Have you ever seen a ‘Rangers’ director pushed by a journalist on a question he dodged before yesterday? It’s never happened. STV’s Peter Smith did something no journalist in the history of Scottish football has done before, pressed a question when the man in charge at Ibrox dodged the initial inquiry. Smith dismissed the deserved praise that came his way last night by suggesting it’s what a journalist does. True, but refreshing nonetheless.
I was reminded last night that Green’s examination by the old media has come earlier in his journey to the bottom that Craig Whyte’s did last season. Whyte was being backed by some, let’s call them enablers, right up until the week before Rangers went into administration. Unfortunately for Green some in the media, and perhaps a few in the support, were embarrassed by their backing of Whyte last year and will not repeat the mistake.
Apart from the aforementioned Green, I have only ever known one person to use the word “darkie” (I missed 1970s ‘comedians’). He was born in the first years of the 20th century, too young for the first war and too old to be conscripted for the second. Well into his 90s, I heard him say “there are a lot of darkies on TV these days”. He was reprimanded and immediately realised what he had done. An apology and a period of over-compensation followed.
It falls to SFA president Campbell Ogilvie to ensure that such language has no place in Scottish football. Disciplinary proceedings should be issued, unless, of course, the SFA view the matter in a different light. Any future appearance of a Charles Green image on a banner or effigy at Celtic Park, or use of the words ‘Our New Hero’ to describe him, should not be regarded as an endorsement of his views, only his work in football.
Celtic minstrels will write songs about him, I have heard the words “man-love” being used this week.
Will Newco stay active long enough for Craig Whyte’s security over Ibrox, crystallised by yesterday’s ruling that he owes Ticketus circa £17m and therefore had a piece of the action at Rangers after all, to have an effect? There are so many icebergs around Newco probably not.
It was interesting to hear Manchester United’s endorsement of Newco as a potential English Premier League club being debated on STV. Now out of Europe, Manchester United were asked if they would play a fundraiser at Ibrox later this month. I hope Green’s comments on the interview don’t spoil relations.
I was pleased to hear we were drawn at home for the next game but for pity’s sake, sending Motherwell to Tannadice the day before defeats the point. This is a complete failure.
Add this to the fact that Fraser Forster’s biggest fan is making his First Holy Communion when we are at home to St Johnstone on 11 May and you get a taste of the frustration in our house last night.
He realises the importance of his First Communion but thought we could cancel the party afterwards and have an alternative celebration at Celtic Park. We’ll distract him on the day…..
As many of you are already aware, the Celtic Trust have arranged a process whereby, if you live in Scotland, you can easily contact your MSP to back the FAC call for an inquiry into policing at the Gallowgate last month. You can find the information and template here, go do it.
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Tim Tanium
Charlie used both expressions just to prove he was a straight talking Yorkshireman unafraid of PC, a phrase used almost unreservedly by people who strain at their prejudices being stifled.
How long before…
“You’re not Sevco anymore”
rings round the grounds of the South of Scotland League?
OK, that’s a wee bit fanciful given that the SoS League has membership criteria that are actually applied to applicant clubs, but you get the drift.
There are so many ways that the Sevco sauce might split in the coming months that it is impossible to predict what lies ahead, but the following seems to be accepted fact:
Craig Whyte appointed Duff & Phelps as Administrators with a £500,000 brief to achieve an exit from administration within 3 weeks, thereafter handing back the business debt-free to Craig Whyte – a so-called ‘pre-pack’ deal.
Matters became complicated very quickly, and the pre-pack failed, causing the Administrators to seek an alternative exit route – a CVA.
Green and Ahmad agreed to act as front men for Craig Whyte’s Sevco 5088 CVA vehicle – the old ‘Switcheroo’ – and were provided with considerable financial backing by Whyte for the enterprise.
Sevco 5088 were named ‘preferred bidder’ by D&P once D&P had received the non-refundable deposit that was paid in large part by the funds provided by Craig Whyte for the purpose.
Duff and Phelps thereafter gave Sevco 5088 an irrevocable undertaking to sell the assets of RFC plc to Sevco 5088 in the event that a CVA failed.
A CVA failed.
Doubt remains as to whether Sevco 5088 purchased the assets as agreed, or whether Duff & Phelps revoked the irrevocable undertaking and instead sold the assets to Sevco Scotland, an unrelated business.
D&P’s reports prior to the sale state clearly that 5088 was the exclusive contracting party, while their reports following the sale state that the assets were sold to Sevco Scotland.
