Blogging on the move right now but want to pass comment on one part of the statement by Aberdeen chairman, Stewart Milne. As he confirmed his club would place the fifth and decisive vote against Sevco being allowed access to the SPL next season he said:
“Reorganisation of the game is a priority and is something we have been actively involved in for a long time, but it is not something that should be rushed through just to deal specifically with one club.
“As we have indicated there are a number of other areas that we feel need to be addressed openly in the coming period if Scottish football fans are to feel that their views have been properly taken into account.”
Those well-paid executives who work for us and on Friday met to discuss a way to reorganise the league structure in the next couple of weeks should pay heed. As Mr Milne suggests, we are the game, not you.
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Forgive the repost, but if you missed it, courtesy of Chasbhoy, A Hun’s Guide to Clubs and Venues in Division 3. Made me laugh a lot.
http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/?p=9634&cpage=1#comment-1471994
Hard not to feel sorry for Celtic chief exec Peter Lawwell
By Hugh Keevins The Daily Record
Peter Lawwell can be a hard man to love sometimes when you’re in this line of work.
Celtic’s chief executive tends to divide the press into two distinct, and unappealing, categories.
There is what he mockingly refers to as the “Laptop loyal,” those Peter believes to be the unquestioning, fawning sycophants who live only to serve Rangers and deem it an honour and a privelige to do so.
And then there are the others Lawwell thinks have a clearly defined agenda against Celtic that’s so huge it would be visible from the moon.
Neither allegation is true and no number of critical text messages to the contrary on the days when he’s displeased will alter that fact.
But it is possible for us, sycophants and conspirators alike, to feel sorry for Peter this morning.
The official Celtic Supporters Association meets today to vote on a ban of away visits to clubs who vote in favour of admitting a Rangers newco to the SPL.
Lawwell will be informed by e-mail of the fans’ decision tonight, but the meeting’s a show trial rather than a forum for debate.
When the banner depicting the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse was unfurled inside Celtic Park during the final Old Firm derby of last season it was a chilling declaration of support for the full force of officialdom to come down heavily on Rangers.
‘Your Day Is Coming’ is an unequivocal message.
And if Peter doesn’t saddle up and become the fifth horseman to join Pestilence, War, Famine and Death then his club’s main fan base will want to know why not.
They want him, and his horse, to go into what might be called the ‘Not OK Corral’ and the chief Eeec will be required to jump through Hoops in the saddling enclosure, so to speak.
Even if Lawwell might, at the same time, have the subconscious feeling that he’s contributing towards the biggest suicide note in Scottish football history.
I’m told there’ll also be a call at this afternoon’s meeting for the Celtic support to boycott matches at Hampden next season if Rangers are returned to the SPL.
The obvious reason for that being the SFA will get to feel the supporters’ wrath while they’re determined to see justice done.
So what can Lawwell do under the circumstances ?
Privately, he might have reservations about the financial implications of a league without Rangers.
Publicly, he’ll need to go along with it or drown in his own fans’ indignation. Swimming against the tide of public opinion isn’t an option.
When Vladimir Romanov sounds like the clearest thinking man in the place then you know this saga’s gone on too long, but credit to the old submariner for adjusting his periscope to sharpen focus.
The Rangers fans were, as he said in his statement of intent, deceived by the people who ran their club and deserve a new beginning.
What went on behind the scenes at Ibrox amounts to a scandal that makes Jimmy Carr look like a paragon of virtue when it comes to the handling of personal finances.
Cleaning up the mess left behind has made our game look like a madhouse
The move to re-invent the structure of Scottish football’s governing bodies might be laudable but it looks like a political manouvre to minimise financial hardship in the midst of thinly disguised chaos.
Otherwise the SPL and the SFL would’ve done it when Henry McLeish recommended it in his report two years ago.
The Four Horsemen have bolted and it’s too late to close the stable door. It’s time to cut to the chase and do what has to be done to begin the long road back to a brighter place.
