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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Greeninpinta
I love this blog to bits but dont you think you’ve taken it a wee bit too far..
“All in all this blog continues Setting the Standards”
The language in particular over the weekend (pre match) was appalling – all time low.
Auldheid
16:52 on 29 April, 2013
There was nothing in what English said to suggest that UEFA rejected the SFA’s view, nor would I expect UEFA to contradict a home association on such a controversial subject.
They’re getting away with it and Celtic are doing nothing to stop it happening.
Not enough tickets to go round for the Cup Final?
Oh, for the days of 134,000 Hampden (not counting the young yins and more than a few wee chancers getting lifted o’er).
The moon bhoys
Your like a dog with a bone. Let it go and move on kojo and std where on yesterday and there was little if any incident
Big George’s Fan Club
They simply don’t give a monkeys about fair allocation of tickets. If you’re quite happy to accept that, good on you. I’ve had my fill of being messed about.
blantyretim
Just like you bud, I’ll express my opinion as in when in accordance with our hosts rules, that is assuming you have no objection of course…
weeminger @ 16:54
Are you getting your buy / sell information from http://www.lse.co.uk/ by any chance?
That is London South East, not the London Stock Exchange. They guess whether it is a buy or sell based on price. (*Buys and Sells are calculated on the difference between the trade price and the current mid price. As such, they can occasionally be incorrect.)
Look at today’s trade at 16.07. They don’t say if it is a buy or sell because they were traded right between the bid and offer price.
I have no objection but I do not like it getting dragged up all the time you post.
It doesn’t help
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BT thats not true, my previous post was about tonight’s Celt v Celt match on Sky, but I get your drift.
Michael
17:24 on
29 April, 2013
No from Livecharts.co.uk but I suspect it’s a similar methodology, and actually it looks like it might not be very efficient at updating.
http://www.livecharts.co.uk/share_prices/sharetrades/RFC
The moon bhoys. Cool.
Oh aye but if you want to spend £200 + VAT there’s plenty available.
GTF
iPaddy McCourt
Celtic will get 20,000 tickets for Hampden, Hibs 20,000 and 12,000 will go to the hangers on. Anybody who attended the semi final and other home and away ties this year get a coefficient “rating” to be in the first group of people to be offered a ticket, simples.
I went to all home and away game in 2003 in the UEFA cup run but never got a ticket for Seville, went there but watched the game in a pub.
Someties shit happens, no need to fall out of love with Celtic because of that.
The semi final was poorly attended, did you go?
RobinBhoy
O.G Rafferty.
Any idea if anything will ever come out about Sir Minty ?
iPaddy McCourt
17:21 on
29 April, 2013
Big George’s Fan Club
Mate – sorry for snapping – sh!tty weekend (entirely of my own making).
I ran a supporter’s bus for a while, and have been at the other end of the argument – 6 tickets for Ibrox among 54 members. I suppose I was operating as an untrained volunteer, rather than a professional operation right enough, so Celtic should probably be better.
Please, though, don’t give up on the Celtic.
BGFC
hen1rik, 17:41
Your patience may be soon rewarded, sir
Weeminger
There are about 65 million shares in sevco. Today ~3,500 changed hands. That is less than 0.00006%.
As you, or someone else, said earlier the number of shares changing hands is insignificant.
Every now and again you see someone bailing out, shifting multiple thousands of shares. They probably accept a price less than the quoted offer price.
The general trend is south, and that is not surprising given the ability of ipox to generate good news since Jabba took control of managing the message.
Right Bhoys, I have just received 2 letters through the post offering me two tickets for the Scottish cup Final.
Since I am on an enforced self ban after witnessing the display against St Mirren, and the jinx ended with a win over Dundee Utd, I am dodging the final.
I have many friends who will snap up the tickets but would like to give any distant CQNer the chance to go to the final, someone who does not get to the games that often.
If anyone is interested please @mail through Paul.
Hail Hail
OG
Now that is teasing……….
Apparently it’s no longer the plain old ‘Glasgow Cup’, but the ‘City of Glasgow Cup’!
HH!!
palacio67
does dumbarton count?h.h
Palacio
Define “distant” ……does Lenzie count? :-)
o.g.rafferty
17:47 on 29 April, 2013
Cheers mate I was about to give up hope last week :)
Tommy yir a Chancer…. Like myself!! Lol
Hope the tickets go to a deserved home, and ill tell ye what that us a fantastic gesture
Well done pal67
Palacio67
17:51 on
29 April, 2013
That’s a really lovely gesture but wouldn’t it be better to give the ticket to someone more deserving eg has attended a large number of games but hasn’t received a CF ticket?
We have won Glasgow Cup 31 times.
How many have Sevco won????
HT
Would that be you?
If you’ve got a ticket for the CF and you go,
shame on you……..the SFA are corrupt,and
you deserve to go to hell…….the road to salvation
is to give your ticket away…….as I’m going to hell
any way, I’ll take your ticket and sin on my soul… it’s
the least I can do for my fellow Celtic fan’s…..please
no need to thank me.
tommysbhoy
17:57 on 29 April, 2013
palacio67
does dumbarton count?h.h
Only if it is Bellsmyre.
VP
Hee hee naw I’m sorted.
HT
I let the supporters do all the running about for me,then moan like fek
If they mess up…………so much easier.hh
valentinesday
18:02
Genuinely laughed out loud there.
Robinbhoy,
Absolute mince, I’m afraid. Guy who sits in same row as me who has not attended any Scottish cup ties this season has been offered a ticket for the final. This guy never ever gets kicked out of his seat for champions league games. I always do. No effort is made to apply fairness.
I couldn’t go to the semi final due to a family commitment but I took a ticket and gave it to someone else in the expectation that it would secure a cup final ticket. As I say, they just don’t give a toss.
HT
Supporters club of course :0)
VP -Did you 2 “lightweights”go home on Saturday via the Vogue?