This evening’s announcement by Dunfermline Athletic that they no longer expect to receive timely receipt of the £80,000 ticket money Rangers FC PLC (in administration) owe them will heighten concerns at Inverness Caledonian Thistle, who have a stock at tickets with Rangers right now, money for which will be received by the administrators in advance of their game later this month.
The administrators have yet to decide whether to retain high-earning players or make more funds available for existing creditors, and future creditors, like Inverness. As ticket sales for the Inverness game are on-going, the administrators will need to be aware of their legal position before retaining a premium squad.
One final push (this week) for the Vanessa Riddle Appeal. We have a Celtic top signed by the first team squad available to auction on eBay. You can bid on the auction and help send Vanessa for the treatment she needs by clicking here. Thanks to Penfold for the donation and to Taggsybhoy for organising (yet again).
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Good morning all and welcome to Page 20 from a dry, calm and mild East Kilbride.
Jobo
Good morning fellow Celts form North Hampshire
Day off today as heating getting fixed…I hope!
So in pub last night watching Arsenal getting skelped …nice.
Got chatting to a lad from Norn Iron ….knew a lot about the game
Big Southampton fan (hmmmm) and right into Go-karting as there is a track at nearby Blackbush. Did you know Clarence Seedorf once had a professional go-karting team blah blah blah
I’m just smiling and nodding
Finally he canny resist it and asks if I have a favourite team
“Aye…and my favourite pudding is Jelly & Ice Cream”
Conversation stopper ;-)
How many more are will deny thems before the cock croaks?
HH
M
Vmhan
I thought I found one once but Victor Wanyama picked him up and threw him off the planet.
MWD
Absolutely flabbergasted and astonished that the usual suspects have not been posting,advocating how we are now a racing certainty to be invited down to the EPL
I thought they would have been beavering away at their keyboards for the last few weeks waiting for this moment to put their arguments forward
Anyway back to real beaver hunting
mickbhoy1888
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MWD
One of the most popular Polish websites gazeta.pl published article “Most spectacular flops in football”.
Number 1 is Glasgow Rangers.
Their last achievement.
We should ALL get behind John McFall excellent call for a FSA probe into Rangers and Craig Whyte
Glad to see the bhoycott idea back again for the forthcoming game at ibroke, why would you give these “beggars” your cash and endorse the LL views that for Celtic supporters playing Rankers is all that matters, i wont even watch the game on Sky
John McFall wants FSA to probe Rangers takeover deal
John McFall wants the FSA to probe Craig Whyte’s takeover of Rangers
The former chairman of the Westminster treasury select committee has called for the financial regulator to probe Craig Whyte’s takeover of Rangers.
John McFall said the Financial Services Authority (FSA) could help answer questions about an apparent shortfall of cash at the Ibrox club.
Rangers appointed Duff and Phelps to act as administrators on Tuesday.
The firm has denied having any conflict of interest arising from its links to Craig Whyte prior to his takeover.
Rangers was placed in administration on Tuesday after a legal stand-off at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.
Owner Craig Whyte lodged papers at the court on Monday indicating that the club was considering administration within 10 days.
When HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) – one of the club’s main creditors – filed to have its own administrator appointed on Tuesday, both parties agreed that Duff and Phelps would be appointed.
Joint administrators Paul Clark and David Whitehouse, from Duff and Phelps, later confirmed HMRC’s action stemmed from the alleged non-payment of £9m in VAT and PAYE dating back to last year when Mr Whyte bought the club from Sir David Murray.
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Courtesy LondonEvening Standard
Shed Tears for Taxpayers Not Rangers fans.
Sympathy for Rangers, a giant brought to its knees, is natural. It is also utterly misplaced. We should be saving our sobs for the hard-pressed taxpayer. And, next time we are up in arms over a public expenditure cut, we would be more justified in marching on Ibrox than Whitehall, because many millions are likely to be written off.
Administration is no fun for any club, and can be a bitter blow to innocent employees, but it is still a relatively easy way out for the owners responsible and fans who have been only too happy to celebrate the achievements of players the club could not afford, as in 2008, when Harry Redknapp’s Portsmouth won the FA Cup.
