Scottish football has gone through months of drama and uncertainty to rescue ‘Rangers’. Only weeks ago we were told a CVA was likely. Once this failed the question of today’s SPL vote crystallised.
The SPL met several times to discuss this matter, even doing so before Rangers CVA failed. Sentiment was firmly behind Newco, to the extent that some were worried they would be allowed into the league without any sanction (if one Ayrshire club had their way). All this changed when Charles Green and Duff and Phelps agreed to challenge the SFA at the Court of Session. At the SPL meeting following this decision the mood changed dramatically.
I then had several friends in the media rubbish my suggestion that Newco were far from certain of being voted into the SPL. To be fair to them, my information was not coming from Neil Doncaster, whereas theirs was. If Doncaster was so assured when speaking to the media, day after day, we can only imagine what he was saying to Green. His influence has not been helpful to the cause he championed.
Clubs, who were previously weighing up the argument, suddenly had a convincing point to consider. Rangers going to court was the biggest own goal in their 140 year history. Terry Butcher, eat your heart out.
After this Green was at the mercy of fortune, and the growing influence of the hawk(s) in the SPL who saw no need to create space for Newco. In many respects, John Brown is correct. Having gambled and failed, Green did whatever he could to accommodate but there was no way back. Underestimate John Brown at your peril, he has his club’s interests at heart and has the fortitude to raise a phoenix from the ruins of Ibrox. His unconventional style is easy to mock but it is just what needed (I truly believe this).
Where now for the Newco-Sevco-Rangers? I don’t see a solution. Sooner or later Mr Green will let his friends know they only way forward is for him to acquire an existing Scottish Football League club, rename it to something like Rangers United, and move it to Ibrox.
The toxic history would be set free and it would be game-on. Keep your eye on Cowdenbeath.
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Bhoys and Minx im on a computer in Gran Canaria with a few champagnes in me on a hotel computer can somone please coy and paste our offical web sites comments for me please… happy as Tim ever could be…
James Forrest @ 7.00
Is the reason he referred to the SFA rather than SFL because any new club needs to get a license from the SFA before it can apply to play in the SFL and there are barriers like fit & proper person test and 3 years accounts to overcome. If they overcome these then the SFL clubs can decide to allow them into Division 3 ahead of any other applicants
I thought it was confirmed that Ross County abstained rather than Killie.
MWD
any links to ssb?
KINGLUBO –
are you sure you’re on the right site?
leftclicktic on 4 July, 2012 at 19:22 said:
who was his agent
Bruce Willis
hail hail
CELTIC Football Club today confirmed that it opposed re-admission to the Scottish Premier League by Rangers newco.
Today´s decision to refuse access into the SPL was an overwhelming one and demonstrates the depth of feeling amongst everyone involved in Scottish football.
Fundamentally, the Celtic Board has also been very mindful of the need to take what it believes to be the correct course of action in protecting the integrity of the game in Scotland
The matter is now within the jurisdiction of the Scottish Football Association and it will be for the SFA to decide on the future of Rangers newco.
Throughout the whole sequence of events leading up to today’s decision the Celtic Board has been of the singular view that the integrity of the game in Scotland is of paramount importance. Our only other consideration has been to protect the interests and right of the Club and our supporters.
Whilst the financial implications of today’s vote for Celtic and for the Scottish game as a whole will be very significant, we have already stated that Celtic has a business plan and strategy independent of any other club.
Our supporters can rest assured that we will continue to fight to protect Celtic’s best interests within the Scottish game.
In addition, we will be working with our other fellow SPL clubs in the days and weeks ahead to take all possible steps to maximise commercial returns, which remain crucial in these economically-challenging circumstances. We will also play an active role in mapping the future of Scottish football.
The fans are the lifeblood of the game and we know how strongly our supporters, and those of other clubs, felt about this issue.
We are confident that Celtic’s fans, together with the supporters of all the SPL clubs, will now play a major role in rallying behind their clubs to ensure that Scottish football emerges stronger from this episode.
During Celtic’s long and illustrious 125-year history, there have been periods of difficulty. At these times, our supporters have always stood shoulder to shoulder with the Club. We need our supporters to be with us now, more than ever.
We know our own supporters will be acutely aware of the significant challenges that lie ahead. We enter next season as Champions of Scotland and look ahead to retaining our title and to making an impact in a European context. We know how difficult this will be and we call on our supporters to join us in tackling these challenges, to take their place at Celtic Park, to invest in the Club and to continue to give us the kind of support for which they are renowned.
p.s. is it under a 1000 season tickets sold for newco or has that increased?
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Statement from Celtic Football Club
By: Newsroom Staff on 04 Jul, 2012 17:57
CELTIC Football Club today confirmed that it opposed re-admission to the Scottish Premier League by Rangers newco.
Today´s decision to refuse access into the SPL was an overwhelming one and demonstrates the depth of feeling amongst everyone involved in Scottish football.
Fundamentally, the Celtic Board has also been very mindful of the need to take what it believes to be the correct course of action in protecting the integrity of the game in Scotland
The matter is now within the jurisdiction of the Scottish Football Association and it will be for the SFA to decide on the future of Rangers newco.
Throughout the whole sequence of events leading up to today’s decision the Celtic Board has been of the singular view that the integrity of the game in Scotland is of paramount importance. Our only other consideration has been to protect the interests and right of the Club and our supporters.
Whilst the financial implications of today’s vote for Celtic and for the Scottish game as a whole will be very significant, we have already stated that Celtic has a business plan and strategy independent of any other club.
Our supporters can rest assured that we will continue to fight to protect Celtic’s best interests within the Scottish game.
