I’m sure many of you will remember the home game against Dundee in April 2001. We needed a win to be able to secure the title the following week, at home, against St Mirren. After the game Martin O’Neill sounded irritated at the anxiety in the crowd, oblivious to the fact that the loss of a late goal would have denied many of us the opportunity to be there when the title was won.
If you’ve been there for the highs (Aberdeen) and lows (Kilmarnock) of the league season you’ve earned a ticket to the party. Let’s hope the SPL deliver a home game next, as reported.
Apologies for the extended downtime yesterday. Plans are afoot for five new servers to load-balance CQN (which sounds a lot right now but we’ve had similar thoughts before).
Let the record show that the death of Margaret Thatcher brought CQN down longer than when Rangers did the decent thing. Was hearing the news a ‘JFK moment’? I was in the wee room at the time, a treat for all the senses, so I’m not sure how my memory will handle the situation…. mostly audio.
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Haircuts, sorry if you are not of the hirsute variety.
You know when you get a haircut? Generally you go in get a number 6 and tidied up, up top.
But, the tidy up, up top, isn’t generally as even as the number 6, obviously because that, the number 6, is on a regulated gauge, whereas the tidy up is open to human error.
So how come, someone hasn’t invented an all over gauge thingy, where, once you have established a hairstyle that you like, you can get a number 6, not judged from scraping against your skull, but, measured from the end of your hair?
I think it would be a winner.
EC67
DragonsdenCSC
What if BDO reclaims the assets and sells them to real rangers men?
What if wattie,McCoist ,jabba and Murray (Malcolm) have planned this all along ??
The entire web of deceit reeks …
A full public enquiry is required in the entire fiasco .
Have to say…. Been very pleased with feedback from locals when I reached the local.
Was handed a Op-Ed column from the New York Times that described Thatchers legacy in a way that should make the UK media ashamed…
In addition Greeks, Spanish, Polish and natural Americans watching the Dortmund game lambasted the officials, who I called the Dallas Cowboys…. Then had the pleasure of explaining why.
Welcome to my world CSC
The SFA, AIM, BDO and the Strathclyde Stasi must all get off their erchies, roll down their trouser legs and investigate the sale of assets to whomever, the share flotation and the granting of a football license to whatever tribute side is currently playing at Ibrox.
The plight of the feckless McCoist is a particularly pleasing prospect.
He has accomplished the square of the sum total of zero, nadda, zifir, nineteen as a manager in the lowest rung of Scottish senior football.
No wonder he won’t do walking away. He is drawing a substantial salary for being Green and Whyte’s sock puppet.
Sooty McCoist.
Hi remember me? Was chatting with Junior c b (you may recall he had brain surgery in January) he jokingly said “rangers last year ,Thatcher this year, I wonder who next year…..after a brief chuckle I thought after what’s happened to you wee fella…..’..’…. .cockyweegitcfc …..he then went on to tell me that MTV went ballistic when they were told yesterdays breaking news. “THATcher was dead” ………we finally agreed on newco. For next year though…..any suggestions?
charliebhoy, how’s the lad doing?
The only downside to all this is timing.
Last year they limped to the end of season giving the powers that be those precious few months in the summer, to stop them disappearing into the ether.
We are now back at seasons end again. Do they have enough time this year to stay afloat in any form before the new season kicks off again.
Because any form will do. Any sort of team, in any division. As long as they have a team in blue playing somewhere. I don’t even think Ibrox is essential.
Plans for Sevco Mk III need to be put into operation fairly quickly and Chuckles doesn’t seem to figure in any of these plans
‘gg
00:45 on
10 April, 2013
The SFA, AIM, BDO and the Strathclyde Stasi must all get off their erchies, roll down their trouser legs and investigate the sale of assets to whomever, the share flotation and the granting of a football license to whatever tribute side is currently playing at Ibrox.
The plight of the feckless McCoist is a particularly pleasing prospect.
He has accomplished the square of the sum total of zero, nadda, zifir, NIENTE as a manager in the lowest rung of Scottish senior football.
No wonder he won’t do walking away. He is drawing a substantial salary for being Green and Whyte’s sock puppet.
Sooty McCoist.
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iPad predictive text can ambush you at times.
CW has played a blinder! Green is swinging in the wind and will take the path of least resistance outta the chunderdome. He’s deliberately using the racist terminology to try and make his position untenable. Unfortunately for him, he’s reckoned without the pliant MSM, hence his challenge to shareholders and the ‘sack Durrant’ posturing.
It was always CW’s plan to crash the ship onto the rocks and asset strip. Unfortunately his first attempt only disabled the rudder, Chuckles is going to take the slurry barge down with all hands. MP, Albion car park, Edminston house-plus land all revert to CW. The brick folly-folly is all that will be left for the ‘rangers-minded’
Looks like this is going to coincide with end of my 125!
