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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Thom -cheers for that.
Sparkleghirl,
its amazing whit the drink does to you ;-))))
Him=hun
John browns attempt to appear as as a businessman with a plan for rangers long term future reminded me of smeato’we wull set aboot ye’ and his Embarrasing press interveiw when he attempted to become an MP
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLE-PICKERS on 27 June, 2012 at 15:02 said:
just like poverty, success is relative for you and i as celtic fans winning the league is success, if a team makes it into europe becuase of a play off, a team that did not anticipate such hights then that will be viewed a success, as will getting the better of other clubs for that spot,
its kind of the same with relagation play-offs, it brings out punters and when a team wins them its often seen as success, ask aberdeen fans!!!!!
or may be we should just keep the current failure of a league and pretend its working well
ASonOfDan on 27 June, 2012 at 15:07 said:
i get to about 10 games a season,when i can, i spend about 1000 pounds in the celtic shop and going to restuarant at celtic park, sorry but you aint telling me 50000 will turn up in a mid december games when we’re 30 points ahead are you?
pauloantony on 27 June, 2012 at 15:33 said:
Both are permanently pished.
John Brown’s consortium has just been made public
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.
Hail Hail
@spiderlegs101: @MattMcGlone9 @Pmacgiollabhain Rumour going round 7pm tonight Green to liquidate newco, selling assets for 25m.
This! Rab C Broon pic. Just about sums it up
http://i811.photobucket.com/albums/zz31/leftytwoguns1/browner.jpg
stephbhoy
Why do we need 50,000 when we have guys like you going to 10 games and spending a £1000.
Moonbeams WD. Kano 1000 \o/ Supporting Neil Lennon 100%. Champions. C’mon Wee Oscar.
This will be the property deal Duff&Duffer were telling everyone was such a great opportunity…
MWD
That 7pm story made my tummy go all fluttery. It would coincide perfectly with their dozens strong demonstration. :-) :-)
But 25m??? Credibility shot.
I am liking this Bumbler Brown.
He is an interesting new character in the hun soap opera.
He will undoubtedly bring us heaps ‘o’ fun, coin some new daft expressions and mangle the english language in a manner only accomplished previously by the likes of Prof Charlie Nic, our resident experimentalist in the talking without meaning anything department.
I believe him to a useful addition to the herd of insane elephants.
pigalle
Ticketus done over…..
Oh dear mr green….looks like your next!
Silly billy
You can share your experience with octopus, joe Lewis and the hundreds of soon to be bumped creditors!
Will anyone outside their secret circle ever trust them Again?
MWD
If it is liquidation tonight is Green able to put a price on the “assets”?
Or would it be some firm like BDO?
Hope you are right!
Hope you are well too!
oh and if you happen to have a different opinion to others on here they always come out with, have you got a season ticket, do you go to the games, as if that makes you any more emotionally connected to your clubs.
i can assure anyone on this site that i pay more than enough to have an opinion on all things celtic
Bummer Broon is their Taliban!
So is John Brown’s consortium the same as Walter Smith’s consortium? Or is there going to be more infighting? And isn’t it about time the Blue Knights made another attempt to do something?
Oh what fun.
•-:¦:-•** -:¦:- sparkleghirl :¦:-.•**• -:¦:-•
On paper the property rangers owned was valued at over £100 Million.
Improvements in the system
SPL 1
16 teams
2 teams relegated
1 team in the play off
Play every team twice (2 x 15 =30 games)
Top 6 split (2 x 5 = 10 games)
League cup
Played in July before the league kicks off
Europa league place for the winners
10 groups with 4 teams no seeding (Every team guaranteed at least 3 games)
First 3 games played in same week (saturday/Wednesday Saturday)
Quarters, semis and final to be completed by October
Scottish cup
No change
Reserve system
SPL teams can enter SFL with under 23 pool
No promotion/play off for SPL 2nd string team(s)
Moonbeams WD. Kano 1000 \o/ Supporting Neil Lennon 100%. Champions. C’mon Wee Oscar. on 27 June, 2012 at 15:37 said:
++++++++++++++++++++++
To whom, does it say?
Tesco. Property Developer or someone who thinks £25M now will start to pay back after 5 years as a club with 30,000 supporters and who knows a clean bill of health.
Stephbhoy
It doesn’t matter if you are a season ticket holder or whatever.
Your opinion is as valid as anyone’s on here.
This is a Celtic Blog and we welcome everyone, no matter colour, creed, or the team they support.
Rich men (philvisreturns) and poor men (philbhoy) are welcome to post too!
pauloantony on 27 June, 2012 at 15:33 said:
John browns attempt to appear as as a businessman with a plan for rangers long term future reminded me of smeato’we wull set aboot ye’ and his Embarrasing press interveiw when he attempted to become an MP
……………………………………………..
I think you have just identified the next CEO of Newco.
Step forward John Smeaton, this is your big chance.
stephbhoy
I think it is a valid question to ask if you attend games on a regualr basis when you suppose that the vast majority that do, will abandon the club because the huns have gone.
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Asonofdan, aye and that was questioned and still is,
£25M ha hahahahahahahahhaha
for what a couple of acres, sober up people.
Brown interview on Talksport
http://soundcloud.com/celticresearch/brown-ts/s-d3k06
If the assets have appreciated in value by 400% in a matter of weeks would HMRC et al not be perturbed?
Would duff and duffer not have questions to answer?
ASonOfDan on 27 June, 2012 at 15:40 said
we all contribute to our team in different ways, i never question another supporter/ fans commitment to their team or questionthem or their motives because i am not a f@n&Y like some
ASonOfDan on 27 June, 2012 at 15:46 said
Aye but they’re not going to get anywhere near that are they? For a plot in Govan with a listed facade and the training ground carrying restrictions on development.
MWD
Chuck it b***** coffee is all over the keyboard.
Paul
do you have Liability insurance for this type of accident?
Can you imagine if one of your mates buys a luxury apartment in Ibrox Square and on your way to the flat warming you get to walk through the old facade cos its a listed building?! What a feeling.
Literally dancing on their grave.
Pure party time Emerald CSC
Snippet of the conversation today?:
Mrs Windsor to Mr McGuiness ” On behalf of my government thank you for helping to bring peace to this island”
Mr McGuiness “no problem and thank you for the great job your boys in the tax office have done in Glasgow”
Stephbhoy
beware of personal pronoun abusers they tend to be deranged hunposters.
Who cares if only 50,000 turn up if we have sold them already ?
Hail Hail
Newco going into liquidation is ‘like a new signing’ -Mark Hateley.
Philbhoy – D&D have plenty of questions to answer already…
I can’t see how Green can waltz off with £19.5M profit when creditors of oldco have been cleaned out
Hast du etwas Zeit für mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich
(thumbsup)
I am not a season ticket holder and don’t get to many games for a variety of reasons.
However, I’ve got Celtic in my blood.
And I love it!
ASonOfDan on 27 June, 2012 at 15:50 said:
i did not acert that people would not attend games per say, i acerted that some would decide to sit at home when the league’s won, when conditions meant that there was little to play for, that does not suppose that people would ‘abandone’ celtic, many a fan for whatever reason attends some games over others while they continue to support the clubs ambitions