Brown launches bid to buy Rangers’ assets

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Former Rangers player, John Brown, spoke to Sky Sports this morning outside Ibrox and launched a takeover bid for the former club’s assets.  Yesterday he resigned as a scout for the company before urging Rangers fans not to renew their season tickets.

In an interview reminiscent of a memorable scene from Blazing Saddles, Brown told Sky:

“If [the fans]invest, we’ll setup a bank account that all the season ticket money can go in there, and we can guarantee that we will buy this club over from this regime because it’s coming back into Rangers hands.

“Gone are the days, of the, the money that we spent.  It’s going to be handled differently this time.  The fans are going to buy it over.  We have the backing from powerful people who are going to invest, but the fans will invest, and they’ll offer Charles Green, if he says he’s got the title deeds in his name, we’ll make an offer, once we see the hidden letters, any deeds that have been done in the past, if there’s any stumbling blocks, where’s Ticketus in all this, we’ll deal with that, once we see the title deeds, of this stadium, that I was proud to play for, in a number of years through nine-in-a-row, and we’re going to get our club back, but we need a bit of honesty from Charles Green.”

Reports that after hearing Brown, Charlie Nicholas is worried for his analyst position with the broadcaster, have not been confirmed.

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  1. pedrocaravanachio67 on

    Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on 27 June, 2012 at 12:52 said:

     

     

    BRILLIANT….. there must be a multitude of FZ songs, relating to thems.

  2. I'm Neil Lennon (tamrabam) on

    Rangers don’t know all about their troubles apparently. This is like the MPs expense scandal where we had another new titbit of negativity every day for months. Superb. I see Fleckinho the boy wonder and Ortiz are now walking away, how long before fat sally joins the exodus? Or maybe not since there won’t be a queue of potential employers looking to sign a manager who turned a 15 point lead into a 20 odd point deficit despite not paying any tax for a year

     

    Now tomorrow is the first day back at training at the moses mcneil academy of summer marching, let see who is turning up and when the other 19 players (some of them from the Euro 2012) are going to turn up to play in the third division. I guess that will be the headline tomorrow?

     

    I guess Fridays headlines will say no one turned up

     

    What doom is about to befall them on Saturday then, Ghod only knows.. Problem is that I just don’t have enough lanterns and fireworks to keep celebrating!

     

    Carlsberg don’t do liquidations but if they did…

  3. Imatim and so is Neil Lennon on

    2010 Never Again

     

     

    Zeus…. He is represented as the god of justice and mercy, the protector of the weak, and the punisher of the wicked.

     

     

    Ring any bells?

  4. ASonOfDan on 27 June, 2012 at 13:01 said:

     

    When the story broke that rangers were going to apply to play in England it was partially right. This is the FA they are applying to…

     

     

    English FA

     

    >>>>

     

    They’re too good for The Wraiths!

     

    :-)))

  5. Non payment of income tax

     

    Non payment of VAT

     

    Underhand payments

     

    Double contracts

     

    Non payment of bills

     

    Double contracts.

     

     

    “you said double contracts twice?”

     

     

    ” yes we like double contracts”

     

     

    BlazingsaddlesCSC

  6. Paul67 et al

     

     

    There is not much point in a Fringe Festival in Edinburgh this summer, all the comedy talent is in Glasgow! Playing to empty hooses mind you.

  7. leftclicktic on

    Dead and Loving it on 27 June, 2012 at 13:08 said:

     

    Baldrick Brown

     

    ==================

     

    SUPERB :))))))))))))))

  8. CultsBhoy loves being 1st forever & ever on

    Brown and Green are joining forces for what the hope will lead to a purple patch for RangersNewco..

     

     

    The new partnership will be known as Charlie Brown enterprise..

     

    Brown is hoping the club can be rebuilt for Peanuts…

  9. Patria O Muerte on

    Browns lines up new bid with Jandy Sardine

     

    Sardine: What do you want me to do, sir?

     

    Brown: I want you to round up every vicious criminal and gunslinger in the west. Take this down.

     

    [Sardine looks for a pen and paper while Brown talks]

     

    Brown: I want rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers and Methodists.

     

    Sardine: [finding pen and paper] Could you repeat that, sir?

     

     

    “The” Blazing Saddles FC

  10. The author has the laughing at them part bang on! Nice to see that even when trying to be sensible they resort to threats of violence.

     

     

    We would all love to have Rangers men running the club and supplying the dosh to keep us challenging for the title and Europe every season but the fact is none of the would be Rangers men stepped up with enough cash to do so thus allowing Green and co in.

