Malcolm Murray, the newly appointed chairman of the Newco club Charles Green hopes to establish, yesterday entertained us with his comments on punishments served on a football team suspected of cheating you for over a decade. He said:
“We’ve had giant punishments already – a European ban, a 10-point deduction, the emotional trauma everyone has suffered. I think, for the good of Scottish football, it’s much better Rangers in the SPL.”
There has been no European ban. Newco will not be eligible for European competition because it is a Newco and Uefa requires three years accounts from participating clubs. They are simply not eligible, they have not and will not achieve the qualification criteria for European football for three years.
The 10-point penalty imposed on Rangers last season for seeking protection from creditors by going into administration is hardly a “giant” punishment. It changed nothing. Rangers were second in the league when it was imposed and remained so. They released no players and went on to defeat Motherwell twice, ensuring they finished the league in second place, earning £900k in additional prize money.
As a punishment, it is the equivalent of banning Ally McCoist from this year’s 100m Olympic competition. Pointless.
Which leaves us with “the emotional trauma everyone has suffered”. Compared to the emotional trauma suffered by Dundee, Motherwell, Gretna, Third Lanark fans, recent events have been nothing more than a focus for some robust rallying calls.
Don’t even start me on the emotional cost of losing the league in 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2011, all to a team of cheats. How do you measure that? Think back to each day we lost those titles and tell me how you felt about them then and how you feel now, knowing you were cheated.
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Evening bhoys, very warm, but as ever hun free.
Twas a very interesting couple of games tonight, shocked that Greece went through, feel for Zbyszek, but Poland were just not good enough.
Not been on the blog too much the past week or so, did I here right that the sfa are going to merge the sol and the sfl ????
I wonder what the outcome will be if true, a menagere of numpties no doubt.
Was Dick
sol = spl
Had too much of the sol btw, a wee bit rain would be good………
As we all know Samaras sometimes looks like a pub player to the uneducated eye but he will be a very valuable member of the squad when playing in Europe.
starry plough on 16 June, 2012 at 21:44 said:
Gaun the Sammi…
Didn’t see the game how did the Big Samster play??
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Starry mo chara… long time etc etc
Any recent mixes ?
TET
Get yer arse over here then
Pissing for two days
Ok, let’s talk about better things.
Ireland support. I think UEFA and FIFA must decide Ireland not play qualifications, they go through to every tournament. We need them without that circus. I can’t imagine WC or EC witout them.
Timgreen
is your first name really Charles?
Darryl Broadfoot On Monday Salvation for the Old Firm May Well Lie On Their Own Doorstep
The Herald › October 12, 2009
Doncaster is intent on making a difference as chief executive of the Scottish Premier League, he should make haste in ordering a price cap on tickets to the dated old show and head the Old Firm off at the pass. This is merely the first, but arguably most important, step towards the fundamental change needed to rejuvenate a stagnant competition. The steady erosion of entertainment value from top to bottom has exhausted the loyalty of even the most ardent football follower and reopened the hoary old debate on the Old Firm flitting to England. Scottish football is approaching critical mass and nobody seems capable of finding a solution. It is the humble fan, not the mighty club or the Bosman-friendly footballer, who now wields the greatest power in the game. In their tens of thousands, they are voting with their feet and with their remote controls
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By Jim Spence BBC Sport
The Scottish FA aims to push through a merger of the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League in time for the start of the new season.
The governing body also wants to introduce a fairer system of income distribution and a pyramid system.
One SFA source told BBC Scotland: “We are at a situation of critical mass.
“Someone has to take a lead and sort out the internal bickering and point scoring and also to ensure that the Rangers situation never happens again.”
With Rangers destined for liquidation, a new company will submit a bid to join the SPL in time for next season since there are no regulations in place to cover the issue of a ‘newco’ route.
Once that application is received top flight clubs must wait at least 14 days before voting on the matter.
Should a new Rangers fail to gain the necessary 8-4 vote, they could turn to the SFL and apply to fill any vacancy created by a team being promoted into the SPL to take the place of the old Rangers.
But the SFA has lost patience with the two league bodies and is now set to push through radical change in the way the Scottish game is structured by next season.
“We need to use the mood for change among supporters in the country to tackle the current inertia and do what is right for the game,” the source continued.
“Change has to be democratic, but the time for talking has passed. We need action now to save the game.”
It is understood that, over the next few weeks, the SFA, which is the body that licenses the clubs to play, will hold meetings with the SPL and the SFL to push through the changes it feels are needed.
The SFA wants to merge the two current league bodies, introduce a new method of wealth distribution and to reinvigorate the Third Division with the introduction of a pyramid system to allow new clubs entry to a national league set-up.