When Portsmouth went into administration, a group of supporters admirably settled debts to charities, but most go unpaid and taxpayers – including the majority who have no interest in football – are often hardest hit.With the public purse in crisis, it was reassuring to see the taxman get tough with Rangers.
Let’s hope the authorities are equally rigorous in dealing with English clubs suspected of paying players through trusts. There is also the question of fellow clubs. Terry Butcher, the Rangers legend now managing at Inverness, says they are owed a tidy sum. And what is the footballing sanction? Ten points. Enough to take Rangers out of a title race they would probably have lost to Celtic anyway. But they need have no fear of relegation. Nor that regeneration will prove as challenging as for, say, Leeds.
The temptation is always to find a demon in the boardroom and, in this instance, Craig Whyte has slipped into the role once filled by Peter Ridsdale at Leeds.
But the supporter should not evade a degree of responsibility. The club I love, Dundee, went into administration twice and were docked 25 points.
Many fans moaned – but the public purse lost hundreds of millions. We now own the club and one day, I hope, we shall pay that money back. We don’t have to. We Shoul have to.
Summa
MWD ha!
I see ye got home ok amigo! Did ye get the DR pic I sent?
V
Summa of Sammi…. says:
15 February, 2012 at 23:21
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Courtesy Wings over Scotland..
Why Scotland doesn’t need Rangers
Posted on February 15, 2012 by RevStu
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someone talking a lot of sense there
not sure it will catch on ;-)
HH
M
Another Good Morning post Administration,
The SNP, some of us on here tried to warn you. Auld Alex, thinks rangers are a vital part of our society.
One Nation…
Morning all –
My daughter works in a local unit for people who have suffered from serious head injuries and one of her daily duties is to read through the sports headlines for her patients in the hope that she will garner some kind of response from them. She started this job in December and has had trouble eliciting any kind of response from one gentleman in particular but, yesterday, as she read out news of Rangers’ recent travails and entry into administration, the taciturn one, after two whole months, at last found the will to speak :-
” Dae away wi thum, dae away wi thum ”
Magic.
WG
Please can we discourage the creeping use of initialism in posts.
MadMitch @ 01.02 (and others) may have valid, informative, interesting or even important messages in their posts but quite frankly I can’t be @r$€d decoding them, especially at 7 anti meridian.
grumpyoldretiringtodaycsc
When are these administrators going to do something ?
I was expecting some action yesterday but nothing happened.
Whyte should get in there and kick some ass.
Zybszek ha ha
Thanks for that sir.
V
HH
or even ante meridiem,
mental note; don’t post before the first coffee…..
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Summa
Vmhan
Yes buddy. I did.
How I’d love to be in that firing squad.
Right you Huns n blue.
Who’s gonny play fur nuffin.
Thisll be the acid test for a few of the true bluers.
I would play Ian Brown’s F.E.A.R. in the background if I was the administrator when I put that question to them.
MWD
ASonOfDan says:
16 February, 2012 at 07:35
Another Good Morning post Administration,
The SNP, some of us on here tried to warn you. Auld Alex, thinks rangers are a vital part of our society.
One Nation…
Rangers FC have continued to thrive in Scotland through 50 years of political domination by one political party guess who?
Forget the political point scoring they will ALL say things that are aimed at getting votes
FSA inquiry put forward by John McFaul get behind this request
Tax payers alliance get them to campaign for all taxes to be paid in full
Dont buy the rags and dont go to Ibroke
amadeus says:
16 February, 2012 at 07:20
Hearing that liquidation is a certainty, that their only hope is a newco. Also hearing that we are doing some sterling stuff in the background ready to go on the offensive when the time is right.
winningemmell says:
16 February, 2012 at 07:36
The gentleman (Bhoy) has waited a long time for this moment, fantastic.
Did SOAL pass on my best? He’s some Bhoy…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Roll on Paddy’s Day!
Going to be the best one ever!
C’mon Izzy, get up to speed, hombre!
