It has been another busy news day but for now we’ll concentrate on the two most important matters.
10 SPL clubs, excluding Celtic and Rangers, have arranged to meet next week. This is the most significant news since Craig Whyte bought Rangers in May last year. One SPL chairman told the BBC:
“With the Old Firm having talked in the past about leaving Scottish football, we have had to think about a future without them.
“Part of that situation could be about to come true, so we have had time to think about how we would get on without them.”
The smaller 10 SPL clubs have a once-only opportunity to redraw the power and financial map in Scottish football. They want more of your money and this is their chance to get it. They also want to be able to vote crazy ideas into the league that benefit teams without many fans or good players.
This is perfectly understandable and expected. The distribution of TV income currently favours successful clubs, who are invariably featured most often. Smaller clubs want to change this into a more equitable distribution model. You and I will still buy the overwhelming majority of subscriptions, but our club will receive less cash from the TV deal.
“Part of that situation” refers to an SPL without Rangers. This meeting is likely to end Newco Rangers hopes of getting straight back into the SPL in their tracks. Without knowing the numbers in favour of a change, this looks like the killer blow, delivered before any proposition from Craig Whyte reaches the agenda.
We have discussed the need for Whyte to present a fait-accompli in order to get his wish. Having been unable to do that, others had the opportunity to organise and make alternative plans.
The other important occurrence today was the attendance at the Rolls Building courts in London today by HMRC lawyers, keen to secure any monies seized from Collyer Bristows’ client account last week. HMRC have made it perfectly clear they are all over Duff and Phelps and will seek court intervention to secure their rights.
This is significant.
You can make what you like about a more even distribution of SPL TV money, or the possibility of being held to ransom in future by bad teams who want to vote themselves out of relegation, but the only thing we know for sure is that this has been a profoundly bad day for Craig Whyte and anyone else hoping to phoenix a Newco Rangers.
In light of today‘s developments, Mr Whyte and the administrators have some thinking to do before announcing any plans tomorrow.
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Bilbao have been superb tonight. If not for de gea they’d be further in front.
tommytwiststommyturns on 8 March, 2012 at 21:25 said:
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That’s a belter of a post mate, did P write it for ye hmmmmm
:>)
V
cathach
England will be a complete no go unless & until financial delinquency makes the dominoes fall……
Port vale or portsmouths demise celtics passport???
They would take us …. Not both.
S S
Ta <o)
blantyretim on 8 March, 2012 at 21:39 said:
oglach
under new legislation that strip could be offensive because it reflects a flag….
well in Scotland it could be against the law
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I was going to suggest a slight mod I add an orange stripe going The orange stripe would be to honour Wym, Big PVH, Bobby P, JOVH and Reggi B :-)
everybody watching the last 7 minutes of the game??
Should read
I was going to suggest a slight mod add an orange stripe. The orange stripe would be to honour Wym, Big PVH, Bobby P, JOVH and Reggi B :-)
Trying to type and watch a game – not good at multi tasking
Thomthethim 21:10
Very Happy Birthday. Hope you are enjoying it.
EN
oglach
I wold have the ivory coast strip every day of the week…
orange with the green and white.. whats not to like…?
Billbao are brill!!
TTT
happy birthday old yin…..
Thinking of producing a charity album telling the current rangers story in song from the view point of their support at large! Done in a ‘Greek Tragedy’ style only without the Greek or the Tragedy!
Hey you,
I was having a Blue Monday
when along came the white knight, I thought he was The Real McCoy, said we
were all going on a Magic
Carpet Ride, he asked Are
We Gonna Go his way, said we could Take it Easy as we would Rule the World.
Next thing we know we are hearing about some Monkey Business, the
white knight assured us we were going to have Nothing But
A Good Time, and we had Something To
Believe In.
The white knight then told us to Get Ready For
This and Step On
and not believe the stories of Fools Gold.
It turns out we were all Fools for Loving white
knight, you are Made of
Stone, we are Begging
You, so Try a Little
Tenderness as we deserve better.
Tis true there are no Angels, no Heroes, but I
have Heard Through The
Grapevine that all will end well despite the Warning, cause I am just
a Simple Man who doesn’t
want to think of all the Wasted Years.
I pray for the day When A
Stranger Comes to take me High Enough
once again.
I don’t want to Paint it Black so I think
I will have some Vanilla Ice
Cream and Jelly.
Vaultbhoy
jude
you are scouring the barrel now…
Blan tim
Whats not to like?? Winker Bougie wears it.
blantyretim on 8 March, 2012 at 21:46 said:
oglach
I wold have the ivory coast strip every day of the week…
orange with the green and white.. whats not to like…?
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Ok, Bilbao type kit 3rd choice – international strip.
Actually i prefer the old Ivory Coast away kit -green and white hoops but i think we have one of those already :-)
Little belter from facebook:
“all you septic fans listen to these words as they are so meaningful:
I would rather die with our history
Than live with yours
No Surrender”
And that just about sums them up!
HH
neveralone,
when Hector take the EBT decision down to england, I think you’ll find the dominos will start to fall :o)
If Craig Whyte was the answer – what was the question?
Virtual beer for the best reply……………………
hoooops
sad utd
woops 3-1 Bilbao
1-3 brill!!!!!
Bilbao 3-1 up brilliant
BEAUUUUUUUUUUUUTTTTY
bt
Scouring the barrel??
This is a vital point in the career of Swallex Ferguson.
He with his expensive solid teams cannot cope with Spanish fast thinking pressing modern footballl, his time is over, tonight v the 5th team in the Primera División proved that
English football and Ferguson are finished..
Good bye swalex, you are the last link to Jock Stein, you did well trying to get to your Hero’s level.
Vmhan – how did ye guess?! Cheeky auld bam!
3-1 Bilbao….oh fuwious!! :-)
TTTT
twists n turns on 8 March, 2012 at 21:50 said:
If Craig Whyte was the answer – what was the question?
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Who’s stuttering Boab in the corner?
twists n turns on 8 March, 2012 at 21:50 said:
Who is our Hero?
Karma
Man Utd lose ball as Evra played ball without boot on.
Bilbao run up park score.
Man Utd raging as say Bilbao player should have given ball back.
lol!
boorocks pen to Manure utd
Who’s Tommy on the phone to?
traditionalist88 on 8 March, 2012 at 21:49 said:
I’d rather die with that history
and “meaningful”?
ehhh…. naw
Levein is a Mason and this explains his defence of Alistair.
Probably explains how he got the gig with the S.F.A. and didn’t have to pay the £5,000 fine as well.
jude
brillo pad.. scourer..it was funny in my wee mind… o))
Latest from D+P –
CW doesn’t have secured creditor status?
Not sure why they are highlighting it.
My thoughts are that LBG still hold the floating charge against the TFOD.
All they did was write in CW as the ultimate beneficiary of said charge.
If Craig Whyte was the answer – what was the question?
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who is known by the alias Craig White ?
JimmyQuinnsBits
Tell me about it. Its about as meaningful as they can muster after weeks in administration!
HH