     

     

    Since then there have been mood swings in his favour then against him constantly with folk screaming “dont buy season tickets” etc. The latest uproar from everyone trying to point fingers is the fact the players are walking out and rejecting the transfer to the newco. How the hell is this Charles Greens fault? Not one player has said the reason they will not transfer over is because of Green. The man is being blamed for a situation that’s well out of his control!

     

     

    The players have made their decisions based purely on financial reasons. Green cannot do anything yet he is being blamed for it with all this “they can’t trust him to take the club forward”, “the don’t believe he has the clubs best interest at heart” nonsense! The majority of the support seem to have turned against Green now and I see there’s a protest outside Ibrox tonight to demand answers ……. What f*** do we want? Do we really need Green to step over the door and say ” sorry guys, the players are money driven greedy ***** and have sold out on you”? I can see that’s the case already. The support have been brain washed by these scum piggery like supporters groups who will never rest until the have driven the unknown man out and replaced him with a ex ger of some kind! We need to be united and instead we’re in a tug of war with the man who offered the most to attempt to save us ……. Gratitude for you!

     

     

    HMRC said no matter what the CVA offer was it would have been binned so its not as if he’s been at fault there, no one could match his offer! It was all pals until SWS walked in with an offer which wasn’t enough and was rejected, now its every avenue we can find to drive the man out!

     

     

    IN AN IDEAL WORLD …SWS would have got the club but until people are prepared to accept that Green wanting more from what he sees as good business opportunity and some consortium comes up with the funds he wants then we need to stop starving the club of money and encouragement!

     

     

    Ever thought the there could be a possiblity that the players want away because of the negativity from the support to the new owner? Maybe some just can’t be a**ed with The day to day running battles and the slowing of income into the club. Maybe they don’t see a bright future because Green will never be accepted and they can’t see how things will turn around. I still say its greed but they aren’t going to turn and say “my reason behind leaving is because thefans are constantly at war with the board and its creating a really bad work environment” they won’t come out against us because we could hunt them down and cause problems for them ……. I’m not saying this is the reason behind it ….. Money is for me but I don’t think it helps!

     

     

    Demanding answers from Green regards players leaving for nothing will turn up nothing. Just another wet evening with the rest laughing at us as we squabble for some sort of power!

  11. I'm Neil Lennon (tamrabam) on

    Oh no they don’t have a home

     

    And their squad bring tears to their eyes

     

    They’ve no leagues or cups

     

    Craig Whyte MUCKED it up

     

    It’s not even the 4th of July

  12. inchture bhoy aka neil lennon on

    deliasmith on 27 June, 2012 at 12:46 said:

     

     

    The thought of having to be named after a colour to become involved in this farce had me laughing out loudly.

     

     

    Comment of the day so far.

     

     

    ps Hopefully Mr Blond from reservoir dogs will be next, he will sort them out for Bomber.

  13. •-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-• on

    Re the Prepak idea and the new company set up.

     

     

    “This new company was registered as RFC 0712 Limited on 21 June and changed its name to RFC 2012 Limited the next day. (Might just have been as admin error, so can’t read much into that.)

     

     

    The registered office is the address of MacRoberts, solicitors, the same address as Sevco Scotland Limited, which was the Scottish company Green set up last month, and not to be confused with the English/Welsh company Sevco 5088 Limited whose registered office is Green’s London solicitors.

     

     

    The sole director of RFC 2012 Limited is Green. There were 2 shares initially created, both owned by Green.”

     

     

    I must have misunderstood this idea. Why would Green have another company set up? Why would it help him to sell from one to another.

     

     

    Disclaimer: the quote came from FF.

  14. CultsBhoy loves being 1st forever & ever on

    In fairness to Bomber.. You need tough talking leaders who have an aggressive approach…some of these Junior Teams are no push overs .

     

    It’s a hard man ‘s game.. Not for the feint- hearted..

     

     

    Gon yersel Bomber!

  15. John Brown resigned as scout for Rangers yesterday!!

     

    Has he been getting paid since February 14th for scouting?

     

    Is someone having a laugh?

     

    D & P were still scouting for players?? OMG!

  16. johann murdoch on

    John if you were really contrite you and all the other players would take the money from your EBTs and pay the creditors and taxpayers back….

  17. Dead and Loving it on

    John Brown , through a spokesman has just announced that he is withdrawing his bid

     

    and just walking away

     

    reason stated was , I just saw my interview on sky

     

     

    where’s ma coat

  18. For those poor sould who have purchased season tickets I hope they have managed to get the first payment stopped coming off their GIRO.

  19. Seriously?

     

     

    “Tarnation, we’ve made an erchie oot a this? Whit we gonna dae noo?”

     

     

    “Get a former orc to make a pretendy bid, get the horde onside”

     

     

    “Fell guid idea, whit aboot Paul Murray – has the contacts and spoke out against yon Agent Whyte?”

