ECA, Interpol, another day at the office for Scottish football

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Pleased to see the Club recognised for CelticLive, the stadium WiFi and content imitative by the European Club Association.  Anything which builds our profile at the ECA is welcome.

Today’s Telegraph assures us Newco Rangers chief executive, Graham Wallace, is set to  leave the club with his plans to raise £4m at a pending share issue still in the balance.  The newspaper further asserts the club is a “toxic brand” and is trying to secure an emergency loan from Newcastle United owner, Mike Ashley.

The club, which informed the Court of Session on Friday that it had only £1.2m cash left, and last night informed the Telegraph it was losing £1m per month, requires vastly more money than the £4m they are struggling to raise in order to finish the season.

Some credit is due to the Daily Record for their splash with photo and leader, “Rangers director Sandy Easdale and a criminal wanted by Interpol tried to negotiate an Ibrox bailout yesterday”.  They are reporting two years after Paul McConville’s blog initially broke the news of said Interpol-interested character, Rafat Rizvi.

Rizvi, who can take refuge in the UK as we don’t have an extradition treaty with Indonesia, is allegedly wanted for corruption, money laundering and banking crime, denies the charges, which he has already been convicted of.  He should fit in quite well.

As we said at the weekend, irrespective of short-term events, the long-term fundamentals remain unchanged.  The only thing to be decided is which of the characters hovering around the carcase will get to pick on the bones.

All credit to Sir David Murray.

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  1. Gerrybhoy 19:24

     

     

    Congratulations to your daughter on passing her doctoral thesis.we learn and improve its what we Tims do.

     

    :-)

     

    HH

  2. setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox but saying no to CQN racists

     

    20:03 on

     

    10 September, 2014

     

    quonno

     

     

    “No room for facetioness”

     

     

    Whit! Has Alex passed another Bill outlawing facetiousness?

     

     

    He’s depriving himself of a major political weapon if he does.

     

     

    I am a great admirer of George Galloway.

     

     

    However his apparent, and I use the word apparent allegation that the SNP is pulling the BBC’s strings requires a very full and transparent examination.

  3. Snake Plissken

     

    20:05 on

     

    10 September, 2014

     

    quonno

     

     

    Sounds to me very much like projection.

     

     

    Was that a typo. Please explain.

  4. gretnabhoy

     

     

    19:32 on 10 September, 2014

     

     

    Squire jnr reporting from Twitter that STV Scotland Tonight tried to set up debate tonight with Sturgeon and Miliband

     

     

    Sturgeon said YES, Miliband didn’t.

  5. Evening awe

     

    Been enjoying the independent

     

    Debate on here

     

    Fantastic and magic

     

    Contributions from both sides

     

     

    Give yourselves a pat on the back

     

    CQNers

     

    been

     

    An education

     

    And cheers again paul67

     

    for the platform

     

    Tho I don’t Always agree with U on all football maters

     

    but I do a lot of the time

     

    U don’t go in a huff and censor the disagreements

     

    top class

  6. DD

     

     

    Still not watched any of his youtube action…..gonna have a wee look in a mo because you selected him ;)

     

     

    I am excited about them all as well……pace, pace and more pace :)

  7. Wee 1/2 clip about Mr Jock Stein from Celtic collectibles on twitter.

     

     

    http://youtu.be/woL4LF_RPOU

     

     

    George Galloway made a direct allegation regarding BBC Scotland and how SNP influenced him being pulled from the show after they had agreed with him to appear.

     

     

    He can’t say that if it’s not true, otherwise I’m sure both the BBC and Salmond will call him for it. Which, of course, they won’t, as it was the BBC who told him.

  8. DD,

     

     

    I’ll get in touch with acgr to find out where your meeting, reckon he will still be sleeping as his mrs is an ex pole dancer :)

     

     

    Think a few are meeting up with kevinbhoy, not sure where as yet, I’ll text Lennybhoy and see what their up to.

  9. squire danaher

     

    20:06 on

     

    10 September, 2014

     

    gretnabhoy

     

     

    19:32 on 10 September, 2014

     

     

    Squire jnr reporting from Twitter that STV Scotland Tonight tried to set up debate tonight with Sturgeon and Miliband

     

     

    Sturgeon said YES, Miliband didn’t.

     

     

    Well he was hardly likely to.

