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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I suppose it was no fun for any of the Dirty Dozen as they turned up at a dreich Murray Park this morning…. But how must a Dungannon boy called HEGARTY have felt when he realised where he was.
God help you, son.
I’m in sunny Turkey at the moment and have only intermittent internet access. Now that the Euros are down to the last three teams, and the transfer window is neary open, have Rangers (in administration/liquidation/oldco/newco/dead parrot/permanent embarassment) announced any signings from their transfer target list of players from the Euros?
If not, for the sake of transparency, i think we have a right to know. Is it
a) because those players play in one of the remaining three teams (I knew that Iniesta always had a funny look about him)
b) Bomber Brown has run away with the list and is keeping it secret for when his fans takeover is in place (the same fans who have repeatedly failed to put a penny of their own money in, or to even show a glimmer of protest in recent months – for pete’s sake, i pledged more than some of their own fans did!)
c) Perhaps is was total crap and reported unchallenged by a media so desparate to have a United Hun of Govan team back in any shape or form
I think we should be told!
Valid point from KDS;
Are there really those of you naive enough to think that Scottish football could be restructured under Celtic’s noses without their input? These leaked proposals are coming from the SFA, it’s “Professional Game Board” consists of:
Rod Petrie (who seems to have managed to put a price on integrity after all)
Peter Lawwell
Alan McRae, Cove Rangers president
Sandy Stables, Highland League honorary president
Jim Ballantyne, Scottish Football League president, chairman of Airdrie (and recently pictured in “Rangers Fighting Fund” gear at Linfield v huns friendly)
Stewart Regan
Neil Doncaster (oh dear)
David Longmuir, SFL chief exec.
Campbell Ogilvie (wtf!)
Ralph Topping, think he’s resigned, not sure if replaced?
If the SFA et al think this shows that they are being “radical” then they are fooling no one.
This is quite simply a safety net to catch Sevco as they fall.
And isn’t it convenient that part of the proposals include 3 play off spots in Division 1, the SPL paying £1 million for Sevco tv rights, bigger parachute payments to relegated clubs (such as Sevco). And not one mention of tax debts or dual contracts. You’d almost imagine an ex-Rangers director was President of the SFA……
Stinks to high heaven.
It is not possible to become a full member of the SFL until you have done four years as an associate member
HAil Hail
starry plough
You are right about the gravy train, but nobody seems keen to get off it. Every time someone speaks of reform, or restructure, we have to ask, who at the SFA, the SPL or the SFL is sacrificing their jobs. Takes a lot of people to organise a fixture list if you ask me!
JamesForrest 12.09 Your article is spot on I have said for months that Scottish football is at the crossroads and either it will do the right thing and support integrity and it has a chance of a fresh start.Or it will choose the choice of cheats and tax dodgers and in my opinion it will be finished like you I and I would think many thousands of other football fans will walk away from the game taking there money with them.H.H.
Macjay,
The problem is you seem to be living in a fantasy land where everyone will embrace one another as Rangers are gone and have taken all societys and footballs ills with them.
This doesn’t take into account the treatment of Celtic fans at the majority of away grounds, Hearts fans turning their back on the minutes applause for Jock Stein, Neil Lennon being victimised by supporters of a lower league club during a Scottish cup tie at Celtic Park(what had he ever done to offend them?!),HIBS fans jeering the Fields of Atenry(!), and so on.
I say we keep supporting Celtic passionately but lets not expect a big love in with the rest.
It ain’t going to happen.
HH
@STVGrant: SFL clubs would vote on league reconstruction but potentially no formal vote on Rangers moving to Div 1 http://t.co/12j9EfVT
@edwardrice1: These proposals aren’t about ensuring New Club go to div 1, they are about SFA/SFL/SPL recognising New Club can claim RFC(IL) history
This has to be the Mummy and Daddy of all bigger pictures quote…
Take a bow son..
Grant Russell @STVGrant
The Rangers situation is being used by those in power to force through league reconstruction. Rangers merely the pawn in bigger picture.
You get paid to write this nonsense!!
Would UEFA allow this (if it has any truth in it)?
That BBC report contains too much detail to be baseless.
Peter Lawwell presumably knows what’s being planned.
I wonder if Paul67 could ask him what’s going on so he could let us all know.
@krys1888: And now we know why the SFA demanded Green get the Sevco application in by Friday. Need to relegate “Rangers” before Wednesday
Ghuys
Just caught up with Bombers incomprehensible story about deeds and phone calls ….. If he phoned up Clyde , old Jimmy S would have summed it up neatly ” what is you point caller?”
