I am sure Neil Doncaster’s job is full of stresses and strains but this week will probably be a breeze. Fans of every club in the league appear to be in uproar at the resolutions for an Insolvency Transfer Event to be voted on later this month. Infuriating everyone is surely better than infuriating most but leaving one group happy.
Fans of 11 SPL clubs have reacted in horror that the league seek to introduce a facility to allow a liquidated club to phoenix straight back into the top tier of Scottish football. Fans of Rangers, while along with administrators and bidders for the club are publicly opposed to liquidation, are outraged that this new facility to allow a new club entry to the SPL should carry a sporting and financial inhibitor.
For clarification: the inhibitor is there to ensure clubs have a modicum of moral hazard against gaining an unfair advantage before ditching creditors and their old skins, and emerging in the SPL with player registrations from another club but without the debts or consequences of mismanagement.
Rangers US and Singapore based bidders seem unperturbed by the proposals. Paul Murray’s Blue Knights consortium has curiously lost its tongue. Maybe this helps explain all those years when the EBTs were unopposed by the former Rangers board. Silence, not even an utterance!
There remains three possible outcomes to this issue:
The proposed SPL resolutions will be passed, allowing a Newco straight entry to the League.
The resolutions will fail and the SPL board will vote a Newco into the league anyway.
The resolutions will fail and the SPL board will deny Newco a place in the league.
Celtic Quick News first flagged this scenario in October last year when we predicted Newco would be given a parachute into the SPL, opposed only by Celtic. As the key resolution (2A) requires only 8 votes I still expect this to happen, despite the ‘Bring it on’ view of many Rangers fans to the prospect of starting again from Division Three.
As the financial penalty resolution (2B) requires 11 votes I expect this to fail and no financial penalties to be imposed.
The question for Kilmarnock, Dunfermline, St Mirren, Inverness, Motherwell, St Johnstone, Hibs and Kilmarnock (don’t tell me they’ll not try to get two votes, they have a huge mountain of debt to service and have every right to demand two votes) is, will they listen to their fans or their bank manager?
Dundee United and Hearts, like North Korea, appear convinced of their own superior wisdom and, like a North Korean missile, could head off in any random direction to demonstrate their contempt for clubs scared of providing satirists with material. They could easily vote themselves into a Gorgie-Tannadice League, if they could agree on a Gorgie-Tannadice/Tannadice-Gorgie naming convention.
For now, if you care about any of this, participate in the online SPL Fan Survey. We’ll soon find out who runs Scottish football, fans or the Bank of Scotland! One additional point about democracy, it carries responsibility. In this instance, stopping Newco means fans of all remaining clubs have to step forward in increasing numbers to buy season tickets. This is the cost of sporting integrity.
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C1st
It was actually TSOAL but I was merely jesting as he tends to hump me most weeks!!
HT congrats mate……and trust me SOAL would do absolutely nothing for your mantlepiece except scare off burglars :-)
CRC,
thanks as always mate. Excellent job!
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Salute hamiltontim!
Get in there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMrDymBlPYU
Well done quizzers.
Now, for a bonus- Who’s winning the National tomorrow?
Does On His Own stand a chance?
Thanks again CRC for the quiz.
Well done Hamiltontim!
2 caps threw me – got the CH position before your answer CRC.
Am worse than hopeless on the final round – think I’ve got it right once in 18 months!
Hoops am I?
Clue 1: I played for Celtic in the 80s and achieved 2 international caps
Clue 2: My Celtic debut was made against a team who I also later played for
Clue 3: My father was also on Celtic’s books although never played for the first team (7 pts)
Not taking part in quiz but laughing at the ones answering Peter Grant. “Later played for Rangers”! I maybe the only one that wished he had.
Congratulations to Paul Hennessy & Barefoot Allstar for a magnificent performance in tonights Scottish Derby at Shawfield.
Lovely to see their local host, Willie Frew, being given the honour of leading in the winner.
Well Done to all concerned.
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon..!!..Truth and Justice will always prevail on 13 April, 2012 at 22:09
hehe
I think we should get a royal rumble between Gordon and sftb and pay per view the event. :)) for charity ofc.
CRC
Thanks for the quiz, really enjoyable :)
HH
C 1st,
ha ha tainted indeed. CRC doesnt do protests though and to be honest Im not much of a protest-ant myself :-)
I happily bow to your superior knowledge this evening……but take the moral victory after missing round 1 :-)
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Bhoys
On the look out for quiz deputies, to give some variety and also to give me a wee break every now and again.
If you fancy taking a wee turn, drop me an email at the usual addy.
HH
CRC
I will hear no bad words about Peter Grant – he battled with heart and soul when he put on the hoops.
