Charles Green, like Whyte and Duff & Phelps before him, is asking for admittance to the SPL on the basis that Rangers FC is a distinct entity from its legal identity. While this theory has been strongly advocated by SPL chief executive, Neil Doncaster, by necessity, if you claim the football benefits of being ‘Rangers’, specifically player registrations, you also inherit Rangers penalties.
Although Rangers clearly won their challenge to Lord Carloway’s 12-month ban on player registration at the Court of Session last month when Lord Glennie referred the matter back to the SFA Appellate Panel, as the full ramification of the decision became clear to Green, who then had an irrevocable contract to buy Rangers or its assets, he floated the idea that he might appeal.
The SFA, correctly, decided not to instruct the Appellate Panel until the 21 day period when an appeal can be raised, which elapses today, has passed, just in case Green tells Lord Glennie he’s got it all wrong.
All this has been terribly confusing, not to mention expensive, for Scottish football, but with yesterday’s news that Rangers have a prima facie case to answer for subverting Scottish football for over a decade, the obstacles before Green are clearly insurmountable. There is reason to believe we can quickly reach some clarity.
The SFA must, without delay, convene the Appellate Panel to consider Lord Glennie’s instructions and apply an appropriate penalty on the various legal and ethereal bodies which claim to be ‘Rangers’. If the Appellate Panel suspend or expel what is left of the football club from the SFA, as must surely be expected, all questions about fan pressure, morals and votes become moot.
In this case, history will record the folly of Green’s appeal to civil law as the act which finally killed off any chance of ‘Rangers’ surviving, conveniently letting the SPL off the hook, while Green would be obliged to dispose of the stadium for a modest return to those capable of forming a genuinely new football club at some point in the future.
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traditionalist88 on 19 June, 2012 at 17:40 said:
From RM, they are going to turn ugly. Well, uglier.
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It will not be long till our hand is forced to defend itself
I won’t elaborate but there is only so much one can take
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Let’s face it – that’s been written by some mummy’s boy sitting at a keyboard wishing he had some real pals…
Infirmary, Infrimary, they all got it in fir mi.
nurse : whit happened you poor soul ?
confused patient : i was sitting in the park , drinking my lanliq, whistling the dambusters, and ma haun just went mental and attacked me”
Danny Boyle etc
Cheers
Kelvinbhoy
If you get in touch before next Wed, 27th, i will drop off in van.
On reading the Guardian today, my attention was caught by an article on Niall Ferguson who is now embarking on the Reith Lectures on Radio 4. Ferguson will be known to us as a “television historian” who has a tendency towards revisionism, i.e. not following the accepted wisdom in matters historical.
The part of the article which jumped out at me is as follows:
“One acquaintance emphasises the degree to which Ferguson’s politics is shaped by his upbringing. “The key thing to understand with Ferguson is the degree to which he’s a rightwing, Glasgow Rangers-supporting, Protestant anti-socialist.”
On one occasion, the acquaintance recalled: “Niall was very worried about how his Rangers-supporting grandmother was going to react to an Indian friend. As the friend left, his granny said: “She was very nice – at least she’s not a Catholic’.”
Well, Niall, I am sure you are already working on the history of your former club. It will be interesting to see how far you can revise its history. There certainly is a heck of a lot to revise.
Dontbrattbakkinanger on 19 June, 2012 at 16:55 said:
Ole Davie Byrne, not even the best musician in his family.
would the best be Kev??
Steinreignedsupreme
When he’s old enough mummy will surely let him go and sit in the park and talk about the Ranjurz!
HH
HH.. Indeed as some fholks have said, Dave King puts the dodg in dodgy.. The guy s in deep trouble ALWAYS and yet our incompetent press laud him as some latter day saint..
It s strange..
Like Mintys press relations , King gets held in high esteem here too..
Weird and weirder ..
HH
MON THE HOOOOOPS!!
Lots of speculation about why the cardigan walked away.
However it might be a bit more simpler and linked to the above article and the latest news.
1. If the appeal period has lapsed then presumably the case will go back to the AT for a ruling. Perhaps the cardies have wind that the outcome will be suspension for 12 months. (However no sure how this applies to servco ’88)
2. BDO saying that the name ‘Rangers Football Club’ is still with the dodo rangers and will probably take about a year to wind things up so not available to anyone if ever until then.
3. Or/and they know that all the players can walk for free.
So no football for 12 months because of suspension and anyway if they did get a team up and going no use of the ‘Rangers’ name for any team until then. So lets let Charlie and the boys in his consortium take all the flak over failed applications to SPL.(Remember they have just submitted an application but with none of the supporting documents presumably 3 years accounts).
Saint Stivs on 19 June, 2012 at 17:49 said:
Infirmary, Infrimary, they all got it in fir mi.
nurse : whit happened you poor soul ?
confused patient : i was sitting in the park , drinking my lanliq, whistling the dambusters, and ma haun just went mental and attacked me”
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Nurse – what on earth was your other hand doing when all this was going on ?
Confused Patient – Err , I’d really rather not say…
On Charlie Bhoy Green.
He is a dead ringer for Mel in Benidorm, and speaks like him to.
nice cap, but the Rasta Snake belt is magic
http://derrenlitten.blog.com/files/2010/07/Mel-11.jpg
Oh dear. John Mackay in the blue tie says “Walter walks away.”
