The Rangers chief executive, Charles Green, yesterday made an extraordinary bid to bribe his way up the Scottish Football League (SFL), saying, “I would … be prepared to guarantee other clubs the ticket revenue equivalent of 300 Rangers fans turning up for matches.”
The SFL will soon vote on reconstruction and amalgamation with the SPL with a 12-12-18 structure on the table. If this is rejected, no reconstruction will happen. Should they win successive promotions Green’s club are due to spend three years in lower league football but if successful his bribe could shorten this to two seasons.
In support of his claim Green cites Stranraer, who won Division Two in 1993 and were promoted to Division One the following season. The league structure changed that summer, from three to four leagues, resulting in more teams being relegated from Division One than was scheduled at the start of the season, but clubs were only promoted to the league they would have entered without reconstruction.
The Rangers are due to be promoted to the Second Division next season but are asking for direct access to the First Division. They have made no suggestion as to what should happen to the club who finish in second place in this season’s Third Division. Although Green’s statement references the Stranraer scenario, and an insistence that “the principle of promotion and relegation… should be enshrined”, he does not explain that Stranraer won the league and were promoted from Division Two to One, or that he wants promotion from Third to First.
It will surprise no one that Green believes “the SFL has shown real leadership in proposing” colts teams from the The Rangers and Celtic, although he has surprised me with the news that his club did not lobby for this suggestion.
I am sure the SFL lawyers would have reverted to the Fifa rule book, which is pretty clear that clubs can only be promoted on sporting merit, and explicitly prohibits clubs from paying for promotion. Which is a pity, as I am sure the financial security of Green’s embryonic club would be greatly enhanced by promotion straight to the knockout stages of the Champions League.
We have been here before.
Scottish Football League clubs will decide their only structure but now more than ever we have to stand together as a club. The direction and leadership of Celtic, and the supporters’ organisations, tested by often irreconcilable challenges at every turn, are exceptional. Fantasies that the World Order is controlled between Celtic Park, Glasgow City Council and the Vatican are just that. Running Celtic is like steering the Titanic away from the iceberg with a pizza box, although if you speak to any numpty who has never done it you’ll get a different view. Despite all this, for the first time in decades we have a successful and sustainable football model.
We recruit and develop exceptional players who achieved what few of us expected this season. The challenge for Celtic is to win the league and Cup and apply all energies on recruiting players for next season’s Champions League campaign.
Enjoy your football; Stand up for Celtic.
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Dessybhoy-They reckon funding for FOCUS will be significantly cut.
Bada
Who are “they” you refer to
tomtheleedstim
17:17 on
19 March, 2013
Googybhoy – no problem mate. We had a disastrous run. Terrain, weather, crashes – the lot.
One of the guys ended up in the canal!!
……………………..
Had a look for you at Chorley when I passed the canal. The weather was dreadful both days.
Hope the guy in the canal was ok.
Saltires en Sevilla: It was good meeting you too. There’s the photo of me on my bike in the tunnel if you want to use that. You should be able to cut and paste it okay. It was a proud moment getting my road bike into the ground last Friday and the photo in the tunnel was a bonus.
I guess I talk to maself now.
Not that. I really give a toss..
Make no sense me……just someone else with meaningless thoughts for our lords and masters to scoff at.
Yaaaaay…….John Reid! War criminal.
We should be tossing his Marmite smeared carcass intae iPox.
I STILL cannae get my head round that oleagenous pig representing us.
Yeah….a while ago, but he was still THERE.
Like we got Rooney as ‘fan’.
Why.
The slob hair fae the cheeks bum is a nasty little pig.
Like Reid.
I need a war with the minds of the vacant. I’d rip them.
The irony of the police containing the green brigade to avoid traffic disruption – when they in fact contained them in the middle of the road – blocking each end with vans
You just couldn’t make it up
But hay,
horsese for courses.
Ma tea’s oot.
The chef says it’s Maurice Chevalier.
Ah’m no so sure. Looks like dead donkey tae me.
Ah……wtf.
Tuck in.
It could be RoonyeRude Burgah.
That all makes as much sense as what is being done to OUR game.
Chunkles is a mousse…….get me a cat shaped spoon. A long one.
Kill ’em all.
Interesting –
Strathclyde Police Statement –
“Following instructions from the Crown Office, an investigation is ongoing into the circumstances surrounding the alleged leaking of confidential information relating to the Rangers tax case.
“It would be inappropriate to comment further at this time.”
Tourtenay I’ve never heard anyone enthusing about a rosé, hence my interest.
I’ve a friend who’s back and forward from France a lot by plane. Next time he takes a suitcase I’ll twist his arm into bringing some back. He owes me a favour because I looked after his dug for two weeks when no-one else would.
Off to eat a bit of dinner.
HH.
Ntassoola
Dog and dinner…..
Hope they two urnae linked…..
