Close to 100 people agreed to participate in the Scottish FA’s disciplinary panel, as Neil Lennon put it yesterday, “for the love of the game”. Processes were established and although panel members would meet and be introduced to club officials who were subject to their decisions, they were granted freedom from publicity in order for them to hand out punishments free of intimidation.
This freedom has now gone.
Such was the reaction to Ally McCoist’s public demand to know the names of the panel members who judged the actions of his club the SFA felt it prudent to select panellists who were happy to expose themselves and their places of employment to the outcry the original panellists endured. IF they uphold of increase the penalties.
On Wednesday evening we should find out whether intimidation of the SFA works.
The biggest scandal of all is that despite the consequences of McCoist’s actions, the SFA have taken no disciplinary action against him. Rangers officials are free to react to the appeal judgement in the same manner as the original without fear of consequence.
Other managers who are pursued for more prosaic matters might consider the SFA panel have something personal against them.
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Posted this earlier –
A strange place for an article on Rangers – the financial pages of today’s (English) Independent –
“Donald Macinnes: Why I wouldn’t cry if my former team Rangers went under
I don’t understand the complex economic narrative unfolding in my home city, whereby Glasgow Rangers football club fights for its life after years of financial stewardship which can only be described as “Greek”. As words like “broke”, “soup kitchen” and “jail” get bandied around, with me being a former Rangers fan, you’d think I would spend my days crying at the kitchen table. But this will never happen. Why? Because we don’t have a kitchen table. And as I allow that revelation to sink into your conscious minds, like a welly in a swamp, I should probably explain why I am a “former” fan.
While it’s certainly true that I attended Rangers’ Ibrox Stadium many times and sang the songs and ate the pies and shook my fist at the Celtic fans, there came a time when I just couldn’t do it any more. Thankfully, once my electronic tag was removed, I returned to the stadium for more singing and eating and shaking. But having done that for a few years, I grew tired of it; tired of the songs about Catholic people being evil, sneaky; spawned by weasels; tired of the chants about we Protestants being altogether better; more groovy and less likely to make potty on the carpet. When all is said and done, football matches between Rangers and Celtic may be the most exciting of their kind in world football, but whatever electricity causes them to vibrate as much as they do is generated by lager, bigotry and, well, lager.
I’m sure I will get hate mail about this column, because I haven’t lived in Glasgow for 15 years and I’ve rejected my kind, blah blah. The bottom line is that I moved to London so I could live and work among people who really don’t care which god I bow to. When I tell them about my broken relationship with Rangers, I still get English people (non football fans, I should add) saying to me: “Rangers… that’s the Catholic team, right?” And I love their ignorance. Oh, to not know.
So maybe the best thing to happen to my home town would be the dissolution of Rangers. While I wouldn’t cry tears, many would. But I may have a solution to their angst. Let’s see Celtic (who have always, certainly publicly, been seen to lead the way when it comes to abandoning sectarianism), make the grandest gesture of all and welcome all of those unemployed Rangers players and bereft fans into their arms, creating a combined Glasgow team. Everybody’s happy and Scotland moves forward into an optimistic future.
Next week… Palestine: my three easy steps to a lasting peace (including cross-border badminton).”
voguepunter
Did I ? Shoite, I have a memory like a , what do you call it again? :-)
Just got the text sent to me as well :-))
ulysses mcghee on 12 May, 2012 at 19:23 said:
Deader than…
Craig Whyte’s credit score!!
StMiley* @StMiley
Rumours that Green consortium pulled out. Kennedy and Ng refusing to re-enter. That leaves… Asset sale.
Tweet Tweet..
VP
thought it was canamalar that posted it last week…. o))
The BBC to show Vidal Sasoons funeral this week, not the full coverage, just the highlights.
