I winced slightly reading that Deliotte’s suggested Celtic were a ‘top 40’ club in terms of turnover. The days we featured in their annual Top 20 report are long gone, lost in the raft of TV deals which flooded into England, France and elsewhere.
This is a problem for Celtic but at least we have a decent shot at Champions League income each year. Others in Scottish football have been left to wither on the vine (phrase of the week), as the likes of AFC Bournemouth cherry-pick their talent.
Celtic need a solution to help them compete with their peer-group of European heavy-weights but the solution has to accommodate the other top Premiership clubs. Dundee United have the ability to produce remarkable talent, if only they had the TV deal to allow them to retain it long enough to build a team. The same could be said for Hibs, Hearts, Aberdeen, Motherwell, Inverness and Ross County.
Scottish football would benefit enormously by federating with a neighbour.
You would think after administration and liquidation those who look to Ibrox for their football fix would, to adopt a popular phrase around those parts, have suffered enough from financial ‘ambition’. Not a bit of it, it seems. Not when the spectre of “being battered” by Celtic looms like an enormous green and white tidal wave.
For the last 12 years of its existence, Dave King was one of the non-executive directors of Rangers, paid to ensure that financial controls and risk management [role of non-execs defined by government 2003 Higgs Report]were in place. I am not being glib or shameless when I say he did a remarkable job.
With Newco appearing to be in some financial distress, King told the Daily Mail he opposes planned cutbacks: ‘If we cut the club back to a level that’s just enough to win the League One or the Championship then that’s fine. But the gap between ourselves and Celtic when we get to the Premiership will be obvious.
“But I don’t feel the club should respond by cutting the costs to the point of saying ‘we only have to do what is necessary to beat East Fife or whoever.
“Because if you do that Celtic will build up to 10-in-a-row and we could be so far behind them that even when we are back in the Premiership we are not in a position to catch up.
“We cannot risk going to Celtic Park and being battered 6-0.”
Those trying to keep Newco Rangers afloat will not welcome suggestions that current shareholders don’t have the “appetite or willingness to invest”, a few months before they will ask fans to buy season tickets.
Learn your lesson, there is no shame in losing 6-0 to Celtic, this is sport, bad results can happen, but there is enormous shame in failing to live within your means.
I’m off to contemplate 10-in-a-row for a while. To hyphenate or not?
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BIG-CUP-WINNERS
22:56 on
Thanks mate, enjoyed that. Hope you keep it going
Bmcuw
It’s all your fault for keeping me up when I should be in bed.
It’s a bit strange now because when I worked with TfL in Victoria the place was full of Aussies wanting to stay here and yet I know a couple of Scottish fholk moving there. Anyway
best of luck to your niece.
Ps
You need to escape the thralls of your elders.
Goodnight and I’m looking forward to our wee bevy
I found a couple of Celtic education t-shirts artistically signed by the band before they did a wee gig at CP in November 2006 if anyone wants one.
BCW
THNX VERY MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORTS! Much appreciated my good man.
And seriously this time, well done to BMCUW.
top mhan
DELANEYS DUNKY
Remember to mail me so we can meet up on the day.
I’ll introduce you to PEDROCARAVANACHIO67 and his coterie of well-informed geegees fanatics.
I’m expecting to be doing some serious copying of bets that day.
Big Cup WInners
Apologies was late on the blog.
Now the big cup winners, I came across a fantastic cartoon picture of the famous winners from Gilzean in 1976, ( was going through some of my old stuff)
I will send a copy to doc, who will kindly post :-) thanks Bhud
Hail Hail
Well done Boaby. Congratulations , sorry about the lateness of my post, was just doing a quick lap of honour around the street!!!
Big Cup Winners magic m8 thanks for your efforts
EMUSANORPHAN
CQTEN prizes,perhaps?
BILLY BHOY 05
The best country in the world,apparently. And the cream of their youth are over here!
Always confused me,that. Still,happy it is the case,as one of them has made my kid sis a very happy lass these last twenty-odd years.
BMCUW
Will do, heard from my cousin that Alan Brazil will be in our company. Will have a look at his picks. :)
Nae bother.
DELANEYS DUNKY
FFS,no way I’m gonna try to keep up wi him!
Oh,alright then…
What’s the good news BCW?
DD/BMCUW
would love to go to Chelters and will certainly do so in the next few years…..Once the youngest bin lids are a bit older and Mrs TTT is less inclined to moan at me being away for fun rather than work!
BMCW
Happy to donate said artistically signed Saw Doctors t-shirts to any worthwhile cause.
THE TOKEN TIM
Tell her yer posted down here for exploratory work.
There are a few bars and restaurants need looking into.
ticketbus
?
Are the days of signing someone on a Thursday or Friday and him being good enough to throw him into the team the following weekend gone forever?
Doc, I made some a3 copies at work today, although have had to shrink as original is slightly bigger than a3.
You’ll agree though cracking caricature picture :-)
Hail Hail and Thanks, once you post it
They won the Big Cup and they brought it back!
http://twitpic.com/dt9f8v
BCW the good news that Paul has been hinting at.
EMUSANORPHAN.
GOOD MAN!
Hopefully someone connected with the do will take you up on it.
I of course will be too busy counting my Gold Cup winnings to attend.
Or,more likely,scrounging a tenner off someone to get home,and counting the days till I get paid!
BMCUW
If you listen to him, he references Joe, “My bluenose mate from Govan, who lives in Cheltenham.” Joe is my cousin’s business partner. These guys bet big, I will throw my pound coins at the bookie and enjoy the experience. :)
BMCUW
That’s the sort of exploration I like :-)
One of these years me and my bros will deck be there!
ticketbus
Don’t know mate……..seen a couple of posts earlier but was too busy with the quiz.
CowieBhoy, I’ll take one of those A3’s off your hands and deliver the Craigellachie!
I remember that caricature from back in the day!
Has anyone heard from Richie today, it was a big wee night oot last night!
Right all have a wee look at the picture Doc just posted and enjoy :-)
Brilliant Doc Thanks
BMCUWP, that’s your prize for the night :-)
Hail Hail
emus
If the shirts are XXXXL size
i know of some poor unfortunates on the South side
who are in desperate need.
Emusanorphan-Saw Doctors-No!-saw them do a couple of numbers at CP before a game one night-but alas even their location wasn’t enough to persuade!
DELANEYS DUNKY
I’m gonna look a bit styoooopit wi my three cross doubles and a treble,total stake 40p.
Heyho…
No probs Doc.
But where did I get it from ?
Hail Hail
Remember turning up at a game , late 70s and asking my Da , whose our no10 today . He didn’t have a clue .
Turned out it was a wee bloke called Jimmy Lumsden.
X Clydebank I think. We didn’t even know he had signed !
Right ya bassas
Never done this before, so no sure if it’s the right thing, but… tora, tora, tora
One of mine, ignore the voice
https://soundcloud.com/cuddy-mccann/sandcastles
Stockbridge had been taking the shiny off the marble for ages and pawning it on ebay.
The above is either fact or friction…
Gordon64
They are large enough to wrap 2,200,000 sevcovian shares in.
I emailed you a pic.
Remember a similar thing happening with Vic Davidson. Or is ma mind playing tricks ?
COWIEBHOY.
Thanks,bud!
I’ve got a cracker of a Lisbon Lions thingy,pride of place on my wall.
Present from my two lovely and thoughtful sisters a coupla years back.
Must be time for my work,it’s just started pouring down!
BMCUW
We know our limits bud. There will be a Scottish bed for you in Cheltenham if you lose your shirt though.