  10. quonno

     

     

    Thanks for the response, to me GG is playing a longer game. He has been ramping up support on Twitter for Respect Scotland in order to have a power base to lsunch a full blown campaign in future years if the Yes campaign wins out..I admire him for that, he is very well aware that the people of Scotland will need a strong anti establishment voice if the Yes vote carries. He will not want to be tarnished, like Jim Murphy and the others. Incidentally I have no gripe with Jim Murphy like many on here.

  11. Steinreignedsupreme on

    quonno 19:58 on 10 September, 2014

     

    setting free the bears for Res. 12 & Oscar Knox but saying no to CQN racists 19:56 on 10 September, 2014

     

     

    “No room for facetioness,. It is an extremely serious matter if a politicaL party can deictate BBC policy. Matter needs cleared up.”

     

     

    So what we are being led to believe here is the BRITISH Broadcasting Company is being dictated to by a Scottish nationalist.

     

     

    Seriously?

  12. Perhaps Sturgeon should challenge Galloway to a debate.

     

     

    I believe Galloway has challenged Salmond to debate previously, but Salmond declined.

  13. Dallas Dallas where the heck is Dallas on

    Blantyre, you have had a horrific time with the surgery and after effects to your leg.

     

     

    I’m glad your pain and discomfort hasn’t affected your sense of humour.

     

     

    When I started in the social, housing costs paid with benefit were starting to be phased out and the transition to Housing Benefit began. In most cases Housing Benefit & housing costs paid direct to a lender, kept a roof over people’s head.

     

     

    The two I would like to start on Saturday are Scepovic & Mubarak. A goal scorer and a pacy player who, hopefully, will improve our service to the front man/men.

  14. SFTB

     

     

    The OO marching in Salt n Sauce is hilariously funny. Imagine all those wee Costorphian’s and Meadows grannies appreciating that. It’s brilliant!

     

     

    Gordybhoy64 at last count I have persuade 14 people, 9 of whom were No’s like I was at one time, to change from No or undecided to Yes. Not based on what I had to say but based on asking them to actually get involved and read both sides, find as much information as they could and make as much of an informed decision as they can.

     

     

    I’m happy with that.

     

     

    MWD says AYE and is happy to counter Ernie the soo side of the border misrepresenter.

  15. quonno

     

     

     

    It’s a through the looking glass moment. The very things YES campaigners have said about the BBC for months is now being used by Galloway.

     

     

    No its the no people who are getting a raw deal and the media is biased against them and does what the SNP says.

     

     

    That must be why we got 45 uninterrupted minutes of Gordon Brown the other day.

     

     

    The very same things YES campaigners have complained about for 2 years in this referendum are not being used by BT to say those evil nats are out to get you.

     

     

    It is another branch of fear.

  16. Big Georges Fan Club - Hail, Hail, Wee Oscar on

    Pamela Nash was just at my door.

     

     

    Very nice – might just vote No now :-)

     

     

    HH

     

    BGFC

     

     

    EasySwayedByAVoluptuousLadyCSC

  17. ernie lynch

     

     

     

    20:13 on 10 September, 2014

     

     

     

    Perhaps Sturgeon should challenge Galloway to a debate.

     

     

    I believe Galloway has challenged Salmond to debate previously, but Salmond declined.

     

    ————————–

     

     

    I was at Mike Galloway’s testimonial. Big Pierre got booked for dissent.

  18. TR

     

     

    we can click on it to break open an EMERGENCY QUIZ and up pops inflatable/virtual Delaneys Dunkies, Hamilton Tims, Gary67, etc and they can have a bit of craic together washing away the political blues

     

     

    that was funny.

  19. standard life warning they might move business to

     

    england if yes

     

    as far as i am concerned i wish they had moved

     

    40 yrs ago

     

    they ripped off thousands of hard working scots

     

    with their dodgy endowment policies then their

     

    top man waltzes away with a knighthood

     

    why would anyone worry what these shysters

     

    in the banking and insurance industry say

     

    after the havoc they have caused over the

     

    last few years

     

    the heads of these companies are only concerned

     

    about losing the knighthoods m,b,e s that get chucked

     

    at them if we gain independence

     

    what you dont hear about are the amount of american

     

    and european companies that have made plans to move

     

    from london if england pull out of europe in a couple of yrs

  20. Sftb,

     

     

    I quite fancy taking the family to Disneyland next year. I’ve never fancied the place. Not my cup of tea at all but the bairns are at that age where I think they’ll love it.

