Tomorrow’s SPL meeting is something of a formality, albeit as dramatic as a formality can be. The main scheduled action of the week is underway at Hampden right now. We hear that after issuing threats to exclude 20 SFL clubs from future access to the top two divisions in Scottish football, SPL and SFA chief executives, Neil Doncaster and Stewart Regan, will face irate SFL chairmen.
In mitigation of the criticism coming his way, Mr Doncaster is offering your money, in perpetuity, to buy votes to allow Sevco to gain direct access to the First Division. If passed, they would probably enter the SPL next season, close to debt free, while Celtic carry peak debt of around £35m after playing by the rules and not qualifying for Champions League football during the last three seasons.
In short, if Mr Doncaster manages to persuade the SFL chairmen to back his plan, Sevco will become by far the strongest team in the SPL a year from now.
The plan has been rejected as wholly unacceptable by an impressive list of clubs with no association whatsoever with Celtic, many of whom exist hand-to-mouth and whose vote against will cost them considerable income.
Doncaster’s part in creating this shambles cannot be underestimated. He perpetuated the myth that “Rangers” should and would be in next season’s SPL, allowing people to invest in an undeliverable strategy, including Charles Green.
Mr Doncaster is an employee of the company Celtic are an equal-twelfth shareholder in. His actions are wholly incompatible with sporting meritocracy. As Celtic shareholders we call for his resignation and, if this is not forthcoming, demand he faces a confidence vote.
“Without fear or favour” was the promise from Stewart Regan when he told us he would apply the rules evenly as the Rangers saga unfolded. In advocating rules are torn up and replaced his words are laughable.
His assertion that the actions of Campbell Ogilvie over Rangers EBTs had been investigated and that Ogilvie was found to be without blame was misleading. It is our assertion that the actions of Mr Ogilvie were not investigated at all and that Mr Regan spoke to protect his ally, who remains in position despite being “heavily conflicted” according to Mr Regan, and the SFA being in desperate need of a strong and active president.
Mr Regan is now wholly compromised and must resign or also face a vote of confidence. Two years ago he joined a dysfunctional organisation. He had a great opportunity to make a name for himself as a successful troubleshooter. Instead he’s made matters worse!
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Googybhoy
Did you say fleck off?
Remember, we have a bar on swearing on this blog.
Voguepunter
Yes and it’s great :-))
Ghents
CFCs silence is worrying and encouraging in equal measure
Worrying because we are all aware of DDs affection for the coin …
Encouraging as we have not allowed ourselves to be scapegoated as the destroyers of Newco
KevJungle – Murdo 78/87 on 4 July, 2012 at 09:47 said:
voguepunter on 4 July, 2012 at 09:45 said:
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Awe, are we talkin again ?
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Did we fall out ? My brains itchy:O)
Everyone feeling as anxious as I do I see.
I trust Celtic to do the right thing, the SPL clubs have made it clear no to Sevco in the SPL. No backtracking on this, the fans will desert Scottish football in droves if they do.
As for Doncaster I hope he is being allowed enough rope to hang himself.
I have written to Celtic to let the club know how I feel, how I think we should act, and I mean Sevco to start in Div3 and Celtic to make sure the rules are upheld. It may have been futile, but I felt better for making my views known directly to the club.
What time is the meeting/vote, anybody know?
voguepunter on 4 July, 2012 at 09:49 said:
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I’m over it M8.
Are you ?
If there is a fudge today I will be furious.
The spin that Dungmaster is putting on the Sevco to Division 1 is insulting to a 5 year old.
The claim that application for this new company starting at the appropriate place in Scottish Football ie Division 3 would mean calamity for Scottish football is crass. Is Dungmaster walking around Hampden wearing a billboard sayin “Tne End is Nigh”.
Indeed it is …for him!
KevJungle – Murdo 78/87 on 4 July, 2012 at 09:35
Complete drivel…….as usual.
Gordon-J,
I wouldn’t hold much hope in rules being applied here.
The amount of mountains that are being moved and misinformation regarding the situation (basically bulls**t) by our games administrators is quite frankly staggering, but alas, not surprising.
PFayr mind that wee beach between la Caleta and the Adeje Palace.
Standing with wife last year ,next minute she was 40 ft away,
rescued her ,after I emptied my pockets and stopped laughing.
How stupid will it make us look if our board are wanting them back in or in division 1.
Everyone on twitter including Paul 67 etc will be made to look like idiots.
All fans have worked hard on this including SFL fans for the integrity of the game.
PFAyr. I asked that question yesterday where the administrators still at Ibrox? but I didnt get an answer but as you say they are still there so Rangers are not dead yet and that is why Charles Green feels he has a hold on the walk away players.my feelings are there is a lot more going on behind the scenes than we the fans are being told this has been imo a long term cunning plan.H.H.
Fin75 on 4 July, 2012 at 09:51 said:
KevJungle – Murdo 78/87 on 4 July, 2012 at 09:35
Complete drivel…….as usual.
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We’ll soon see.
