I didn’t hear the scores of other games this weekend until today when I read a red card protest (remember the day Celtic fans gave birth to this concept?) occurred at Ibrox to demonstrate disapproval to any potential new owner who plans to liquidate Rangers.
It would be preferable to everyone if Rangers paid their bills, restoring a degree of dignity, although apparently no one is offering to do this. Publicly bidders for the club will all confirm their preference is to exit administration via a Creditors Voluntary Arrangement (CVA). Offering pennies in the pound for a company is unquestionably a great deal, for the buyer, but whoever is nominated as preferred bidder this week is likely to have a serious option to liquidate the club.
Demonising the liquidation option carries risks for Rangers fans. Short of raising considerably more money than they have thus far and paying their bills, there is little fan power can do right now. If liquidation is the best option for creditors it will happen, better to accept the reality of the situation. Whatever the resulting phoenix club is called, if the new owners inherit animosity from the start it will only diminish the potential of their new club.
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!!Bada Bing!! on 9 April, 2012 at 16:22 said
Hmmmmm. I’m not too sure. I thought it started with a “C”. I’m sure there was a light bulb in their logo. Can’t quite remember. Late 80’s early 90’s. Total scandal. We got totally ripped off.
mighty quinn..
sitting at next table.. I had the green t shirt, this is just the beginning on it..
St.John.Doyle who posts was also at that table with his wife and little girl…
CLINKO
HAMILTON TIM
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Get-out clause graciously proffered by the most pedantic person in the world.
I was surprised at it not being taken up,but not in the least surprised by the identity of the poster who noticed it.
First.
Since it only ran to three letters……..
And to think they used to wave fivers at us…lol
mighty tim even… h.oooooops
Steinreignedsupreme on 9 April, 2012 at 16:25 said:
They just cannot accept that the game was well and truly up since the day that Bank of Scotland and its funny handshake managers was subsumed by the Halifax.
Chunghwa. That was it!
Phew, that woud have done my head in all night!!!!
still smiling , even stuck a couple of quid on the nag from a few pages back. must still be drunk.
THE WEEGREENMAN
I’m pretty sure it was in Dunfermline,WANG were a computer company.
I do recall us getting shafted,as you say,by a TV company too,in Lanarkshire-JVC?
Maybe the locals can remind us. being from Kilwinning,being shafted by one big company after another ceased to be a surprise eventually.
woud=would
Edward Ursus. I take the point you make that you are not responsible for the mess Rangers are in but then again a clever man like you must understand how they got into the mess in the first place.However, like every Rangers fan I know you want to wash your hands of any blame now a bit of humilty would not go amiss and an apology from Rangers fans including yourself to all the clubs your club has cheated over the years would imo have been more appropriate than to say “Well Bhoys I wasnt to blame” its called taking the rough with the smooth.Edward you like the rest of the Rangers fans celebrated winning trophies while your club cheated the tax man and created an un-even playing field but still do not accept any wrong doing but are clamering to pay back a pittance of what you stole.Sorry Edward but I dont see you as the respectable face of Rangers ( as there is no such thing) I see you as just another supporter of a corupt organisation.Yours in Sport. JFH
roy croppie on 9 April, 2012 at 16:26 said:
5 stars disappearing into a black hole would be an appropriate badge.
What about all the fuds like Nacho Nogoals and Fleckinho having to get the tattoos lasered off? there would be a queue a mile long for that job.
Ten Men Won The League on 9 April, 2012 at 14:20 said:
I don’t know if anybody has already raised the following issue with Celtic regards my post below, but imo it should be high on the boards agenda in the next week or so
On the 29th April Rangers will have 7,000 fans in the away section at CP. Going by their previous behaviour in visits to Paradise and with anger growing within their support over their inevitable liquidation, vandalism in that part of the ground on the night is a certainty.
The questions are as follows.
Who will pay for the damage when they are liquidated?
Should the club be asking the administrators for a payment upfront in lieu of the destruction caused on their previous visits?
No payment. No tickets for their support
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Was just saying the very same thing to my bro.
They will be some serious vandalism at the away corner.
Celtic should be telling the SPL if Ragers don’t give the club a refundable deposit to cover such an event then they shall receive zero tickets.
Hail hail
MME
Kojo on 9 April, 2012 at 15:20 said:
Integral to the corporate model, as it obtains in the US, is a system of disproportionate wealth redistribution to board members and very senior management. In the last forty years while US bosses have been awarding themselves cash tsunamis the average US factory/manual worker has earned no more in real terms than he did in 1976.
Corporate America is pleased with this system and it has a genuine interest in maintaining it. That’s why corporate America selects the Presidential candidates people’s for the American people.
