There has been an enormous amount of guff said and written during the last five months but last night’s statement by Inverness Caledonian Thistle chairman, Kenny Cameron, is surely is up there with the most bizarre.
“All clubs will now have to live with the repercussions of this decision. Scottish football was at a cross roads today in terms of what was on the table for all clubs regarding reorganisation, financial distribution and a road map that would have taken the game forward.
“But this has now been thrown in to disarray by this decision. This is a sad day for all clubs in Scotland.
“Certain clubs in the SFL have perceived the financial information they were receiving as a ‘big stick’ to beat them into accepting Newco in the First Division. This was definitely not the case, as far as I am concerned. What they were being told was the reality of the situation.
“We will be convening an emergency board meeting over the weekend to discuss the very serious financial implications for us as a club going forward.”
Instead of explaining to the people of Inverness that buying season tickets will prevent the club making non-football staff redundant he seems to be preparing the ground for significant cutbacks.
This is the reality for every club in the SPL and several in the SFL. Fans, including Inverness fans, demanded that a sporting element was retained in their game. Now they’ve gotten their way, Inverness and the rest should be putting out the clarion call for fans to buy tickets.
As football fans, this is our responsibility. 35 out of 42 clubs voted to reject Sevco into anything other than the bottom level of Scottish football. Now we must step forward.
P.S. You don’t really need me to tell you, but buy a season ticket now!
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Lennon n Mc….Mjallby on 14 July, 2012 at 12:33 said:
….a bloke who probably heard of breathing through the nose, but thought ‘why f***in’ risk it….?’
I watched White & Smith on ssn yesterday converse abt sevco d3 freefall. Im sure if they had been next to one another they wd have went into a big bubbly hug!!!
Thanks Stevebhoy, I cannot comprehend that the SPL chairman would allow them in, if they do they have let everyone down no matter which club you support.
“bluntly it is stick SPL2 where the sun don’t shine”
haha
go Annan !!
Regan and Doncaster will fight to the bitter end on behalf of Sevco. They will try again for an SPL vote as the SFL1 vote did not go to plan. Expect this on Monday.
If SPL vote is against , then they will go for reorganisation again. As Sevco will go under if they are a year out of football , they will try for 2012/13. This will create anarchy in the Scottish game. Regan and Doncaster are prepared to do this.
Regan and Doncaster should be sacked for damaging Scottish football to such an extent. Supporters of very club in Scotland including Sevco want them out.
After that we should amalgamate SFA/SPL/SFL and have men of substance and integrity (like Turnbull Hutton) run our game for the benefit off all.
Great statement from Annan Athletic.Respect to the “diddy”clubs as some like to call them.I would say they are small clubs ,with people of ” integrity” at the top.HH.
are there any clips of Whyte & Smith yesterday ?
jude2005
And more if the rumours about jw are legit.
Saint Stivs on 14 July, 2012 at 13:30 said:
The odd couple as they like to call themselves have been the BBC’S most erudite and insightful commentators on this whole farce
At 2pm we will have the so called fitba experts with the usual succulent lamb MSM hack to lie to the nation, with their pro Sevco agenda, the off button will be pressed
On the question of season ticket renewal a few random thoughts came to my mind ,I rarely post so forgive me my intrusion.
I was still in my teens,only just, but still in them when things started to change over Ibrox way and the big money started getting flashed around . At first I ignored it ,along with many others we thought it was a flash in the pan, it would all end once the English European ban ended anything they can do we can match and when we won the league and cup double in our Centenary Season I thought there you go Iknew it would be alright nothing to worry about.
Then the spending under Murray ramped up every time we thought we were in with a chance more money was spent to knock Celtic my club back down .Everywhere I turned back then in the late 80’s and most of the 90’s the huns were in their full triumphalist pomp rubbing their every success and our every failure in my/our face.
Keeping the faith was hard but I did it along with my friends for ten years from 88-98 we followed Celtic home and away sometimes praying for draw at home 6 of thse years were trophyless but we kept going .