‘Rangers’ website in June stated, that ‘for the avoidance of doubt’ the assets were bought by 5088 and thereafter transfered to Sevco Scotland.
Sevco Scotland Ltd is now called The Rangers Football Club Ltd, the assets of which were subsequently transferred to Rangers International plc, which was thereafter floated on the AIM.
A significant value of the cash invested in the Sevco Scotland business will have been spent by the end of this season to support the trading losses incurred business.
If the former occured – D&P sold the assets to 5088 – and Green immediately transferred the assets from Whyte’s 5088 company to Green/Ahmad’s Sevco Scotland company, Whyte might very well have been stung.
If the latter occured – D&P revoked the agreement to sell to 5088 – then Whyte has a claim against them, and D&P are in a bit of poo with all manner of authorities, from Lord Hodge, to BDO to the IPA and others.
Either way, the sale of the assets is challengable by Whyte and the RFC plc Liquidators BDO. Either/both/neither may elect to challenge the sale.
The risk in such a scenario is that Sevco Scotland, as was, may be deemed not to have title to the assets of the business after all, thus somewhat scunnering (!) the many who invested so many millions of pounds into the metamorphosing enterprise that was once called Sevco Scotland Ltd.
Additionally, the security over the assets, formerly held by Craig Whyte’s Rangers FC Group Ltd, will come back into play.
Thus, from what we know today, there might very well be a bun fight involving:
The Liquidators acting for the creditors of RFC plc; Craig Whyte’s Rangers FC Group Ltd; Green/Ahmad as individuals; the original Sevco 5088 investors; the original Sevco Scotland investors; the holders of ‘placed shares’ in Rangers International plc; and myriad small investors who subscribed to the IPO in December.
We’re gonna need considerably bigger buns.
Don’t no what happened there :-((
Stuart Dougal predictably wheeled out on SSN to tell all and sundry Scottish MIBs are marvellous.
garygillespieshamstring
13:30 on 10 April, 2013
Son of dan
Certainly were. I saw several vans loaded with cops around the cathedral after the st Patrick mass that day. It would have been around quarter to one.
Maybe they were all at Mass !!!!!!!!!
Hail Hail
And there’s more ——
” there were 4 Europa League games last week —– one of those games was given to Scottish Officials / there were 4 Champions League games this week and one of those games was given to Scottish Officials . That suggests that UEFA think Scottish Officials are good but the evidence suggests that the extreme opposite is true. Why?”
Maltese Radio fitba pundit -10 /4 /2014
Son of Dan, it’s bein emailed by pony express………….
Bma
The Compliance Officer has issued the following Notice of Complaint:
Alleged Party in Breach: Charles Green (Rangers FC)
Date: On or around 6th April 2013
Disciplinary Rule(s) allegedly breached:
(1) Disciplinary Rule 66 (Bringing the game into disrepute by making comments in a media interview of an offensive and racist nature); and
(2) Disciplinary Rule 71 (Not acting in the best interests of Association Football by making comments in a media interview of an offensive and racist nature.)
Principal Hearing Date: Thursday, 25th April 2013
Mr Green has until Wednesday, 17th April 2013 to respond to the Notice of Complaint.
Rule 66: No recognised football body, club, official, Team Official or other member of Team Staff, player, referee, or other person under the jurisdiction of the Scottish FA shall bring the game into disrepute.
Rule 71: A recognised football body, club, official, Team Official, other member of Team Staff, player or other person under the jurisdiction of the Scottish FA shall, at all times, act in the best interests of Association Football. Furthermore such person or body shall not act in any manner which is improper or use any one, or a combination of, violent conduct, serious foul play, threatening, abusive or indecent or insulting words or behaviour.
STV Sport @STVSport 4m Rangers chief executive Charles Green charged by SFA over ‘racist’ comments http://bit.ly/14WYWRx
Crazy Chuck charged by SFA with comments of a ‘racist + offensive nature’.
garygillespieshamstring
13:30 on
10 April, 2013
Son of dan
Certainly were. I saw several vans loaded with cops around the cathedral after the st Patrick mass that day. It would have been around quarter to one.
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Were they not pre-positioned for an earlier “un-authorised” march?………An “un-authorised” march which they allowed to proceed whilst simply observing?
Barcabhoy,
Great post. I am astounded of forehead as to how Murray appears to have escaped the bulk of the criticism.
Árd Macha
dontbrattbakkinanger
12:54 on
10 April, 2013
Whither the cash strapped scrofulous hillbillies the day?
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Up to their knees in bio-hazardous waste and CW’s coming round in a speedboat!
addysmarket
13:14 on
10 April, 2013
I received the following from my MSP today,
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I received identical reply from James Dornan MSP.