That Thomas Edison could play a bit when it came to light bulbs and how to illuminate the dark.
The inventor also had a neat line in playing down the importance of his work, considering he shone a light on the world.
He once said, “To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.”
If Thomas hadn’t switched off for good in 1931 you’d have sworn he was talking about Scottish football’s plans to extricate itself from the ludicrous mess which now engulfs the game in the wake of Rangers’ collapse.
A pile of junk sums up the rubbish that’ll have to be waded through before the SPL representatives vote on what to do about a newco and old disputes when they convene on the fourth of July.
But the time’s come to do the right thing and the will of the people appears to be self evident.
When are the MSM going to admit that Rangers are no more? That Green’s newco or any other possible newco is just that – a new company and club, even if they include rangers as part of the name. Their beloved Rangers will be dead when liquidation occurs and all that remains will be their history in the record books, a history which cannot be added to.
DiCanioWasADream on 26 June, 2012 at 04:22 said:
Is it true that there are only two thing that don’t burn, Asbestos and ? . Well we won’t be able to burn it down either
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Green has reluctantly that they will have to apply for SFA membership then apply to the SFL, but according to him even if they have to start in SFL 3 they are the cream and cream floats to the top. Doesn’t something else also float and is difficult to flush away?
•-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-• on 26 June, 2012 at 07:10 said:
Forgive the repost, but if you missed it, courtesy of Chasbhoy, A Hun’s Guide to Clubs and Venues in Division 3. Made me laugh a lot.
http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/?p=9634&cpage=1#comment-1471994
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Thanks again sparkleghirl. When I become famous I’ll get you to be my PR ghirl. But don’t hold your breath.
Listening to a clown on Talksport .
Sky have said they will accept ragers going down to Div 1 but only on the assumption that they win promotion the following year .
I am assuming that his head is so far up the EPLs erse that he is talking crap .
I demand to know if what he says has been told to ND or the SFA if so ,it is their duty to look to dump Murdoch’s monster and find another way of making up the money whilst tell clubs to streamline their business with the aim to getting shot of sky ASAP .
He says it without even a thought as to what Sky’s demands could mean regards corruption to ensure their demands are met .
No doubt the MSM and diddy Nevin in particular will concentrate on our songs repertoire next season and do their utmost to attach the word sectarian to us at every chance.
kitalba on 26 June, 2012 at 07:12 said:
It’s hard to conceive of ever feeling sorry for Hugh Keevins!!!
Morning,
And the laughs keep coming…
IRONY will be at the forefront of the
minds of certain members of the
Scottish Football League with long
memories when they vote on the
future of ‘The Rangers’.
Five clubs which will be involved in
determining which division the Ibrox
club will play in next season – Albion
Rovers, Berwick Rangers, Brechin
City, Stenhousemuir and Stranraer –
may think back 48 years when the
boot was on the other foot.
In 1964, this gang of five survived an
attempt to oust them from senior
football in a move led by Rangers.
The Glasgow giants wanted to reduce
the number of clubs in the then top
two divisions from 37 to 32 and
proposed that the minnows should
drop out.
Rangers proposed that the five clubs
with the smallest gate receipts should
be kicked out and were at the
vanguard of moves to make it
happen, including sending out
correspondence to the other member
clubs and deliberately excluding the
targeted clubs.
Amid much legal wrangling, the
smaller clubs – supported by Celtic
and their chairman Robert Kelly –
survived the move. SFL Operations
Director David Thomson recalled:
“The book that was launched to mark
the centenary of the SFL in 1990
records what happened. The five
clubs were in danger of being voted
out. However, Stenhousemuir
committee member Robert Turpey,
who was also a lawyer, and strongly
supported by the other clubs, was
successful in raising an interim
interdict on their behalf.”
