I received updates direct from last week’s Scottish Football League meeting shortly after it concluded. My information was that Neil Doncaster in particular was given a torrid time and that the mood among clubs was firmly against agreeing to place Sevco into the First Division.
Within a couple of hours it was clear that many in the media had been given a different impression and that if the vote was taken then, a ‘healthy majority would vote in favour’. To a degree I think we are all susceptible to messages we want to hear but it has been a feature of this debacle that executives from the national bodies have given clear guidance to the media that ‘Newco’ would be voted into the SPL, as it was, or now into the First Division.
On more than one occasion I’ve heard “You might have heard different, but Neil Doncaster told me….”
There is no shortcut for legwork and attention to detail. On this subject, credit to STV, who present informed information on how Friday’s vote is likely to pan out, with references. Of the 30 clubs in the SFL, the report 14 have declared an intention to vote against plans to plant Sevco into the First Division, one will abstain and one has (incorrectly) been told they are ineligible to vote. Another 14 are yet to declare.
It seems likely that the SFL vote will go the way of the SPL vote. There is a desire to retain the sporting element to our game among clubs, if not among administrators.
In a statement yesterday Clyde FC nailed several of the myths behind threats made to SFL clubs:
“We have obtained a copy of the Settlement Agreement signed up to by the SPL and the SFL in April 1998 – it is clear that the agreement is not ambiguous in this regard and there is no scope for the SPL to fail to meet the obligations to the SFL except by deliberately breaching the agreement… We have concluded that it defies credibility that the SPL clubs would instruct the SPL to deliberately breach a legal agreement.
“The matter is made worse because of the extent of uncertainty which hangs over Sevco. There is no need to prepare an exhaustive list of the issues as they are well publicised, however the extent of outstanding sanctions that may or may not be levied against a club which has yet to obtain SFA membership, together with the increasing number of possible commercial and legal challenges to the transactions to date simply presents a significant risk to the ability of the club to fulfil its fixtures in any league. Given that some of these matters are in the hands of the governing bodies it seems inexplicable that they are left hanging.”
In short, the Scottish Football League has a binding contract with the SLP which they are entitled to enforce. Clyde also refer on the matter we have discussed here for many weeks, Sevco are trying to buy a SFA membership which has significant outstanding disciplinary issues against it which could see the membership suspended. Instead of providing clarity, the SPL and SFA have refused to set deadlines of proceed with hearings.
We can speculate if SFA chief exec, Stewart Regan, will inform SFL clubs in person on Friday of plans to disband judicial oversight from our game instead of asking Lord Carloway’s panel to reconvene.
Despite the valiant efforts of many football fans and clubs, our game has been ruined by years of destructive, self-serving, leadership.
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hahhaha
thanks again to everyone for their kind regards.
Sparklegirl gets a special mention…
A few more than many have passed my lips, but none! are less deserving than the first.
tbdJ
(typing with one eye, one finger & spellcheck on turbo)
Message from The Scottish Roof Repairers Federation:
If anyone else has information that will ‘blow the lid off Scottish Football’ ,can they please hold until they are willing to share ( please share)
SFRRF have had their teams on stand by at Hampden for three months ( without being called to action) and the overtime costs are “through the roof”.
The Onlooker
Stockings and suspenders for me
fanadpatriot on 11 July, 2012 at 15:53 said:
Ibleedgreenandwhite 1
Still in limbo HH
Come on,,,,speed it up!!!!
:)
Hail hail
so “nuclear” option still to come too.
I’d have thought any more revelations would be best published before Friday
The Onlooker on 11 July, 2012 at 15:58 said:
Message from The Scottish Roof Repairers Federation: ???
Would ole Jandy Sardine and his boy be involved in this ??
HH
Fifa have said league entry should be based on sporting merit (in case of Rangers).
So should the same not apply and Dundee not play Dunfermline in a play-off to decide who goes up/stays in the SPL?
I’ll gazump fanandpatriot by confidently stating that Freddy Adu is at Ross Hall having a medical.
Awe Naw
alex.thomson@itn.co.uk
MWD
thebhoydaveJAPAN on 11 July, 2012 at 15:03 said:
Congratulations! Nice to hear of the birth of something beautiful for a change. I send the best wishes of my family to your family for a happy and fruitful life including a good future for Celtic.