In addition, we will be working with our other fellow SPL clubs in the days and weeks ahead to take all possible steps to maximise commercial returns, which remain crucial in these economically-challenging circumstances. We will also play an active role in mapping the future of Scottish football.
The fans are the lifeblood of the game and we know how strongly our supporters, and those of other clubs, felt about this issue.
We are confident that Celtic’s fans, together with the supporters of all the SPL clubs, will now play a major role in rallying behind their clubs to ensure that Scottish football emerges stronger from this episode.
During Celtic’s long and illustrious 125-year history, there have been periods of difficulty. At these times, our supporters have always stood shoulder to shoulder with the Club. We need our supporters to be with us now, more than ever.
We know our own supporters will be acutely aware of the significant challenges that lie ahead. We enter next season as Champions of Scotland and look ahead to retaining our title and to making an impact in a European context. We know how difficult this will be and we call on our supporters to join us in tackling these challenges, to take their place at Celtic Park, to invest in the Club and to continue to give us the kind of support for which they are renowned.
jimbo67
i was at hampden today
spoke to Chris McLaughlin
says to him…
you got your SATNAV ready for next season
:)
he wisnae too happy at that, tho in fairness he was busy tryin to do his job
i then asked him
what team do you support?
he says…
“i grew up supporting Celtic”
says too that he studied journalism at Napier Uni
leading to him now being in that industry
i heckled him yesterday about him sayin that
“there is a real fear that rfc will not be playin anywhere
in scotland next season”
i says that WE dont have any “fear” about that at all
he says….”did i really say that?”
he couldn’t recall
fair do’s
i told him i’m a Celtic fan and civil engineer
we talked about construction in scotland
he surprised me with a we joke…
“mibbe you’ll get a job demolishing Ibrox stadium”
i laughed at that
found him to be a decent lad
a change to what i thought he may be
tho, i dont know him actually
only a few words here n there
channel 4 news – rfc on now live with Alex T
Finally the penny drops, ……Charles Green’s surrender statement contained the words ‘if we are playing football next season’………………..laugh, i nearly choked on my eggs BENEDICT!
Finally, after 140 years of tyranny the beast is gone………………..
May they rot in hell and Kilmarnock to follow them.
Maybe Charlie should flog I’Pox ( assuming he has the deeds ) and let it be converted into allotments, after all the manure spouted from there over the years guarantees great growth prospects.
Alex Thomson on C4 now
hamiltontim
Big sigh of relief from me regarding vote and the Celtic statement , I can watch my team next season with my Bhoys – it would have killed me to have made a stand for integrity.
Hail Hail
(Hopefully)Brown on SSB lifted from twitter
http://soundcloud.com/gerry2272/clyde-3/s-Jw1lR
HH
GL2
Just for rubbing it in that you’re in Gran Canaria sipping champagne, no, we’re not going to send you the Celtic statement!!
stephbhoy
Just under a 1000 refunds requested as of 2.30pm today…
Alex Thomson “they’re toxic”
TopCorner
We heard you on the news video when Turnbull was sepaking.
HH
RalphWaldoEllison fights ALS on 4 July, 2012 at 19:27 said:
(Hopefully)Brown on SSB lifted from twitter
http://soundcloud.com/gerry2272/clyde-3/s-Jw1lR
HH
Cheers pal
Hail hail
btw
today is Alex Thomson’s day-off
he is doing the Scottish football stuff as best he
can in his spare time
he’s gettin set to head back soon to Syria
RFFF have decided to boycott all SPL clubs until their club SEVCO get a chance to play in the SPL again. Bomber Brown convinced this action will be like a new club signing a new pie eating investurer.
Mark just said. I know Bomber. Almost like a new signing except a wee bit Messi-er.
MWD
Alex Thomson
Charles Green’s presentation at Hampden – ‘only made things worse’
RalphWaldoEllison fights ALS on 4 July, 2012 at 19:27
I want to have your baby
Hail Hail
Just put myself through 45 mins of torture on snyde. You have to wonder why these oafs allowed onto the airwaves to analyse and debate the biggest story in the history of Scottish sport. We’d have got more sense listening to Mister Ed discussing the issues with Skippy and Flipper.
If you thought it couldnt get worse, we also had Durham and Gough on talksport. This was even scarier in the sense that a much bigger UK wide audience tuned in to hear these two idiots ‘inform’ us that Scottish football is now finished. All done with absolutely no research, analysis or even the slightest understanding of the depth of the matter….Sunday Sport radio
Anyway, a day that is up there with Lisbon for me.
hh
are they related?.
They’re ugly and they’re smelly
They come from near Lochgelly
They huvny got a telly
The Cowden’ family
dodododo dodododo
unclefestercfc
RalphWaldoEllison fights ALS
that’s good !!
haha
i says….”well said Turnbull” and
the bullying and blame is being done
“by the masons !!”
haha
hose-pipe !!
4 July, 2012 at 19:28 said:
Kingoh luckly there are good Bhoys like MWD about….. What a f´n day this is… I may go on for some Guiness later
FGF
And I can go to the away games!! :-))
sepaking = speaking
Andy Murray is through
Murray wins 3 sets to 1
Well done Andy!!!!!!!!
Murray wins and looks heavenward saying…………………..NO to newco!!!!
andy is through to semis in 4 sets
I think and hope our support will cut Kilmarnock’s fans a bit of slack as the chairman is the villain here and not them.In saying that,they should do their utmost to get rid of him or that club is doomed.
Interesting to hear that the duel contract charges were discussed to “and will now be advanced’
What chance a decision before the next vote?
Awe naw
enjoy the show :)))))))
Bumber is a Gift ,a dangerous one but a gift none the less