The matter was eventually resolved
out of court in November 1964 amid
promises that the clubs would remain
in the SFL and any new league that
was formed. Thomson added: “That
decision probably marks the start of a
move to three professional leagues
that started a decade later when the
Premier League along with Divisions
1 and 2 were created.”
However, Rangers’ role in the
wrangle caused a lot of anger at the
time, especially in Stranraer. Present-
day committee member Shaun Niven
said: “I know that a lot of people in
the town were unhappy with what
had gone on. Stranraer are Scotland’s
third oldest team as we were formed
in 1870 after just Queen’s Park and
Kilmarnock. We waited over 80 years
to be admitted to the old-style
Division Two and to be told after ten
years that we were not wanted caused
a lot of resentment. The clubs that
had been targeted rallied round to
win their case and remain in the SFL
to this day.”
Looking at Rangers’ present
predicament, Niven added: “This
situation is another of the great
ironies that football throws up. We
could now determine whether
Rangers get into the SFL and what
division they come into after they
tried to throw us out all those years
ago.
“This whole situation is full of issues
going full circle as it has probably
accelerated the amalgamation of the
SPL and the SFL 15 years after they
were spilt apart by SPL sides led by
Rangers and Celtic. Now one league
body is seen as the way forward.”
Berwick, of course, took a measure of
revenge on the park less than two
years later when they defeated
Rangers 1-0 in a Scottish Cup tie, and
now the fate of the club that wanted
to expel them and four others could
sit in their collective hands.
If it comes to a vote at the SFL,
Stranraer would have to balance the
prospect of placing Rangers in the
First Division for the good of the
game overall against their own
promotion to the Second Division, as
they were the losing play-off side last
month and weigh up the benefit of
eight local derbies against Queen of
the South and Ayr United to an
overall package that benefits the SFL
overall.
Niven added, “Nothing will be pre-
judged based on what happened
nearly 50 years ago. If we have to
make a decision we will do that based
on what is best for Stranraer FC and
Scottish football overall.”
Nice try Keevins, but we’re actually very happy with the way Celtic are playing this. Silence is golden.
The Herald
Vision of future for Rangers newco remains obscured by doubt
by Richard Wilson
Where next for Charles Green and Zeus Capital?
Imran Ahmed and Charles Green may be in place at Ibrox, but don’t have their problems to seek. Their Sevco consortium currently owns the business and assets of Rangers, but does not have the support of the fans, who are not buying season tickets; the leading players do not trust the new owners and so intend to leave on free transfers; and now enough Scottish Premier League clubs have indicated their intention to vote no to the newco’s league share application on July 4 that they have effectively been given notice of moving to the lower leagues.
The Rangers newco eventually will start next season in the first or third division, depending on the outcome of talks about merging the SPL and Scottish Football League. With Zeus Capital unable to build their investment book, and Sevco being chronically underfunded, there seems a credible danger that the new company could suffer its own insolvency event. Dave King was among many to voice concerns about the consortium’s ability to fund the club, while at least one major bank refused corporate banking and credit facilities.
It is seven weeks since Green appeared on the scene, and in that time he has only generated a series of questions. Who owns Rangers? Green pledged that he would reveal all of his investors on the day his consortium was either successful with its Company Voluntary Arrangement – which could never have been the case with such a weak proposal – or bought the business and assets. Apart from releasing a handful of names, some of which were just fund managers and one of which – Ian Hart – immediately denied he was an investor since he is a financial backer of the consortium set up by Douglas Park and Jim McColl, there’s been no information.
Whose money is Zeus Capital managing? The Manchester investment bank claims to have played a role in the original flotation of Manchester United, but neither Brian Stockbridge or Imran Ahmed, who are now on the board at newco Rangers, were with the company at the time. Zeus has two seats on the board, so exert considerable influence on the decision-making process, but there has been no explanation of who they are representing.