     

     

    Fast forward a day/week/month/something…

     

     

    “Right, we’ve made an erchie oot a this? Whit we gonna dae noo?”

     

     

    “Get a former orc to make a pretendy bid, get the horde onside”

     

     

    “Fell guid idea, whit aboot a bid fronted by, erm, The Myth – has the history and knows his lyrics football?”

     

     

    Fast forward a day/week/month/something…

     

     

    “Right, we’ve made an erchie oot a this? Whit we gonna dae noo?”

     

     

    “Get a former orc to make a pretendy bid, get the horde onside”

     

     

    “Yer havin a giraffe mate, they’ll no fall for that crap again.”

     

     

    “Really, you ever spoken tae ony o’ them?”

     

     

    “Point taken, fell guid idea, whit aboot another new bid fronted by, erm, who’s left?”

     

     

    “Davis, McGregor, McCabe…”

     

     

    “No, who do we still employ?”

     

     

    “Some fat bald guy. Does scouting I think”

     

     

    “Jim Traynor? Fell guid idea, get a bid together fronted by Jim Traynor.”

     

     

    And repeat…

  20. FC Huns of Govan??

     

     

     

    Fan Investment Model

     

    Wednesday, 27 June 2012 12:57

     

    The Rangers Supporters Trust today announces that it has been developing a vehicle which could ensure fans can be part of the club’s future. More details were due to be announced shortly.

     

    In the interest of unity we shall be consulting with our sister fan organisations and those parties (such as John Brown’s consortium) who have the long-term interests of the club at heart before a formal launch.

     

    The scheme we envisaged would enable supporters to join forces and purchase shares to create a bloc shareholding in the Club on behalf of fans.

     

    We have been developing a model of fan investment in consultation with the relevant advisory bodies and tailoring it to the situation at Ibrox.

     

    One example of such a scheme was produced by FC United of Manchester – http://fc-utd.co.uk/communityshares

     

    We would also like to ask that all the current playing squad give the fans time to put a consortium in place whilst considering their future, we hope as many of them as possible will stay and become part of something historic as the world’s most successful club moves forward into a new era.

     

    We are now in a position to call on Rangers fans from all areas of the Rangers Family with the requisite knowledge and experience to come forward to assist us in this task.

  21. Just popping in and back out again as have business but could not leave without comment on this c**p. The brown stuff I know stinks!

     

     

    H H

  22. Headline from Rangers News a few years ago before a game against Maccabi

     

    “Rangers send Bomber to Isreal”

     

    Simply the best or best at being simples.

  23. Evening Times trying t ocheer up the huns by stating Celtic wil lbe the biggest losers of rnagers going out the SPL.

     

     

    Pretty sure our club stated months ago ‘We Dont Need No Stinkin Rangers’

     

     

    Anyway, as a clever man once said “Which ever part of my club is dependent on rangers, I am willing to lose…”

  24. Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on

    John Brown’s rangers lies a-mouldering in the grave,

     

    John Brown’s rangers lies a-mouldering in the grave,

     

    But the asshole goes marching on.

     

     

    Chorus:

     

    Jackanory hallelujah,

     

    Jackanory, hallelujah,

     

    The asshole goes marching on.

     

     

    He’s gone to be an investor so the Rangers can be restored,

     

    He’s gone to be an investor so the Rangers can be restored

     

    The asshole goes marching on.

     

     

    Chorus:

     

     

    John Brown’s Kick back has induced an anxiety attack

     

    John Brown’s Kick back has induced an anxiety attack

     

    The asshole goes marching on.

     

     

    Chorus:

     

     

    John Brown lied about his hefty EBT,

     

    John Brown lied about his hefty EBT,

     

    The asshole goes marching on.

     

     

    Chorus:

     

     

    The stars above in Heaven now are looking kindly down,

     

    The stars above in Heaven now are looking kindly down,

     

    but the asshole goes matching on.

     

     

    Chorus:

  25. Sometimes at the 5-1-sides I go to you just don’t know who will turn up. Some weeks we haven’t had enough for a game.

     

     

    Reckon it’s gonna be like that tomorrow at Auchenhowie Asda

     

     

    Jumpers for goal posts at the Albion car park will be the next step. They are bound to be able to round up the local young uns for a kick aboot……

  26. Kilbowie Kelt on

    John Brown’s Newco lies a-mould’ring in the grave

     

    John Brown’s Newco lies a-mould’ring in the grave

     

    John Brown’s Newco lies a-mould’ring in the grave

     

    The Celts go marching on

     

     

    Glory, Glory! Hallelujah!

     

    Glory, Glory! Hallelujah!

     

    Glory, Glory! Hallelujah!

     

    The Celts go marching on.

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