It was lucky that there were so many police just hanging around doing nothing and thus available as reinforcements.
I love the internet bampots who have hounded this horrible mob from day one and not let their acts of fraud and corruption go without comment.
God Bless you all and Hail! Hail!
ten men won the league
13:46 on
10 April, 2013
Crazy Chuck charged by SFA with comments of a ‘racist + offensive nature.
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Subsequently cleared as he gained no sporting advantage!
So Craigy submits D&P as HIS prefered Administrator and is confirmed by the judge.The same D&P whos job is to get the best deal for the creditors then reject better deals for creditors and confirm Green who works for whyte as prefered bidder.CV collapses and D&P run up operating costs of an additional 4.4 million ! Oh and top cap it all the guy who runs D&P was a buisness partner of Craigy in previous deals ! Creditors Shafted ! HMRC Shafted ! Government Shafted ! Taxpayer shafted ! And stupid stupid Hun media shafted ! No wonder Whyte took advice from the porn magnet fella! ! Looking like a new film premiere Chuckles Craigy does Dallas! ! oooooffffftttttt!
………I’ve said it before the currant panto routine isn’t a double-act…………..it’s a trio………
……………………but the third ‘member’ is unusually reticent about the limelight now……..
Wednesday 10 April 2013
by Douglas Beattie
Scottish sports comment: These are wild and unpredictable days for Scottish football. Has there ever been a time like it? Rangers — newly crowned as Division Three champions — seem haunted by their recent past while their chief executive Charles Green comes under fire from several directions.
Meanwhile as Celtic stand on the verge of another SPL title their fans are in open revolt against the law of the land and those who seek to enforce it.
Their activism springs from genuine concern about civil liberties and is a world away from the inward-looking angst of Rangers supporters who must now truly wonder when they will see stability return to Govan.
Only a week ago in these same pages I wrote about Ibrox still being in “shakedown mode.” Nothing now surprises me, not even the re-emergence of pantomime villain Craig Whyte from the shadows.
Fanciful or not, the man who took Rangers into administration last summer is now claiming he still controls the club’s assets, having used Green as a front-man for the original Sevco 5088 “takeover.”
The whole thing may very well end up in a messy court case, with Green denying Whyte’s accusations and describing him as someone “trying to destabilise the club he very nearly destroyed.”
Not that the current owner is doing much to enhance its battered reputation having used the terms “Paki” and “darkie” in a fairly astonishing newspaper article at the weekend.
No matter the context — Green was speaking about a long-standing friend and another individual he played football with — it is quite impossible to defend what Show Racism the Red Card rightly saw as “racist and offensive language.”
At any other club in the land there would be endless tough questions heading Green’s way on both issues and indeed I sincerely hope that will be the case.
The man to provide them may well be Ally McCoist, who seems to be running out of patience with Green. McCoist remains a lightning rod for the fans and has said he will speak to the Yorkshireman about his dealings with Whyte.
Yet for my money the Gers’ support remains all too trusting and deferential towards authority figures. That is something they can ill afford at the present time, nor should they rely solely on McCoist in seeking answers.
They will not like the suggestion, but there is much they could learn from their old adversaries in green and white who have never been slow to question power, be it in the Parkhead boardroom or elsewhere.
Principled action can change public policy just as it did in Glasgow’s George Square on Saturday when around 4,000 Celtic supporters staged a rally in protest against the provisions of the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act.
The Celtic umbrella group — Fans Against Criminalisation — claim the legislation is resulting in “heavy handed” police tactics, such as those which saw members of the Green Brigade ultras group arrested and “kettled” last month.
Ignoring requests from the council and the Strathclyde Force not to march to Parkhead from the Square, the supporters were met by a new softly-softly approach from officers.
A welcome development this may be, but let us be clear — it came about because ordinary fans acted, organised in numbers and refused to be cowed.
Yes, the legislation aims to outlaw sectarian chanting, but its powers are all too arbitrary and ill-defined, a point which in recent days prompted a sheriff in Dundee to dismiss the law as nothing more than “mince.”
Last Saturday’s protest sent a clear signal to Holyrood and I now expect ministers and police will reflect that it is possible to be sensible about the implementation of this particular law.
As for Rangers? Well, Mr Green would do very well to temper his language while making every effort to be transparent in all he does. That is the very least everyone of a Light Blue persuasion can expect.