Corporate America resents every thin dime spent on the poor, the sick, the aged and the unemployed – because they think these people are of no account and more importantly because their greed is terminal. They can’t say this out loud so they hire politicians, ‘think-tanks’ and economists to put an acceptable gloss on it.
Bloke109 is Neil Lennon,
The folk from Duff and Phelps wouldn’t even have seen the protest as they were not at the game on police advice.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 9 April, 2012 at 16:33 said
Chung Wah , might have been the company , making TV screens just off the A8.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
Aye it was Chunghwa. Spent a fortune on the factory, opened by Donald Dewar (RIP) and auld Liz in 97. Then they done a bunk. Great stuff.
THEWEEGREENMAN 1631
Aye yer right. Spot on.
We’ve been stitched up a few times by Kojo’s idea of economic Nirvana.
Mind you,he’s not alone. There are still people in government who never learn,so it will happen again.
JungleJim :- Yes I did support Rangers during some of the first and all of the second. As far as the first goes I did grow increasingly uneasy about the sectarian signing policy and made no bones about it which cost me some so called friends. In this way my position was similar to Andy Cameron who stood up at AGM’s and stated the policy was wrong, he also lost “friends” over this. You may feel I was wrong to do this and that’s a fair enough view but they were my team and I did.
As far as the financial situation and the tax avoidance goes, like almost everyone I had no idea this was going on until the last couple of seasons so I had no way of having a view on it.
Now that I know of it do I think it wrong? Yes. Without a doubt.
Everton 4 Sunderland 0 – wooft.
The Dunfermline factory was Hyundai. Never opened.
For those that dont know Edward he’s a promoter on here of anti racism fitba tourneys…. You could fill yir boots with Edward IMO… Bliddy rankers supporters taken over the blog ha ha!
He’s the only one that could do it …. And do it well
V
Was just about to type Chungwha Tubes – but looks like you guys have remembered it. Always struck me as a great title for a Scottish Kung Fu comedy slapstick. In fact, maybe that’s exactly what it was….
Gordon-J
I was meaning just seeing the meeja coverage, but isn’t it terrible the people running a club – the administrators and Whyte – can’t attend through, let’s call it as it is, threats of violence?
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
Done a wee bit of reading,
Cost to the taxayer was £15m. Created 640 jobs for 2 years then paid them all off.
Kojo,
What would your solution be to the 640 people who have just been shafted, and in your world, are not entiltled to any benefits?
weegreenman
A pound to a penny the five stars re emerge,if they had any integrity they wouldn’t but we all know the answer to that.
Five stars for Newco makes them zombies,frankenstein’s eleven dead,how could you hold your head up knowing you protested to preserve the history by supporting the avoidance of liquidation to then wearing a top that has any history advertised on it post liquidation?
THE PANTALOON DUCK
Aye,Hyundai too.
Time to make a list.
Chungwa,Hyundai,Wang.
Any more,folks?
Must be loads,we’re a blinkin’ soft touch.
Anyway,you good people-and Ed-figure it out while I recover for my nightshift!
Bloke109
the on ething that the hun fans can do is put their hands in their pockets and get some decent cash together to fight off the threat of liquidation
the pathetic sums raised thus far are embarrassing
or would be if they ever evinced such emotion
RFC in liquidation …the joke that keeps giving
“You can’t give your club away”
Billy No Well.
bloke
the perma ragers don`t know any other emotion
Welcome back Edward,
out of interest,do Celtic fans get made welcome on any Rangers site..probally not..
Vmhan,must be bed time for you..
PF Ayr
Fighting fund of 300grand – raised in a month or two. Story is Bradford Bulls rugby league side have raised 480grand to pay player wages and HMRC to stave off aministration. Global appeal y’see :-)
The joke that keeps on giving as you say – love it.
Player of the Year
Big Fraser Forster
Fourleafclover. I was going for Sammi but I think big Chas Mulgrew has just pipped him.H.H.
would be an eye opening spreadsheet / matrix if someone produced the total monies earned (since ebt’s introduced) by those at ibrox who benefited from the great football tax swindle (footballers, directors, other employees….) and their current and past positions within Scottish football. Would give an insight into the scale of the infection.
Speaking of Big Fraser, I hope he signs a contract soon. There was some chatter the other day about him wanting to be in the EPL next season. May this not be true.
Eff off Coorslad …. Looking forward to supporting the team who’s playing against the Coorslad team…. Ha! Pal, I’m supporting yir team and the Derry no 1 oh and the Green Brigade team…. It feels like heaven….. Bring it on…. V
Well first time on since Saturday morning and I must say was so proud of the whole of Celtica, each seemed to play a part.
To say we won it in style is an understatement awesome display, Championees with panache (& Jelly of course).
Well done Celtic, Neil and the Bhoys, and each and every Celt….
Hail! Hail!