Enormous congratulations to Georgios Samaras, Celtic’s Player of the Year, 2012-13. Scoring in five consecutive Champions League away games this season was a remarkable feat. His last minute winner in Moscow was a seismic moment in our progress in that tournament. Georgios is a player who thrives on positive reinforcement but endures negative sentiment without hiding. No wonder all his managers have valued him so highly.
I was also delighted Fraser Forster won the Players’ Player of the Year award. His performances against Barcelona were nothing short of incredible. It should surprise no one that Victor Wanyama and Kelvin Wilson received a large number of votes for the Players’ Player award. Kelvin will play for England if he continues to perform at the level he has this year. Victor was a genuine contender for all awards, including goal of the year, but was honoured only as the Young Player of the Year, reminding us all that his is gifted beyond his years.
I was referred in the direction of yesterday’s Sunday Mail online story about Rangers International FC’s finance director, Brian Stockbridge, showing a reporter the “deeds”, made eloquently famous by John Brown. Stockbridge used the deeds of Ibrox, Murray Park and the Albion car park to “prove Craig Whyte is on a loser”.
Craig Whyte’s current actions against the newco club and his report to the Serious Fraud Office are based on the belief that RIFC inappropriately took possession of Rangers assets, including Ibrox, when the club were liquidated last year. Proving RIFC have the deeds is no defence against Whyte’s claims, in fact, this merely establishes the premise of his point.
Despite discussing these matters with a reporter Mr Stockbridge made no comment on how Sevco Scotland Ltd (since renamed as The Rangers Football Club Ltd), acquired the entitlement to the assets which Sevco 5088 Ltd had an irrevocable agreement to buy after paying an exclusivity fee.
This interview contrasted with Scotland on Sunday’s interview with former oldco Rangers director, Paul Murray, who without a whiff of irony said, “Whoever is involved going forward has to look after the club’s interests first and their own interests second. You are a custodian of the assets and you’re passing it through the generations. That’s your role.”
Well done as a custodian, Mr Murray. I wouldn’t let you be custodian to corner flag (memories of Dougal from Fr Ted on corner flag-watching duty). He also suggests the club “should also get back to some of the values that were there under Bill Struth and William Wilton”. “Some of the values”, do you think he means that most distinct value? I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt, but why on earth could he not chose an inspiring custodian from a period when oldco was not blighted by their controversial employment policy? There must be someone. Surely?
Murray does, however, nail several issues in his interview. “You have Charles Green who said he had no involvement with Craig Whyte and that was patently not correct.
“The problem is that when you get found out on these things you then start to question other things. And one of the most important things in all of this is the SFA. The SFA sought very direct and specific assurances that Whyte was not involved and Charles Green gave them those assurances and I’m not sure that was actually correct.
“If Charles Green had a set of documents that proved that Whyte is lying then this thing would have been put to bed in two minutes, but it was then discovered that what Whyte was saying was broadly true.
“I’m not saying he does, but say Whyte owns the assets but on the other side he’s just lost a multi-million pound claim to Ticketus. Are we saying that Ticketus would then own the assets by default? And if they own the assets they’ll want to be paid in order to give the assets back to Rangers, but how will the club do that bearing in mind that it had an IPO [Initial Public Offering of shares] that is potentially not valid?
“It was then discovered that what Whyte was saying was broadly true” is perhaps the most significant understatement I’ve heard in years. The moment Pinsent Masons report will be a watershed.
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dixiedeans
As long as they are left in no doubt that they are a new team , who we have never played before .
Your not R*****s anymore will do for starters :-)))
Could be kids not could he lol
Sky News reporting a Russian passenger plane flying above Syria has had rockets fired at it…..
From twitter.
Kenny McIntyre just had an involuntary org*** over Tom English hinting at SPL2 incl. Sevco. They don’t even hide it any more @bbcsportsound
charles kickham 18:32 on 29 April, 2013
anyone notice higdon flicking a vicky to the celtic fans when he scored the penalty yesterday
I was in the Main St. yesterday, and Higdon took some pelters from a small group of fans near the front. They were pointing out his lack of slimness to him whilst questioning his parentage!