Just in case any of you missed CG on Scotland Tonight, earlier.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=ghmRF7QlGf0&feature=player_embedded&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded%26v%3DghmRF7QlGf0
The first 6 or 7 mins are hilarious.
hh
bjmac
Ps hop link works and doesn’t break the blog
I still think Celtic should invest in a good John Hartson + Chris Sutton’s worth and buy rangers.
Then bury them.
Been saying it for years.
http://www.scotsman.com/business/murray-in-163-150m-deal-as-lloyds-increases-mih-stake-1-802018
“A buyer will pay a figure to buy a debt-free club,” he said.
Referring to the group’s prospects, he said: “I consider that,
although the UK’s economic recovery remains fragile, the worst is behind us.”
Murray Mints Murray Mints
too good to hurry mints !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOmZimH00oo
I’m Waitin ….and I’m waitin…and I’m waitin..and I’m waitin and I’m waitin
I’m Waitin ….and I’m waitin…and I’m waitin..and I’m waitin and I’m waitin
I’m Waitin ….and I’m waitin…and I’m waitin..and I’m waitin and I’m waitin
heh white boy what you doin up town?
Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the leader.
Catholics do not recognize each other in the cairy oot.
The Top of the Pile (the banks) have taken what was owed from the Deid club, and continue to recuperate what they can from Murray International Metals…. And have left fly men to buzz around the carcass. The longer the SFA, SPL and Scottish MSM do the same… The national game in Scotland is turning into a large smelly turd.
Dallas Cowboys? They were alive and well in front of an international audience tonight….
What Murray did was similar to what Thatcher did.
The way it has been handled is tragic, and the real Scotland’s Shame, from Salmond to House, all the way down.
Look you lot may be engrossed by the huns ability to manoevre deftly through the legal minefield and sectarian backdrop that is Scotland but what really sickens me is the uncoordinated chanting of “Achtung”, “mein Fuhrer”, “Gie us Himmler or death” and “Eichman wizny that bad”. This undisciplined rabble might go down well at Ibrokes, but there is no place for them in any self-respecting Scottish Schutzstaffel unit.
Maggie… In Deid.
Here he comes all dressed in black!!!
NY Times Op-Ed
The Mint?
The similarities are there…. He was the Scottish Fitba Personification of what she stood for… Divided and Ruled, and in the Banks pocket.
Let us prey
Iron lady
Rust in police
Kayal33
23:42 on 9 April, 2013
For those of us who live overseas,but whose love of Celtic and Tims remains undiminished,thanks for keeping us in the loop.
Regardless if the current Sevco FC debacle is the result of carefully plotted skullduggery they are fecked. Unless the ‘plotters’ have a Russian oligarch or Saudi prince lined up to invest oodles of cash Zombie FC MK2 will remain at best a footballing non entity for a long time! The share issue money has all but evaporated along with the SB money and no one will invest in a further share issue. I just can’t see anyone either being able to or indeed wanting to invest the kind of money that is required just to save Zombie FC from deserved oblivion. Starting with zero debt is one thing but attracting the type of money to sustain the club is an entirely different matter – ask the Govern Green and Whyte army “ by ‘eck Craigy I think Sevco as just popped is clogs”
monteblanco
00:21 on 10 April, 2013
Your conspiracy theory resonates.
Mega money Murray claims to have been “duped” by micro money Whyte.
A likely scenario ?
River Clyde and banana boats.
Old man river.Just keeps rolling along.
:-)
Tell me more,tell me more.
Good morning CQNers,
monteblanco @ 00:21 – spot on.
A snippet from a BBC piece…..
Clubs in the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football League are being asked to consider new leagues of 12, 12 and 18 from the present four.
But it is understood that the SFL has still not allowed access to documents.
SFL clubs are due to vote on the proposal next Friday.
Following a meeting between Scottish football’s three governing bodies, the SFL had requested assistance from the Scottish Football Association in providing financial due diligence.
That is seen as vital to help clubs decide how to vote on the proposed new set-up, which would result in a merger between the two league bodies.
However, it is believed that, despite requests from the SFA, the SFL has still not allowed access to its financial details.
That information was originally expected last Wednesday.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22088117
Curiouser and curiouser …….I could just be another paranoid Tim but the timing of this and the STV interviewer asking pertinent questions of Green’s veracity would suggest we are seeing the initial moves in a putsch by the real Rangers men.
Morning bhoys from a hun free mountain valley.
This is interesting……..
