Directors bail as court orders served

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Walls are closing in on Dave King with the news that the Takeover Panel were granted a court order to force the Newco chairman to offer to comply with count instructions that he buy out shareholders outside his concert party.  Money for the offer, totalling £11m, has to be in place before it can be made, which is the sticking point.

While all of this MAY be no more than an administrative oversight, Newco have just announced the resignation of two directors: Paul Murray and Barry Scott.  Murray, a director of former Rangers, has been an absolute charm.  How Newco will survive without his Midas Touch is unknown.

Directors of a business are liable for its conduct, have a duty to protect the interests of all shareholders and creditors.  If they fail in this duty, they can be prosecuted.  Paul Murray was a close ally of King, especially during the years the Glib and Shameless one agitated to get control of the club he supported all of its life.  To paraphrase Deepthroat, follow the rats off the ship.

The Newco experiment has failed.  It is a shambles at every level, drowning in toxicity, with regulatory, legal and funding challenges out with its control – and things are not going too well on the field either.

Remember, current custodians and fans groups chased the Easdales (actual benefactors) and one of Europe’s richest men (who loaned Newco five players), out of town.  For what? They knew the money they had.  They knew there would not be a Nomad in place “within 48 hours”.  They were not Fergus McCann-type newbies to football, they knew the resources required to run a football club.

They knew all of this better than you or I, but we were the ones pointing out the blatantly obvious.

Where is the Mea Culpa from those who led the fans?  Who is there left with clean hands?  When will fans be told how bad things actually are (they are very bad, btw)?

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  1. BRTH, class as always!

     

     

     

    KTF

     

     

    PS my attendance on the 25th may be back on!

  2. POGMATHONYAHUN AKA LAIRD OF THE SMILES ???‍♂️??? on 2ND MAY 2018 10:29 PM

     

     

    I would guess so. I’ll book the table tomorrow.

     

     

     

    KTF

  3. Kickinthenakas: breithlá sona duit.

     

     

    Me and the big wee bro went out for a bite to eat on Saturday night and ended up in a ‘Chinese’ restaurant near Central Station.

     

     

    I ordered BBQ spare ribs as a starter. When it arrived the ribs looked liked they’d been cooked for about two weeks.

     

     

    And the BBQ sauce? Gravy:-)?

     

     

    CoddleCSC

  4. Park Road 67 on

    TONYROME /POGMATHUN

     

    Hendrie’s the butcher in Girvan for award winning square slice also do a mean black pudding !!

     

    SKWERRSLICECSC

  5. In these days of pep and Klopp If he takes the job it’ll be very interesting to see what Gerrard’s philosophy is

  6. PR67: Passed your place on Saturday & Sunday. Weather was beautiful. Ailsa’s Craig looked fabulous.

  7. Park Road 67 on

    ALMORE

     

    Aye some nice scenery in these parts never get tired of seeing Ailsa Craig !!

  8. Delaneys Dunky on

    The best steak skwerr sausage in Scotland is produced by The Tap of the Hill Butchers, Kilbowie Rd Clydebank. The best roll accompaniement is made a mile along the road in the Morton’s Rolls Bakery Drumchapel.

  9. Delaneys,

     

    good to see you give the tap of the hill butchers a shout,

     

    best sausages and best steak pie i know,

     

    also owned by a right good Tim

  10. TinyTim

     

    Do you believe Billy will be the new owner of Sevco ?

     

    Or his

     

    Glenallachie distillery a sponsor ?

     

    Either way, will have to invest hugely significant funds to re-float the Titanic sevco

  11. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    PARKROAD67

     

     

    Aye,if you can see Alisa Craig,it’s gonna rain.

     

     

    If you cannae see it,it’s raining already!

     

     

    (As we used to say about Arran when I lived in Ardrossan)

  12. Delaneys Dunky on

    Gordy

     

    The best butcher I know. The wise guys shop there. Best steak skwerr slice and steak pie I know in the world. Being a Clydebank Tim helps his shops case.????????

  13. Delaneys Dunky on

    Gordy

     

     

    Cannae touch black pudding. Demonic food.

     

    Love his haggis though.

  14. BSR

     

    He is a whisky Distillery owner (part owner)

     

    Sold Benriach Distillery with his family making just under £100m – a business he set up with 2 South African investors (sold business for £285m, he had over 20% of the shares, his family another 13%).

     

    He is in his mid 70’s – and would need to invest a huge chunk of his fortune ?????

  15. Delaneys Dunky on

    BSR

     

     

    Greg Docherty is Methadone Mick.

     

    Methadone Mick is the better fitba player.

     

    Greg Docherty is the better comedian.

  16. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    NORRIEM

     

     

    Worth noting that he has since invested a large chunk of that “windfall” in another distillery. However,should he wish to invest the rest in Sevco,he will be more than welcome,I’m sure.

     

     

    But he certainly doesn’t seem the type to make bad investments,nor ones based on sentiment. If he makes a go of that club,it is unlikely to be by following the example of previous owners in the last 30 years.

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