green suit rather than the Coca Colas advert;-)
its a really slow news day eh.
anyone know if Paul67 will post a new article at all.
its been ages since the last one.
Hang ’em high.