Why did it take until last Thursday for Green to send an email to the players? Legal opinion on the TUPE regulations and the process of staff contracts transferring from the oldco to the newco seem firmly established, but Green chose to try to force the players to move to the newco. He did not set a time frame, as laid down by the legislation to give individuals the opportunity to reject the move, and nor did he seek to talk to the players and address their concerns. Many are uncertain about what the future holds for Sevco and understandably do not wish to harm their careers, but there was a willingness to move if the right owners were in place, then leave later in the summer, at least allowing the club to raise some money in the transfer market.
Why did Green not even try to ensure this? Instead, he is now threatening legal action, but he also has running costs to address. More players are expected to register their refusal to move to the newco before pre-season training starts on Thursday, which is also pay day. Can Green and Zeus Capital meet the ongoing running costs without season ticket revenue?
Both publicly and in a meeting with the Rangers Fans Fighting Fund last Wednesday, Green claimed that season ticket revenue would be ring-fenced in a secure account. He said this despite Lloyds Bank, the oldco’s bankers, advising Green and Duff & Phelps that the current banking arrangements do not constitute a secure account. Instead, all the season ticket money is available to the administrators. There was also no means in place to transfer the money, because Sevco did not have the necessary corporate banking facilities.
Where are the investors going to come from for a club that is in the first or third division? One major investor was initially prepared to fund Green’s consortium for up to £4m as it pursued a CVA, only to pull out after doing due diligence on the books at Ibrox and on his fellow investors. So what leeway is there now for attracting outward investment?
Rangers needs to be rebuilt piece by piece, yet so far there has only been a series of mis-steps. Green and Zeus Capital face a series of obstacles just to maintain their credibility.
Good morning CQNer’s from MK where the sheep have caught up with everybody else and are reluctantly resigning themselves to the fact their team is so dependent on ‘parking the bus’ against good teams that they really aren’t that good after all.
Also this morning we have evidence that Hugh Keevins is really Margaret McGill.
starry plough:
He likes himself, quite a lot actually.
Rangers in crisis: ‘Ibrox Globetrotters’ is real prospect
The ramifications, for Rangers and the rest of the country’s senior clubs, of the latest revelations could prove to be cataclysmic.
By Ewing Grahame The Telegraph
Some Rangers supporters are already arguing that any and all allegations of wrongdoing during the reign of discredited venture capitalist Craig Whyte and the sanctions which may subsequently brought to bear ought to be rendered null and void if it is proved that he took control of the club by fraudulent means.
Of course, the top tier tax tribunal, who have been deliberating for over five months now, may yet find Sir David Murray implicated in the allegations about the use of Employee Benefit Trusts.
Murray denies accusations Rangers handed out double contracts to players to cover up untaxed payments.
“The Board’s priority is to rebuild the Club for the future and we are 100 per cent focused on that task,” said Malcolm Murray, the chairman of Sevco 5088.
“We welcome any investigation that examines events at the Club and will offer every assistance if required. The rank and file Rangers fans are blameless.
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“Rightly, they want answers and for those responsible for the Club’s fate in recent times to be held to account. Hopefully this investigation will assist in this regard.”
The SPL, for its part, confirmed yesterday that the findings of its investigation of the dual contracts allegedly used during the David Murray years will be put on hold until such time as it is established in which division, if any, Rangers will be playing next season.
At the same time, the Scottish Football Association will delay the reconvening of the Appellate Tribunal until after July 4, the date at which the remaining SPL clubs will confirm that Sevco 5088 will not be welcome in the elite division.
The Appellate Tribunal, who upheld an earlier decision to impose a 12-month transfer embargo on Rangers, saw Lord Glennie at the Court of Session rule that that particular penalty was not open to the Judicial Panel.
He then instructed them to find another punishment, the options being suspension or expulsion from Scottish football or a ban from entering the Scottish Cup.
Charles Green, whose Sevco 5088 has yet to apply for membership of the SFA, met yesterday with representatives of PFA Scotland in an attempt to prevent the haemorrhaging of players from his new entity.