Can it get any lower for the Shame, still the predictable splits and factions are now emerging amongst a semi- literate support, the guys with half a brain will chuck it and go play golf.
Notlongnowcfc
This nonsense will never happen, the fixtures have been printed and agreed.
It is just a piece of crap from the BBC to try and boost the huns after 5 first team and 8 reserves showed up for training today.
There is no rangers to relegate. They have to apply to the SPL to transfer their share. The SPL have said NO! They now have to apply to the SFL.
There will not be a team playing out of Ibrox in Div 1 next season. Wish some people on here would take a deep breath before they post, some are looking for anything to be ingidnant about
They would have to be voted in by approx 75% of Scottish League clubs, the ones that have spoken have roundly rejected the idea, I expect the majority of the rest to follow suit. There is absolutely nothing at this stage to suggest otherwise…
This isn’t even taking into account the unlikelyhood of them being able to put a team together in the next four weeks..
Sit back and enjoy the show ffs…..
Ernie
This is the exact same proposal that Broadfoot was critical massing about two weeks ago.
Why is it being rehashed today is the question ?
Public safety.
HAil Hail
hen1rik
That is a very good point.
This story is the same rubbish the BBC have been pushing for, get Newclub a league, as high up as possible, they’ve failed to get them into the SPL and will now try for Div1, failing that they’ll try for Div2, then 3.
Only when the league kicks off and there are no games at Ibroke will the BBC stop this nonsense, although they will still link Newclub with Messi etc.
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on 28 June, 2012 at 12:28 said
Whatever you think.
Just try saying ” Irish scum ” and see the response.
WGS on Talksport now
jungle jam67 on 27 June, 2012 at 12:48 said:
Maybe they dont!
Just checked out the BBC website re the plans being hatched to accommodate Zombie F.C into Division 1and note that Mr sporting integrity himself Rod Petrie is involved. I’m sure if this is untrue he will speak out.
I think the time has come for Celtic to let the fans know what their thoughts are on this issue.
If Celtic meekly accept this reorganisation of our (the fans) game to suit the rotting corpse of one club then I will assume that they agree to it and they can do so without my money.
Yep, one of those tweets from earlier hit the nail on the head imo.
This is all counter-propaganda against the Brown charade of yesterday, which came as a result of the penny dropping with some of them. Just a bit more confuscation to tide the hoardes over until D-day.
macjay1 for Neil Lennon on 28 June, 2012 at 12:42 said:
Is that a yes then ?
Hail Hail
Grant Russell @STVGrant
The clubs will have the final say here. The First Division clubs are being offered greater riches to simply stand aside. Will they?
Jim Delahunt @JimDelahunt
No axe to grind at all but is this SPL/SFL carve-up going to be made official at some point or they just seeing how angry people might be
Well said Jim…
@fritzagrandold: Expect clubs to go very quiet.
!!Bada Bing!! on 28 June, 2012 at 12:43 said:
WGS on Talksport now
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Our WGS or the “real” WGS?
Irish scum are better than Scottish scum. (thumbsup)
!Bada Bing!! on 28 June, 2012 at 12:43 said:
I assume he will be telling everyone that Scottish Football needs Celtic & Rangers otherwise why would Keys and Gray invite him on.
Remember these are the guys that refer to Keith Jackson as being a guru of Scottish Football.
archdeaconsbench on 28 June, 2012 at 12:40 said:
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THIS.
This fritzagrandold on twitter looks as if he knows quite a lot about what’s going on in the background.
Lest we forget. This is who we are. Green Brigade 2011-2012. KTF !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyTh4VWhdME&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Livingston will want far more compensation that the 1 million that is being offered to the entire league and their lawyers are letting them (Livingston) know that for sure.
Hail Hail
A part of me wants them to get the place in Division 1. How silly will Scottish Football look when they cant play the fixtures because they have no money. The huns will still be boycotting the season tickets.
Dobbo- could be one and the same? :)
However, Scotland is better than Ireland, because Ireland’s president looks like Warwick Davis from “Leprechaun”. (thumbsup)
traditionalist88 on 28 June, 2012 at 12:36 said:
Macjay,
The problem is you seem to be living in a fantasy land where everyone will embrace one another as Rangers are gone and have taken all societys and footballs ills with them.
You`re right.
I live in Oz.
It simply made a suggestion that we now have a great opportunity to move on.
Listening to yourself and Awe Naw,I was obviously mistaken.