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The resignation of Charles Green from his post as Rangers International chief executive last month was more curious for what it wasn’t – a resignation from the board.  Green retained his position as a director of the club.  This was always likely to have consequences.

BBC report this morning that club chairman, Malcolm Murray, who media outlets loyal to Green reported innuendo against earlier this year, in what was viewed as an attempt to discredit and ultimately remove him, yesterday lost a vote of confidence at a board meeting.

I am certain the vote of confidence was called by Murray himself after he informed the board, including Charles Green, of how he intends to deal with the important matters surrounding the club at this time.  In particular, what he plans to do with information received from Pinsent Masons and forensic accountants from Deloitte.  The investigation underway by Pinsents and Deloittes is only taking place at the insistence of Murray.

The innuendo against Murray was inappropriate and part of a dirty tricks campaign against the man by those who do not have Rangers best interests at heart [the irony is searing].  The normal reaction to losing a vote of confidence is to resign and let your opponents deal with the consequences of their actions.  Murray may feel he has done all he can for the club (or company, if that is how some would like to start calling the entity now). Those who invested in Craig Whyte’s various claims last month will enormously encouraged.

On Friday I’ll be joined by Phil Mac Giolla Bhain and Paul McConville at the Columba Club, Blantyre, for what is certain to be an enjoyable Question and Answer event.  Tickets, £5 each, for the Columba Charitable Fund, are available at the door.  I’m really looking forward to it.  See you there.
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  1. praecepta on

    English big-hitters (MSM) running with Jose (the special one) to Man Utd,

     

     

    Press conference 10:00am (following stock exchange announcement?).

     

     

    Betting markets got Jose into 7/4 (and shortening).

  2. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    ‘crushed nuts?’ ‘Naw, Layringitis!’ at 00.42. You owe me a dram, the last one went sputtering all over the carpet. Brilliant post:-)))

  4. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    In other news, a poster on nazi media tells the internet world “sixteen years ago today we finally shut them up”. The intrepid hun poster “goat” (how aptly named, but he’s missing the botherer part of his moniker) regales how sir walter of cardigan triumphed to equal the legendary feat of the Glorious Glasgow Celtic. The part left out by the goat fondling faggot is that these wins and their world record equaliser was achieved through cheating and deception.

     

     

    Hun media is always good for a laugh, if you have the stomach to wade through the putrid bile that awaits you.

     

     

    The sooner ibrox is leveled the better. FFS, if the RAF used it as a bombing range they could cause millions of pounds of improvements.

  5. petec on

    When the Prodigy stood up for their principles, and insisted the volume was pushed right up, Politics were at play Big Time.

     

     

    The guys were headlining the Rezerection All Dayer Festival.

     

     

    They got the utmost respect from me despite leaving me disappointed on the actual weekend.

     

     

    The Stone Roses also engender real love because they fought the system by their silence.

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTNDcW7yUMw

     

     

    fantasy.csc

  7. 'crushed nuts?' 'Naw, Layringitis!' on

    ceiler gonof rust

     

     

    00:59 on 8 May, 2013

     

    &&&&&&

     

    Fair play! Sold for a pound, taken to court by HMRC, exposed as cheats, bought by a spiv, stripped of assets, administration, sued by former directors, liquidated, bought by another spiv on behalf of the first spiv, fleeced supporters via share issue, accumulating debt faster than the Krays, under investigation by themselves, civil war in the boardroom, the second highest wage bill in Scotland to finish first in the fourth division, Elbows McCulloch their player of the year, Sandaza taking an ET, wages slashed, bills unpaid, crumbling stadium, no scouting network, unable to sell STs…..

     

    That showed us!!! Ma face is shut!

     

    :-)

  19. petec on

    ‘GG

     

     

    01:26 on 8 May, 2013

     

     

    Orange Juice Commodity Details

     

    https://www.theice.com/productguide/ProductSpec.shtml;jsessionid=A65C619E234119AD18E913B33ECA5E46?specId=30

     

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    As ever here is a link that looks at the Periodic Table a wee bit deeper and inputs it into our every day lives.

     

     

    Carbon Credits.

     

     

    Numero 6 on the table.

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf5Qt8PIsmw

     

     

    The 6 6 6 is the basis of Carbonism at the molecular level.

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi91qyjuknM

     

     

    Sea whit ahm saying?