Hail, hail!
Aaaaaaagh Adu
………….and not forgetting
Tornface………….
The authentic voice of hundom,…………. cornered…………………
So Sevco were able to buy Rangers’ history?
Well, well!
I think I’ll sell mine now…going cheap…any offers?
Paul67
If disciplinary investigations and findings are to be stopped against Rangers /Zombie FC then what do you expect Celtic to do about it?
TT
Much Adu about nothing
Paul …. When can we put TFOD to the back burner for a moment and campaign for Fergus McCann to unfurl the championship flag?
I can see no person more worthy than our clubs saviour and the stubbornness he showed to not allow the unseen enemy detract him from his vision .
They tried so so hard to Romanov him to no avail !
This is his moment and a moment for those who booed his last unfurling of the flag to make amends
How can they buy the history and not the debt?
Fergus For The Flag!
I have to go to the Nazi physiotherapist from hell of the year every morning with my foot.
Lovely delightful friendly wee woman who wouldn´t be out of place in a butchers.
*********
why don’t you go to her without your foot.
That would really confuse her!
Flag ??
Thought Sean Fallon has been lined up for the gig ?
HH
I’ve just bought a pocketful of rainbows…………………….
Fearless Fergus For The Flag un Furling Fur Fek’s sake.
Last post for Awe Naw.
The Scottish Roof Repairers Federation are at Hampden looking for the £90k from Craig Whyte for the Cooncil Roof Tiles he bought for his castle…
DBBIA
I think most good bookshops will accept cash for a Horrible History !!
HH
TheGreenManalishi(WithTheTwoProngedCrown) on 11 July, 2012 at 16:04 said:
Would ole Jandy Sardine and his boy be involved in this ??
GreenManalishi,
No I think Jandy&Son have little enough going on upstairs to be worrying about roofs. They do specialise in sale of Magic beans ( blue of course)
It’s the future I tell ye.
The Onlooker
Pantaloon duck
That ‘s why I love you like Adu.
Was Awe_Naw shoehorned into the appointment book
we need to know
VP – hope you are well. Wee Ferguson or Raemon Gormleys parents were my first choices but Celtic have already asked Sean Fallon to do the honours just a day or so after his 90th birthday. Cheers
Typo on IPad – should read Fergus(God) not Ferguson(big bloody Hun – if I can say that these days!)
kelvinbhoy on 11 July, 2012 at 16:24 said:
I know KB ,just had some capital F’s to use up before end of shift.
Hail hail
USA Soccerball
Is not as daft as it sounds. My first choice would be to play a u-21 team there based in Boston. Players based in USA for 9 months and playing high class opposition every week. What a training ground that is! US supporters get to go and support a real ‘tic team and nuetrals in the US get to both support and potentially play. Over a 20 year stretch I can see us becoming the club of choice for both supporters and players in the US. That’s some recruiting ground for new talent.
HH
The Onlooker
Magic Beans (blue), are these the ones full of e-numbers that give you delusions of grandeur and self-entitlement ?
HH
pauloantony on 11 July, 2012 at 16:15 said:
Paul …. When can we put TFOD to the back burner for a moment and campaign for Fergus McCann to unfurl the championship flag?
I can see no person more worthy than our clubs saviour and the stubbornness he showed to not allow the unseen enemy detract him from his vision .
They tried so so hard to Romanov him to no avail !
This is his moment and a moment for those who booed his last unfurling of the flag to make amends
…………….
Living Legend Sean fallon will unfurl the Flag, 4 days after celebrating his 90th Birthday.
VP – End of shift? God sake, I thought you never worked a minute past 3 bells……
Imatim and so is Neil Lennon on 11 July, 2012 at 15:54 said:
Heels do my ankles in, and that means I’m on the bench at 5-a-sides.
Ron Bacardi
Stop it, please. ;-)
MWD
Done
Thomthetim,
I do believe that is her intention
Canamalar,
oh dont … it is kind of a perverse pleasure watching the EC 2012 and T in the Park with a sore foot. You enjoy it far more knowing that you are not there suffering
I had a fight with the wee fella cos I wouldn´t watch the rest of X Men 4 due to one of the X men having a foot like mine
Getting bored sitting around or hobbling.
Hail Hail
Sean Fallon is a mentsch.