When I thought things were dark they got darker in 94 we thought we could lose our club altogether , but our support rallied ,and of course Fergus came along but it was soul destroying for the longest time . Losing to Raith Rovers at Ibrox nearly finished me but that light inside me that is Celtic would never be extinguished.
And all through this was that horrible feeling that they maybe were better than us after all they could buy any player they wanted it seemed ,they had more money than Celtic how could this be why was it happening,of course now we know the truth but back then it was hell.
Summer of 98 was a bright spot we were Champions again and it felt goooooooood and then came John Barnes and Kenny Dalglish and ICT and it seemed we were back in the malestrom again.
The year 2000 and The Mon years start and our heads lift things start going our way we were in charge again but still over the city sneered we bought a player they bought two and for the next 12 seasons or so we were never totally clear of them ,and it became increasingly clearer why.
Stories on the internet started to firm up the paranoid conspiracies became fact .
They were cheating-dual contracts ,they were avoiding tax-EBT-they were over extended at the bank they were run by charlatans and wide boys they were defrauding the exchequer.
And now they’re liquidated in division 3 my season ticket as always was renewed the day it came through the door .MY CLUB CELTIC endured a helluva lot in the last 30 years they cheated us they ridiculed us and they tried to put us out of business . And if anybody thinks I’m going to walk away from my club just because no other team can come near us ……..well they can never have lived through the hard times ………I’m going to lap up every minute of it for as long as it lasts.
Thanks for letting me take up your time with my thoughts.
No matter the quality of the opposition CELTIC will always be my club my team and in my heart.
lionroars67 on 14 July, 2012 at 13:48 said:
Saint Stivs on 14 July, 2012 at 13:30 said:
i do like listening to Jim Spence as well, he calls it as he sees it.
near 10,000 to be at dundee derby today.
surely thats not allowed, i mean whats the point in them turning up with nae Rangers.
doomed i tell ye
It occurs to me that, if ICT are struggling to survive in the SPL, it might make a positive start to reconstruction if they offer to withdraw from the SPL for the season, thereby reducing it to ten teams and allowing other, more business-like clubs, such as DAFC or Dundee, to plan for expansion to (say) 16 teams the next season. That would allow a full season to plan which clubs want to be part of a league without Sevco, and to arrange television coverage by willing partners. My guess is that both ESPN and BT Vision would happily cover Scottish football, including lower divisions. Perhaps BBC Alba might expand their delayed transmission coverage and their Cup coverage for the current SFL clubs. Perhaps this type of initiative might allow a planned growth scenario which would, in the medium term, benefit such as ICT who don’t value SPL membership in these post-RFC days…
Messrs Reagan and Doncaster, I am available on a consultative basis.
HH
67 heaven @13:33
Bye Bye but before I go….a wee offer just exclusively for you
As I no longer plan my life roundabout the fixture calendar I shall be away in Monaco Rome Sicily Dubrovnik blah blah blah when we are away to Inverness and Ross County
Now if you want when the away ticket registration schemes come falling through my door I shall tick the boxes for said away tickets and if I am successful in the ballot you are kindly welcome to them
Feel free to contact me in the usual blog manner if you wish to take up the offer or wish to gift them to someone else
Ps if the tickets were for the big derby game against St Mirren you were onto plums they only go to my special friends or someone waving 10 £20s outside St Mirren Park
Saint Stivs on 14 July, 2012 at 13:52 said:
lionroars67 on 14 July, 2012 at 13:48 said:
Saint Stivs on 14 July, 2012 at 13:30 said:
i do like listening to Jim Spence as well, he calls it as he sees it.
near 10,000 to be at dundee derby today.
surely thats not allowed, i mean whats the point in them turning up with nae Rangers.
doomed i tell ye
Yes Spenny has been a class above i agree
Will the MSM cover the Dundee derby with the coverage it deserves putting a positive spin on scottish fitba?
