Congratulations to Fraser Forster on his international call-up, I am absolutely delighted for him. It occurred to me that he left Sports Direct and Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley’s clutches on the cheap early this summer, while Ashley had other matters in Glasgow under consideration – partnering with Sevco.
It was with customary bombast that Sir David Murray announced the deal Rangers struck with JJB Sports in 2006 to offload the club’s retail and merchandise operations to the sports retailer. At a stroke the club banked £18m although subsequent dilapidation and redundancy costs ate into this figure. Celtic had previously rejected a similar deal, believing that securitising future revenue streams in this manner would only swap short-term for long-term problems.
That deal perished when Rangers liquidation was announced but the Newco acquired only one retail store (outside Ibrox) and no infrastructure in place. Instead, six weeks ago, Newco handed over retail operations to Sports Direct, who now operate its retail company, Rangers Retail Limited, and its online operation at rangersdirect.co.uk.
This deal was covered in local and retail press but lacked the bombast Murray would have brought to the occasion, perhaps because Ashley was aware that Celtic fans no longer felt comfortable spending their cash with JJB after the 2006 link-up. Better to keep this one low-profile so as not to cannibalise sales to Celtic fans.
Whether Ashley is part-owner of Newco or just their merchandising partner is moot, Sports Direct’s interests in the Scottish market are significantly entwined with The Rangers F.C.
It is unlikely the retailer had to pay as much as £18m up front to secure his new rights but their support will be absolutely critical in quickly building their partner club into a successful force. If they can do this while continuing to milk Celtic supporters they have knocked it off.
Chances of me buying the 125th Anniversary Kit from Sevco’s partner company are approaching zero. My Celtic budget is for the benefit of one club only, it will not help build The Rangers.
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Whither Gold Coast Tom…?
Surely The White Picket-Fence Hasn’t Been Overrun By Those ‘Fiesty’ Aboriginal Types…?
Blame The Unreliable ‘Chinese-Made’ Garden Gnomes….
http://m.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&hl=en-GB&client=mv-tmobile-uk&v=IWuaSww3JnA
My Dearest Maggie….
I’m Afraid Your Unrequited Love Must Remain…..Exactly Thus..
It Is Not Just A ‘Pond’ That Separates Us..
But An ‘Ocean’ Of Ideology….
I Did Notice Your Spurnin’ Of The Clumsy Wooing By ‘Cellar Gone Rusty’…..
Just The Ither Week….
I Can Quite Understand You Turning Up Yer Retrousse Nose At His Humble Slice Of Spam Wi’ The Egg In The Middle,Going A Bit Green At The Edges….
However,I Hidn’ae Realised That Oor Spicy Chorizo Sausage,Zbyszek……
Also Burned A Candle For You…?
Understandable That You Should Hing Aroon Lusting After The Chateaubriand..
Alas….I Am ‘Spoken For’……
Mebbies In Anither Lifetime…
When You Were Cleopatra….
And I Was Mark Anthony….?
The Lone Ranger and Tonto find themselves surrounde by a hostile band of Comanches.
The Lone Ranger turns to Tonto and says, “What are we gonna do, Tonto?”
Tonto just looks back at The Lone Ranger and says, ” What do you mean…..WE…..white man?”
The Singing Detective Demands The Resignation Of Campbell Ogilvie
03:32 on 6 October, 2012
From the multifarious imagery I have concluded that you are referring to your desire to come back as general woundwort and partake in the refection you so desire.
miki67
good one
The Lone Ranger’s Last Request
The Lone Ranger was ambushed and captured by an enemy Indian War Party.
The Indian Chief proclaims,
“So, YOU are the great Lone Ranger… In honor of the Harvest Festival, YOU will be executed in three days.”
“Before I kill you, I grant you three requests. What is your FIRST request???”
The Lone Ranger responds, “I’d like to speak to my horse.”
The Chief nods and Silver is brought before the Lone Ranger who whispers in Silver’s ear, and the horse gallops away. Later that evening, Silver returns with a beautiful blonde woman on his back. As the Indian Chief watches, the blonde enters the Lone Ranger’s tent and spends the night.
The next morning the Indian Chief admits he’s impressed. “You have a very fine and loyal horse, but I will still kill you in two days. What is your SECOND request???”
The Lone Ranger again asks to speak to his horse.
Silver is brought to him, and he again whispers in the horse’s ear. As before, Silver takes off and disappears over the horizon. Later that evening, to the Chief’s surprise, Silver again returns, this time with a voluptuous brunette, more attractive than the blonde.
She enters the Lone Rangers tent and spends the night.
The following morning the Indian Chief is again impressed. “You are indeed a man of many talents, but I will still kill you tomorrow. What is your LAST request???”
