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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WGS on 12 May, 2012 at 11:24 said:
Agree wholeheartedly…. Only drawback is, there may not be any trips to the Death Star for him to wind them up!
For all his trials and tribulations, Ally found time to enjoy a night out in his local hostelry last night. Seemed to be in good spirits too.
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).”
oglach,
mate of mines gave me a sean macdiarmada gaelic football top just recently
didnt have a clue who he or the team was
did the research on the net
a brave man – so respected a team from monaghan was named after him
Auldhied
This is key to understanding all this but can I ask you where you get your figures from?
Sorry but I’m being a bit thick.
Buddy Morrisey on 12 May, 2012 at 11:05 said:
podium is overrated
Totally agree Buddy, you wouldn’t catach me lurking for all that attention.
sixtaeseven: No NewCo in SPL and it’s Non-Negotiable! on 12 May, 2012 at 11:05 said:
Sixtaeseven yer podium position is tainted because of the Paris time difference !!!
n the fact yer ditty is no very good !!!
Headtheball on 12 May, 2012 at 11:31 said:
”For all his trials and tribulations, Ally found time to enjoy a night out in his local hostelry last night. Seemed to be in good spirits too.”
People react like that when they know they’re coming to the end of a difficult and stressful situation. It’s known as being demob happy.
Awe naw
Could the Spartans man not be a double bluff
IE big supporter of huns in the league
However, notwithstanding this feels that their behaviour has been so bad that they have to be severely dealt with
Together with a High Ct judge … Their decision is beyond reproach
Or am I giving them too much credit
Por Cierto on 12 May, 2012 at 11:07 said:
Why does someone not ask him, Why did you ask for the names of the panel to be released when you already knew who they were? por cierto
OK, Allly, so you didnt know, but now you do.
What now?
What next?
Sorry, WHY did you want to know again?
Tim Malone Will Tell on 11 May, 2012 at 22:20 said:
jimtim,
i have noticed a few of your posts recently – could I ask politely if you are a hun?
No big problem if you are – but you’re line of questioning seems a wee bit odd more often than not.
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Tim how you doing mate , well after all this time on CQN ive finally made it . being accused of being a HUN. May i ask what exactly in my posts seem to have bothered you . I call it as i see it , I would love to see the SFA stripped of any decision making on the matter. I would love to see the whole stinking mess being handled by the highest powers in football . , I would love to see punishment fitting the crime ,and btw the punishments are there for the crimes committed . I would love to see every tainted title removed from their history . I would have loved to see duff and duffer stripped of there administrator duties ages ago . I would love to see an end to the constant delays . I would love the laptop loyal to stop brown nosing . i would love to see HMRC stick the boot right up them . i would love there to be evidence of tax evasion so much so that the other boys in blue got involved . But this is rangers we are talking about , softly softly is the approach here , they should have been gone a long time ago . And that is what frustrates me so much . I know thats what we all want , like many other older bhoys on here, we have seen it all before . So my friend i dont know what prompted you to politely think i was a hun. good god mhan. never been so insulted .
hail hail
jimtim
There’s as much chance of them winning the appeal as someone pleading guilty being found innocent by the jury
wait a minute!
What do we expect from a man with a forked tongue
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And as for Puff & Puffer
http://i.imgur.com/GtQ2J.gif
Pure entertainment
Larsson4me on 12 May, 2012 at 11:39 said:
Brilliant mate youve been shared on FB!
Just a thought,
At the start of their downfall I wanted them to go into liquidation immediately, but on reflection, this is much much better, I hope they keep going till all the results of all the investigations are in. This way we can spin it out, watching them posture and squirm, and the whole world will know about all their dirty dealings. If they had gone bust immediately it would have been an overnight sensation – this way is so much more enjoyable – its a delight to log on in the morning, filled with suspense and anticipation, to see what their latest drama is. Its a bit like the day before a rangers celtic game – only knowing what the outcome will be!.
I don’t know what I will do when its all over……………………………………………….
oh yes I do – I’ve been saving my jelly n ice cream :))))))
RTC comments going on about todays Daily Record Rangers headlines.
Can anyone tell me what it was ?
TT
Morning all,
just back from the shops and seen the front page of the DR – what took them so long. Still no cracked crest tho’ :)
However, moving on, read the Daily Mail’s article about Fergus.
I was there the day he got booed, and at the time I thought it was unworthy of the support and a real slap in the face to him.
We can all recognise now that a certain element of the support allowed themselves to be manipulated by Murray’s Media Poodles – some might have another phrase for it – and Hugh Keevins was one of the worst offenders. I heard him on SSB last nite lauding Fergus, but waited for an apology, but guess what?
Shouldn’t have expected anything else!
Some have posted on here that the Bunnet should be there at the unfurling of the flag and I think that CQN should take this forward, if it hasn’t already been done.
Even if he doesn’t want to attend I think that there should be some form of public recognition for the vastly important part he played in our Club’s history. Any thoughts
Still no season ticket renewal posted out to me. Anyone else still waiting?
Mr X loves having a “fly kick” on 12 May, 2012 at 11:42 said:
If its of any solace mate theres 25,000 down govan way wondering whats gonny happen with theirs.
Paul another great article
I agree with a lot of the lads it’s time to highlight Mcmoist for what he is
I wish Lenny would let us all know what McMoist said to him
Hail Hail
hoops mccann on 12 May, 2012 at 11:42 said:
”I was there the day he got booed, and at the time I thought it was unworthy of the support and a real slap in the face to him.”