Will be giving Clyde some entrance fees this season
Chanandler Bong on 14 July, 2012 at 13:48 said:
jude2005
And more if the rumours about jw are legit.
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Intrigued about rumour. Please share, Cheers
About 50 years ago plus the A O H from Coatbridge and surrounding areas had 2 or 3 parades and garden fetes every year to help the Xaverian Fathers build and establish the college at the Calder Park in Whifflet.
45 years ago the Shamrock Accordian band from Coatbridge led the Lisbon Lions round Celtic Park. Just saying like!!!
HaiL HaiL
Thats Teresa Finnigan and Sammy Marshall (now married) at the front.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhUwF5KPOUI
Sir Paul
So.. Everything ..went According tae Plan?
Right?
Nutsy, wiz right..as usual!
Celtic’s, Movers and Shakers deserve a Pat oan their Collective Backs!( And a wee Pat oan thur Collective Bahookeys..fur Luck. as weel..ed)( Hmmmmmmmm!)
They played thur Cairds , strictly,according tae Hoyle.. awright!
And.. jist like Nutsy, told ye..
“Turkeys Don’t vote fur Thanksgiving, here.. neether dae Gooses,or whitevah, in the U.K…. Vote fur Christmas… nor dae Scottish Provincial Clubs, vote fur the entrance intae thur League o’ a Strong and Over-Powering Rival! ”
Fur After all.. as Auld Mr Rockefeller Propounded and Expounded..many years ago..
“Competition, is a Sin!”
Celtic goat, EXACTLY… whit they wanted.. Covertly…of Course!!
And they hid the Predicted help, in getting thur wish..
Noo. wan Cat’s Paw, is awfy nice tae hiv.. and Two, is even Bettah..
But..
Twenty Five.. is the Topper!
Yep.. Hat’s Aff tae the Celtic Board of Guaridians..
They Did the Trick.. Nae Fuzz nor Fuss.. Nae Pack-Drill..
As Ah said..
Everything,went Accordin’ tae Plan!
Sure.. Like Ah told Ye..
Thur are Mair than Wan Wey tae Skin a Cat…
and Celtic, Skinned that Mangy Ibrox Moggie.. Left ,Right,and Center..Done them up Like a Propah Charlie..they did.. so they did!
Ah am Pleased!
Ah predict that we wull sell. a Hellava Loat MAIR season tickets.. than You may Imagine…
Fur..
EVERYBUDDY, LUVS A WINNER..!
and Celtic, are Guaranteed tae Be Wan.. Next season..
as.. the Chorus Goil said tae the Bishop..
“Like whit Ye See?”
And the Bishop said..
“RAAAA—-THER!!”
Kojo
Still Laughin’… like Heidi!!
leftclicktic
Fantastic statement from Annan Athletic! Particularly like the idea of setting up a ‘Scroll of Fame’ to commemorate yesterday’s decision by the SFL. Look forward to signing it.
What about somebody setting up a ‘Scroll of Shame’? Got to be plenty of potential signatories to that particular document. I’ll give you three.
1. Jim Traynor
2. Roddy Forsyth
3. Henry McLeish
Jude,
following your you tube link there i spied this, never seen it before .
Di Stefano testimonial 1967.
check out the Bolton supporters comment as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PFs-H99-J4&feature=related
On the Dundee versus Dunfermline debate, the SPL rules say Dunfermline should not get relegated. However, given their recent track record with their disregard for their own rules, we should be prepared to see anyone like Dundee, Arbroath, Civil Service Strollers, Glasgow Warriors, Greggs, or SomeNewlyCreatedRandomCompany.com being invited.
bigngreen…..I am Neil Lennon on 14 July, 2012 at 13:49 said:
if your gonna come on once in a blue moon then to come on saying that makes it worth while, as a child i had to endure that mob winning all the time and rubbing it in, then we celtic fans would have hope only to be dashed by them outspending use. i recall celtic signing phil o’donnell for 1.7 million and i know then things were changing
a vote of no confidence was called for against regan yesterday.
turnbull hutton on Shortbread now.
the man is a star.