The Lone Ranger responds, “I’d like to speak to my horse. Alone.” The Chief is curious, but he agrees, and Silver is brought to the Lone Ranger’s tent.
Once they’re alone, the Lone Ranger grabs Silver by both ears, Looks him square in the eye and says,
“Listen Very Carefully!!!! FOR… THE… LAST… TIME… I SAID…’ BRING POSSE'”
ok laters
The horse knew what it was doing. The Lone Ranger was a hun. Tonto was a Tim. Tonto sold The Lone Ranger that horse.
It will be the last thing we here from Hunchunky Green,” Hi Yo , Silver! Away! ” as the varnished Yorks. Lone Ranger heads back into the vastness of them moors with the bags stampe ‘sevco5088’ containing the loot he’s purloined from the bluenoses whose faces will turn purple on the realisation that the’ve been duped by the man who until a few weeks ago was a vile and hated cratur in the orcmind, and has transmuted himself into their radiant saviour, promising great glories from the superstar team, admittedly on t’drawingboard for now, the glittering piles of golden cash from the global 500,000,000 ( aye….that figger’s raht, duck) and regular appearances in quarter finals of European Champions League as the least they can expect once he gets the sfa to do his bidding and buy his magic beans.
Ra berrz can snuggle up to each other in their wee hovels heated by the fires of ignited flatulence emanating from Green’s every orifice as he further inflates the hun ego until the time is right for him to burst it once he has the cash for Ticketus siphoned off, nets himself a fine trousering, then sets about liquidating all the big assets he got at a knockdown price and the latest hun disaster will be all so apparent. ” Hi Yo Silver! Away, “
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So it Was.. Hartlepool..
De Olde Memory strikes Again.. That’s why l don’t Get into Arguments online.. (There is Always a Artsmarse Lurkin).. If that was in the Pub l would have Got away with it.. Unless a Artsmarse googled it..;0)
Summa of MemoriesOfaSmurfCSC
Morning bhoys from a dark West Lothian.
Long time lurker, here in Los Angeles . Very, very, proud of this young team right now and hope we can keep most of them together for a few years.
Want to thank all of you who turned me on to Breaking Bad.On your advice I bought season 1, and in the past two weeks , wife and I have watched season 1, 2 and 3 . Season 4 will be watched in the next few days…and season 5 is in progress on HBO…
Brilliant show
Hump the Hertz on Sunday :-)
Sally, for the sake of Scottish football,
-let’s not bury our heads in the sand;
-let’s not turn a blind eye to all the crimes of a vast array of people all associated with the late RFCia;
-let’s not allow said crimes to go for yet another generation;
-let’s not undermine the game even further.
For the sake of Scottish football we need to expose all of the corruption to the full glare of the public eye. If the game is cleansed of all the virulent pus at it’s core, it might just recover and grow stronger. If this is not done, the game will certainly wither and die.
If anyone at the heart of the Crooks FC had even once just acknowledged their guilt then a plead for clemency might work.
Instead we have had months of vitriolic bile and poison, venomous death threats against anyone and everyone that dares say a word against you; and promises of revenge against everyone when you are back on your feet again etc…
Not once have we heard them admit their guilt.
So Moisty, I suggest, for sake of Scottish Society in general, not just football, let’s hear an admission of guilt, some heartfelt remorse and a plea for forgiveness.
If that had been done 8 months ago, perhaps your precious club would still be in the SPL.
But no, you continually blame everything on a conspiracy against RFCia. You still argue that you and yours have done nothing wrong.
That is why almost no-one has any sympathy for you and the rest of the Sevconians.
And by the way, if you think that bull from DD was heartfelt, you are even more stupid than most of us take you for – and that take some doing.
Heh heh heh :))))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Ta8ekk9k8&feature=g-upl
Top of the morning to you all from a cloudless and still Fife where the sun is just peeking over the horizon.
I was amused by the Herald report entitled “McCoist wants resolution to dispute with SFA”, it states:
On Monday, the SFA president Campbell Ogilvie hinted that he would like to meet Green to begin the reconciliation process and McCoist is keen for talks to take place. He said: “We want to get on with it. For the betterment of Scottish football, there has to be dialogue between the SFA and a club like ourselves. Of course there has to be.
“We have to appreciate that our views will be different on certain matters but also that we respect each other’s position. We have to get back on better terms because the relationship between the two bodies has been far from ideal. Charles is 100% right in that respect.
“I have known Campbell [Ogilvie] for a long time. His father was here as the club doctor and Campbell is a good man. He has been in a bit of an unfortunate and uncomfortable position in many ways and I can appreciate that.
“But I know Campbell well and the one thing he would want, as we all do, is for relationships between the two bodies to be better.”
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So the stout manager wants to chat with the slippery administrator. What about I wonder?
How do we explain our EBTs?
Can we get a bigger shredder for the documentation?