Ntassoolla
Every now and then those of us who are into wine discover a little gem that sets the taste buds a jangling, once you have tasted this then move to Alsace, enjoy your dinner.
HH
Dessybhoy-ra polis.
Scotzine @scotzine
My latest ESPN piece – are the Green Brigade as innocent as they claim they are or do they bring it upon themselves? http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/celtic/id/291?cc=5739 …
Charles
Plod dont do irony
If they did… how about them breaching the peace while charging kids with that offence
My paranoia is jumpin’….
…….have I said something to truly offend?
I feel invisible.
miki67
17:49 on 19 March, 2013
‘My paranoia is jumpin’….
…….have I said something to truly offend?
I feel invisible.’
What’s the beef with Rooney?
Random – Celtic
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Miki67 – it’s always quiet at this time. People on their way home from work.
Googybhoy – he just broke a finger and had to get his wedding ring cut off in Belfast. Nothing serious. His pride was wrecked though!
An excellent piece by Andy Muirhead,
Glassford 03
Good to see you posting again. I can only assume that the Cycle Ride has stirred you from your Comfort Zone 0:-)
Truly an excellent weekend. Great to meet you and others and I enjoyed the many conversations. Quote of the event for me , though, was from the young Belfast man ( I won`t name him just in case!) who said, totally dead pan,: My wife told me not to come home drunk tonight………so I am staying at my mate`s! Absolutely briliant.
JJ
The Boy Jinky
17:47 on 19 March, 2013
Talking of irony – have you seen this
CelticResearch @CelticResearch
Again from 2000 McAskill complaining about Blair “Instead of mobilising the police and talking tough against people.. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%5b0%5d+DON'T+PANIC%3b+Fuel+chaos+over+blockade+fears.-a066926339 …
Good evening friends, I hope we are all well.
Ready-to-eat salads blamed for illness outbreak
The news many CQNers will love – salad is officially bad for you. I urge everyone to stop eating it immediately.
jungle jam67
17:07 on
19 March, 2013
livibhoy
16:56 on
19 March, 2013
Sevco would have loved to be celebrating a win @Stirling but the best they could manage was a draw, they lost the other game @Stirling.
Not sure of the results at Ibrokes.
Charles
Hes just a hun with a thistle
mickbhoy1888
I don`t agree. The author of the piece pretended that he was talking of the Green Brigade in a fair minded manner by mentioning both the good and bad sides of their existence.The reality was that he was only interested in condemning them.
JJ
so far and according to the media the players out the door are foster, lustig, mathews, izzy, effa, victor, forrest, ledley, kayal, hooper. Add to that the polish centreback leaving along with miku, rogne, stokes, paddy.
so we’ll be left with:
zaluska
rb (who know) wilson cb (who know), lb charmer
rw paul george,cm brown,cm rogic, lw commons
cf sammy cf (who know)
and on the bench fraser, mcgeogh
celtic will let about 3 first team players leave this summer max, the most likely being players of value going into final year of contract i.e. ledley and hooper and oor victor, there’s no need to sell anyone else.
SSB straight into Save Our Sevco mode. Usual first call plant. They sound really desperate. Good. Remember I used to get angry at this show,
BBC tea time news………………………………Investigation into Police treatment of Celtic ‘demonstration’
Guidi talking pure pash on Snyde.”The T.V. companies need to force the the Zombies back into the SPL”,any time there is a mention of Sky pushing for us to be in the EPL the same guy ridicules the suggestion.Double standards absolute plonker.
Hail Hail
Good Evening Bhoys, i trust everyone is well and the in fighting has stopped. Sickening couple of days for us all. We must stick together. Don’t let the media split or distract us from the double on and off the park. Focus is whats needed.
KLV
Welcome back, SERENITY.
Don’t ever stop giving us your rhyming thoughts.
They do nothing but enrich us.
Good Luck & God bless you.
southside ,
Treat SSB as pure comedy and have a laugh.
Hail Hail.
Gordon_J
Another report recently gave a lot of evidence that butter was the bees` knees (instead of the various “healthy” spreads).
Roll on the ” whisky and beer are the new super foods” article.
JJ
Dontpatmadug
scotzine..as far as i was aware the gb raised all the funds for the barca tifo?a very negative and twisted view from this guy..ira comments?
he’s obviously not heard glasgow rd/stephens revelations on lawwell and the gb agenda..wonder what his response would be if his kid or a family member was subjected to kettling or having a wee chat face diwn in the ground wi the polis..or a two tonne hoarse jamin yi up against a wall wi plod grabin yi?nae hoarsey jokes noo?
The radio and papers will back the countries team Bhoys, its predictable but laughable, about 99% of pundits and reporters are all huns and they want there team back up the leagues, funny thing is if it does happen the way they want they will have no football to report on as this would be the death Knell for Scottish football. Too Blinded to see it would spell the end if their team got back up.
KLV
As long as Big Johan stays.