Under the cover of coronavirus, Dave King resigned as chairman of Newco. Four months ago he said the club needed £10m before the end of the season. In his farewell statement, released last night, he noted a hoped-for round of funding “has been put on hold”. With the postponement of fixtures since last month, the funding requirement could now be as much as £20m.
The statement was unnecessarily wordy, had he got to the point, he would have said ‘The proposed funder has bailed out and so have I. You’re on your own.’
Claiming he hoped to extend his tenure as chairman until after the coronavirus crisis, but was unable to as South Africa authorities insisted he self-isolate for 14 days, insults the intelligence of even his advocates. The world is self-isolating at the moment and the rest of us have figured out how to communicate by phone or videoconference.
This football club needs tens of millions to pay the liabilities incurred to get this close to Celtic. Hopes of selling its player assets for inflated figures have disappeared from their fantasies. Ex-pats prepared to sink millions into covering previous losses do not exist.
Without Dave King menacing to get his hands on the club within days of Charles Green buying Oldco’s assets, Newco would now be solvent and competitive. Instead, Green was forced to cut ticket prices and pay Ally McCoist and his squad over the odds in order to keep the fans onside, blowing his business plan apart from the off.
The architect of this clusterstaunch has left the scene, unwilling to be held accountable for what happens next. Dave, you will be welcome to make the Paradise Windfall draw any time the South African authorities permit you to travel – but I realise you are unlikely to visit Glasgow again. When the history of our 20-in-a-row, or whatever the sequence becomes, is written, there will be a chapter dedicated to fools like you who made it possible.
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jobo
go to the metal next cut.
Saw this online,
First stadium:
Last stadium:
Best stadium:
Worst stadium:
Kilbowie park
Celtic park
Camp Nou
Cappielow
ST TAMS/TANSBELL
Spoke to PADDYMAC and he knows Steve well and the various
teams he played for when he came to Melbourne.
He will post a bit later with some memories.
H.H . Mick
Da id17
Celtic Park
Bernabeu
Celtic Park
Perthshire Juniors – Black Ash Days 😀
FREISDORFER
Sorry for the late reply.
I remember when you came over and PADDYMAOZ had a
drink with you.
You’re the only visitor i’ve missed to the rebel peninsula.
I had to go with our young bhoys to play finals the other
side of the bay, a 2-3 hour drive that day.
Hopefully we’ll get a chance to meet up another time so
stay safe until then.
H.H . Mick
This charming man. What a track.
No Time for nothing but helping others now.
Wishaw Tim
GOWKTHRAPPLE came up in a chat with an old Carluke friend.
Last time I heard it must have been in the 60s.
Jobo
DA?
I would go out Tonight.
Take care these not less draconian measures urnae kept in the Future, when All is well.
thanks melbourne mick im from melbourne myself lived most of my life on peninsula good old frankston spent many a jolly night in mornington
Melbourne Mick
Nae problem, all the best and stay safe.
HH
Reminding Robert Hoods awesome track…. ffs let someone else take up the slack.
Incredible when ye pick up that baton, Jesus, yer name isnae said in vane.
The New Testament wow hardened hearts gonnae struggle to get it.
Need Prayer from so many to soften hardened hearts.
Believe
Blojo thinks it’s a good idea to send a letter to 30 million homes re Covid 19,could the money not be used for something useful? Everyone knows what is going on…
Been lurking
Nothing else to do
This place is
So special
Like ages ago
Everyone be safe
My family
Been listening to
This recently
Powerful
https://youtu.be/E-l-Ly0ly4M
Pray for Every Leader, that they make the Correct Decisions
.
And again
https://youtu.be/_kBnFgLP8po
Personally I don’t care to much for any politician, left or right, but people taken some sort of comfort over a guy getting coronavirus when he’s got a new born on the way is just sad
Taking a bit of poetic license with “stadium”
First: Station Park, Baillieston
Last: Celtic Park (4-3 loss to Cluj)
Best: Allianz Munich
Worst: Maxwell Park, Baillieston (I still have some of the ash in my knees)
Celtic
I miss u
Come back
To me
Safe
Hail Hail
Travelrbhoy! Hope things are as good as can be in these horrible times!
GG! Cheers for the reply! Originally from Blantyre but have been in Wishaw from about 1986, mummy bear still in. High Blantyre! Same for everyone who has elderly parents! Absolutely crap!look but can’t touch !
TRAVELLERBHOY,
Christ is the King.
First and foremost.CSC
Big g ! Good night god bless! Best post tonight!
STADIUMS:
First: Shawfield (Clyde/Dogs)
Last: Celtic Park
Best (Ford Field; home of Detroit Lions, Michigan. Imagine Celtic Park with a roof, great food outlets, and good toilets! 😊)
Worst: Shyberry.
Ford Field… Oh, and acres of parking! 😊
There was a big encampment of travellers staying at the berries
Saturday night no picking on sunday
Drink was taken
Songs sung
Laughter
And fighting
Almost murder
Polis came
Statements took
Chaos
God an lo’s jeemy
Over and over (we will follow u)
I digress
God an lo’s jeemy
Find jeemy
He’s to blsme
Said the sergeant
They say
He’s in dunkeld
Said the constable
Well let’s go
True story
He was in dunkeld
In the cemetery
Travellers swear an oath
On dead forebears
As in
God an lo’s, jeemy
As in God I will be as low (as in the grave) as my grandfather
Jimmy
If I’m not telling the truth
😀
Wishaw Tim
Thanks
A lot going on
These last few years
Life changing
In a bad way
But
https://youtu.be/z4q5Ld1ZEac
Peter
Some people saying
They heard a bang
Louder than thunder
Recently
All around the world
And it was one
Of the 7 seals
Breaking
God bless
Petec sorry
GNGB CQN
U r very important
To a lot of us
Keep on keeping on
Hail Hail
TRAVELLERBHOY on 29TH MARCH 2020 12:48 AM
Watched the video, found the movie online, watched it, cried like a rainstorm and yearned for Glasgow. Ain’t no place like home.
Powerful indeed!
T
Difficult day for wife and myself yesterday.
Saw our two youngest grand kids and unable to hold them.
Three year old who usually gives his gran hugs which she loves, couldn’t understand why he couldn’t approach us.
It’s a common situation for millions of older folk.
Oh how we will cherish those hugs when this has passed.
First Stadium. Celtic Park 1954.
Last. Celtic Park
Best. Minute Maid, Home of Astros.
Worst. Hampden Park V Leeds where I was genuinely scared for my life.
For those who have taken the red pill
http://m.theindependentbd.com/post/239514
https://www.worldtimezone.com/5g.html
Coincidence?
BigG/wishawt,
Bojo’s Herd immunity strategy is directly responsible for the thousands including his own families deaths if it comes to that so I’ve no hesitation in hoping he and his fellow strategists suffer the worst of this.
Their decimated the NHS.
You can go buy a test privately for £260, private companies are receiving grants to fund private testing but the NHS front line is being subjected to the highest risk potentially and most likely becoming the source of many cases, so underfund, over work, subject to highest risk then when they prove a lot of cases where sourced in overworked hospitals use it to promote the NHS is not working and the Americans should be allowed to take over. And you bleat about a mass murderers unborn child as if we should be sympathetic to bojo s plight, useful idiots are us eh.
First – Firhill
Last-Stadio Olimpico Roma
Best -A jam packed San Paolo Napoli
Worst -Sincil Bank Lincoln.
First – Celtic Park
Last – Celtic Park
Best – Celtic Park
Worst – Celtic Park