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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I know the semi final comes first but am I right in thinking that if we beat murderwell next week then no matter the huns score we would have been on to win the league against them the following week if there was no 10 point deduction. Would make it that bit more special when we gub them. HAIL HAIL.
Grand National tips :
For Thems :
Weird Al – for their Oldest Rookie in fitba massively failed experiment
BecauseIcouldntsee – for their ‘indupidly’ mass stupidity
Organisedconfusion – for their state of maladministration
Shakalakaboomboom – for their future explosive state when the big ‘L’ hits
And one for us :
West End Rocker – for Lenny, for bringing back the Thunder !
Good Luck and HH,
Yer man Alex Thomson is questioning UEFA now regarding political interference in Scottish football.Thomson is also appearing on Clyde on Monday,in relation to him being threatened by a Glasgow journalist.
He is some pup.
This is going to be dynamite.
TopCorner …done, thanks
Fholks , I keep missing the C4 programme….what nights is it on, and at what time, please ?
The Scottish Establishment must rue the emergence of Alex Thomson on the Rangers story.
Him and,erm,the internet,mobile phones,and everyone who isn’t a succulent lamb eater.
I trust that he is sharing access to information with such as RTC et al.
Sorry if this has already been posted,it’s a very good read,as are some of the comments:
http://blogs.channel4.com/alex-thomsons-view/political-interference-scottish-football/1134
Ballabriggs 12/1 & Neptune Collonges 33/1 done for the National.
For tomorrow 3-0 Sammi 1st goal 30/1
Is the Liverpool v Everton game on tv ?
ZIGGYDOC1
ESPN
“Ibrox was never a casino Alex, although Sir(IA)David Murray promised a few years ago before the current troubles were public knowledge, that he had plans to re-develop Ibrox as a stadium, hotel and casino complex.
Sums of £700,000,000 were mentioned, but it turned out to be one of Sir(IA)David’s failed moonbeams.
This Rangers farce will run and run.”
Classic! :)
Cheerio the noo.
Alex thomson on clyde. brilliant. Scottish Journalism does not know what hit it. This must be quite surreal for the likes of Traynor.
Phone hacking Alex?
TopCorner
Enjoy your day, and good luck – in the past, many days/nights out have resulted in waking up sparkled on EN’s couch or floor – you’ll have a ball my friend.
HH
Giggs
Bhoys can anyone please put up the link for today’s games for the Kano Predictor, I can’t access it again. Thanks
rarely post,slow reader n try n catch up wi comments(brilliant most,informative)disgusted!looks like newco next seson?wot will happen if finish in bottom 6?re sky?also seen brilliant tips 4 Cheltenham!can sum1 kindl let me know if any post 4 national,member reading abourt best age weight etc,thanks
GLASGOWS GREEN N WHITE
c4e
HH
CELT4EVER
Best method for tips today is to check the CQN napsters at the end of the previous article.
Score out every named horse-that should narrow it down somewhat!
Mullet & co:
When was Thompson on Snyde?
Any links?
Cheers…
Good morning all from a glorious North Ayrshire.
I awoke today with a feeling that we are entering the end game. The Big Lie, concocted by SDM, aided and abetted by BOS, and promoted assiduously by the Sottish sports media (and backed up on the quiet by the likes of Salmond and Macaskill) is crumbling. Thanks in particular to Paul67, rangertaxcase, Phil, Auldheid and Terry (and now Alex Thompson), the Truth is coming out.
Let’s hope that the other football teams’ supporters show their disgust at the blatant cheating being connived at to benefit the one team which has single handedly destroyed Scottish football with the encouragement of the Establishment.
HAMILTONTIM 0930
I gather you’ve been swotting up for Mastermind during your break?
Congratulations on your win. Everyone is jealous,and wishes that we also had as many holidays for studying!
West Wales Celt,
Hes not been on yet. Coming on, on Monday.
BMCUW
Once upon a time, a large green eyed monster came strolling menacingly onto CQN………:-))))
Just been speaking to a Dunfermline supporting neighbour.Fair to say he’s angry about the save the Huns efforts by the SPL.