     

     

    Do you think I should tell them we canny go as I’ve never been there before, even though I’ve had the chance to go since the place was built in the 50’s?

  21. SFTB

     

     

    Canny wait till Saturday’s match. Need some excitement the noo, and think oor Bonny Bhoys will provide it. Hope we all cheer, sing and support them.

  22. blantyretim is praying for the Knox family on

    Dallas dallas

     

    I was in douglas st for 20 years…

     

     

    I think if rRonny goes for the pacey winger we need the big man in the middle,, so agree with your choices

  23. The papers in their pocket.

     

    The media 100% on their side.

     

    World leaders speaking out for their cause.

     

    The heads of industry waging a scare and threat campaign for them.

     

    Their ‘friends’ in the city manipulating the pound to dollar exchange rate invoking panic and dread.

     

    Every celebrity and star under the sun standing with them.

     

    How can No lose this?

     

    Have any of you stepped outside and witnessed the hysteria?

     

    For what? For £1,500 billion pounds of oil wealth.

     

    There I’ve said it.

     

    That’s what this is all about.

     

    And in decades to come, when the wells are dry……..’oh jocks……remember that independence ye were all on about……there ye go guys….be our guests…..now gtf…….’

  24. Bad enough the FM of Scotland had to debate a Labour back-bencher twice now we need to get a debate with a man in a magician’s coat and a fedora who got 3% in the last Scottish election and who represents Bradford as the result of a Bi-election win about to be put out on his backside in May?

     

     

    Good grief.

  25. Moonbeams

     

     

    “at last count I have persuaded 15 people, 10 of whom were No’s like I was at one time, to change from No or undecided to Yes. Not based on what I had to say but based on asking them to actually get involved and read both sides, find as much information as they could and make as much of an informed decision as they can.”

  26. quonno

     

     

    20:08 on 10 September, 2014

     

     

    I meant Miliband said no to the debate.

     

     

    I would have thought he would have welcomed the chance to extend his day in Scotland.

     

     

    He could have persuaded the country on national television that, following a NO vote and since Labour are the party of social justice, he will lead a UK government devoted to the concept and protect the poor and vulnerable in the United Kingdom jus as Labour has always done.

  27. Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on

    Coneybhoy

     

    19:44 on

     

    10 September, 2014

     

     

    I was just a nipper so I had to google

     

     

    this one;

     

     

    The Scottish referendum of 1979 was a post-legislative referendum to decide whether there was sufficient support for a Scottish Assembly proposed in the Scotland Act 1978 among the Scottish electorate. This was an act to create a devolved deliberative assembly for Scotland. The Act provided for special conditions on the referendum stipulating that for the Act not to be repealed at least 40% of the electorate would have to vote Yes in the referendum.

     

    The referendum resulted in a 51.6% support for the proposal which, with 32.9% of the registered electorate voting in favour, fell short of the required 40% condition for the Scotland Act 1978 to be implemented. A second referendum to create a devolved legislature in Scotland was held in 1997, which led to the enactment of the Scotland Act 1998 and the creation of a devolved Scottish Parliament in 1999.

     

     

    I can understand the huff against Jim Callaghans labour Government

     

     

    Labour has ignored Scotland in favour of wooing middle england ever since.

     

     

    Next week hopefully that will be sorted one way or another

     

     

    HH

  28. George Galloway has as much relevance in this debate as Nigel Farage. Would people be as up in arms if he was making the same claims?

  29. ‘GG

     

     

    The Gallus word has been used to describe him.

     

     

    That is a word that is seldom attributed to players……unless they really have something and he clearly has.

     

     

    I guess there is a fine line between confidence bordering on arrogance and baw-heidedness……if the lad is as self assured as he comes across without being an ass……then he may well have what it takes to emulate some of his countryman’s deeds(sorry for using that word any lurking huns)in the hoops.

     

    Here’s hoping he loves it all up here and gets himself back to the form he showed in Holland…..and loves it all that much that he wants to stay!

  30. MWD

     

    you may have missed my question earlier, do you do any active campaigning for the referendum or do you only do so on line.

     

     

     

    ERNIE

     

    I gave asked you the same question a number of times, any chance you might answer

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