Can we build in a technical flaw in the Nimmo-Smith panel’s decision?
I want to send fan mail to FF wishing him all the best with England- never have before, anybody done it ?. is it just FF c/o Celtic Park……
Good morning friends from a beautiful cloudless and even breeze-free East Kilbride. Couldn’t be better for my weekly ParkRun. But first, breakfast and a scroll back…
Jobo
Good morning fellow Celts, clear blue skies over West Renfrewshire
Really looking forward to watching the Bhoys receiving a huge ovation from a big crowd on Sunday, and then dishing out a right good spanking to Hertz
Hopefully Lenny will play his strongest team and also give us another look at the new forwards later on the game.
Trio of new long-term deals for Chic, Jamesy and Adam is great news and hopefully vic67 and a few others announced soon.
Always good to be a Celt- we’re in the vicinity of a Golden Era!
Off to Scotland so you will have the blog to yourselves for international fortnight!
Hoping to see one or two posters tonight,though HT may look at the guest list,think it looks like a good night and send me elsewhere so as not to ruin it…..
Have fun,all.
Miki67, The very first thing you did was blacken the current regime when this actually happened on Gordon Brown’s watch. I feel uncomfortable bringing politics into it in correcting you. I’m sure there are tens of thousands of people working to ensure this sort of tradgedy doesn’t happen. The remarkable thing is that so many are saved or have their life improved, not that some slip through the net.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS 08:00:
Hopefully see you tonight.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Morning,
Naismith banned for 2 matches. I hope Commons tells them to ram it.
Chuck stating they will let a sponsor rename ibrokes. Fat Sallly saying fans will be consulted. Sorry Sally, but the new owners will do what they want with their stadium. And by new owners I aint talking Sevco…
Morning all!
Thinking back to Tuesday’s game there was something that puzzled me – Spartak wore shirts with their sponsor’s name on it, whereas we did not.
As far as I am aware the national association of the club involved has to give permission to display the sponsor’s name, with a final decision ratified by UEFA. Could it have something to do with the fact that our shirt sponsorship deal is with a brewery – and that Heineken are one of the official sponsors of the CL?
I don’t know.
Anyway roll on Sunday for some proper fitba’!
HH!!
BMCUW
Bon voyage buddy!
Enjoy tonight!
See you in a couple of weeks, hopefully!
HH!!
Morning all.
Just reading the link at the top of the page for the Neil interview in the Hootsman.
Take away Neil’s comments and the writer has managed to put a negative slant in practically every sentence.
Their hurting is there for all to see.
Tee hee.
Fortunes Favour Mibbes @ 6.57 (above) – a brilliant link!
Jobo
Maggie McGill
“you are referring to your desire to come back as general woundwort and partake in the refection you so desire.”
If you google the word “refection” you will find, in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, there’s an interesting medical definition. Was that the meaning intended? :-)
SFTB – hey, I’m still finishing my breakfast here ;-)
Morning All
WeeOscar is getting on board a plane right now to start his treatment in Philidelphia USA!
This is just the beginning for him!
Look out for news about the Race Night on 17th Nov We still have a long way to go!
My mother in law whilst watching my weans left me a catalog which she bought! for 50p from a certain sports shop yesterday, out of touch or what.
My blue bin weighs heavy this morning.
The “capri sun” stadio?
I pray that all goes well
for weeOscar….
Go an’ yerself weeman …
Happy Celticing
ASonOfDan
08:10 on 6 October, 2012
Morning,
Naismith banned for 2 matches. I hope Commons tells them to ram it.
Exactly my sentiments.
The dill is gone anyway.
BMCUW
Morning, think I’ve rounded up a few torags for a couple of beers this evening.
Safe journey.
In the market for a new camera, ideally small-ish to stick in my pocket. I understand one of the main comparison features should be its level of ‘optical zoom’. My current camera has only 3 X optical zoom although otherwise it’s great.
off to Spain next weekend so any suggestions before then would be greatly appreciated.
Why subscribe to ‘Which?’ when you have CQN!
Off to my ParkRun but will catch replies (I hope) in a wee while.
Jobo
southside
08:22 on
6 October, 2012
Absolutely, they are all hurting big time but, guess what, there’s much more to come….
Hail Hail Oscar all the best
Minx
how can you type using a microphone?
Jobo Baldie
08:50 on
6 October, 2012
Have a look at this…
http://www.comet.co.uk/p/All-Digital-Cameras/buy-CANON-PSHOT-A4000-SIL-All-Digital-Camera/795038
jobo
i know hehaw about cameras and such things but i bought this second hand for £90 during the summer…………
http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/canon_powershot_sx210_is_review/
absolute brilliant camera!
friends and family who know about these things concur!
worth a look check it out amigo.
it will be with me, as usual , at the game on sunday.