He’s even more furious about his own club’s stance. He said that Yorkston will vote for the Hun newco which will relegate Dunfermline. He said the Dunfermline fans all know “where his loyalties lie”.
Anyway looks like Yorkston will face some questions from his own fans if they go down and the Hun newco stays in the SPL..
Never give up hope on Celtic!!!
MWD
GiggsyBhoy
thanks a lot, boss
EN was over at Abu Dhabi earlier this morn
he’s back at Dubai now – early starts and so on
so we’ll prob take it easy
maybe next time will be a wild one
should be fun nonetheless
will tell him you says hello
:)
BOBBY MURDOCH CURLED UP WINKLEPICKERS
thanks mo charra
ALSO 4 EVERY 1 THANKS 4 SOME BRILLIANT POSTS BEST CELTIC SITE!
Who we prefer to win today sheep or hibs?or not care
c4e
hh
Those stinking bookies are now cutting the odds to bits.Not one of the first 14 in the betting is over 20/1 – it’s a Grade3 handicap,with 40 runners & the most treacherous obstacles in racing ffs.Ridiculous.
Also,most of them are now only paying out each/way on the first four horses home.
Then we have to listen to them gurning after the race,about whichever horse happens to win it – “We paid out £10million on such & such,disaster for the industry blah blah blah!” – They forget to mention the £100million in bets that were wagered on the race!
Pesky bookies.
Good luck everybody. :)
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 14 April, 2012 at 09:22 said:
ZIGGYDOC1
ESPN
Thanks. Need to be Hibs v Aberdeen then.
MWD
Have you got a link for today’s Kano predictor games? Leaving soon to take the weans swimming!!!
Just saw the tweet from the Rangers supporters trust regarding child abuse and also had a look at Alex Thomsons blog. Might goodness, the anticipated pathetic backlash has started. I see they are even denying having a sectarian signing policy and are accusing Celtic of dubious contract practices.
I would be asking how the press knew of some of the stories about Neil Lennon back in the day.
Absolutely delighted to hear that the ragers fans have elected to kick of their boycott by not attending any of the semi finals at Hampden this weekend
ALLGREEN
Can confirm your neighbour’s view. As a Dunfermline resident I know he is considered an embrassment to the the “toon” and in the local press he was advised to concentrate on Dunfermline’s woes before any other. Gets dogs abuse in Asda despite invites to buy “jelly and ice cream”!!
Mullet & Co:
I see. Presumably on superscoreboard?
Cheers…
Allgreen
Get him to take the
THE SPL FAN SURVEY
MWD
Missed all of yesterday’s blog but I assume nothing major happened?
Talked to a few fans of other clubs yesterday. The general view seems to be that the Zombie Rangers should be treated as the entirely new club that they are but that a special case was inevitable for one of “you two”. None of them want their clubs to vote for the Cheats’ Charter but expect them all to do so for financial reasons. They all expect a hun team of some sorts in the SPL next season.
HT
DON’T DO IT.
MWD
SPL FAN SURVEY LATEST RESULTS
If Rangers are liquidated and reformed as a Newco, should they be allowed immediate re-entry into the SPL?
No (9361) – 95.39%
Yes (452) – 4.61%
In the event of a Rangers Newco being allowed immediate re-entry how, as a supporter of another SPL/SFL club would you respond?
I would continue to attend SPL fixtures as normal (1166) – 11.88%
I would NOT attend any SPL fixtures at all (5245) – 53.45%
I would continue to attend SPL fixtures but boycott any fixtures involving the Rangers Newco (3084) – 31.43%
I support an SFL team so don’t attend any SPL fixtures (318) – 3.24%
Do you back the SPL’s Financial Fair Play Proposals?
Yes (3654) – 37.24%
No (6159) – 62.76%
All SPL chairman should make statements regarding the newco, their fans should demand to know where their clubs stand on the issue. hopefully standing on the throat of it
HT
Kano Predictor
Scottish Cup Weekend.
Do you know rangers do not have their name on the Scottish Cup! Fact
Bye the way there is another big cup they don’t have their name on.
Hail hail and no to newco