“There is complete anarchy going on,” the source continued. “Both sides are agreed on the need for fundamental change, but neither side has been able to build an alliance.
“The fans are demanding fundamental change. The Rangers situation has intensified the need for a resolution and, over the next few weeks, we will meet with the SPL and SFL to find a solution.”
Dunfermline, who were relegated from the SPL last season, could be the team to benefit if a new Rangers fails to win a place in the top division.
Pars chairman John Yorkston welcomed the idea of a SFA-driven merger, although he was sceptical about how quickly such a move could be realised.
“Someone needs to take the bull by the horns,” he told BBC Scotland.
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So why does Daryll Broadfoot talk to the BBC and cannot publish his name ?
HH
“There are too many governing bodies and this should have been done long before now.
“But whether or not it could be done before the start of the season I very much doubt.”
Timgreen
Leave the DICK for advoccat
Well done Sami, don’t even need to be playing for the hoops to get a hard time!
As for DA
Brought down the Huns now the Russians!
Je Suis on 16 June, 2012 at 22:17 said:
Funny you should say that, just mixed a soul set, will get it up on Mixcloud tomorrow, it’s the follow up to the Sisters mix..
As ever click on the user name!!
Where you been??
Lont time no see..
Above post loses much due to a lack of highlight HTML capability.
Pay close attention to the critical mass comments.
HH
Dick Advocaat will be liquidated by Russia shortly
Will come back as The Dick
Soal
Send it over here, watering the plants every night is a chore, a nice chore, but a chore all the same.
I will be back in Ireland soon enough, looking forward to wearing a jumper :>)))
TET
What is this watering the plants you talk about?
soal
It’s what we do when we’re pished and can’t be bothered going upstairs to the toilet!!
When the league fixtures are published, Rangers are officially still in administration. They will be liquidated at some point after that and will be unable to fulfill their fixtures.
Automatically forfeit the whole season? Or waive the rules?
Bmcd48
Dick Advocat is already liquidated. He asked to rise his wages twice. Rissian FA negotiated but finally told him: come on you Dick, we can’t accept it, you are free after Euro, unless you win it.
I’m pleased Russia are out. I’m told their ‘This is Russia’ banner was offensive to Poland. I thought it meant ” we are Russia” but no. Huns trying to offend their hosts.
Z I am sorry your country did not qualify. I am happy that Russia did not qualify for the offence they caused your people. And my hero Artur Boruc.
HT
Speak for yourself
My plants need more heat if you catch my drift
As i grow Cactus plants
soal
Ahh now I see why you get on so well with awe naw!!
Read something earlier along the lines of: Their previous name by all accounts (irony!) was The Rangers Football Club plc, now it’s The Rangers Football Club. The ‘plc’ was dropped, ‘the’ wasn’t added. Anyone confirm or otherwise?
Paul Larkins try at floating the Idea of Audio books after speaking to a fan who was blind,superb idea and a good 30min listen when you have time.
http://m.spreaker.com/page#!/user/homebhoys/from_albert_with_love_sample
Bloke109
Correct.
HT
All us songwriters have to stick together
ht
Cheers – as a company, not a football club of course.
starry plough on 16 June, 2012 at 22:22 said:
Haven’t been on for months as I’ve become one of the extremely lucky over 50’s who got them themselves a job after redundancy and even better has got a job with an office overlooking Paradise. Been missing your mixes so really pleased to see you still keeping them coming. Ann Peebles, Ester Phillips…. I know you got SOUL
Je Suis
Emusanorphan
The man (knight) on big banner “This is Russia” was Pozarski. He was Russian here of anti-Polish rebellion in 17th century. They killed many innocent Poles. Pozarski is also the symbol of their Neo Nazis.
‘Patriot Games’ just started on C4, never seen it is it worth watching?
SoAL
Just keeping them alive, even have to water thay cactus things, not much due/dew in the night, that’s what I get for having them in pots, I have half an acre of weeds, and not a drop of water I give them, but they grow like feck, someting wrong somewhere.
HT
Great film at least it will keep you of here for a few hours
watch it
Barry Norman CSC
Awe Naw
Use the word
strong and /strong rather than b and /b within parenthisis.
MWD
baldy dick is manager of psv next season, confirmed before tournament, saves russia now sacking him.
em and /em in parenthisis for italics
MWD
soal
Ok I’ll multi task, watch it and annoy the beejeesus out of you simultaneously!!
TET
WE ARE ALL HUN-FREE NOW……..AND IT’S A BRILLIANT FEELING
ht – better off with More 4 and “Kingdom of Heaven”, one of my all time favourite movies.
T4