HERE’S how the dispute between Whyte and Ticketus unfolded…
APRIL 7, 2011: Whyte receives Ticketus cash which he then secretly uses to buy Rangers.
MAY 6, 2011: Sir David Murray sells Rangers to Whyte for £1.
FEBRUARY 14, 2012: Rangers go into administration over unpaid PAYE and VAT.
FEBRUARY 21, 2012: Emerges Whyte paid off £18million Lloyds debt using Ticketus cash, which he previously denied.
MARCH 16, 2012: Rangers administrators Duff and Phelps go to court to have Ticketus deal torn up as the debt could discourage bidders wishing to take over the club.
MARCH 23, 2012: Duff and Phelps announce High Court judge Lord Hodge finds Ticketus has no property or real rights over seats at Ibrox.
MAY 9, 2012: Ticketus planning to lodge legal claim against Whyte.
MAY 12, 2012: Ticketus launch legal action against Whyte at the High Court in London over money owed by admin-hit Rangers.
JUNE 14, 2012: Rangers liquidated after HMRC reject CVA proposal.
APRIL 5, 2013: Ticketus win £17.7million claim against Whyte for misrepresentation.
FOOTBALL finance experts last night warned that Craig Whyte faces BANKRUPTCY after losing a £17.7million court fight.
The former Rangers owner, 42, has been ordered to pay back Ticketus after a senior judge ruled that he had lied to them during his Ibrox takeover.
The High Court in London also ordered Whyte to stump up £700,000 in interest and legal costs after his bid to counter-sue the company failed.
Last night a top sports finance expert claimed the controversial tycoon faces financial ruin if he can’t come up with the cash.
Dr Chris Brady said: “Basically he’s got to pay the money back — if he hasn’t got it then he’s effectively bankrupt.
“They will try and acquire his assets. But any assets that are held abroad would be out of reach — they wouldn’t be able to get a hold of that.”
Whyte sold the future sale of three years’ worth of Rangers season tickets to Ticketus for £25million as he swooped to grab the keys of Ibrox in May 2011.
It later emerged the Monaco-based businessman used some of the cash to fund his takeover.
He used the money to pay off Lloyds TSB bank — who were owed £18million by Rangers — a legacy of Sir David Murray’s 20-year reign at the club.
Ticketus hoped the £17.7million would net them up to £7million profit. Insiders last night insisted Ticketus would have killed the deal if Whyte had revealed his “murky past” and his seven-year ban as a director.
A court source said: “Ticketus wouldn’t have touched the tickets agreement with Rangers with a bargepole if Whyte had revealed, as required, his previous seven-year disqualification from serving as a director, and the reasons for the disqualification.
“Whyte did not disclose his murky past during the due-diligence process that Ticketus undertook ahead of entering into the agreement with the club.
“It’s understood Ticketus were appalled when they found out Whyte had been banned from being a company director.
“The £17.7million was the full amount Ticketus paid Rangers under Whyte’s ownership for the season tickets.
“They can now pursue him if he fails to pay up as ordered by the court.
“Ticketus can also still pursue Whyte and his companies for the personal and corporate guarantees built into the ticket-purchase agreement.”
London-based Ticketus sued for “misrepresentation” — a legal term referring to a false statement of fact made by one party to another inducing them into a contract.
The firm, owned by finance giant Octopus Investments, make money by dishing out up-front cash to soccer clubs before making a profit from ticket sales.
After oldco Rangers were forced into administration last February, Whyte admitted he bought control using money raised by selling the season ticket cash. In November 2011 Ibrox bosses confirmed Whyte was disqualified as a company director for seven years from 2000 — after being exposed by a BBC Scotland investigation.
The UK Insolvency Service took civil proceedings against one of his companies — Vital UK Limited.
The SFA also hit Motherwell-born Whyte with a £200,000 fine and banned him from Scottish football for life. Whyte and Rangers chief executive Charles Green are currently embroiled in a war over who owns Rangers.
Whyte claims he was behind Sevco 5088, the company that bought the crisis-hit club for £5.5million in June.
And the tycoon says he will sue Green for £50million of Ibrox assets he insists were transferred illegally — which could theoretically see Whyte win back the keys to Ibrox. Light Blues chief executive Green, 59, says Whyte was not involved in the deal and is “delusional” — but admits “shafting” Whyte over last year’s takeover.
We revealed on Monday how a matey text exchange between bitter rivals Green and Whyte appeared to reveal a former cosy relationship between the pair.
Jubilant Green fired off a message to Whyte to celebrate landing preferred-bidder status during last summer’s Ibrox takeover.
After meeting administrators Duff and Phelps, the Yorkshireman wrote on May 12: “Just to let you know I’ve signed.”