On Sunday, Scotland stars Steven Naismith and Steven Whittaker, two of Green’s most saleable assets, announced they would not be transferring their contracts to the newco and that they now considered themselves free agents.
Previously, midfielder Rhys McCabe and Nigeria winger Sone Aluko had indicated they would not be returning to Ibrox and more are expected to follow their lead, especially since there will be no top-flight football next season and no European competition for at least three years.
The SFA’s chief executive, Stewart Regan and his counterparts at the SPL and Scottish Football League last week began frantic attempts to manoeuvre the club formerly known as Rangers into the First Division.
Unfortunately for them, that plan was dependent on the SPL clubs voting to accept the newco before then relegating it as a punishment and Regan has now gone on holiday (Crisis? What crisis?).
According to a well-placed source, Green had budgeted for three possible outcomes; life in the SPL, life in the Third Division and also for a year spent as the footballing equivalent of the Harlem Globetrotters should the Appellate Tribunal ban them from playing in Scotland.
Now the future of the SPL’s new, four-year TV deal with Sky is in doubt.
Dundee not getting carried away
Dundee manager Barry Smith last night refused to countenance the possibility of replacing Rangers in Scottish football’s top tier next season.
With SPL members queuing up to pour cold water on Charles Green’s hopes of seamlessly taking the oldco’s place, practically the only certainty concerning the national game is that Ibrox will not be hosting Old Firm league games in 2012/13.
Dunfermline, relegated in May after winning only one home game during the entire campaign, believe that they should be reinstated.
“There is no precedent set for this so I don’t believe it’s just a simple case that Dundee should go up because they filled in an application in March, along with other clubs, stating they met the SPL criteria,” said Dunfermline chairman John Yorkston.
“That form was done in the context of potential promotion but Dundee finished 14th in Scottish football last season and we finished 12th.”
However, it is understood that, having already transferred their membership share to First Division champions Ross County, Dunfermline’s demotion will not be reversed.
SPL insiders believe that Dundee, as runners-up to the Highlanders, can expect a call confirming their promotion once the formality of the vote against Green’s newco has been completed on July 4.
That cuts no ice with Smith, however. Like someone who won’t reveal what they have wished for in case it doesn’t come true, the Dens Park boss is keeping his own counsel on the matter.
“My players report back for pre-season training on Thursday and we’ll be concentrating on preparing for life in the First Division and nothing else,” he said.
“Clubs can talk about their intentions but a lot can happen between now and July 4 so we’ll remain fully focused on the job in hand and, until we hear anything different from the powers that be, that means the First Division.”
I suppose when you add it all up it would be hard to to conclude other than The Sevco FC are effed.
SPARKLEGHIRL…if you’re still around.
My post to you yesterday at 1523 looks a bit patronising in the cold clear light of day,which was certainly NOT my intention.
Hopefully you didn’t take offence,but please accept my apologies regardless.
Anyway the reference to MONACO was a response to your question about what the following person had been doing recently.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McColl
After which I suggested the totally ridiculous notion that an arrangement for a transfer of a business from one individual to another who was better able to take it forward might only take place if a means could be found to eliminate the debt accrued.
And that this might only be possible if a useful-and credible-idiot could be found to take the blame for the former’s mismanagement,and thus allow the latter to ride to the rescue after the event.
But such a scenario could only ever occur in a parallel universe,one where many of us wear tinfoil helmets!
Morning all from gay Paree, il pleut (23C max)
The article in the Independant highlighted by the CQN 4am update, is pretty flawed: it basically ramples on about “Rangers” as though that entity still exists.
I added a comment to clarify the situation:
Huns doomed
RFC(InLiq.): Time to Pay the Wages of Sin
Laffatme next to walk away…
Ally’s pre season training should be a laugh, him and Elbows with the local Govan weans..
By Roddy Forsyth. The Telegraph. 19 Feb 2012
One proscribed song – The Billy Boys – was rendered loudly along with chants referring to “Fenian ——–” – and they were also discernible on radio coverage of the match.