     

     

    ;))

  23. Thindimebhoy on

    Walter Smith set to quit Ibrox ‘shambles’

     

     

    WALTER SMITH is on the brink of quitting Rangers.

     

     

     

    The club’s non-executive director – along with manager Ally McCoist about the only man inside Ibrox that the supporters identify with – is so frustrated at the shambles inside the boardroom that he is considering his position.

     

     

    If the former manager does decide to jump ship it will be a devastating blow to the club’s credibility in already difficult times.

     

     

    The most recent drama to engulf Rangers was a report yesterday suggesting chairman Malcolm Murray is set to leave.

     

     

     

    If Smith does decide to jump ship it will be a devastating blow to the club’s credibility in already difficult times.

     

     

    The man taken to Ibrox by former chief executive Charles Green a year ago is reported to have lost a vote of no confidence at a board meeting.

     

     

    My understanding is he is hanging on to power and is unlikely to be pushed out until the end of the month.

     

     

    Fans won’t lose any sleep over Murray’s eventual departure but the news Smith is disillusioned will have panic bells ringing.

     

     

    The former manager has attended two fraught board meetings at Ibrox this week, and along with one other director was horrified Green joined proceedings via a conference call despite no longer being actively involved.

     

     

    Green is, of course, still a shareholder.

     

     

    Further news that will anger fans is the ongoing independent inquiry into links between former owner Craig Whyte, Green and ex-commercial director Imran Ahmad – an investigation called for by Murray – is likely to continue for another couple of weeks at a cost of around £500,000 which the Ibrox club can ill afford.

     

     

    Rangers last night refused to confirm or deny these revelations

  25. Mike in Toronto on

    petec

     

     

    She was definitely cuter than Charlie… I’ll give you that.

  26. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on

    Petec, GG

     

     

    (You probably both know this): the barcode is an interesting one. Every barcode has 666 in it. The devisor of said invention said it was unavoidable due to some mathematical anomaly if I recall rightly :))

     

     

    Reminds me of John Lennon’s warning to us of the dangers of the No9 :))

     

     

    Take any number, ANY number and multiply it by 9. Add all the digits in that total individually until you reach a single figure. Eg, 9 x (random here) 56500, = 508500.

     

     

    Add up those digits, you get, 5+0+8+5+0+0 = 18. Repeat the process until you get a single figure: 1+8 = 9.

     

     

    A masonic anomaly, which is why they love the 33rd degree so much, when they’re not wasting their time trying to maintain a hun appreciation society of some sort.

  29. Summa of Sammi.... on

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    Walter Smith set to quit Ibrox ‘shambles’

     

     

    WALTER SMITH is on the brink of quitting Rangers.

     

     

    Walter Smith could be set to walk away from Rangers

     

     

    The club’s non-executive director – along with manager Ally McCoist about the only man inside Ibrox that the supporters identify with – is so frustrated at the shambles inside the boardroom that he is considering his position.

     

     

    If the former manager does decide to jump ship it will be a devastating blow to the club’s credibility in already difficult times.

     

     

    The most recent drama to engulf Rangers was a report yesterday suggesting chairman Malcolm Murray is set to leave.

     

     

    If Smith does decide to jump ship it will be a devastating blow to the club’s credibility in already difficult times.

     

    The man taken to Ibrox by former chief executive Charles Green a year ago is reported to have lost a vote of no confidence at a board meeting.

     

     

    My understanding is he is hanging on to power and is unlikely to be pushed out until the end of the month.

     

     

    Fans won’t lose any sleep over Murray’s eventual departure but the news Smith is disillusioned will have panic bells ringing.

     

     

    The former manager has attended two fraught board meetings at Ibrox this week, and along with one other director was horrified Green joined proceedings via a conference call despite no longer being actively involved.

     

     

    Green is, of course, still a shareholder.

     

     

    Further news that will anger fans is the ongoing independent inquiry into links between former owner Craig Whyte, Green and ex-commercial director Imran Ahmad – an investigation called for by Murray – is likely to continue for another couple of weeks at a cost of around £500,000 which the Ibrox club can ill afford.

     

     

    Rangers last night refused to confirm or deny these revelations.

     

     

    Summa

  30. petec on

    Fortunes Favour Mibbes

     

     

    02:06 on 8 May, 2013

     

     

    Petec, GG

     

     

    (You probably both know this): the barcode is an interesting one. Every barcode has 666 in it. The devisor of said invention said it was unavoidable due to some mathematical anomaly if I recall rightly :))

     

     

    Reminds me of John Lennon’s warning to us of the dangers of the No9 :))

     

     

    Take any number, ANY number and multiply it by 9. Add all the digits in that total individually until you reach a single figure. Eg, 9 x (random here) 56500, = 508500.

