I hear the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have written to complainants confirming they are investigating adverts run by Rangers International Football Club plc, in which they claim to be Scotland’s most successful football club. You and I know that’s not the case, Celtic are Scotland’s most successful football club, followed at a distance by Aberdeen, Dundee United, Hearts, Hibs, Queens Park, Motherwell, Kilmarnock……. and ultimately East Fife.
The confusion has perhaps arisen following the demise of The Rangers Football Club plc, who laid claim to 54 Scottish titles before their failure to pay creditors ultimately led to liquidation. Rangers International Football Club plc have traded for less than a year and would be pushed to justify their claim in the face of Celtic’s magnificent domestic and European history. They cannot, of course, claim to be a now liquidated company.
The Advertising Standards Authority will write to both the advertiser and advert broadcaster asking them to submit evidence in support of their claim. The ASA will then send a recommendation to the ASA Council for adjudication.
In the event the advertiser accepts the complaint and agrees to change future advertising claims the ASA will write to complainers to confirm the matter has been resolved.
Celtic’s claim is simple, we are the champions of Scotland, winners of more leagues and cups than anyone else still kicking a ball in Britain, Northern Europe’s first European Champions and we observe all football, tax and civil laws.
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Sally said at a Presser last week this would be their first trophy.Was on Rumour Bagwash’s nightly 5 minute hun round-up on Sevco Today.
yorkbhoy – 13:21 on 28 March, 2013
To put it in really simple terms as soon as our stadium was completed.
For the sake of argument lets say the extra 10k seats were used every game, at an average of £500 income per seat that £5M/season more income from the stadium alone.
I know that’s far too simple a picture but it’s one of the biggest factors.
Glasstwothirdsfull
Frittered away… But where?
Like most of us I read about their downfall but I seemed to have missed where the money went… I’m sure if it was Celtic the MSM would be looking under every stone to find out.
glasstwothirdsfull
13:27 on
28 March, 2013
yorkbhoy,
Don’t forget all the “extras”…..Tens if not hundreds of millions frittered away…..
McCoist would have eaten most of the fritters. N’est-ce pas, chief?
Weeminger I think the tax they avoided would have covered that and more…
Jobo
World record averages all round ….
Average weekly loss for a Scottish club …. should that be company
Average empty seats at a 4th tier match
Average pay for a 4th tier football team
Average degree of ugliness amongst team… fans … and staff
This is class. Well done to all Tims that complained. Here’s hoping LNS doesn’t sit on the ASA complaints committee though.
Superb Paul, made my day.
Embdae know how to activate the setting on gmail that tells you other person has opened email? Ta
Celtic beat Barcelona thanks to a goal from Tony Watt, who’s average age is 18
Pod I
Cheeky Charlie talking about the rejection of a CVA means history is gone.
From about 1min50secs in.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18373399?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
SPF
Yorkbhoy,
You ask a really good question. It also makes you wonder what the likes of Murray was taking out of the club through his various “franchised” services – not to mention the likes of Dave King who seemed to double his money for no apparent reason.
I suspect that we will never get to the bottom of it, primarily because nobody who matters is really trying to find…out and the vast majority of huns are just too stupid to demand answers.
Good to hear the Advertising Authority are having a look at the RIFC wild claims P67
Its about time the football consumer got the facts instead of sales led propaganda
yorkbhoy – 13:35 on 28 March, 2013
True – but let’s also factor into the overpriced and overpaid transfers they made in order to fool the hordes.
There’s something else that always nagged at me. Throughout the deathstar Murray’s companies took up advertising space. Was he 1)paying over the odds in a money shuffling exercise? 2) Getting it for free as it was his stadium or 3) filling in empty gaps that they couldn’t sell cause they’re toxic? Regardless it was less real income coming in that would have been lower than ours anyway based on an ‘eyes on the ad’ model.
Wonder if Challs has completed the paperwork to fend off WUO?
I wonder how the stadium repairs at Poundland are coming along.
James an oldco creditor on Clyde SSB explains liquidation
http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=2jaavk4&s=6
It’s a ridiculous state of affairs that paul67’s article has cheered so many CQNers up today!