A tacky 80s bleached hairdo and not being able to kick a ball straight are irrelevant when the commitment is there !
setting free the bears
These are mine for the national,
Giles Cross E/W
West End Rocker E/W
Killyglen E/W
The third goal in this game is probably the best,for pure footballing reasons,i’ve watched us score.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qywda-v64c
CHAMPIONS86
At the end of the day All Protestants are Catholics. They are just protesting.
We are all one in our Belief of Christ and what he done.
Now why are we fighting amongst ourselves again?
Unbelievable
I find myself surprisngly considerably bored by all these quizzes yet took part in an 1980 and 1981 Scotport final on TV. Ah well……enjoy.
CRC emailed re KANO night. Thank you
HH
Petec,
Bad news about the petty thieving. How folk can betray a personal trust so blatantly is what gets me. Feck em, you know where you stand. For what it’s worth, I’m trying to give my tools away – a good excuse to dingy the urgent domestic maintenance chores. :)
PF – less of yer lip wee man! You should be studying form, in between quaffing expensive vino tinto.
SFTB – My initial pick is West End Rocker, but quite a few hours left until the race so I can change my mind a couple of times!
T4
Fortunes Favour Mibbes
Peter Grant was a tiger in midfield before he got the bad injury, after that he was not the same, I don’t think he had the heart of a lion but I appreciate him for all he done for Celtic. Like all ex Celts I wish him as much success as possible.
Timbhoy In Spain
dont know if anyone replied to your earlier question re bar to watch the game in Barcelona, but if not the Michael Collins at the Sagrada Familia probably will, but best double-check beforehand.
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Anybody want their Nook-E in the dark?
BABASONICOS71
One of my favourites as well. Danny and the Maestro – pure poetry !
Great night of southern rock on bbc4 tonight. Shut off your prejudices and listen to the music
petec ,
Aye yer right son,we were aw Catholics at one time ,Robert the Bruce,William wallace,Rob roy etc.They seem tae forget we were here long before the sons of satan were.
BABASONICOS71 on 13 April, 2012 at 22:44 said:
Thanks. Just reminded me how good Danny was. My boyhood hero.
TTTT
If it helps, this picture gives a sneak preview of the performers in the paddock before the race
Runners and Riders
The Token Tim
Thanks for that mate,I shall give it a try.
tommytwiststommyturns on 13 April, 2012 at 22:47 said:
Got my golf bet sorted – had 33/1 + 16/1 (cause it had kicked-off) = £50 plus free bet on the nags.
So I am going for Killyglen ew @ 18/1ish – tip!
I meant that picture to come up on the last page of the slideshow.
Cher gets everywhere
Timbhoy,
I think Rob Roy might be surprised to be discover that he was a ‘Papist’,
Heartbroken Huns
Timbhoy in spain there is a lane at the bottom of the Ramblas and on the right about 50 yards in is a bar that will have the game on though michael collins is a better shop.
Eat at http://www.cincsentits.com
Bobo.ws if you have kids.
Fortunes Favour Mibbes on 13 April, 2012 at 22:46
A few years ago I may even have battered him there and then, I’ve offered up a wee prayer instead because I am sure the wee woman who constantly prayed for me when I was a wee dude has probably saved my life on so many occasions without me even realising and reflecting on so many things I can see it to be totally true.
Why would a person I have never met pray to God for me?
The importance of Prayer to God can never be under estimated, IMO.
Hail Hail my Good man.
Petec
There was Catholics, Protestants, Jews and Presbyterians….
There was Black, White, Yella, and Pittenweem
And all the babes were born the same way.
In other news… George Osbourne is “astounded” that the richest in society are paying a gnats fart of tax. There are only two conclusions you can reach from this:
a) he’s an idiot
b) he’s an idiot
Petec,
Agreed. On those difficult days of homelessness at Hampden and wooden skelf inducing seats, we didn’t quite have the quality at first in the squad to play the Celtic Way, but TB knew how much passion counted. And I always respect PG for his commitment. The biggest star for me was the Maestro. (We’ve had this discussion before?) – an entertaining player in the 90s that made going to see him alone all worthwhile. Still feel for him at that penalty miss against RR. Was more disappointed for him that us. I don’t doubt for a second it meant more to him than me to put that ball in the net. He gave his career to us and for that I’ll always consider him my favourite Celt. But I have so many of them !! :))
SFTB – nowt classier than Northern burds!
praecepta – glad to hear it. The three that timbhoy in spain put up, including your selection, are all good shouts. Giles Cross has a further 5lb pull with Synchronised.
I’ve talked myself out of backing Junior and I’m trying to find something with a big price, but conditions are probably against that.
timbhoy in spain – you still getting the professional info?!
T4
Timbhoy
http://bubo.es/