     

     

    Add up those digits, you get, 5+0+8+5+0+0 = 18. Repeat the process until you get a single figure: 1+8 = 9.

     

     

    A masonic anomaly, which is why they love the 33rd degree so much, when they’re not wasting their time trying to maintain a hun appreciation society of some sort.

     

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    I’d question that information, because that is what I always dae. ;))

  32. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on

    petec

     

     

    :)) Thanks amigo. The MH huddle was great. ACGR and 16 Roads were great company. It was surely a good sign that the young rozzers in the Gallowgate were so friendly :))

     

     

    But re that last post, the No9, get yer calculator. It’s a strange one that only mathematicians can’t explain :)) I first discovered that anomaly when watching an episode of Hammer House of Horror. 3 x H = 3 x 8, = 24. 24 * 9 = 216. Add 2+1+6.

     

     

    Heh heh. The ole barcode has nothing do with that though. That’s just pure satanism ! :))

  34. petec on

    Walter giving up the Ghost means Dark Shadows haunting the hellhole IMO.

     

     

    A little known fact.

     

     

    Walter Smith in English Gematria equals 888. I couldnae quite work it out maself, but Numerology is A Satanic system. ;) as specified in the Good Book.

     

     

    strangebuttrue.csc

  35. Summa of Sammi.... on

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    Fortunes..

     

     

    My Olde Van Speedo turned 66,666.6kms about 2 weeks ago while l was up the Montains cutting Firewood..Took 3 Pics of it..None turned out..?????

     

     

    Taking the Little one to School last week the Speedo stopped @ 66.999.0..

     

     

    Summa of SignOfTheTassieDevilCSC

  36. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on

    Edward Ursus

     

     

    I’ll need to look into that – I’ll be most annoyed if you’ve rumbled me :))

     

     

    Can you check out some of that memorabilia you have – must be there somewhere, surely :))) OK, joking aside, will look at that. I think it changed when it was rumbled. I remember watching the interview by the fella what discovered it- after that was known it changed (late on….must have been a couple of years after youtube took over our thought processes :))

  37. Summa of Sammi.... on

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    Ooh The Banter..The Glesgae Banter..

     

     

    The Death of Banter

     

     

     

    There’s no disputing it. We Rangers supporters have had a torrid time over the last 15 months. When Craig Whyte plunged our beloved club into administration, I personally feared the worse. I always had some semblance of faith that it would work out and we’d survive, but I don’t mind admitting that I often pondered where I would spend every other Saturday if the famous gates of Ibrox were to close one last time.

     

     

    It wasn’t an easy journey; however the important thing is we did survive. Our detractors looked forward to our death so much that they still celebrate it despite our tangible existence. They often claim we’re in denial but I feel it’s the other way about. Nevertheless, we’ve been subjected to ‘zombie’ and ‘Sevco’ chants about our supposed ‘new/dead’ (delete where applicable) club. The jibes are tiresome and at times malicious but it was to be expected to a degree. Supporters have wound up each other since someone decided to make kicking a ball around into a game. It’s part and parcel of the sport we all love with social networking (for better or worse) being used with great effect to amplify barbed comments. Nothing compares to the noise-ups that occur within the stadium though, and it’s here I feel that many fans have forgotten what it’s like to take being ridiculed.

     

     

    Rewind to Boxing Day last December when we hosted Clyde. It was a great atmosphere and incredible turnout especially considering the time of year. It wasn’t our greatest game of football but we happily took the three points and went home to eat our Christmas leftovers the happiest of the supporters. Well, most of us were anyway. It appeared that a section of our support didn’t take kindly to the Bully Wee faithful unfurling a banner emblazoned with ‘Happy 1st Christmas’. Some were left gobsmacked at the gall of the Clyde support. What harm had we ever caused them that we deserved to be ridiculed in such a way? Well the answer is simple really-nothing.