The Scottish Premier League match delegate was the former Scottish Football Association security officer, Willie McDougall, whose report will arrive at the league offices at Hampden Park on Monday morning.
The offensive utterances sullied what had been an impressive and emotionally charged display of support from the 50,000 Rangers fans who crammed Ibrox in hope of reinforcing their players’ morale after a disturbing week that saw the club go into administration.
The men responsible for supervising that process, Paul Clark and David Whitehouse, watched from the directors box – where a conspicuously empty seat advertised the absence of Craig Whyte, the Rangers’ owner and also ‘Public Enemy No 1’ as far as the supporters are concerned.
The pair indicated that they will have more to say this week as they unscramble the Ibrox accounts – or whatever approximates to profit and loss ledgers there – but prior to the game Clark disclosed that the non-payment of PAYE and VAT, deducted at source, had been ongoing for several months. Asked if this might constitute criminal conduct, Whitehouse replied: “Could do – could do.”
The critical factor in that respect would appear to be the possibility that the tax money was withheld at a time when those in charge of the club knew, or should have known, that an insolvency event was likely or imminent. There will be more, too, about the £24.4 million paid up front for the rights to four years’ worth of season tickets by the Ticketus agency.
The money, it appears, has not been spent but is not in Rangers’ bank account. As soon as it was confirmed last Tuesday that Rangers were in administration the team were docked 10 points by the SPL, but the assembly of the faithful who had begun to muster outside Ibrox hours before the game were not prepared for a further deduction enforced by Kilmarnock.
Yet it took only a few minutes to realise that Rangers – who had lost to a Manuel Pascali header at Rugby Park in November – were unable to get around Kilmarnock on the flanks, the one tactic that discomfits the Ayrshire side. With this failure, Rangers invited the sucker punch and it was delivered early through an incisively graceful sweep down the Killie left and coolly finished by Dean Shiels.
Neither Rangers or their fans ever regained their momentum of the opening few minutes and as frustration soured the mood of some amongst the home support, it triggered the sectarian outbreaks.
The atmosphere was not helped by Sasa Papac’s untypical loss of control, which saw him sent off for a lunge at Liam Kelly, or the header from Lee McCulloch which found the net but was ruled out by the referee for shoving. For all of that – and the inevitable emphasis on Rangers’ frailties – Kilmarnock should not be denied credit for an impressive display of character in supercharged circumstances, not to mention some fine football of the sort they periodically deliver.
Their small knot of fans were entitled to their euphoria. For the first time in the SPL, Kilmarnock had inflicted two defeats on Rangers in the same season.
Rangers, meanwhile, suffered their first home loss of the league campaign and a second successive beating on their own turf, following their ejection from the Scottish Cup by Dundee United. The chances are that they will trail Celtic by an astounding 23 points before they play at Inverness on Sunday, but that is no longer anything like as relevant as Rangers’ ability to finish in second place.
Statement from Peter Lawwell.
“We have not sought the demise of rangers.” Snigger barely suppressed.
“Their death will bring us fresh corporate challenges. In a time of financial uncertainty we cannot risk the boycotting of Celtic Park by away fans. The other teams in League have left us no choice but to vote no in allowing Newco to start in the SPL.” Hoots of laughter heard before he even exits the room.
Has Wee Shuggy Keevins been away on holiday?
Shuugy we know you like to lurk so, you may want to read back on the last few weeks newspapers, yeah Shuggy I know you cant believe everything in them, but it may be prudent to edit your script, even if its just for the sake of any of your listeners who may have also been on Mars for the past while,
There is NO Rangers.
Theyre Dead
Theyre Gone.
They are no more.
By all means include them in your script if you have to, but use the past tense Shuggy, you know it makes sense.
Good morning all from a sun drenched North Ayrshire.
Let’s hope thems newco attempt to enter SFL3 is doomed to failure. Let thems rot.