Gilmour is going to look very foolish at his board meeting today…
Paddysmarket
My previous post omitted your initial letter and I am sorry for taking the P out of you
P.I. Paul @MTHForum 18m
Just heard through a colleague that a request for Bailiffs has been made re Ibrox & Murray Park
Rangers chief Charles Green charged by SFA over ‘racist’ comment
Ole Default Buns , of the considerably bigger variety.
Well if there is one thing we have learned today about Ticketus and Craiggy boy.
Its that Ticketus dont read CQN
HH
I know this won’t happen, but can I suggest that Celtic demand that any early kick-offs they are involved in be played on Saturday afternoons, at least?
Should this be added to the list of lies?
Green said: “There is no chance we would want Ally to leave the club.
“I want him to be here for the next 25 years.
“We would never let his contract finish.”
What in the name of Christ does “making his First Holy Communion” mean?
Sounds archaic.
Dontpatmadug
“Just heard through a colleague that a request for Bailiffs has been made re Ibrox & Murray Park”
Think you’ll find the request was for Baileys, steak bake and beans washed down by baileys is the regular lunch of pep mcoist
……….oh, oh…….
Che
13:58 on 10 April, 2013
Got to feel sorry for the best young 50yr old manager
in the country. It looks like he is not going to get his
10m for an assault on the 2cnd division.
I thought this was a p1ss take and then realised it was real. Turns out the guy plugging it is a major investor. 56000 every home game, must be putting them up on the roof…
Gervais Williams’ bargain stock-picks for 2013
The small cap expert says there are a number of “disgustingly cheap” companies available for those investors willing to break away from the crowd.
Rangers International Football Club
The manager is also a fan of Rangers FC, although he assures FE Trustnet this is only from an investment point of view…
He says Rangers has presented him with a particularly good opportunity because most investors categorise football clubs as bad investments.
“This is a very sceptical area for most institutions,” Williams explained. “People look at football clubs and say ‘you’ll never make money from them, they’re loss-makers’, but I think in this case they’re completely wrong.”
“Rangers has a market capitalisation of just £46m, which is pretty amazing when you consider that they’ve got £20m of cash on the balance sheet, have a huge stadium, training ground, car parks and barely any debt.”
“On top of this it has a massive fan base, with an average attendance of around 56,000, making it the fifth best-supported club in the UK. This is in spite of all the trouble it’s had in the last couple of years.”
Rangers went into administration in 2012 and was moments away from liquidation before businessman Charles Green stepped in and bought it.
“Rangers International Football Club” become the holding name for the group. Since then, the stock has lost 7.24 per cent.
Williams says there is great promise in the way the company is being run and sees its loyal fan base as its biggest asset.
“They’ve got in Puma as a kit supplier and Blackthorn Cider is also on their books now,” he said.
“Their fans have been incredibly loyal and with that support you can see them going back in to the premier division and maybe even an elite European league if that happens one day down the line.”
“I’ve already got a significant stake, but I’d like to buy more,” he added.
FE Alpha Manager Giles Hargreave is also an advocator of investing in football teams, and currently holds Rangers FC across his small cap portfolios.
Only one fund – Close Beacon Investment – holds Rangers in its top-10, although Cazenove, Artemis and L&G are all big shareholders across their range of funds.
mickbhoy1888
13:07 on
10 April, 2013
BMCUW
Nothing really to do with the ethos of the club I just ain’t forking out anymore money this season than I have too to watch the mince that is served up as scottish football
Glad to see you are getting home next month. Do your carers get to accompany you?
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Sadly,no.
Language barriers.
Kidding and joking aside,I wish you could rediscover your love for the club.
You are clearly a dyed-in-the-wool TIM,but so rarely have anything good to say about Celtic,or fellow Celtic fans.
Life’s too short to hold such views-get out there and enjoy each occasion,or I’ll invite you down to Swindon for a week.
Then you will truly understand having sod-all to look forward to at the end of the week,apart from its excellent rail links outa the place.
Remember,it was POSTMAN PLOD who was the miserable sod,so you have no excuse!
Why would the bailiffs be interested in a company with 500000000000 supporters world wide and a pot of £21m in the bank?
bankiebhoy1 13:52 on 10 April, 2013
Bang on!!!!!!
TBM
He might be a racist but at least he’s not a fascist. Or is he?
Poor Challs.
GREENJEDI 1313
Thanks,bud-that sounds about right.
I had high hopes for him when he joined the board based upon his time at GCC.
Hohum….
Nothing Changing for the GB…
The Thunder
@TheThunderZine
So are Scottish tourists routinely stopped and questioned on their return from Rome or is it only if they’re in the Green Brigade? #FAC