Moments later Whyte replied with a cheery SMS saying: “Great news! Well done!”
And our explosive transcripts last week of secret tapes Whyte made of Ibrox powerbrokers including Green left fans stunned.
In one recording Green is heard telling Whyte: “You are Sevco, that’s what we are saying.” During a live TV interview on Friday he branded Whyte “google-eye”.
Last night a spokesman for Ticketus declined to comment on the outcome of Friday’s court case.
It’s understood Whyte was refused leave to an immediate appeal on the day — but can launch a further appeal within 21 days.
A spokesman for the tycoon said: “Craig is aware of the judgement. It was not totally unexpected as he wasn’t given a full trial.
“He will now be taking his appeal to the High Court.”
A lifestyle of luxury and mystery
By ROBERT McAULAY
CRAIG Whyte still lives a lifestyle of enormous extravagance — despite facing multi-million pound legal claims.
He flits between his Highland pile Castle Grant, near Grantown-on-Spey, Moray, and a luxury flat in millionaires’ tax haven Monaco.
But the extent of his true wealth is shrouded in mystery and rumour.
He first started accruing big money as a teenager, reportedly making a £20,000 profit in stocks and shares before he left school.
But his first business, plant hire firm Whyte Hire, went bust in the early ’90s with debts of around £300,000.
Just after he acquired Rangers in May 2011, it emerged Whyte had told former director John McClelland he would meet any liability in their ‘Big Tax Case’ up to a value of £15million from his own personal wealth.
In February 2012, Whyte claimed he provided former Gers owner Sir David Murray and Lloyds Banking Group with “proof of funds amounting to £33million”.
Last August, his dad stopped his son’s estranged wife Kim flogging off Whyte’s £60,000 Bentley to pay back cash she claims he owed her after their split.
Kim, 42, put the car in an auction for a knockdown price of £34,100. But the sale was halted after Tom’s debt-collecting firm Liberty Corporate told a court it owned the burgundy luxury car.
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/feeds/smartphone/scotland/4880659/The-177million-Whyte-lie-that-means-ex-Gers-boss-faces-financial-ruin.html#ixzz2Q2RmzsNB
Up to number 2…..
http://snkhan.co.uk/stuff/iTunes.php
Monte blanco 00.21
You named that tune in one.
The Cardigan may not have originally been the Trojan horse.
But there is definitely something up in the state of Sevcovia when the press and McMoist start to turn on Chucky.
TT
Morning,
Looking forward to another day of hilarity with Sevco.
“Remember Ally, eye of the tiger”
So Whyte loses to Ticketus… Hmmm… Certainly puts a new light on his recent press activity.
Pretty clear that Green simply cannot lose any challenge to Whyte in the courts, otherwise this time RFC really will cease to exist…
“I won’t quit” says Sally in today’s papers.
Thank God for that. I was terrified the hilarity would be stopping.
Morning all. Starting the day with a laugh.
On ITV there they have a competition to win £34,000. To win answer the following question;
A gingerbread man is a type of what?
A) Biscuit
B) Jelly
C) Ice cream
Timfiltration at ITV anyone? Haha
Was I dreaming last night?
The chuckles green whytesque interview???
And!
A bhoy on SSB LAUGHING about it live??
Ridiculing the whole situation?
Laughing at the Orc support, green, Whyte, the media?
Step forward and take a bow frankie bhoy
Mr mcavennie… Your a legend !
Murdochbhoy 7.33
“Putsch”
Great word.
Lends itself to canine parody.
The curtain rises for Act 2.
Morning all.
So Sally will NOT resign?
Brilliant news!
Also expecting much more hilarity today!
HH!!
Art of War
07:56 on 10 April, 2013
Ach ( as we used to say)
Anything for a laugh.
Good morning fellow Celts- grey but still dry in Renfrewshire.
any reasonable person would be forgiven for thinking that Challs Green is nuttier than a squirel’s toally
HH
Tallybhoy
More sevco news today?
Didn’ t see the Dortmund v. Malaga game, but it seems Craig Thomson and his 5 Scottish assistants made some serious mistakes. Oh well, no surprise there.
” you are sevco”
I will leave you with the quote of all quotes
Have a great day team
I don’t know what I want to happen any more!!!
Reconstruction … Good or bad ?
Chuckles green…. Good or bad?
Craigy whyte……….good or brilliant ?
BDO…………………..Good or MIA?
TICKETUS………….good or bad?
Wattie smith…………greedy or clever
JABBA…………………daft or insider?
Ally…… Eh no I got this one he’s a sleek it wee fat twat whom I hope stays wi them forever
The others ?…………,,,
Some clarification or explanation for a simple soul ……. Anyone??
Cheers in advance