My impression of him is that he would have been neither up nor down about being booed, or, for that matter, cheered.
Amidst all the financial doping,fraudulent dealings & all-round chicanery,nasty wee Ally is the playground bully with his coterie of like minded thugs threatening to carve up anyone who crosses them.
And when he gets called to account,claims he was acting in self defence.
But this is the real world,and sooner or later he will find himself unable to get himself out of the corner he’s painted himself into.
Then,when the spotlight pins him,all he’ll be able to say is,”Yes,it’s true…I am an evil little coward.”
When the Ross County chairman Roy MacGregor is down for the vote on 30th May I hope he makes use of the trip by offering Duf’nphelps a deal to take a few of the Ibrox seats off their hands for the new stand in Dingwall.
Well, he is known for his shrewd eye for a bargain.
If an adult complains about what colour a childs football top is then he/she needs to ask themselfs some serious questions why. Only in Scotland could this happen! disgusted thats how i feel
Kids from Thai Tims banned from wearing their Celtic shirts in schools
May 12 2012 Exclusive by Chris Musson
THE “Thai Tims” group of singing children have been banned from wearing their Celtic tops or singing Celtic songs at a Scots school.
After the kids visited a school in Glasgow last week, a parent complained that they were breaking the city council’s ban on football colours in classrooms.
Council officials told the group they couldn’t wear their tops or sing songs linked to the club on a second planned school visit, to St Paul’s Catholic Primary. Organisers of the children’s trip to Scotland then cancelled the visit.
A source told the Record: “It seems the council have decided rules are rules, but this kind of situation calls for some common sense.”
The Thai kids learned their Celtic songs from tragic student Reamonn Gormley, who taught at their school on his gap year. Their links to the club and Scotland were strengthened after Reamonn, 19, was murdered in his home town of Blantyre, Lanarkshire, last year.
The youngsters have sung at Celtic Park and Glasgow Royal Concert Hall during their visit, and are staying in the hospitality area at Parkhead. They performed at St Francis of Assisi primary school in Baillieston, Glasgow, last week.
A parent from St Francis complained to the council, and officials there said they had received “numerous” other complaints.
The council added that they were concerned about sectarian-related abuse posted on YouTube after a video of the kids’ St Francis performance was placed on the site. The video has since been taken down.
A council spokeswoman said: “We would be delighted to have the children visit any one of our schools.
“It would, however, be entirely inappropriate for them to wear Celtic strips while singing Celtic songs.”
The council have spent large sums on schemes involving Old Firm players and staff visiting schools – while wearing club colours.
TinyTim
RTC has a copy of it on a post earlier this morning. Maybe in the small hours.
Paul67,
Personally, I’m surprised the police haven’t been knocking on McCoist’s door. After all, he incited a witch hunt, to quote G Spiers.
TinyTim on 12 May, 2012 at 11:41 said:
”RTC comments going on about todays Daily Record Rangers headlines.
Can anyone tell me what it was ?”
I assume it’s this.
http://kerrydalestreet.co.uk/topic/8646896/153/
lochgilpheadbhoy,
Thanks for your reply on the last thread. Appreciated.
TGSC,
Sailing On….
ernie lynch on 12 May, 2012 at 11:45 said:
hoops mccann on 12 May, 2012 at 11:42 said:
”I was there the day he got booed, and at the time I thought it was unworthy of the support and a real slap in the face to him.”
My impression of him is that he would have been neither up nor down about being booed, or, for that matter, cheered.
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I was there the day he was booed. Present day reports seem to make out it was virtually the whole stadium booing. My hazy recollection is that it was sporadic. A bit like when Lenny was supposedly booed by the whole ground for a back pass against Boavista in the Seville year.
Booing is one of those sounds that can be made to sound loud with only a minority in the ground doing it.
I am looking for additional names for’Newco Tax Dodgers’ XI for next year.So far l have:
Ally Capone, Kenny Dodd, L Piggot, (the Brazilian) Hector, Cragie White,
Any ideas?
Tiny Tim from RayCharles onRTC
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http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4826/dailyragcloth.jpg
Amazed those Record headlines are not accompanied by a cracked crest. And to think we once got one for losing a pre-season friendly!
What got me about the stuff in todays D R was that the reporters were people Id never heard of b4!! Have Jackhun and Jabba been draapptt??
Por Cierto..
I think they did ask him but he asserted (ahem) “Ah dinae know nuffin aboot thum” “a wus just worried aboot the ranjurs” “did a do a naughty thing?”
MrX
I’m still waiting for my renewal aswell. Should we be worried?
Maybe the SFA have realised swally mccoist will be out a job and out of football next week as he wont have a club, so thought they would spare him…..
Will be good to see him out of a job.
THT @TheHumanTorpedo
So @nnovo1010 now has two Rangers tattoos. One for each contract he got when he joined the club.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Had to share this.
Paul 67
The appeal will be dropped at the last minute, due to technical reasons, Dignity lawyer will realise they will lose.
There is a myriad of sentences from transfer embargo to being thrown out the league. Seems to me that the tribunal pulled their punches and have been lenient on this matter.
When this is out the way and the season finished Swally will be charged by rhe SFA.
Chillpillcfc
Mr. X,
I’m still waiting on mine. To anyone who has received theirs can you tell me when the deposit is taken from those paying by direct debit?
Thanks.
TGSC,
Sailing On….