Can’t wait for the hun display on Saturday.
We fought, they didn’t.
They surrendered, just like it doesn’t say on the tin.
Liquidation is an absolute certainty – where are they going to get 150 million from?
Icidentally a big play is being made on HMRC’s role as a Creditor and their reluctance to sign a CVA. However, what about Tictus, do you think they will be willing to sign a CVA…for the amount they are owed, I doubt it very much…what message will send this out to their other clients…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Mornin’ all from a surprisingly mild SW Germany, after last the last week’s deep freeze.
Are Rangers FC PLC (in administration) no liquidated yet? ;-))
Gerry
I’m dissapointed in Salmonds pronouncements yesterday . But I think he sees a chance in making a breakthough with the loyalist voters.
Hopefully its just words for a few headlines and then he’ll step back and let justice be done.
Morning all,
Couple of thoughts. Will they play for free is not the question that the players will answer, the question is ‘am I insured?’ Answer to that question will be ‘yes, as long as it’s your own’. Would you play under those terms??
Also, these football phone in shows stating that Scottish football needs the rankers. These guys are only spouting this nonsense as they know there job is on the line.
Will there be a West of Scotland football show with just one big team in Glasgow? Not on your nelly.
Looking forward to todays announcements from Castle Taxskull!!
The silence from Ticketus has been deafening. Or are they a very secretive organisation ?
Did anybody hear that silly English woman on five live suggesting that the hun could ground-share with us?
Not in my lifetime honey!
Following yesterday’s boxing day celebrations, can I ask if today is a bank holiday?
Sounds like their Cousins PR plan was timed to perfection:
Rangers sabotage Cousins deal
Oh dear. Polish newspapers say that Nacho Novo arrives today to negotiate the contract with Legia Warsaw.
Morning all from gay Paree, mild but overcast (9C max).
Looking forward to the game on Sunday against Hibs, who seem to be getting their disasterous season back on track since the transfer window.
Meanwhile on the Admin business, can anyone tell me where I can find the SFA comment/reaction/position on this?
There has been so much going on in the last two or three days, I must have missed it.
Much appreciated if anyone can direct me to that.
Thanks!
Why all the venom for Salmond and only praise for McFall? Salmond merely suggested that keeping them going is the only way to get all the tax they owe. McFall suggested that the Scottish Government hould actively intervene to help them through administration. When asked directly if that meant giving them cash he said he didn’t think it would come to that,cucially he did not rule it out. Shameful. Carry on voting Labour though don’t let mere facts get in the way.
If Fat Cousin has officially sign a contract for Tax Dodgers FC but is not registered to play in the SPL does that means the Huns still have to pay £7500 a week for him for the rest of the season for sitting in the stand? Good bit of business for Ally and Craigie boy there!
Listening to Mcleish [henry] what a chancer and this guy was part of a review of Scottish future they still dont want to confront the core issues here and I hope Celtic have indeed a robust case prepared to stop this nonsense in its tracks, if not we GTF from here
There is no chance of the Parly intervening to help the hun, none, zero, zilch.
Whyte has squirreled away a lot of cash – the idiot thinks he will be able to use it with newco, but he’s deluded.
That boy is way out of his depth.
Get the popcorn in!
Quickdraw says:
16 February, 2012 at 08:21
Why all the venom for Salmond and only praise for McFall? Salmond merely suggested that keeping them going is the only way to get all the tax they owe. McFall suggested that the Scottish Government hould actively intervene to help them through administration. When asked directly if that meant giving them cash he said he didn’t think it would come to that,cucially he did not rule it out. Shameful. Carry on voting Labour though don’t let mere facts get in the way.
We want to know the facts, just exactly who when and where regarding Rankers financial position
The goat herders must not be allowed secrecy, the taxpayer has been cheated out of a colossal sum
Thats why McFaul is getting praised, its simple even for an SNP troll
Duff and Phelps:
Good morning, Mr Aluko. Nasty business all this, eh?
Simple question for you: are you willing to play for free?
Sone Aluko:
Thank God for that! I thought would have to continue paying for the rest of the season.