     

     

    As I’ve already mentioned, a lot of these comments are tiresome but do we need to take to Twitter and throw our toys out of the pram whenever, shock horror, the opposition’s support have a dig at us? Football is as much about one-upmanship from the fans as it is the two teams competing on the pitch. Our last game at Fir Park in the SPL saw the home fans unfurl a banner gloating that they would be playing in Europe at our expense. The banner showed comic character Andy Cap travelling to different European landmarks promising to send us a postcard, a stark ‘get it up ye’ to the Bears’ travelling support. Revenge would come in the form of the League Cup match last September when Rangers hosted Motherwell at Ibrox. Not only did the Gers on the pitch play a blinder to ensure that the Steelmen would be exiting the competition that night, the Blue Order of BF1 had a wee surprise for the visitors’ corner. They released a banner of the same Andy Cap character at the same European landmarks, except this time he was leaving each one dejected with a fan clad in blue asking what happened to our postcard. From a creative point of view it was the perfect comeback and was a great example of how fans can taunt each other while keeping within the confines of taste and decency.

     

     

    Not all banners are ‘simply banter’, however, with the Green Brigade having been known on at least one occasion to overstep the mark. If I’m being honest I have respect for the ‘Four Horsemen’ banner they displayed at the last Old Firm game. It was an overly expensive waste of money considering how things turned out but, at that moment in time, they won the victory in the terraces which, as I’ve already mentioned, is very important to supporters, especially the self-styled Ultras. However, the now infamous ‘zombie’ banner they unfurled at the Norwich game goes beyond what I believe to be acceptable at a football ground as do slogans with slurs relating to child abuse.

     

     

    Neither is comparable to the banner the travelling Stirling Albion support had prepared in honour of the game that would commemorate our 140 year anniversary. While the vast majority of the 49,913 crowd where in a celebratory mood, the visitors unfurled a banner that read ‘more like 140 days’. Those that hate us saw it as an act of rebellious defiance, with the Albion fans representing all that is morally decent in Scottish football, standing up against the villainous establishment club. It was a dig, nothing more, move on. I didn’t like it any more than the next guy but it’s not worth losing sleep over. Again, we won the game so who was really laughing come full time? I do, however, believe the club were right to seek an apology from Montrose after they referred to us as a new club in their match day programme. It’s easy for some to excuse this as banter but an official body should show more respect to a fellow club and set a higher standard. As for their fans, regardless of how much we’ve lined their club’s pockets the past season we should expect no favours.

     

     

    Personally I’d like the fans to bring the colour and noise to the game with banners and chants aimed at our rivals as opposed to moaning about them on Twitter and Facebook. If Clyde or Stirling Albion fans want to unfurl a banner mocking us, then we bring a bigger banner to the next game and do our talking in the stands while the team do it on the pitch. We are in danger of taking the permanently offended crown we like to bestow upon our neighbours across the water. Maybe it’s time we learn how to take a joke and, most importantly, remember how to fire one right back. Remember, this is fun.

     

     

    Thomas Simpson is an award nominated writer and filmmaker. He is a Rangers season ticket holder and lifelong fan.

     

     

    Summa

  38. petec on

    http://www.gematrix.org/

     

    Huv loads of Fun with names but remember Numerology is of the Devil, especially English Gematria.

     

     

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    FFM,

     

     

    I was really concerned about that Midfield Maestro.

     

    I huvnae ran that fast in 10 years, I might yet get a game in the crc extravaganzas wan day. ;)

     

    I just didn’t want Paulinho walking down the road by himself.

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3LlU1mHFF4

     

     

    I see Dede is likely to sign for AC Milan.

  41. Edward Ursus on

    Petec, I would never have spotted the time coincidence but I’m glad you drew my attention to it as it brought a smile to my face. I very rarely come on the site now, (tp busy with non league football to get worried about the senior game) but there have always been several folk I’ve been glad to converse with and/or debate with and at the risk of putting you on some kind of blacklist you are one of them. Hope all is going well with you and yours and that life is treating you well.

     

    Bye for now.

  42. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on

    Summa

     

     

    I can say no more than this, amigo. Be aware of yer dashboard.

     

     

    I couldn’t find the clip anywhere, but this film shows why you should be guarding your soul if you watch it :)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YEdyQXBRjM

     

     

    A bit dour, but his suspcicions are confirmed that he’s the AC when his motor’s digital clock flashes up 666- then he shoots himself. Personally, I’d have had the motor checked before using any gun, as motor mechanics are about as reliable as a 1975 Lada bought from some sheepskin coat wearing non-entity in the Barras.

     

     

    And given Winonya Ryder’s history, she might well have been involved in the scam :))

     

     

    Wish I had that clip for you – good film actually.

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