Despite the new rangers being a brand new club with no previous history being fact; no one in the MSM will ever state this, no rangers fan will ever admit it, and no one cares apart from us!
Clutching at straws. Next week or whenever sevco wins the third div, it will be reported as the clubs 55th title signalling the beginning of the end of the worst period in the clubs proud 140 year history.
I wouldn’t be surprised if those exact words are used.
Giovanni Di Stefano
A John Di Stefano did time in Ireland following a conviction for fraud..
A John Di Stefano did time in the UK following a conviction for fraud .
A John Di Stefano did time in New Zealand foll
The bhoyjinky @13:18….. I hear you mate I’m just saying be very careful because you know that there are parties out there who would love to turn this against us and beat us wit metaphorical and if they can … Real sticks
HAMILTONTIM
I hope you are right but I think it should be made clear before the event for all to know
Please dont interpret my ” niggles” as me being a negative bugger I’m just posting my thoughts given my own previous
Oh btw anyone got a good contact in the Coventry city FC fan base perhaps an appeal against the points deduction based on the president set up here ??? No?? Or am I just being bad lol
Pabloh
It’s just banter
Gonnae stop being a spoilsport mate?
pabloh_AKA_NEIL LENNON 13:51 on 28 March, 2013
Next week or whenever sevco wins the third div, it will be reported as the clubs 55th title
Are things really so desparate there that they’d claim the third division as a “title”?
sonsoferin
13:16 on 28 March, 2013
LNS has perpetuated the myth – his report said Sevco are, “the new owners of Rangers Football Club.”
Tim Malone, Weeminger
Thanks
I thought that some of Murray’s businesses were helping subsidise them ( I seem to remember an article about that)
We are talking vast amounts of money…
I don’t know where it went I just wondered if it had been covered somewhere and I missed it.
A John Di Stefano did time in New Zealand following a conviction for fraud .
Giovanni Di Stefano always insisted that he was not John Di Stefano —–despite sharing fingerprints / a date of birth and a place of birth with John Di Stefano .
What front !
Saltires; true, I’ll try to enjoy! We tend to pin our hopes on judgements/punishments for them that never materialise, hence my current glass half full position.
Glasstwothirds; hell yeah they’ll claim it!
Half empty…silly boy
I have my letter from ASA …………….hope they ruffle a few feathers and expose this sham.
HASTA LA VICTORIA SIEMPRE
yorkbhoy
13:21 on
28 March, 2013
A serious question. Celtic and the ex rangers had roughly the same crowds, roughly the same TV income, they had more Euro money and they didn’t pay their taxes. How did they go bust… Where did the money go? Was it just outrageous transfers?
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You need to blame that bstd Peter Liewwell for that.
He ran Celtic properly, the scumbag.
Sack the board.
Myself and my two nephews have an average age of 21.
I for the dancing this weekend.
pabloh_AKA_NEIL LENNON
Third Division title of the SPLeague, Sevco are welcome to that as their first “honour”.
;o)
“Third Division title of the SFLeague”
The ASA will most probably hide behind LNS’s skirt.
HT @ 13:25
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IRN—–BRU SCOTTISH THIRD DIVISION CHAMPIONS .
A fourth tier title for a fourth tier club.
Pabloh – good man
When they say – ‘but we enjoy the 3rd Division it’s great to get to places we never go and anyway you all really miss us
….it’s the heaving shoulders and uncontrolled giggling that really gets to them ;-)
HH
Celtic should get a deal tied up with Yogi Bear. He was smarter than the average bear.
I’ll get my coat……..
LB
South Of Tunis
I followed him on Twitter. Total nutter!
He was trying to buy Sevco shares and take Craig Whyte to court. Anyone know if he bought any? If he did that has got to be another world record for a football club/company/whatever it is today. Shareholder jailed for fraud within 9 months!
LB
yorkbhoy
13:34 on
28 March, 2013
Glasstwothirdsfull
Frittered away… But where?
Like most of us I read about their downfall but I seemed to have missed where the money went… I’m sure if it was Celtic the MSM would be looking under every stone to find out
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They don’t need to. Many MSM employees drank from Minty’s Magic Money Fountain, either directly or via ‘tax efficient invesment instruments’
All for the price of one soul!