HT
As barcabhoy suggested yesterday
If the SPL teams go back on their word re Newco , every supporter who has bought an ST could raise an action against them for breach of contract
Anyway I’d imagine a great deal of fans pay by some for of monthly/ quarterly installments plan , in which case they’ll simply cancelled their contract
Joe Filippis Haircut on 4 July, 2012 at 09:53 said:
Most long term cunning plans turned out to be turnips;-)
This one will probably be the same. When the authorities have tried to mislead, influence and rule bend it has been the clubs that have brought them back into line, it will be the same this time around, I hope, still feel nervous though.
hen1rik on 4 July, 2012 at 09:52 said:
How stupid will it make us look if our board are wanting them back in or in division 1.
Everyone on twitter including Paul 67 etc will be made to look like idiots.
All fans have worked hard on this including SFL fans for the integrity of the game.
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hen1rik are you for real?
If that played out, the board would have a posse outside Paradise within the hour.
VP
I can see from my balcony
La Caleta is a wonderful wee village
So why can the Raith Rovers chairman come out and say its corrupt but the biggest club in the country remain silent.
I am not falling for our board will be seen as the bad guys from the media.
hen1rik on 4 July, 2012 at 09:59 said:
Because yesterday was an SFL issue and he is the chairman of an SFL club…
….PFayr – If the SPL teams go back on their word re Newco , every supporter who has bought an ST could raise an action against them for breach of contract
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That one’s worse than your belief in German-speaking descending judges.
#lawfail (thumbsup)
KevJungle –
Must admit,I cant hold a grudge for any longer than 2 years ……unless
it’s the huns.
Por cierto
I don’t know what to make of CFCs position …DDs love of cash worries me
JFH
The Huns are not yet liquidated so all players who have refused to move to Sevco remain with them ….I think :-)
So much for Green’s bluster about suing everybody ….blow hard
Fleckaldinho has legged it?! But…But… newclub were going to build a team around him!
HH
No one on here can accuse anyone of talking drivel, we’re all entitled to our own opinion and so is KevJungle.
Not 1 person on here can no for certain what our board is thinking and I’m getting more sceptical by the day the longer we remain silent.
Ally McOist has just driven Green into Hampden through the under ground tunnel. Make of that what you will.
KevJungle – Murdo 78/87 on 4 July, 2012 at 09:53
You stated…
In my heart I know that the current version of Celtic Football Club
will NEVER be Celtic FC as long as it continues to be run by a bunch
of faceless wonders.
Sack The Board NOW!!
Read that excrement above…….shocking.
Whit’s wrong with you? Did PL or DD steal your girlfriend or something? You have one massive chip on your shoulder…..
hen1rik on 4 July, 2012 at 10:03
In my opinion he is talking drivel….and does it consistently.
Don’t know about you, but I’m more interested in the Big Tax case.
What is going on?
I mean, really!
myboysnowatim,
If the rules had been applied to all clubs equally all of this would have been soerted out a long time ago.
voguepunter on 4 July, 2012 at 10:00 said:
KevJungle –
Must admit,I cant hold a grudge for any longer than 2 years ……unless
it’s the huns.
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I suggest we go back to being pals again and move on :o)))
Sack The Bored – CSC
Guys, have you no work to do, no wonder the economy is failing :) Me? I’m retired.
Weefra HH
pfayr. Makes you wonder why the administratorsare sill at Ibrox and the Liquidators havnt moved in? H.H.
Philvis
Material brech if contract ..no ?
Btw John Cameron is a fluent Geman speaker
Fin75 on 4 July, 2012 at 10:03 said:
I agree with you: hyperbole at its worst.
If sevco don’t end up in div three Celtic, like many other Scottish clubs, lose season ticket holders , the single biggest source of coin. Now who believes that the Celtic corporates are so stupid they don’t see this. The time for words and action will be the time that the idea to use Celtic ticket money to fund other teams gets any traction at all. At this stage the only peepul suggesting this are Mr White via Mr Green and insider sources from the DR who seem to have highly placed moles in all the banks, television media and SPL boards. No one with any credibility has voiced an opinion about making Celtic pay for sevco’s misdemeanors. If they do then it is the boards turn to earn their coin. Have patience this is the end game for sevco (stbia)
starry plough on 4 July, 2012 at 10:00 said:
hen1rik on 4 July, 2012 at 09:59 said:
Because yesterday was an SFL issue and he is the chairman of an SFL club…
Starry i understand that but it wasn’t an SFL issue when other SPL clubs came out and said no to newco.
Yes our club did make a statement but in that statement it still didn’t clarify no to newco.
….PFayr – Material brech if contract ..no ?
The word is “breach”, and no it isn’t, as any first year law student, even one at Strathclyde Polytechnic, could tell you.
If you’re going to keep this up you could at least read a couple of introductory law books.
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♪ ♫ Hector Avocado ♫ ♪ on 4 July, 2012 at 10:05
Cheers.
It’s the same script everyday – negativity about the hoops.
And it always seems to be at the same time – just as blog kicks into life each morning.
Hen1rik
If the board really is as inept as you seem to think, perhaps it’s best if it keeps its own counsel …
FF