If the chairmen of the SPL clubs have any guts they will demand immediate resignations of the clowns who have been central to the debacle that we have all witnessed since Valentines Day.
1. Remove the clowns.
2. Decide on Dundee or Dunfermline.
3. Call an EGM of the SFA and demand immediate resignation of the entire board. Yes, that includes Eric Riley of Celtic.
An entirely new board should be elected based on integrity rather than politics and political connections.
Let Monday be the start of a bright new dawn for Scottish football. Terminate this farce now. Leave RFC (whatever) to sort out their considerable legal problems – along with the various ‘officials’ who have been complicit in their affairs.
Yes, the other clubs in Scotland will have to tighten their belts. That is going to have to happen anyway. The ridiculous salaries players are paid is unsustainable. The EPL will soon have to face that reality too.
Just saw two big Reigart Demolition lorrys outside doomdome. Mmmmm. Maybe drivers just havin a bit of lunch?
Good Tim firm btw.
thanks for being 5 years ahead of the game P67. the answer to the universe is 42, to the hun universe is a much smaller number 35/42. Go and shipe cheats!. To bluenose lurkers, I wish you all the best in your efforts to build your footballing community up again , I look forward to taking on a decent club sometime in the distant future, could you google governance and culpability before you start off tho.
Any holiday read reccomendations cqn. Will be picking up the Book of Evidence but fancy a detectivey thing – Jo Nesbo any good ? haven’t read any . Haven’t read The Woman in black , would like a ghost story too .
Oh, dear, Wee Chick….let’s not kick Sevco to death. They have already been punished enough. Time to move on.
jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ on 14 July, 2012 at 13:59
Followed your link and clicked on this and remembered how high I jumped
some things are just timeless :))))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ilOSbu1Fjw
We lose sfa having that gang of scum gone,gone,gone. They will soon find some joy in their tour of some of the more remote outposts of Scottish football.
It’s like a breath of fresh air for us.
By the way where the hell is Campbell Ogilvie, the “President” of our country’s game just now?
‘They have already been punished enough”.
They have not yet been punished AT ALL.
They are being given special treatment if they are allowed into SPL 3. It goes against all the rules.
When will they really be punished for all the cheating?
jackie mac on 14 July, 2012 at 14:10 said:
… would like a ghost story too.
OK. just this once. turn the light off…
Once upon a time, there was a bad club called RFC. Eventually, they died. Some dafties held a seance and tried to bring them back from the dead, but thet failed. And everybody else (except Airdie and ICT) lived happily ever after.
Yer welcome.
HH
In fact one fae the stands its over 5 yrs deary me how time passes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAnFkWKm-W0
Jabba will soon start to sound like Kenneth Williams : ” Infamy,Infamy…..they’ve all got it infamy…!”
Too bloody right.
Quelle fud extraordinaire.
: > ))
lft
Jumped masel. But I wd have run WGS at Shawfield that night!! Lol <:o)))
How many shares in the deid RFC did Kenny Cameron have?
As Chanandler Bong has copied in Mr C’s statement about ITC’s voting intentions, you have to wonder what really goes on in these boardrooms.
Jackie mac 14-10
Look up Douglas Kennedy,I have read all his books,especially liked his earlier ones.The Job & The Big Picture.I am presently reading,Canada by Richard Ford,also a good read.HH
lct
Look at the Celtic players.as if. Whats the point Naka’s gonny net it anyway!!
lol
Jackie Mac
detective novels for holiday reading
Try Philip Kerrs books about Bernie Gunther (Berlin Noir is a trology) Basically he is an honest cop/detective in Germany 1930s ,forced out of the police because of his anti nazi views,becomes a private detective and gets into all sorts of scrapes with background of political intrigue and terror that reigned in Germany at the time.Interesting and a good yarn