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on 19 June, 2012 at 17:46 said:
FC
they cannie be called that……that suggests they will be a football club
hoopeddreams on 19 June, 2012 at 17:50 said:
And ‘Ferguson’ edges ahead of ‘Murray’ in Scotlands Most Blemished Surname championship.
Meanwhile a puce faced Walter Smith is seen by startled travellers at Glasgow airport roaring ‘DEFEND OUR HAND!!!’ repeatedly from the window of a cessna light aircraft bound for a tax free oil rig in the Carribean
Dave King also walking away …
” Charles Green Dead horse and donkey buyer.”
Utterly feckin hilarious!
Off track slightly.
British Telecom (BT) has announced over the past couple of days that they will be taking over the ESPN EPL live footy matches from season 2013/14.
I am Aware that BT have been attempting for some time to get into the live TV market.
Ian Livingston is BT chief exec. He is also a non executive director at Celtic.
Given BT’s move into the live football market do we have someone sitting on our board with an ace up his sleeve?
Magnificentseven
FC stands for something else and it is highly accurate. Unfortunately Paul67 censorship laws prohibits me from telling you what tthe F and C stand for :-)
Hail HAil
‘Dead horse and donkey buyer’ A Freudian slip from Charlie Green there.
SPF
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on 19 June, 2012 at 18:04 said:
Magnificentseven
FC stands for something else and it is highly accurate. Unfortunately Paul67 censorship laws prohibits me from telling you what tthe F and C stand for :-)
Hail HAil
fair enough……………….and a very accurate assesment I might add
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit,
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it
That Omar Khayyám knew what he was talking about!
Ahhmmm John MacKay talks about the ‘now defunct’ NOTW on the 6pm news.
I haven’t heard him using this phrase to describe oldco huns fc.
SPF
Victor Kyam / Charles Green
I liked the Dead Horse so much , I bought the company
or am i getting my metaphors mixed up
could kennedy’s rugby team be making a return
Club combat 18
hoopeddreams on 19 June, 2012 at 17:50
I heard the first lecture today and he sounded like a more articulate Craig Whyte. William of Orange featured, and not in a negative way.
My reply from ITV re Craig Burley:
Thank you for your email regarding Craig Burley’s comments.
Please see the response below from the Head of ITV Sport Production.
‘Thank you for your recent email.
I am sorry to learn that you did not agree with Craig Burley’s comments during the France v Ukraine match.
Craig is well known for his independence and for his fairness. I do not believe that he would allow any agenda to effect the way he commentates on a match.
We hope that you continue to enjoy the football and here’s to more exciting matches in the know out stages.`
JJ Who is looking forward to the ” know out ” stages
Tony Fitzpartick talking about the fans takeover of St Mirren.
He reckons the fans’ led club would compete for trophies if a certain new club are in the 3rd division.
Another vote against?
Celtic_First
I think we should stick to Jazz Record Requests!
Seriously, it is rather depressing that Ferguson gets so much coverage. I have little doubt he is a brilliant historian – Antony Beevor speaks highly of him. However, someone somewhere really wants his version of history to prevail. I will not be listening to him given your review of today’s edition.
Nuclear Bovril
Aye, and it’s becoming quite a competitive field.
Al Capone FC are humped by the detail, the legal , what they’d call ‘red-tape’ the minutiae…………but most of all the rulkes and the spirit of the game.
For the guid o’ scoddish fooooball they should disapear and toil for years and years and years.
Hell may mend them.
HH
SKELPITY…SKELP..
My Dear. Dear Dear Kojo…
Time to put on your Dancin’ Shoes….
There’s gonnae be a Pairty…..!
And that Omar Khayyam…Much prefer his later stuff….after he had been caught shopliftin’……Twice !
Laughin’…….
Jungle Jim on 19 June, 2012 at 18:19 said:
”My reply from ITV re Craig Burley:”
And people complain about the BBC?
The day they ALL did “walking away”.
Now all that remains is their STH of which the current count is eeh 0 (zero)!
CFC-YYWA
Meant to ask last night when was the last time an additional payment was made?
Did Whyte pay anyone on this basis or was this purely Murray?
Saint Stivs
I hate to say this but the proposed actions of the the Celtic Supporters Association are a complete mistake. To propose a bhoycott, before the SPL clubs have even had a chance to vote on the status of the New Club cannot be right, indeed it has more than a hint of the Sandy Jardines about it. It will be seen, by some, as the actions of one half of the Old Firm, threatening non Old Firm clubs. We need Celtic to vote against the transfer, that is our club. Let us hope that happens before we start threatening anybody else!
Been offline most of the day.
If one would be so kind a summation of today’s events surrounding FC SERVCO would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You in advance.
MWD
craig burley is a master tactician who has an unparalled knowledge of soccerball in all it’s many shapes and sizes. after an outstanding career on the pitch, he declined many job offers from major football clubs, despite the fact that he was to be given a free hand in all things soccer.
He preferred the oppurtunity to share his incisive analysis of the international and domestic game with the ignorant suckers who pay way too much for subscriber only telly, Craig never tires of informing viewers as to just how p1sh the Scottish game is.
Craig also writes a weekly column in a down-market sunday paper about how he can’t stand Neil Lennon.
If a certain ex football club had sponsored all the people walking away they could have paid their tax bill and had enough left over to buy Messi.