Deader than a Max bygraves joke
Deader than a dead fish floating belly-up in the dead sea
Deader than wee Eck Salmonds hopes of Scottish independence
Paddy/BT
Read it on here last week ,not sure if Paddy
sent it ,but it got him thinking about chucking
the drink for a sec:O)
deader than be being sober either tonight or tomorrow o))
Now I have toad rage!!!
jackie mac on 12 May, 2012 at 19:23 said:
@alextomo
there you go..
SP-Maybe thats why security beefed up at Poundland on Monday? We can but hope.The St Etienne bike will be getting hawked roon The Grapes Bar.:}
HT
The delightful Mrs Brody is in real life Morena Baccarin.
She has previously played Adria in Stargate and hales from Brazil.
That’s all I know about her though.
Well it’s all I’m telling you.
MWD
voguepunter, more chance of Rangers being in the black :-))
!!Bada Bing!! on 12 May, 2012 at 19:32 said:
Bada, Bike been put aside for ‘big hoose’guy.
putting a shopping basket in front for his gut.
……………………………………..feel a bit sick noo.
MWD
Och…nae photies??!!
Uly – you better add Donald McInnes to your list !
The permaragers will go tonto when they read his article….
T4
Thought for a minute Rangers were finished.Turned on the telly to see thousands of angry orcs.Just happens,Lord of the Rings is on.
Muttley reads comments on FF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RpbdTsfGLRQ
Paddy Gallagher on 12 May, 2012 at 19:30 said:
The BBC to show Vidal Sasoons funeral this week, not the full coverage, just the highlights.
Just got that joke as a text at the same time you sent it……spooky
Was looking at a car today with my wife, salesman said when talking about the dealership ” you are under warranty, – we don’t do walking away ”
Is it wrong that we didn’t buy?
!!Bada Bing!! on 12 May, 2012 at 19:32 said:
We can only hope, in the meantime bring on the minis furra guid skelping..
One more sleep till the Hoops take the field…
VP-Won’t be a patch on your Chopper :}
googybhoy ♥ Celtic and Liquidation on May 25th.
Spooky or what? Hope you are well Amigo :-)
pen Dortmund
Paddy Gallagher
That’s sick. I’m a bit cut up about it. I won’t cry, but it’s a close shave.
quonno on 12 May, 2012 at 18:21 said:
Last post should have read.
Gordon on 12 May, 2012 at 17:55 said
:If I remember correctly, after the first leg at Ibrox which Rangers lost 0-1, Alec Cameron or some other Scottish media numpty posed the following question.
Will one be enough for Madrid to hang onto in thereturn. Just like today, you could not make it up.
******
At that time, Madrid were so far ahead of every other club in Europe, they protected their home gate.
If they were away from home in the first leg, they would contrive to keep the score low, thereby ensuring that their own fans would turn up for the second leg.
Bob Kelly’s view of European football was that it should be played according to normal cup rules; i.e. the luck of the draw in a one game tie.
He felt that fans were being cheated in only seeing half of a game.
He was correct, of course and this was acknowledged by UEFA’s away goal counting double rule.
Duff and Duffers spokesperson on the chances of a CVA and avoiding Liquidation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6utE5APd4wA
2-1 40 min played
Bloke109 is Neil Lennon
Ha ha mate – Mrs G got me the new Govan shampoo today ‘ Go and Wash’.!
HT
Keep these to yourself. No going sharing them with just anyone now.
Morena
MWD
oglach
hahahahahahahahaha
oglach on 12 May, 2012 at 19:41 said:
First time Duff and Duffers had something in the Kitty then :-))
dortmund up 2-1 on bayern
doitchlandcupfinal HT
Good game, no?
sorry its 3-1 HT
MWD
Just been slapped on the back of the head by the wumman looking over my shoulder!!
Fun while it lasted.
BTW
If any you Bhoys (or Ghirls) like wee Rioja. Get yourselfs doon tae Tesco.
Berberana Reserva only £5. Normally £13/£14
Goes will with a nice wee bit of Taleggio.
MWD
MWD
Fessreifen
Weltklasse.