He made a couple of gestures then, and when he scored these were the fans to whom he gestured.
I hope no Celtic fan took any offence to it because he was only dishing out what he received.
But if it was a Celtic player, he’d be in jail just now.
SPF
Edjicatin’ Iberian Troglodytes
Dearie, dearie me.
Saint Stivs
Have had a bad feeling about the game tonight since this morning.
Received a couple of texts from friends back home.
Zombies converging on Firhill from various locations in West Central Scotlandshire – and beyond.
Be careful out there anyone going.
HH!!
murdochauldandhay-was that ESPN’s Derek Rae ngers hosting the award night…
Anybody going tae Firhill….. stay safe
TSD
That reminds me. I need my injection.
CQN….”Always An Education”…
[Copyright T.E.T. 2010]
Just home…. a wee letter from the ticket office …. actually got a ticket for the cup final
Hallelujah hallelujah ;)
The zombies had no colours on. Ages early twenties. Only four to start but then joined with another dozen.
Casual clothing doesnt matter when your Arms are falling off you smell and your not so handsome.
ScotPatsFan
18:50 on 29 April, 2013
thanks for the explanation – wondered why it wasn’t all over the Scottish news tonight
but then again – why would it be?
Fourgreenfields
The old Birmingham city fans favouriite ‘Who are you ?’ Would be a better chant. :-))
Joe McHugh @videocelts 23s
Smoke bombs and flares from the Sevco support could delay the kick off tonight.
Well done jinkster
Your own ticket? 8-))
zombies causing trouble? who’d have thunk it!??
The Boy Jinky
I’ll refer you to my post 18.02
Rumours if trouble already anyone confirm?
bada bing
Sorry don’t know who it was I just had it posted to me on FB
BT
Pmsl
Fair enough.
But what’s to say I don’t know about Dr Morrell ?
Need to try harder to educate this Tim.
Weel kent CQN’r
charles kickham
18:59 on
29 April, 2013
Joe McHugh @videocelts 23s
Smoke bombs and flares from the Sevco support could delay the kick off tonight.
Its the biggest game of their season. An U17 game v Us.
From twitter.
Anyone who says they miss these cretins from our league please have a word with yourself. I’ll never miss this bile. We’re better than that.
Live from Firhill http://t.co/MfZbcr7Alz
Clowns
http://t.co/XrOxTQqa8r
Just remember though we’re as bad as each other (NOT)
gillian i scream
That will do as well .
I would rather the Celtic support didn’t turn up in any significant numbers tonight because the MSM will use their attendance to push the OF line .
HH
Trouble, smoke bombs and flares at an U17 game.
Does ANYONE honestly miss that horrible bile spewing mob?
Go on Celtic,
humiliate that mob.
BobbyRussell
18:24 on
29 April, 2013
You’re mixing me up with one of your siblings ;-)
Hope you’re well auld yin!
Pre67
Great to have a chat with you without feeling like I was in Gulliver’s Travels ;-)
It is hilarious that a youth game has turned out to be the highlight of their season.
The Celtic team is the one that recently played in the Moscow tournament.
Sevconians were attacking pubs with Celtic fans in them before the game.
You have grown men on twitter saying they ‘chased’ young Celtic fans prior to ko.
10 police to guard a mob of circa 200 baying Sevconians.
Alex Salmond tried to save that mob remember.
Rangers are dead but the huns ain’t.
I hope we batter them.
Those supporters of that new team seem a bit rowdy. Probably just excited that their team is meeting the champions.
All day I’ve tried to tell myself this game didnt matter, if course it does,
Its a Cup Final.
It makes no odds its against a club in their first season, its there to be won.
Do it
Do it in style
Do it by scoring plenty.
The middle class drawing room bigots who liked to be associated with success have deserted Rangers and Sevco have made up the shortfall with the pond dwellers.
How anyone would ever want to see that mob at Celtic Park ever again beats me.
This is exactly why I wanted them dead and buried. Not even there or following it on twitter or via celtictv but the anger growing inside of me is something I don’t like.
Stay safe bhoys.
Penalty for Celtic