Ewing Graham in today’s Telegraph states that the placement of Dodo fc in SFL 1 would have been a punishment/relegation after they had been voted straight back in to the SPL. I am not arguing the merit of this but it’s the first time I have heard of this view which is the opposite of Paul67’s take on it from the weekend which had me very worried.So third division then. If they’re lucky. Magic. HH.
Silver City 1888 on 26 June, 2012 at 08:01 said:
For real??
Ron Bacardi on 26 June, 2012 at 07:17 said:
Exactly. The Scum still talking about them being ‘booted out’ the SPL that they have never been in. Incredible.
Just the sniggering and laughter.
FC Dodo
Dead as a Dodo ho ho ho floats my Gloat Boat…
I hope the huns who thought it was funny throwing a guy in a fountain and filming it are greeting into their porridge this morning, does it hurt clowns??
I have said it 12 times on CQN and I’ll say it again.
There will be no Rangers, in any name, shape or form playing in any league in any country next season.
Hail Hail
Silver City 1888 on 26 June, 2012 at 08:01 said:
Statement from Peter Lawwell.
“We have not sought the demise of rangers.” Snigger barely suppressed.
“Their death will bring us fresh corporate challenges
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good to see him point out that Rangers are no more, no doubt the MSM will do ther best/worst to ignore that
Tom McLaughlin on 26 June, 2012 at 08:24 said:
TM
You sound very confident?
The SPL Board is:
Ralph Topping, Neil Doncaster, Derek Weir (M’well), Riley (Celtic), Brown (St Johnstone), Thompson (Dun Utd)
As the rules stood, it was down to the board to decide whether NewCo were permitted to take on Dead Rangers’ SPL share. With Celtic likely to oppose NewCo’s admittance, we can assume Riley would have voted ‘No’. And with Thompson and Brown having already declared a ‘No’, that would mean 3 of 6 board members against the admittance of NewCo.
Motherwell have essentially abstained in their passing-the-buck but would assume that Weir, along with Topping and Doncaster, must’ve been in favour of NewCo admittance, hence pushing the vote to the SPL chairmen.
I suspect Doncaster/Topping already knew that at least 3 votes of the 5 required to deny NewCo admittance came from the SPL board alone, but the 3-3 split probably explains why it was deferred to the SPL 12 to decide.
CHE
Howdy,bud.
I mentioned an article in yesterday’s Telegraph,about how the reformation was ultimately a cultural disaster,with many fine buildings and works of art destroyed.
It reminded me of my fav wind-up when I’m home in Kilwinning,where IIRC your brother lives.
Kilwinning Abbey,prior to the reformation,was one of the most important in Scotland,but is sadly now a pile of ruins.
“So,lads,how come there’s so many masons in Kilwinning,and you haven’t rebuilt the abbey yet?”
Best said while wearing the good trainers for a quick getaway!
Kitalba
FC DODO , cheers for that , what a way to start the day .
Hail Hail
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLE-PICKERS on 26 June, 2012 at 07:57 said:
:)
I have a day of dull dull meetings lined up today. I will use the time to ponder this and more.
BMCUW
All well here, still enjoying the sunshine, the laughter and the dissipating stench from thems.
Ah the older brother ventured up into the Metropolis at the weekend, it was under the cloak of darkness right enough, no pre warning was given, the cynics in the family say thats because hes due to pay for half a season book, personally I think he just forgot,
Same as last season.
Sorry to go wildly off topic but I’m slightly enraged having listened to Anna Soubry MP (Conservative) infer that the majority on benefits are criminals. If they keep this up they’re guaranteeing a ‘Yes’ in the referendum, and as it goes I’m starting to think I’d rather take my chances with the SNP than have many more years of being governed by that shower of scumbags.
With all the goings and err goings of players at Dodo Fc (brilliant) does anyone know if Park of Hamilton do people carriers as well as coaches?